1 hour ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Sanchez 6. Pretty good shop stopper, god awful with the ball at his feet. If he's happy to play backup then that's a solid second choice.

Petrovic 7. Too early to judge but based on the early performances looks a top player and at his age *should* only get better with experience. 

James 5. Still our best player when fit, sadly hasn't been fit all season. Keen to see how he fares after the surgery and a proper rehabilitation. 

Chilwell 5. As above. Lets see if he can stay fit. Unfortunately got wated at LW when he was fit but still easily out best LB. Will be huge when he's back. 

Cucurella 4. Couple of ok performances but still a bang average player. 

Disasi 7. Always got a mistake in him sadly but seems to have settled more over the last month or so. Not convinced we'd ever win silverware with him a starter but done largely okay. 

Badiashile 4. Difficult season for him so far with the injury and looked a shadow of himself upon his return. Was one of our best players last year so hoping he can regain form. 

Colwill 6. Needs to play in the middle, completely wasted chasing wingers down the touchline. Classy on the ball and helps in build up.

Silva 8. Still our best CB by far.

Fofana 5. as per Chilwell and James. 

Gusto 7.5. Been much better than expected in James' absence, good signing. 

Gilchrist 5. Shows passion but hard to judge his actual footballing ability in the minutes he has had. 

Gallagher 6. Leaves everything on the pitch, unreal work rate and does the job asked of him every game. Technically lacking and probably shouldn't start if everyone is fit. 

Enzo 5. Started the season well with the masterclass against Liverpool. Been pretty anonymous since about November, putting it largely down to the tactics. Not sure why we have one of the best progressive passers in the league playing close to the striker. 

Caicedo 4. Massively underwhelming for what was expected. Still young and having Lavia back will hopefully help him out. 

Ugochukwu 3. Looks incredibly raw and should really have gone on loan. Not sure why we bought him, especially for the cost. 

Lavia 4. Looked good in the small sample size we had. Need to get him fit and keep him that way.

Chukwuemeka 6. Looked a nail on starter in August. Means nothing if he's injured though. Excited for his return.

Palmer 8. POTS so far. Cost us the game against Boro with his finishing and a couple other anonymous performances. Least of our worries.

Mudryk 5.5. Showing much better performances. Been said since he signed but need a run of games starting. 

Madueke 6.5. Our most dangerous winger currently. Needs to stay fit. 

Sterling 6. Some great games but far too many big negatives. Twice cost us by being greedy plus so many anonymous games. Decent goal tally to date.

Broja 3. Feel for him as doesn't look interested. Not Chelsea quality but got to make do during AFCON.

Jackson 6.5 Some shocking finishing but to say he's only been a striker for half a year its a solid goal tally. Still young and improving, overall i'm happy. Could probably do with another option to take the work load off him. 

Nkunku 6. Looked good since his return, needs to stay fit. 

 

Pochettino. 4. We're doing better than Potter/Lampard season stylistically and results but some weird decisions. Chilwell LW/Enzo CAM/Colwill LB etc. Injuries haven't helped. Can't see him leaving anytime soon.

Those look a bit more realistic to my eye, though I'd give +1 point for all the midfielders, and +2 for Caicedo. He's not been great but he's still a 6 for me. Silva is more 7 than 8, and Disasi more 6 than 7, and  I think if James and Chilwell are 5's, then so are Badiashile and Cucurella. I'd also give Broja a 4 (3 is too harsh)

I view 6 as being "average", which seeing as we are 10th in the table is where we are at overall. Your average across the squad is 5.6 so not far off what seems fair.

Pochettino would be a 6 for me, with the caveat that being "average" still leaves considerable scope for improvement !

 

Mine : 

8 - Palmer

7 - Petrovic, Silva, Gallagher

6.5 - Madueke, Jackson, Sterling, Gusto

6 - Fernandez, Caicedo, Disasi, Sanchez, Colwill

5.5 - Mudryk

5 - Cucurella, James, Chilwell, Badiashile, Ugochukwu, Maatsen

4 - Broja

Unranked due to insufficient minutes - Chalobah, Fofana, Bettinelli, Washington, Chukwuemeka, Nkunku, Lavia, Gilchrist, Burstow

58 minutes ago, Whats_The_Mata? said:

I'll admit Sterling is inconsistent but we definitely miss Jackson  he's raw but the drop off in him to his backup is massive. 

