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Leicester City 0 Leeds United 0: Player Ratings

11/8/2013

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By Andy Gregory

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Today saw us travelling down to Leicester hoping to build on our start to the season. With our away form being so poor last term, today we would get to see if there was an improved showing on our travels. Here's how the players performed:

Paddy Kenny - Had a great game and dealt with everything that came his way, a very solid performance.  7

Lee Peltier - Looked better than in recent games, maybe not having the captaincy helped him out a little. Still needs to get the ball forward more when he gets the opportunity instead of constantly passing back.  6

Tom Lees/ Jason Pearce - Were both very solid at the back today and looked a good partnership, breaking down opposition attacks well.  7

Stephen Warnock - Played really well and put in some important challenges, his experience is really important at the back.  7

Rodolph Austin - Excellent performance from our new captain, he was composed, protected the defence well and controlled the midfield. Absolutely faultless today. Easily Man of the Match.  9

Paul Green - Worked hard and had more opportunities to get forward today with Rudy playing alongside him. He had a steady game.  7

Luke Murphy - Had a reasonably quiet game today, but what he did he did well. Tried to get his foot in and get the ball forward.  7

Ross McCormack - Had a quiet game by his standards, but worked hard in his role behind the front two. I would like to see him in his preferred position as an out and out striker though, he's a natural goal scorer, if we give him a chance up there he'll put them away.  7

Luke Varney - Was hard working and never stopped pressing and running, causing the defence a few problems in the process.  7

Noel Hunt - Struggled to get into the game and had a pretty uneventful day before being replaced just past the hour.  6

Dom Poleon - Came on for Hunt and immediately added a new dimension to our attack causing Leicester problems. He's going to be a big player for us this year, wonder when he'll get a league start. 7

Matt Smith - Replaced a tiring Varney and was unlucky not to score with a headed effort following a ball into the box from Poleon.  6

Michael Tonge - Didn't really have the time to make a mark on the game.


Well all in all not a bad day for Leeds, a hard earned point from Leicester making it 4 points in our first 2 league games. Not a bad start to say we've played two of the better teams in the league.

Next up: Leeds v Sheffield Wednesday when the vile animals aim to make it back to back wins at home in the Sky Bet Championship. Bring em on. MOT!
9 Comments
Keith
11/8/2013 06:29:51 am

Fair ratings and I agree that Austin was Star Man and Pearce seems to be growing in confidence game on game. Feel sooner or later Poloen will get his chance instead of Hunt
A winger and watch us go !

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Shaun
11/8/2013 06:36:04 am

Kenny - 6
Warnock - 6
Lees - 6
Pearce - 6
Peltier - 7
Green - 6
Murphy - 4
Austin - 8
McCormack - 4
Varney - 5
Hunt - 4


How you could give most of them 7's is ludicrous......... Murphy and McCormack were dreadful ,Austin was good but not a 9!

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colin s
11/8/2013 07:21:38 am

peltier.....a 7....what game did you watch......he was shit today.

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Dezzio
11/8/2013 11:48:24 pm

Watched the game for my sins, agree with you Shaun good call, Murphy @ McCormack a tad disappointing.

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Tom
12/8/2013 12:21:31 am

Peltier your best choice defender? He constantly tracked back, never stopped one cross and was out of position 80% of the time, and was all of the above all of last season, he is useless. He's no where near good enough for the Leeds team, I think we have a secret town fan here.

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Tom Reynolds
11/8/2013 07:07:14 am

Paddy Kenny - 5 -Solid in shot stopping roles but is distribution was extremly poor
Lee Peltier - 4 - No creativity, No passing skills, lost the ball far to much. Not good enough for the Leeds team.
Tom Lees/ Jason Pearce - 7 - Looked pretty solid at the back and I would credit the clean sheet to them. Hopefully more of the same.
Stephen Warnock - 6 -Some decent challenged put in but gave the ball away to often, good effort though.
Rodolph Austin - 7 -Good performance sitting in front of the back line. Doesn't deserve all the hype he has been given today but looked pretty solid.
Paul Green -5- Worked hard but no passing skills and didn't do anything good today. Not good enough for the Leeds team.
Luke Murphy - 6- Not a bad game, didn't set the world on fire, expect to see a lot more.
Ross McCormack - 7-Quiet game for McCormack, looked like a player who actually make something happen. Would like to see him playing directly behind the front two.
Luke Varney - 6 - Hard working but didn't do anything different. We needed him today to put better crosses in and have some finishing quality. Needs to improve.
Noel Hunt - 6-Seemed to struggle a bit today but managed to hold the ball up a bit, However we are really missing any quality with our finishing. Is he the man? so far not.

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mick
12/8/2013 04:38:21 am

totally agree with green and peltier, both not good enough to wear shirt, the rest will be ok

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Mr orange
11/8/2013 07:52:32 am

The scores are a bit high all round but I'm pleased that we went to a long standing bogey team kept a clean sheet and I'll settle for a draw today , we are heading in the right direction MOT

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geoff
11/8/2013 09:40:17 am

Austin,10,Leeds supporters,0.

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