Guzan 8 very decent keeper, you can't fault his consistency and application
Lowton 4 always lacked the pace to be a top fb and has gone backwards
Luna 1 a simply abysmal defender who makes Bennett look like maldini. Offers little going forward either.
Bacuna 4 awful first game, improved, two great set pieces, then went to shite like everyone else. Not convinced yet.
Baker 1 brave but utterly brainless and with the touch of a runaway train. Never PL standard.
Clark 4 just about ok with Vlaar otherwise almost as bad as baker and not PL standard
Vlaar 7 much improved, steady,vital experience which is badly missed
Herd 5 haven't seen much of him, nothing special, but seems to do a steady job when picked
Sylla 3 gone backwards and looks like a French league 2 player
KEA 3 Some decent touches and a couple of goals can't disguise his shortcomings. Gives it away far too much and doesn't influence the game nearly enough.
Delph 8 would be a 9 if he didn't get booked so often. The only one who shows any comfort in possession and composure on the ball, who is happy to drop a shoulder or sell a dummy to create more time on the ball to pick a pass. Shame he rarely has anyone in space to pass to.
Westwood 4 never really saw what the fuss was about him always thought he lacked the pace and presence required. Ran like an old geezer vs Swansea. Not good enough.
Tonev 2 early days but seems to think he has to shoot from anywhere and do far his shooting is farcical. Lacks composure.
Gabby 6 got a couple of goal s and won some pens works hard but limited. Needs to be more consistent.
Benteke 6 for the early goals before the injury, not been fit since I think
Kozak 6 tries hard and got some important goals but seems to have been bought as Lambert's hoof option, this year's Cascarino or Heskey but with more goals.
Weimann 2 biggest disappointment for me. His movement is still good but everything else has gone to pot. His biggest problem is lack if composure. Needs to stop rushing everything and swinging a leg at everything, have a look at how the likes of Suarez, arguero or Berbatov do things and take note.
Albrighton 4 trying hard but a one trick pony whose trick wad Sussed out ages ago
Helenius 3 honestly no idea except he must either have a bad attitude or be monumentally gash if he can't get in to this team.
Okore 6 looks solid enough before the injury
Lambert 1 only gets 1 because we're not in the bottom 3 largely due to some rather fortunate wins we barely Deserved. Honestly doesn't deserve anything this season. Awful sub standard signings, worse than players we shipped out, and others gone backwards and playing without confidence or composure. No discernable tactical plan or sense that any coaching has taken place. Players don't seem capable of passing, movement is minimal, control piss poor, no creativity, no pace in the team except gabby we can't even retain possession from our own throw ins. I suppose w e have improved defensively on paper but God knows how, we look like a bunch of schoolboys chasing the ball when we defend. His resorting to hoofball takes us back to the Mon days but without the quality. There is little sign of the compelling football the change of manager was supposed to Herald, and he's actually managed to make McLeish' reign and the signing of Alan Hutton look not so bad by comparison, something I would have thought impossible. Plot well and truly lost and he needs to find it sharpish.
