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2019/20 SUFC SEASON REVIEW / SCHOOL REPORT



Final Part





Match Report Ratings

Interestingly, I did a spreadsheet that shows the marks for all the players from my reports -so every game took the player marks and then averages them out by number of games/ratings given – it may not totally marry up with above’s school grades but thought it was interesting. I intentionally did this after but maybe I should have done it before I did my grades and maybe some of the strikers should drop to B- and C+/C etc but hey ho, I went more with instinct for the grades and the season as a whole rather than breaking down every game – sometimes the odd game Bash had a nightmare he would be like a 4/5 and that takes it down if he is getting a lot of 7.5’s etc. McBurnie’s is a bit lower than I would have thought but shows his inconsistency where as no surprise it had the defence right at the top with only Fleck breaking the top marks with the rest all defenders. Lundstram and Mousset maybe a bit higher than I thought but early season form was very good. Berge’s quite average run of games shows up as the 3 or 4 he played well in did not really overcome the 7 or 8 he was average to poor.

Wilder’s 7 seems very harsh!!! However, some of the cup games/lockdowns brought it right down.

So below is what the numbers came out in terms of averages and rankings in the team…..maybe makes a mockery of my opinions above or my ratings are nonsense! Let you decide!

Average mark at the right hand side – done it in order below and then scroll down by position






By ranking
Player
TOTAL pts
No of games
AVERAGE MARK
OVERALL
O'Connell
249​
35​
7.114286
1​
Basham
294​
42​
7
2​
Wilder
308​
44​
7
3​
Henderson
279.5​
40​
6.9875
4​
Egan
263​
38​
6.921053
5​
Baldock
273​
40​
6.825
6​
Fleck
205.5​
31​
6.629032
7​
Stevens
262​
40​
6.55
8​
Norwood
257.5​
40​
6.4375
9​
Lundstram
197.5​
31​
6.370968
10​
McGoldrick
152​
24​
6.333333
11​
Mousset
120​
19​
6.315789
12​
Robinson. J
44​
7​
6.285714
13​
Freeman. L
56.5​
9​
6.277778
13​
Moore
24​
4​
6
14​
Verrips
6​
1​
6
14​
Freeman. K
30​
5​
6
14​
Rodwell
6​
1​
6
14​
Sharp
119​
20​
5.95
15​
McBurnie
172​
29​
5.931034
16​
Osborn
82.5​
14​
5.892857
17​
Berge
87.5​
15​
5.833333
18​
Besic
40​
7​
5.714286
19​
Robinson
73​
13​
5.615385
20​
Jagielka
39​
7​
5.571429
21​
Clarke
5.5​
1​
5.5
22​
Zivkovic
10.5​
2​
5.25
23​
Morrison
9.5​
2​
4.75
24​
Stearman
9​
2​
4.5
25​
Bryan
7.5​
2​
3.75
26​
Retsos
NA​
NA​
Note - ratings given to players who played 30 mins or more in games







By Position

Player
TOTAL
No of games
AVG
RATING DEPT
OVERALL
Henderson
279.5​
40​
6.9875
1​
4​
Moore
24​
4​
6
2​
14​
Verrips
6​
1​
6
2​
14​
Baldock
273​
40​
6.825
4​
6​
Stevens
262​
40​
6.55
5​
8​
Egan
263​
38​
6.921053
3​
5​
O'Connell
249​
35​
7.114286
1​
1​
Basham
294​
42​
7
2​
3​
Jagielka
39​
7​
5.571429
8​
21​
Robinson. J
44​
7​
6.285714
6​
13​
Freeman. K
30​
5​
6
7​
14​
Rodwell
6​
1​
6
7​
14​
Stearman
9​
2​
4.5
9​
25​
Bryan
7.5​
2​
3.75
10​
26​
Retsos
NA​
NA​
Norwood
257.5​
40​
6.4375
2​
9​
Fleck
205.5​
31​
6.629032
1​
7​
Lundstram
197.5​
31​
6.370968
3​
10​
Berge
87.5​
15​
5.833333
6​
18​
Osborn
82.5​
14​
5.892857
5​
17​
Besic
40​
7​
5.714286
7​
19​
Freeman. L
56.5​
9​
6.277778
4​
13​
Morrison
9.5​
2​
4.75
8​
24​
Sharp
119​
20​
5.95
3​
15​
McGoldrick
152​
24​
6.333333
1​
11​
McBurnie
172​
29​
5.931034
4​
16​
Robinson
73​
13​
5.615385
5​
20​
Mousset
120​
19​
6.315789
2​
12​
Clarke
5.5​
1​
5.5
6​
22​
Zivkovic
10.5​
2​
5.25
7​
23​
Wilder
308​
44​
7
NA​
2​
Note - ratings given to players who played 30 mins or more in games



