HKP90 Posted March 16 VT Supporter Share Posted March 16 He looked to like he was wound too tight against Ajax. Unai took him off quite rightly as he was on a yellow and was still getting stuck in. I gotta admire his wanting to take his chance and force his way into the team. I just think he lacked a little maturity, but that will come. He's still the assist leader at Middlesborough, and he's been with us since Jan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 3 minutes ago, HKP90 said: He looked to like he was wound too tight against Ajax. Unai took him off quite rightly as he was on a yellow and was still getting stuck in. I gotta admire his wanting to take his chance and force his way into the team. I just think he lacked a little maturity, but that will come. He's still the assist leader at Middlesborough, and he's been with us since Jan. what i liked with him, is he played at least 2, maybe more of those defence cutting through balls that Tielemans does so well. Granted they didnt entirely work, but the fact he can see the pass and try to make it is a really good sign for me, once he settles, learns Emery's ways and gains some confidence, i think he is going to be very good. he also looks comfortable on the ball and driving forward with it, the lad looks like he has oodles of potential to me. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
479Villan Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 He is playing with 10 (perhaps 13) new teammates in a new team for a new manager in a hyper-fast hyper-physical league. It certainly takes more than 50 days to acclimatize, even if you're going from one team to another in the same league. Any minutes he plays and we don't concede are bonus for now in my eyes. Imagine after the international break he'll be that much better having had 2 weeks with Emery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 He has a lot of potential. You can see he has a good football brain. It’s getting up to the speed of this league that will take time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: He has a lot of potential. You can see he has a good football brain. It’s getting up to the speed of this league that will take time. Absolutely there’s a maturity about his game he sees the pass a few steps ahed of the average player has good close control and the physicality to go with it. Taking time to adapt and learn was always going to be the case. I’m genuinely astonished at the amount of people talking negatively about him here would they rather we pay £45m for him later down the line in his career after a Brighton or Brentford develop him for us? Edited March 17 by gwi1890 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTTERDAM1982 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Better than Zaniolo? Bit of a liability defensively. Kellyman looks a better player to me. Early days, but not impressed tbh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 He's very young still and obviously we've seen something in him but he should not be starting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooJung Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 I like how he runs with the ball but the final ball isn't quite there and defensively he was nowhere to be seen, Coufal had all the space in the world in the first half 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 On 15/03/2024 at 12:51, Pinebro said: widget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 I can see the potential but he's lacking a bit of quality and composure at the moment. Very young though, and as I say I can see why Unai thought he'd be worth a chance on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 4 minutes ago, UpTheVilla26 said: He's very young still and obviously we've seen something in him but he should not be starting. He's 22 this summer so he's not that young but I agree he should not be starting yet. You learn by playing and training so sure this was another good experience for him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Showed some ability in the first half. But faded thereafter. Good bench option for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 He's seemed fine to me, there's more to be positive about than not, I think every game he's played, he's either got himself into good posiions for a shot or created shooting chances for others, both through good play. He's just a little raw at the moment, in some ways reminds of Duran, can do good things, but can also be frustrating, also have to remember he's new to the Premier League, he's barely played more than a game's worth of football at that level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 You can see why we've signed him. I think he'll be viewed as good value for money soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holteend1982 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 There's deffo a player in there, some of the stuff he does is very impressive. Ideally he'd be coming on for Ramsey after 75-80 mins and slowly coming into the team but as we are so thin he's just been thrown in 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyVillans Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Liability defensively but dont think he was that bad going forward. Picked up the ball in a good position centrally about 4 times in the first half. He has played more than i expected so far. Lets let him have a preseason before we write him off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaVilla Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Complete and utter liability today. Hopefully won’t start again for us this season or we are done for. I see the potential but the kid is too raw. Loan needed next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 He has ability but he left Moreno hung out to dry in first half. Never supported him, dont have to have ability to track back. Zaniolo done it when he came on thankfully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Just now, DakotaVilla said: Complete and utter liability today. Hopefully won’t start again for us this season or we are done for. I see the potential but the kid is too raw. Loan needed next season Don’t be so short sited. Had a decent game faded as the game went on but that’s understandable we will develop him and give him game time. It’s easy to jump into the FFP thread and cry about potentially selling key players and then complain when we give low cost youngsters the opportunity to develop and grow. The alternative is buying a experienced ready made signing whilst Rogers & Duran are out on loan eventually forcing us to cash in on players like Luiz , Ramsey ect. Can’t have it both ways it’s clear why we signed him anybody and everyone should be able to understand it won’t come over night. A loan would be totally counterproductive the whole idea is to sign these players and help them grow into a bigger role with Emery’s guidance. Sick of silly posts like this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaVilla Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Total bollocks. Zaniolo showed you the difference between a seasoned international and a kid today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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