Last night - Ratings

[Gzbaggy]

Fair summary and I agree with most of that but I think you're being very generous to O'Leary. He made a couple of good saves but his inadequacy on crosses can't inspire any confidence in the defence. If I were an opposing manager I'd be focusing on getting lots of high balls into our box as he looks terrified by that.

I think you're forgetting Diakite's suicide backpass which could easily have been Swansea all over again. He's a player who serves a purpose but I wouldn't be taking up our option on him in the summer.

As for Dike, I think even a 5 is generous. Across the last two matches he really has achieved nothing. He looks slow, ponderous and the ball never sticks to him. It's sad to see but I think Ryan Mason was right on this one unfortunately. I think Maja is going to be a better option in the run-in even is he's not exactly Mr Commitment.

O’Leary was superb last night and he only flapped at one cross, the reason he gets on with the defence is that he communicates with them he’s like Palmer in that sense doesn’t stop talking. 2 clean sheets running we haven’t done that since November 24. I’m still uncertain about Diakate looks so good but then prone to an almighty mistake.
As for Dike glad he’s getting minutes but seems to have lost all his pace and power hope he can recover but I think his days as a top striker are over.

By my reckoning he missed at least 3, he certainly was not superb.

One of our better keepers in recent years was Kuczkak (The Pole in Goal) because he used to come for everything and the defenders he played with knew this.