 





Deadbat’s Awards for 2019/20



Player of the Season: Chris Basham
(Last season - Enda Stevens)

Runner up: John Fleck (Last season - Billy Sharp)

Third: Jack O’Connell (Last season - Chris Basham)

Honourable mention: George Baldock, John Egan, Dean Henderson





Moment of the Season: Going 2-0 up v Man Utd. McGoldrick’s goals v Chelsea were fantastic as was that performance but got to pick a game we were at. I was not at Bournemouth for the Sharp moment but wanted to pick something when we had become more stablished and the whole country was taking notice. We had some great wins and moments but for me when Mousset swept in the second for Man Utd (know we did not hang on). We were outclassing and outplaying maybe the biggest club in world football and at that moment were top 5 and ahead of many big clubs. It was then that I think we realised how good we had become.

The away game at Chelsea runs it close. It was the first time we had gone to a big team and showed we belonged and got something. The noise of ‘Shoreham Boys we are here!’ reverberating around Stamford Bridge after we made it 2-2 late on was spine tingling and felt so good as we came out onto the Kings Road and could celebrate, we had deservedly got a draw with a superb fight back at a big team. This was not the cup – this was the Premier League.





Goal of the Season: Lundstram 2nd v Burnley.
Sharp’s was great in the sense it showed we had arrived but not a classic goal. I loved the Fleck one v Villa after the Basham flick and Lundstram ball but all three against Burnley I loved. I think the second was a superb team move too. Shame that it did not have a better finish (shanked in the end) but the multi pass team move at Spurs deserved a mention.



Best individual display: Egan away v Everton. Lots to choose from. McGoldrick was fantastic v Chelsea and McBurnie v Spurts the same and Bash had some superb showings but I recall Egan being absolutely immense away at Everton. He literally would not let them pass that day.



Best performance of the season: Burnley home. That day we absolutely destroyed a really good side. It just edges out Chelsea and Spurs for the football we played even though those two showed a different side (organisation and shape) but Burnley in that first half it was sublime and probably the best football many had seen in their lifetime and certainly going back to the early 1970’s.



Worst performance of the season: Newcastle away. Not much before the lockdown but after this a few shockers. We were well beaten at Man Utd and Leicester and lacklustre v Everton/Villa but against a poor Newcastle side we were abysmal. So many players were out of sorts, we got a man sent off and some of the defending was so unlike us.



Pass of the season: Norwood v Crystal Palace. The long diagonal one to Norwood that went the whole width of the field. Fantastic and similar to some of the ones we saw last season from him. Fleck’s pass to Mousset for the goal and Lundstram’s cross to Sharp were very good too and led to goals.



Save of the season: Dean Henderson v Norwich. You can make a case for a number of great saves he made but two saves, ironically both versus Norwich stand out. The one at home where he made a kind of double save was remarkable but the first was more regular and the second although had to be saved just hit him. The best save was the one at Carrow Road that preserved



Most improved player: Chris Basham. I had Lundstram to win this but he fell away after Xmas but Lunny deserves plaudits from being nowhere near the team to a key man for a few months and scoring sensation too! However, Basham has just got better and better through the leagues. He has been even better in the Premier League than the Championship and was even better in the Championship than League One. What a journey.



Unsung hero: George Baldock.
Really still does not get the credit he deserves. Every week he shows such desire almost to the point of being too angry but he has been fantastically committed and consistent. He could have got most improved player but sometimes does not get the credit his performances deserve. He has rarely been got the better of by some top-level talent showing his rise.



Biggest disappointment (player): Callum Robinson.
Be too easy to pick Ravel Morrison but he was really a bit of a punt and actually many would have been more surprised if it did come off. Luke Freeman had a few injuries and never really was a regular but did ok at times. Callum Robinson cost 7 million and after a decent pre-season never really convinced. I can only really recall the first half at Bournemouth and second half v Chelsea where he did quite well. The rest of the time he looked like he was out of his depth and eventually was out of the team and went to West Brom – even here he was not a regular and it seems he is not quite the player we thought he would be.



