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Charlie's Optimistic Ratings!!

Great and much needed 3-0 win.  Could have been 5 easily, although they did have some chances early in each half.  Aside from their 15 min spells in each half we dominated the game, creating by far the better chances!!

Wildsmith - 7, aside from a mix up with Van Aken he didn't put a foot wrong.  Good distribution as well.

Reach - 6, maybe a bit harsh but he was definitely the busier FB with most of their efforts coming down his wing.  Not a ton of help ahead of him as Bannan was floating into the middle.
Van Aken - 6, still early for him, mix up with Wildsmith but aside from that he was solid.  Good with the ball at his feet and can play a pass better than Lees.
Lees - 7, didn't really put a foot wrong and seemed to lead more than he has been doing.  Dangerous on set pieces for us, needs to do more of that!!
Hunt - 7, him and Wallace were dominating their wing before the injury, hope its not too bad but it looked liked he knew something had gone in his knee.

Bannan - 8, started on the left but was more effective when he came more central.  Works so hard and when he runs forward with the ball he always causes problems.
Lee - 8, him and Bannan get each other, one sits the other goes forward and vice versa.  Great goal as well.
Jones - 6, did nothing special, but then thats his job.  Protected the back 4 and when he gets the ball he makes the simple pass to Bannan or Lee.
Wallace - 7, very good down the wing with Hunt and much better set pieces.  Will get himself sent off at some point with his stupid antics.

Hooper - 9, MOM, should have had 4 goals today, scored 2, hit the bar and missed another good chance.  Worked hard all match and was involved in all our good forward play.  Top scorer in the Championship now with 7 goals!!
Fletcher - 7, works well with Hooper but still doesn't win enough headers for me, hold the ball up ok.  Should have scored in the first half.

Subs
Palmer - 6, couple of shaky moments but on the whole did ok, looked good going forward.
Butterfield - 6, held his own, more defensive than Bannan but that allowed Lee to get forward more.  Did the job he was brought on to do.
Rhodes - N/A, not on long enough to rate, but did set up Hooper nicely when he hit the bar.

CC - 7, Got the team selection right on the day and the subs made sense.  Not much else he can do I suppose, players let him down last week, they kept him employed this week!!!

Officials - 7, thought the ref did well, he let challenges go, didn't flash the cards when he could have and allowed the game to flow which maybe suits us better.  Both linesmen though made poor decisions for both teams but especially for Lee who was a yard onside of two defenders near him!!

I'd give Jones, Wallace and Reach (Left Backs Union ) at least 1 more mark Chaz.

The ref wasn't bad and only got his cards out after 95 minutes but both assistants were absolute shite for both teams and really let him down Perhaps the ref should have booked them early on

I thought we were going to get robbed again after Lee's goal and the penalty that would have been given to every other home team in the World

My main worry though was all the empty seats in the Owls sections. Is it the fans voting with their feet or was it a combination of cost/time/being on telly Whatever the cause it was a shit attendance against the Beasts of Beeston who looked to have brought about 4000 so it looks as though some of the ST holders have gone missing too

Still not convinced by Carlos though when we get 4pts from Noblot, Tarn & Miwwawwl things won't be half as rosy for him.