ryu.yokoi

Confidence player. We need that goal that makes him feel 10 feet tall and Bolt fast. He scores attitude goals... Btw - his brother is a genius. That shouldn't be a knock on him!

Yep. I want Gana Carlitos Grealish Veretout Adama Ayew/Gestede

Needs to work on pressing on his flank, but wow, he walked by defenders like they werent there.

Look up Jack!

Disappointed with the result and hit or miss by some key players... Guzan - some good stops, but distribution was awful. Bacuna - talented but dumb. Makes awful decisions would rather he not play. Gives away corners and free kicks for fun. Clark - ok. Handled things. Richards - solid, like his leadership. Amavi - a couple of nice runs, but total mentor error led to their winner. He looked shaken by it but i hope it doesnt lead to him getting shy, we need his aggression. Westwood - needs to sit and observe gana and sanchez fight in midfield, simply no bite to his game these days and no leadership. If he is going to start and continue being a passenger in the middle of the park he needs to deliver on deadballs but his service was dreadful. One good ball to gabby... Sanchez - no idea why he came off. Broke up play well and changed field well. Gana - solid. Like the guy, feel bad for him compensating for ashley being lazy. grealish - talented but selfish. Look up son, you have teammates. Gabby - if only you could finish...thought he should have come out for adama. Gestede - starved, won what he could up top. Decent holding up the ball. Adama - holy crap. Keep going son!

Ironically lacking confidence...which is the last thing I expected to see from an Ayew! Plays with such flourish for Ghana (i think sometimes frustrating folks because he can be careless), to me today he seemed almost shy, unwilling to use his physicality and athleticism to take on defenders and challenge the opposition. Time, i hope, will help.

Him and Gana in the middle is strong, but will be reliant on veretout or wing players to connect things. Thought he bossed the midfield when he came on.

Huge Battlestar fan. This is great. Apollo! Real talk though: he's built like a bull, has remarkable control and seems to finish well. Why would Barca let him go at 19?

I cant remember the last player we had who possessed both that kind of change of pace and control of his body as he accelerates. Exciting.

Promising, just want him to demand the ball a bit more.

Looked great today. Lost track of how many plays he broke up or intercepted.

Mauler! Total mauler. Love it.

Damn! Got excited with talk of Balanta for a moment there didnt know you guys had started it - with our run of transfers this summer you almost start to believe anything is possible. He's had nagging injuries this past year that have kept him in and out of side at River, but is real class. Former #10 that River converted to CB in the reserves, so he has great touch for a defender and can flex to play as a left back or 5. Not sure about the dual ownership mentioned. Eder came up the River reserves and i am pretty sure he was a free agent at some point and chose to resign at River. If the club own 80% of his rights, i thought he owned the other 20% personally as part of the deal.

couldn't resist! i was in a meeting and missed the real chance at the announcement...

Can I just say...