lexicon Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 No, he wasn't. Delaney has also been overly romanticised, despite being a very average player. Not good going forward/technically and a rash tackler. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkyluke Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I always thought Bouma looked a little like a left sided CB played as a full back. Very good defensive player but the rest was a bit of a struggle for him. That said he was a very good player, and the last very good player we have had in that position. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I always thought Bouma looked a little like a left sided CB played as a full back. Very good defensive player but the rest was a bit of a struggle for him. That said he was a very good player, and the last very good player we have had in that position. Pretty sure he was a centre half for both PSV and Holland when we signed him and DO'L moved him to LB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkyluke Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I always thought Bouma looked a little like a left sided CB played as a full back. Very good defensive player but the rest was a bit of a struggle for him. That said he was a very good player, and the last very good player we have had in that position. Pretty sure he was a centre half for both PSV and Holland when we signed him and DO'L moved him to LB. I guess that's why he looked like a CB then hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PongRiddims Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 No, he wasn't. Delaney has also been overly romanticised, despite being a very average player. Not good going forward/technically and a rash tackler. Delaney was rubbish! His entire game was based on last ditch tackles that he had to make based on his earlier mistakes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I always thought Bouma looked a little like a left sided CB played as a full back. Very good defensive player but the rest was a bit of a struggle for him. That said he was a very good player, and the last very good player we have had in that position. Pretty sure he was a centre half for both PSV and Holland when we signed him and DO'L moved him to LB. he actually started out as a left winger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 No, he wasn't. Delaney has also been overly romanticised, despite being a very average player. Not good going forward/technically and a rash tackler. Delaney was rubbish! His entire game was based on last ditch tackles that he had to make based on his earlier mistakes. He was ok he was nothing special but decent. Always have a lot of time for Delaney as I remember he led a defence of Samuel, Ridgewell and think Aaron Hughes to beat Everton 4-0 when Laursen and Mellberg were injured. Showed leadership and all he got from DOL in the media was scorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PongRiddims Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 No, he wasn't. Delaney has also been overly romanticised, despite being a very average player. Not good going forward/technically and a rash tackler.Delaney was rubbish! His entire game was based on last ditch tackles that he had to make based on his earlier mistakes. He was ok he was nothing special but decent. Always have a lot of time for Delaney as I remember he led a defence of Samuel, Ridgewell and think Aaron Hughes to beat Everton 4-0 when Laursen and Mellberg were injured. Showed leadership and all he got from DOL in the media was scorn [emoji14] His attitude was never in question, he was just terrible as a player 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 No, he wasn't. Delaney has also been overly romanticised, despite being a very average player. Not good going forward/technically and a rash tackler. Delaney was rubbish! His entire game was based on last ditch tackles that he had to make based on his earlier mistakes. He was ok he was nothing special but decent. Always have a lot of time for Delaney as I remember he led a defence of Samuel, Ridgewell and think Aaron Hughes to beat Everton 4-0 when Laursen and Mellberg were injured. Showed leadership and all he got from DOL in the media was scorn [emoji14] His attitude was never in question, he was just terrible as a player maybe I thought he was OK but if you compare him to Beye, Lowton, Cuellar etc. he definitely wasnt that bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Interesting that Bouma has now been elevated 'class act' status. He certainly wasn't thought of THAT highly when he played for us - not a bad player by any stretch but not a 'class act'. Amavi, IMO, will be a lot better. Yes for the money we have spent on him i am hoping he's a lot better than Bouma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PongRiddims Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 No, he wasn't. Delaney has also been overly romanticised, despite being a very average player. Not good going forward/technically and a rash tackler.Delaney was rubbish! His entire game was based on last ditch tackles that he had to make based on his earlier mistakes. He was ok he was nothing special but decent. Always have a lot of time for Delaney as I remember he led a defence of Samuel, Ridgewell and think Aaron Hughes to beat Everton 4-0 when Laursen and Mellberg were injured. Showed leadership and all he got from DOL in the media was scorn [emoji14]His attitude was never in question, he was just terrible as a player maybe I thought he was OK but if you compare him to Beye, Lowton, Cuellar etc. he definitely wasnt that bad I'd happily put all three of those on par if not better than Delaney, Delaney was 75% 'theatre' and 25% ability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpaywasawesome Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I think at the time the Bouma-Young partnership down the left flank was one of the best in the league that season. It was so defensively solid and Young could have the confidence of taking on 2,3 men to whip in a ball and have the confidence that if he'd fail Bouma was there behind him to take care of it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1000 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Amavi will be our player of the season. You can hold me to that. I will definitely be using this post to score points come May 2016... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Interesting that Bouma has now been elevated 'class act' status. He certainly wasn't thought of THAT highly when he played for us - not a bad player by any stretch but not a 'class act'. Amavi, IMO, will be a lot better. Yes for the money we have spent on him i am hoping he's a lot better than Bouma I think he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightysasquatch Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I remember when Mon came in he found his coaching better & Bouma said under Dol he didn't really have a clue what was expected of him. He worked well behind young that's for sure, centre half that could play left back. Loved him, such a beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 No, he wasn't. Delaney has also been overly romanticised, despite being a very average player. Not good going forward/technically and a rash tackler.Delaney was rubbish! His entire game was based on last ditch tackles that he had to make based on his earlier mistakes. He was ok he was nothing special but decent. Always have a lot of time for Delaney as I remember he led a defence of Samuel, Ridgewell and think Aaron Hughes to beat Everton 4-0 when Laursen and Mellberg were injured. Showed leadership and all he got from DOL in the media was scorn [emoji14]His attitude was never in question, he was just terrible as a player He really wasn't. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I remember one of Boumas first games..against Charlton?? He skied a free kick into the roof of the Holte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) Wheres the Amavi vid gentleman haha Nvm i found it! Edited July 26, 2015 by AshVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Bouma was poor for a fair while, turned it round in a home game to Chelsea when he marked a then dangerous Shaun Wright-Phillips out of the game. Delaney was quality. Amavi will be up and down, but have a couple of stormers. He'll struggle to be great all season because we're going to take some real tonkings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I think at the time the Bouma-Young partnership down the left flank was one of the best in the league that season. It was so defensively solid and Young could have the confidence of taking on 2,3 men to whip in a ball and have the confidence that if he'd fail Bouma was there behind him to take care of it. it was a good combination but it was short lived, back end of 06-07 and 07-08, we played great football in 07-08, great memories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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