Villan_of_oz Posted April 1, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 1, 2019 Some of those things only need some improvement but his first touch worries me a lot. Still, he is only 20 so maybe composure and first touch can get better with experience. Like the lad a lot, seems decent and humble. He is one of our own. There will be a lot of fingers crossed as we may need him a lot more next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Don’t mean to be too critical, as clearly he has played his own part in a 5 match winning streak. However, I find him extremely frustrating with his crossing. As others have mentioned he is clearly shot of any confidence as each time he crosses it it’s poor. This then leads to him just laying the ball back instead. at the moment his crossing is too poor to be a winger, and his control too poor to be a no.10 he needs to be told to just go all out and not be afraid of messing up. Just keep crossing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wilko154 Posted April 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2019 This is what frustrates me with our fanbase.... 'Play the kids' 'Give the kids a chance' 'We never promote youth players' Smith gives a young player like Green a chance, Bree a chance, O'Hare a chance, RHM a chance... 'Nah he's rubbish' 'He'll never make it' 'League 1 standard' Give the lad a chance! He's 20 years old, he is being given game time to improve. It's not going to be instant, he needs to be playing to a) build his confidence b) improve in a competitive side at a decent level c) improve with better players around him I thought he was poor in his first start for us since being back from loan, but every game he is getting better and his confidence is growing. At this stage he is the best option on the wing along with El Ghazi. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lapal_fan Posted April 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2019 He put in a wicked ball across the 6 yard box which no one got on the end of. And he did well for the 1st goal. He just needs to keep going, keep training and consistency will come. He looks like a good athlete, looks strong, is pretty quick and his technique will get better as he goes on. I see him as the kind of player to get to 23/24 and suddenly realise that he is actually a good player. Overall, young wingers are inconsistent, Ashley Young when he got here from Watford took a couple of seasons to really become a consistent threat. You just have to have belief in him and give him the confidence that he's part of your plans. Smith is the perfect manager for him at the moment, coming from Brentford with lots of young players, with maybe not so much technical ability. Keep going Andre! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaFaninLondon Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Smith gives a young player like Green a chance, Bree a chance, O'Hare a chance, RHM a chance... 'Nah he's rubbish' 'He'll never make it' 'League 1 standard' ............................................. To be honest I like to think fair's fair if they're not good enough. From what I've seen of Bree, I have serious doubts if he is or will be good enough, and he's certainly not PL standard. O'Hare and RHM I'm not sure as I haven't seen enough of them - however, I have doubts whether they are given where they are in their careers and their age now (both 20 going on 21 playing in League 2). RHM has been unlucky with injuries so don't think we can rule him out, but he isn't exactly prolific for Cambridge and really should be at that level. I see Green differently though. Yes, he seems to lack confidence and definitely needs to improve his crossing, but we need to remember - he's had a serious injury already which kept him out for well over a year, he was starting to shine at just 18/19 years old in the Championship and actually looked our best player before his injury. He is an exceptional dribbler in my opinion, has loads of pace, is strong and gifted physically, he is even good in the air to be fair (certainly for a winger). I just feel if he can put the hours in on the training ground and improve his final ball, he will be some player for us. And it obviously helps that he's from our Academy, as we all want our players to come through and shine, but with him I genuinely believe he can reach a very good level. It may well be that Green needs another loan spell somewhere. I wasn't happy that he wasn't getting in the Portsmouth team regularly, but I don't think that was any fault of his own - they were flying and it wouldn't have made sense to bed in a youngster that had just missed well over a year of competitive football. We need to find him a team that will give him the minutes to build his confidence up and show what he can do, particularly if we go up as he is not ready for PL football yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Can't speak for poor crosses etc as I only watched the highlights of the Blackburn game. But in the highlights he made 2 or 3 pretty good defence cutting passes, I assume he made many errors or something not shown in the highlights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 On 18/03/2019 at 22:25, VillanousOne said: I can't remember the last time we gave one of our youth players a proper chance since Grealish. Green and Keinan can potentially become first team players as O'Hare and RDM seemingly have a ways to go. RDM? Roberto Doyle Murphy? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramshackler Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Just don't see a player in Green. Looks terrified that the ball will come to him and when it does looks to have zero confidence he can beat a man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 1 hour ago, ramshackler said: Just don't see a player in Green. Looks terrified that the ball will come to him and when it does looks to have zero confidence he can beat a man His overall game isn't good enough. He's ok at this level, but it stops there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramshackler Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 12 minutes ago, villalad21 said: His overall game isn't good enough. He's ok at this level, but it stops there. Can't even say I agree. To me he looks like he is already playing above his level. We have a real disadvantage when he is in starting 11. Too easy to play against Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carewjust4u Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Got criticised for his crossing last week, but my word what a cross for mcguinn. The boy had to slide to the byline and hook his foot round it, magnificent. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Quite a quiet game but a fantastic assist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted April 7, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 7, 2019 Needs to learn to anticipate better and start his runs earlier, he always seems to be starting on his heals when a ball is played into the space behind the full back! However this is an easy enough tweak to fix. Definitely worth sticking with as a starter for me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 (edited) Really want him to make it but not convinced. Again, his poor performances have been masked because everyone else has been so good the last few games. However in games where the margins are much finer I can;t help but think he will cost us. That being said, extremely crucial save and assist yesterday. Starting to think Albert might need to start over him, and Green comes on a s impact sub for energy. As aside from energy right now it's hard to see what he offers right now. Edited April 7, 2019 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 4 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Really want him to make it but not convinced. Again, his poor performances have been masked because everyone else has been so good the last few games. However in games where the margins are much finer I can;t help but think he will cost us. That being said, extremely crucial save and assist yesterday. Starting to think Albert might need to start over him, and Green comes on a s impact sub for energy. As aside from energy right now it's hard to see what he offers right now. I think you make a fair comment.....but he is still developing. my concern with him is ball control.....he loses the ball much too easily, to forge a top class career......i am hoping he improves this. when you are challenging in the top 6.....its important players can keep the ball, losing it regularly will lose you games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 He’s healthy, he’s playing, we’re winning. I think we’ll reap the benefits of him playing week in week out. Good player there and he’s starting to come out of his shell a bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I see his shortfalls......but we have to persevere with him. i think there is something there, but needs to improve......game time will help him. He needs to work on individual shortfalls and improve incrementally.....if he is dedicated to it....it will come. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 He's only 20 and has already had his progress massively held back by injuries, think under the circumstances he's done quite well, especially as he got chucked back into things quite quickly given he was recalled from his loan and thrown into what at the time was a very much struggling team. He's young and he's a winger, two things which in and of themselves usually lead to some inconsistent performances. The worrying thing would be if he wasn't showing anything in his performances but that's clearly not been the case, so there's enough to be encouraged by with him. The last few games he's looked very dangerous early on and linked well with Elmo, but they've passed him by after a certain period and he's struggled to get back into them thereafter, hence usually being substituted eventually. As of right now I think he's very capable at this level. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Still looks terrified all the time. Loses the ball a lot, does the opposite to the likes of McGinn and Grealish and will take the easy option 99% of the time instead of the right one. Be great for him to get one early against Rotherham. One great 90 mins could really turn him round. Has no confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I thought he played really well first half but wasn’t in the game second. I like him and think he has a great career ahead of him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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