doing things a bit differently:
- First # grade ——> what I felt the players top level capability to perform was heading into this year
- Second # grade ——> how I feel said player played in correlation to their own capability by the end of this year
- Last # grade = plus/minus or no difference in brackets (AKA players with bigger minus differentials show they underperformed more and the lesser, same, or positive differentials means they either underperformed slightly, played to their level, or exceeded my expectations of them by the end of this year)
HENDERSON:
84 ——>
82 (-2)
DDG:
86 ——>
78 (-8)
SHAW:
84 ——>
88 (+4)
MAGUIRE:
85 ——>
86 (+1)
AWB:
83 ——>
85 (+2)
TELLES:
85 ——>
84 (-1)
BAILLY:
81 ——>
81 (0)
AXEL:
77 ——>
79 (+2)
LINDELOF:
81 ——>
78 (-3)
WILLIAMS:
77 ——>
77 (0)
BRUNO:
89 ——>
91 (+2)
POGBA:
87 ——>
87 (0)
FRED:
82 ——>
82 (0)
MCTOMINAY:
83 ——>
82 (-1)
VDB:
81 ——>
81 (0)
MATIC:
80 ——>
79 (-1)
MATA:
78 ——>
78 (0)
CAVANI:
83 ——>
89 (+6)
RASHFORD:
88 ——>
87 (-1)
GREENWOOD:
83 ——>
85 (+2)
MARTIAL:
88 ——>
84 (-4)
AMAD:
74 ——>
77 (+3)
JAMES:
79 ——>
77 (-2)
SHORETIRE:
70 ——>
73 (+3)
ELANGA:
70 ——>
73 (+3)
...hoping I didn’t do any injustices but what I can say without doubt is this is what I truly personally felt as I went over this. Separated the players into 4 groups (goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders & attacking forwards/wingers). No biases or favouritism or hate, just thoroughly tried as best as I could with the criteria I laid out and decided to go with. Sort of puts things into perspective and really opened my own eyes as I went through it.
imo, De Gea-Martial-Lindelof were the biggest underperformers on the squad whereas on the flip side, Cavani+Shaw+trio of academy attackers had the most exceeded expectations. Everyone else for the most part either stayed at their level or slightly exceeded or underperformed.
My biggest takeaways/stories from this season’s evaluations,
- De Gea had an awful awful drop in form
- Henderson’s first season was a bit shaky, might have to do with the bigger spotlight but not worried yet with how talented he’s shown in his loan spell. Fully expecting him to bounce back and shake off the nerves
- Martial was underwhelming considering the stellar season he had the previous campaign
- Telles’ arrival really elevated Shaw’s game to a whole new level which I don’t think anyone expected
- Lindelof showed that he is not the long term starting CB partner solution to Maguire
- AWB slowly but steadily made offensive strides by learning to join the attack and support
- Cavani found the fountain of youth while simultaneously breaking the Ronaldo #7 curse, an absolutely spectacular season going above and beyond what anyone ever would have imagined