Hart - 7
Made some good saves from Montenegro's few shots on target.
Walker - 6
Good going forward and linked up well with Townsend but got a stupid foul for hauling down Jovetic when he was never going to touch the ball they were both chasing.
Cahill - 6
Solid enough, but distribution was pretty woeful with some very slack/lazy passes.
Jagielka - 6
Solid enough.
Baines - 6
Good going forward like Walker but arguably the main player at fault for the goal. Average games from all the defence.
Lampard - 5
Very slack passing and didn't seem to have the legs to get up and down the pitch.
Gerrard - 6.5
Was involved with a lot of the play, certainly more than Lampard. Probably should have scored.
Townsend - 7.5 MOTM
Liked his directness and confidence, always looked dangerous and a great goal. His run opened up space for Rooneys goal as well, very positive performance from him.
Rooney - 7
Heavily involved, got his goal and should have got more. Some slack final passes though
Welbeck - 6
Some good shots but didn't do much.
Sturridge - 6.5
Shooting wasn't great but linked up quite well and won and converted the penalty well.
England Player Ratings
posted on 11/10/13
Thought Sturridge was the worst player for England. His decision making isn't good enough for international level.
posted on 11/10/13
can't disagree with the scaling but I'd go -0.5 on everyone but the back 5
posted on 11/10/13
Not sure id say Hart was the second best player in the team today, didn't have anywhere near enough to do.
posted on 12/10/13
Sturridge did the nice flick to send welbeck on his way to create the own goal. He also made the penalty and scored it. Some nice turns in the box first half which nearly created a few close chances. It wasn't his best game, but he was OK.
His post match interview he looked crest-falling so bodes well for tuesday.
posted on 12/10/13
Rooney and Townsend the best performers
Sturridge was bad i thought, Welbeck as frustrating as ever
posted on 12/10/13
Sturridge also started off the move that ended with the Gerrard chance, certainly wasn't a terrible performance.
posted on 12/10/13
Hart - 6 - Little to do.
Walker - 8 - Solid going forward, confident.
Cahill - 6 - Worries me. Always prone to make a mistake and just gets in the way when going up for corners. Conviction in front of goal mate........conviction.
Jagielka - 6 - Average performance.
Baines - 8 - Exciting going forward. Unpredictable. Gets better year on year. Cole will play second fiddle soon.
Lampard - 6 - Good awareness, but legs starting to go at times.
Gerrard - 8 - Direct, clever and had probably the most shots at goal? A workhorse.
Townsend - 9 - Very,very direct. Extremely strong on the ball and also when it ran away from him, got his foot in to make amends. A very good full debut - keep it up.
Rooney - 8 - Worked hard, got back to help many times and caused them problems.
Welbeck - 7 - Quick, direct but sometimes needs to slow down and look up!
Sturridge - 7 - Same as Welbeck, but very quick and direct.
Montenegro were better than i thought they would be. They closed us down well for long periods and at 2-1 it looked iffy for a short time.
posted on 14/10/13
I thought Gerrard was very poor. Too wasteful with the ball. That was always England's problem.