Best opponent (player) v United: Vardy / De Bruyne / Mane. We have seen some more unheralded players do well at times v United but hard not to go away from the bigger name players. Felt that Traore was damn near unplayable at Molineux but we dealt with well at the Lane. Martial scored a hat trick against us at Old Trafford but was quiet in the return. Van Dijk was immense but will go for a forward player I think and hard to split three. Vardy actually was brilliant in both games and his non-stop running was something else. I thought Mane was really good in both games. He may have missed a few / scored one but his pace/skill and power saw our much-vaunted defence even struggle. De Bruyne was superb in the away game at City as he assisted/scored and showed such quality and then the assist he made with the beautiful pass to Aguero at the Lane. Those two were the stand outs I felt.





Worst opponent (player) v United: Phil Jones (Man Utd). Matt Lowton had a bit of a mare at the Lane as did Aurier in both games for Spurs but Jones was abysmal in that first half and if he stayed on, I am confident we would have won that game.





Signing of the season: Dean Henderson.
I have cheated a bit but he was a signing (albeit on loan again) and was excellent in goal yet again and a key art of our success. Osborn was maybe my second pick here and Robinson did ok to say they were not really seen as main signings. McBurnie did well at times as did Mousset to start the season but the rest the jury is out or has voted. The lads Retsos and Zivkovic did not make much of an impact. Berge and Freeman still yet to fully convince and be regular 90-minute players and consistent enough.



Thing I liked most about the Premier League: My son will say the Panini sticker album! I enjoyed that too. I also liked we could watch every game on TV nearly and lots of coverage but for me it was just being relevant again. Bit hypocritical as I would say the Championship is maybe more exciting but you have to still push to be in the best league. My club was being talked about and mostly praised. I loved the fact that wherever you turned you saw a Blades badge – we were on TV all the time, interviews, highlights, discussion. The wall to wall coverage can be nauseating and they forget there are 92 clubs but when you are one of the most talked about 20 then you of course enjoy it.



Thing I hate the most about the Premier League:
Lots of contenders here – the money at the top and the closed shop type situation, the fact that the focus is so much on the big clubs, lazy punditry, lazy fans, mostly of top teams, who never go to games but do Youtube videos of their teams, VAR, the daft kick off times but I think one think that edges it for me is the pathetic play acting of the players. Most weeks we would see players falling to the floor under little contact. The likes of Richarlison, Zaha, Maddison, Grealish were chief culprits but loads more did it. The slightest touch and down they went and you know what invariably the refs gave it. Pathetic.

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See you next season…hopefully we can be back at the Lane at some point?!



Up the Blades





Twitter - @Deadbat_DB / If anyone wants a copy then DM me on twitter/on the forum with your e mail and I can send the full copy over if anyone wants it – not sure why you would?!
 
That concludes my end of season review/school report - hope people found it of some use - even if it was to get them to sleep!

Cheers all
Great reads. I really enjoyed them.
The statistical pedant in me suggests that after four on 14th equal the next should be in 18th ! Sorry!
Would have been A plus but hey it still is
Look forward to your reviews next season
 
2019/20 SUFC SEASON REVIEW / SCHOOL REPORT



Final Part





Match Report Ratings

Interestingly, I did a spreadsheet that shows the marks for all the players from my reports -so every game took the player marks and then averages them out by number of games/ratings given – it may not totally marry up with above’s school grades but thought it was interesting. I intentionally did this after but maybe I should have done it before I did my grades and maybe some of the strikers should drop to B- and C+/C etc but hey ho, I went more with instinct for the grades and the season as a whole rather than breaking down every game – sometimes the odd game Bash had a nightmare he would be like a 4/5 and that takes it down if he is getting a lot of 7.5’s etc. McBurnie’s is a bit lower than I would have thought but shows his inconsistency where as no surprise it had the defence right at the top with only Fleck breaking the top marks with the rest all defenders. Lundstram and Mousset maybe a bit higher than I thought but early season form was very good. Berge’s quite average run of games shows up as the 3 or 4 he played well in did not really overcome the 7 or 8 he was average to poor.

Wilder’s 7 seems very harsh!!! However, some of the cup games/lockdowns brought it right down.

So below is what the numbers came out in terms of averages and rankings in the team…..maybe makes a mockery of my opinions above or my ratings are nonsense! Let you decide!

