Player Ratings vs West Brom

By Aydan Anderson
December 19 2004

Blue Noses Online.com Player Ratings for yesterday's game. Birmingham City 4 West Bromwich Albion 0 with goals from Anderton, Heskey, Morrsion and Savage. Includes BNO Man Of The Match award and goalscorers.

Maik Taylor - Only had a couple of saves to make and managed to keep a clean sheet although if Earnshaw had took advantage of Taylor's mistake it would have been a less emphatic scoreline. 6/10.

Olivier Tebilly - Did a good job at right back against a tricky player in Johnathan Greening. Impossed himself early with a crunching tackle inside a minute. Yet did not get a booking. 7/10.

Stan Lazaridis - Did well at left back although Gera never really got going. Is justifying his selection over Clapham. 7/10.

Kenny Cunningham (C) - Superb once again. He and Upson made sure Kanu and Earnshaw didnt get a sniff. 9/10.

Matthew Upson - Another superb performance by the blues defender. If Sven Goran Eriksson's been watching the last few games then Upson will be a surefire bet to be in the next England squad. 9/10.

Damien Johnson - Did enough on the right hand side to keep Greening from getting forward. Always willing to get back and help Tebilly but still has a tendancy to go backwards. Substituted for Darren Anderton. 6/10.

Robbie Savage - A superb performance by the Wales midfielder capped off with an early goal. Got a standing ovation from the home fans when he was substituted. Substituted for Jamie Clapham. 8/10

Darren Carter - Did well on his 21st birthday. Not a great game but did enough and had good vision to set up the second goal. Needs to put in more tackles in the middle of the park. 6/10.

David Dunn - Back to his best. Dunn had a hand in setting up two goals and looked dangerous whenever he got the ball on the left wing. Showed exactly why Steve Bruce rates him so highly. 9/10. Man Of The Match.

Emile Heskey - Another good performance by the big man and more importantly a good goal which will help his confidence. Work's well with Morrison and was a constant threat to Albions defence who couldn't handle him. Will be hounding Sven Goran Eriksson for his England place back. Substituted for Julian Gray. 9/10.

Clinton Morrison - Scored another goal and looks good with Emile Heskey. Finally showing the fans he can score on a regular basis. 8/10.

SUBS

Julian Gray - Didn't get much of the ball when he came on but didn't put a foot wrong. 6/10.

Darren Anderton - Had one touch. Scored. 7/10.

Jamie Clapham - Late sub.