When people talk about Broja they don't talk about how many good games he has a season.

They talk about how many seasons he has between good games.

What's your opinion on Broja, mate?

46 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Those look a bit more realistic to my eye, though I'd give +1 point for all the midfielders, and +2 for Caicedo. He's not been great but he's still a 6 for me. Silva is more 7 than 8, and Disasi more 6 than 7, and  I think if James and Chilwell are 5's, then so are Badiashile and Cucurella. I'd also give Broja a 4 (3 is too harsh)

I view 6 as being "average", which seeing as we are 10th in the table is where we are at overall. Your average across the squad is 5.6 so not far off what seems fair.

Pochettino would be a 6 for me, with the caveat that being "average" still leaves considerable scope for improvement !

 

Mine : 

8 - Palmer

7 - Petrovic, Silva, Gallagher

6.5 - Madueke, Jackson, Sterling, Gusto

6 - Fernandez, Caicedo, Disasi, Sanchez, Colwill

5.5 - Mudryk

5 - Cucurella, James, Chilwell, Badiashile, Ugochukwu, Maatsen

4 - Broja

Unranked due to insufficient minutes - Chalobah, Fofana, Bettinelli, Washington, Chukwuemeka, Nkunku, Lavia, Gilchrist, Burstow

You're clearly a lot fairer than I am!

Have to admit, some of my ratings were a tad tongue in cheek and were on the back of that inept and frustrating performance against Boro. Bar the few Palmer efforts, we were so toothless and simply ran out of ideas which even allowing for injuries, is inexcusable when you have a billion pound squad.

The majority of your ratings are pretty fair, but I cannot agree with Fernadez and Caicedo getting 6's. That is suggesting they are at 60% of the very best when I would argue they haven't even been at 30%. So disappointed with both of them. I know transfer fees shouldn't come into it but when you think of who / what we could have signed for £215M, it makes me want to weep.  

Bus as RIP rightly states, it's all about opinions.....................

 

11 minutes ago, Nibs said:

You're clearly a lot fairer than I am!

Have to admit, some of my ratings were a tad tongue in cheek and were on the back of that inept and frustrating performance against Boro. Bar the few Palmer efforts, we were so toothless and simply ran out of ideas which even allowing for injuries, is inexcusable when you have a billion pound squad.

The majority of your ratings are pretty fair, but I cannot agree with Fernadez and Caicedo getting 6's. That is suggesting they are at 60% of the very best when I would argue they haven't even been at 30%. So disappointed with both of them. I know transfer fees shouldn't come into it but when you think of who / what we could have signed for £215M, it makes me want to weep.  

Bus as RIP rightly states, it's all about opinions.....................

 

For their ability (and potential), I'd view their "average" score as being 7.5 to 8, so scoring them as a 6 is by no means any sort of endorsement LOL. Both have been extremely disappointing, but they still aren't anywhere near as bad as a 4 or 5 rating. Fernandez even has 4 goals !

In golfing parlance, they are probably akin to plus-handicap golfers shooting a smooth 85  🙂 

1 hour ago, Nibs said:

Bar the few Palmer efforts, we were so toothless and simply ran out of ideas which even allowing for injuries, is inexcusable when you have a billion pound squad.

Fear ye not ... David Fofana is back in the house to save our season !

(Sevilla loan apparently off LOL)

8 - Palmer

7 - Silva, Petrovic

6 - Mudryk, Madueke, Gallagher

5 - Enzo, Caicedo, Colwill, Gusto, Badiashille

4 - Jackson, Sterling, Disasi, Sanchez, Ugochukwu, Broja

3 - Pochettino

N/A - Chukwuemeka, Maatsen, Nkunku, Lavia, Gilchrist

The N/As are players who have had minutes at some point but not enough for me to judge.

I think quite a lot of these players are being let down by Poch, everyone on a 5 barring Badiashile is a victim of circumstance. He has no idea how to get the best out of any of them and regularly uses them in the wrong role, Enzo for example, even Potter understood Enzo's position within a couple of weeks but Poch still doesn't and it's been 6 months.

I think all of you are being generous.

If we didn't have Cole Palmer we would likely be 14-15th, we've become accustomed to average since the new ownership has taken over. Any sign of quality we get a bit excited because everything else has been so dire.

Palmer is showing his quality so the others have no excuses. For the amount of money we've spent most of these are on 2 - 3, including the manager.