Average mark at the right hand side – done it in order below and then scroll down by position






By ranking
Player
TOTAL pts
No of games
AVERAGE MARK
OVERALL
O'Connell
249​
35​
7.114286
1​
Basham
294​
42​
7
2​
Wilder
308​
44​
7
3​
Henderson
279.5​
40​
6.9875
4​
Egan
263​
38​
6.921053
5​
Baldock
273​
40​
6.825
6​
Fleck
205.5​
31​
6.629032
7​
Stevens
262​
40​
6.55
8​
Norwood
257.5​
40​
6.4375
9​
Lundstram
197.5​
31​
6.370968
10​
McGoldrick
152​
24​
6.333333
11​
Mousset
120​
19​
6.315789
12​
Robinson. J
44​
7​
6.285714
13​
Freeman. L
56.5​
9​
6.277778
13​
Moore
24​
4​
6
14​
Verrips
6​
1​
6
14​
Freeman. K
30​
5​
6
14​
Rodwell
6​
1​
6
14​
Sharp
119​
20​
5.95
15​
McBurnie
172​
29​
5.931034
16​
Osborn
82.5​
14​
5.892857
17​
Berge
87.5​
15​
5.833333
18​
Besic
40​
7​
5.714286
19​
Robinson
73​
13​
5.615385
20​
Jagielka
39​
7​
5.571429
21​
Clarke
5.5​
1​
5.5
22​
Zivkovic
10.5​
2​
5.25
23​
Morrison
9.5​
2​
4.75
24​
Stearman
9​
2​
4.5
25​
Bryan
7.5​
2​
3.75
26​
Retsos
NA​
NA​
Note - ratings given to players who played 30 mins or more in games







By Position

Player
TOTAL
No of games
AVG
RATING DEPT
OVERALL
Henderson
279.5​
40​
6.9875
1​
4​
Moore
24​
4​
6
2​
14​
Verrips
6​
1​
6
2​
14​
Baldock
273​
40​
6.825
4​
6​
Stevens
262​
40​
6.55
5​
8​
Egan
263​
38​
6.921053
3​
5​
O'Connell
249​
35​
7.114286
1​
1​
Basham
294​
42​
7
2​
3​
Jagielka
39​
7​
5.571429
8​
21​
Robinson. J
44​
7​
6.285714
6​
13​
Freeman. K
30​
5​
6
7​
14​
Rodwell
6​
1​
6
7​
14​
Stearman
9​
2​
4.5
9​
25​
Bryan
7.5​
2​
3.75
10​
26​
Retsos
NA​
NA​
Norwood
257.5​
40​
6.4375
2​
9​
Fleck
205.5​
31​
6.629032
1​
7​
Lundstram
197.5​
31​
6.370968
3​
10​
Berge
87.5​
15​
5.833333
6​
18​
Osborn
82.5​
14​
5.892857
5​
17​
Besic
40​
7​
5.714286
7​
19​
Freeman. L
56.5​
9​
6.277778
4​
13​
Morrison
9.5​
2​
4.75
8​
24​
Sharp
119​
20​
5.95
3​
15​
McGoldrick
152​
24​
6.333333
1​
11​
McBurnie
172​
29​
5.931034
4​
16​
Robinson
73​
13​
5.615385
5​
20​
Mousset
120​
19​
6.315789
2​
12​
Clarke
5.5​
1​
5.5
6​
22​
Zivkovic
10.5​
2​
5.25
7​
23​
Wilder
308​
44​
7
NA​
2​
Note - ratings given to players who played 30 mins or more in games

After pulling together the table, sitting back and marvelling at seeing a season’s worth of ratings together in one place, did you look at the fact only two players reached the dizzy heights of 7 for the season and think...maybe you’re a slightly harsh marker? :D

It’s genuinely one of the best seasons I’ve seen us have. In fact it might be the best. Looking at that range of ratings I feel like I’m looking at a team that’s fought hard to survive and probably finished a credible 16th.
 
After pulling together the table, sitting back and marvelling at seeing a season’s worth of ratings together in one place, did you look at the fact only two players reached the dizzy heights of 7 for the season and think...maybe you’re a slightly harsh marker? :D

It’s genuinely one of the best seasons I’ve seen us have. In fact it might be the best. Looking at that range of ratings I feel like I’m looking at a team that’s fought hard to survive and probably finished a credible 16th.

I don't think it really matters though as long as Deadbat is consistent across all the players. That average table suggests he is, as it looks bang on to me. The back 6 are all right up there; the midfield is ranked Fleck, Norwood then Lundstram which not many would argue with; and then the strikers and fringe players are lower down, with McGoldrick being the best of the bunch.
 
I agree, I think the rankings are pretty much as I see the players performance levels. All the more remarkable is when you think where we came from and how much we've spent. The future is very exciting under this current regime.
 
