I'll stick in my two pennies worth as I went on Saturday, will give the usual rating out of 10!
Gunn – 6 – Made some good saves, but a couple of spills as well, couldn’t really do anything about the goals, was going absolutely ape at the defence and rightly so.
Lewis – 4 – Probably the poorest game I’ve seen him have for Norwich, the Hull first penalty was right in front of the away fans and he just shoved the player in the back, absolutely needless and silly, struggled.
Hanley – 5 – Some might say that 5 is harsh, but Hull kept making the same long ball through the middle continuously and we couldn’t cope, seemed to be a massive gap between him and Klose, maybe too used to playing 3 CB’s? He did make some good challenges however as Hanley does every game.
Klose – 5 – He’s had a bit of a mare recently. Continuously gets caught out time after time, much of the same at Hull, he does rely on Hanley to get him out of schtuck, I think his positioning has been week of late as well, I think I saw on twitter Klose’s average position which was miles out of where it should be (hence the big gap between the center halves) he seems to like the left a lot, maybe to cover Lewis?
Reed – 5 – He had a torrid time at RB, it would have been a 4 but I thought he did okay when Leitner had to come off injured for Pinto. Struggles to get forward, I like him, but I don’t feel like he’s living up to the potential that people thought he had when he first signed.
Leitner – 5 – He was doing okay until he had to come off, unfortunate.
Tettey – 5 – Did his usual Tettey thing, put some good challenges in, gave the ball away a bit, did he get an obligatory yellow?
Hernandez – 6 – He looked one of our better players, can take a man on, loves to put his foot on, however! It is evident to me that he hates being in front of goal, there were many opportunities where the fans were screaming for him to have a shot but he opts for a pass, also missed a 1-1 sitter.
Watkins – 4 – He really is the new scapegoat, think I saw him play a good pass.
Maddison – 7- I didn’t think he actually looked as good as he has been recently, doing his usual thing, twisting and turning, causing all kinds of trouble. We simply wouldn’t score any goals without him at the moment, as Hanley wrote on his matchball “At least £25 million”
Oliviera – 5 – Always opts for a cheeky little flick rather than holding the ball up. He did okay, but can’t really remember anything that stood out for me with him, won a penalty. Still didn’t score a goal.
Subs
Murphy – 4 – Farke looked to Murphy for some inspiration, pace and end product, he didn’t deliver any of that, summed up when he tried to take on the full back, and just got easily muscled off the ball.
Hoolahan – 5 – I still love him, didn’t have much time to impact, but I think we have seen the best of him, glad he is acting as a mentor to Maddison.
Pinto - 4 – Looked rusty, didn’t really do much, pushed on quite well but needs a better understanding with Onel.