I don't think it really matters though as long as Deadbat is consistent across all the players. That average table suggests he is, as it looks bang on to me. The back 6 are all right up there; the midfield is ranked Fleck, Norwood then Lundstram which not many would argue with; and then the strikers and fringe players are lower down, with McGoldrick being the best of the bunch.

Oh I don’t disagree at all with the relative ratings – I think Deadbat is pretty much spot on with that. It was more a general comment over the serial harsh marking!
 
After pulling together the table, sitting back and marvelling at seeing a season’s worth of ratings together in one place, did you look at the fact only two players reached the dizzy heights of 7 for the season and think...maybe you’re a slightly harsh marker? :D

It’s genuinely one of the best seasons I’ve seen us have. In fact it might be the best. Looking at that range of ratings I feel like I’m looking at a team that’s fought hard to survive and probably finished a credible 16th.

Depends how you look at it. I've said it before I hate the way papers mark. They give everyone 6-7 most games. A few stand outs get an 8 maybe or a 5 if they have been rest back. The range is 3 marks...often 2. They also don't give half marks.

I have said before I've never given a 0 or a 10. It may happen one day. Not sure I've ever given a 0.5. Clarke got 9.5 v Hull. Might have given O'Connell that v Brentford too. Mostly you would have to be incredible to get even a 9. However if you think 2-3-4 as low...5 as average and 6 as decent and 7 as good, 8 is excellent, 9 is sublime then my marks are not too far off. Maybe a few could have been closer to 8 over the season (some of the defenders) but I can't mark up.just because we are in a higher league.

We finished 9th which is mid table (ok a place above) so taking away the over achievement element and looking at it rationally so not sure a team mid table would have lots of 8/10's.

6 (decent) and 7 (good) is about right for most of the team which is what most got if you look that 8 scored 7 or close to 7 if you round up from .5 and 23 the same for 6 if you round up to .5.
 
Depends how you look at it. I've said it before I hate the way papers mark. They give everyone 6-7 most games. A few stand outs get an 8 maybe or a 5 if they have been rest back. The range is 3 marks...often 2. They also don't give half marks.

I have said before I've never given a 0 or a 10. It may happen one day. Not sure I've ever given a 0.5. Clarke got 9.5 v Hull. Might have given O'Connell that v Brentford too. Mostly you would have to be incredible to get even a 9. However if you think 2-3-4 as low...5 as average and 6 as decent and 7 as good, 8 is excellent, 9 is sublime then my marks are not too far off. Maybe a few could have been closer to 8 over the season (some of the defenders) but I can't mark up.just because we are in a higher league.

We finished 9th which is mid table (ok a place above) so taking away the over achievement element and looking at it rationally so not sure a team mid table would have lots of 8/10's.

6 (decent) and 7 (good) is about right for most of the team which is what most got if you look that 8 scored 7 or close to 7 if you round up from .5 and 23 the same for 6 if you round up to .5.

I think that’s pretty clear with your descriptors for the numbers – I’ve always thought of 6/10 as average rather than decent, and have always thought you’ve therefore been a bit down on our performances. 6 as decent makes me now see these in a completely different light!
 
Thanks for your reports, much better than any paid journalist and extremely insightful and accurate! Interesting but not unexpected that defenders and defensive midfielders came out on top. Forwards and cover players is where the investment needs to be.
 
I think that’s pretty clear with your descriptors for the numbers – I’ve always thought of 6/10 as average rather than decent, and have always thought you’ve therefore been a bit down on our performances. 6 as decent makes me now see these in a completely different light!

Equating the Maths to it. 5 is average. Anything higher automatically says you are above average do 6 puts you in the upper marks! 😂

A lot of the ire I get for 6's is down to people comparing my marks to those given in tabloids. And I'm a harsh marker and negative!
 



Thanks again for your efforts all season. The delayed season finish means that has enrtertained me for a couple of days on hol.

On wards and upwards (hopefully)
 
Great reporting and analysis as usual
My gripe about the PL, yes agree with you, players rolling around on the floor clutching their legs on the slightest of touches to get free kicks and players booked, then within 30 seconds sprinting down the pitch.
Then the referees just giving the kicks without seeing/appreciating what the player is doing,
 
My personal thanks Deadbat as I love to see your reports and ratings. I generally agree with most of your ratings but of course its all about opinions and how different people see things at certain times. I have been to every Blades match home and away for many years and its easy to miss some performances from some players so I love reading your reports to see whether I agree or if I have missed something a player has done.. Anyway thanks for your dedication to keeping us all interested.
 

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