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  On 11/04/2013 at 21:16, Keefaz said:

Not convinced.

 

I'm convinced that he's going to be a very good player. Beyond the fact he's still adapting to the club, he's still very young as it is, and I've seen enough raw ability that suggests he's a good footballer that could easily turn into an excellent one.

 

Some of his decision-making is absolutely gash, as it stands.

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Just remember Coloccini in his first season, Mbiwa's already been better than that so just imagine how good he'll be next year (hopefully)

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Key moment around the 80 minute mark when we were piling the pressure on, Benfica had a rare attack - he got the ball and tried to take on their player on the edge of his own box, lost it, then ran over and hacked the Benfica player.  Took the sting right out of us and killed our momentum, took a solid 5 minutes to recover.

 

Think in terms of the whole game we did okay though

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  On 11/04/2013 at 21:29, Mole_Toonfan said:

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His decision-making is suspect at times. He'll learn, not worried in the slightest.

 

Aye basically, he has problems of when to dribble and when to pass but as you say he will learn.

 

Which was one of Colo's problems when he first joined us.

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  On 11/04/2013 at 21:27, Ted Maul said:

Key moment around the 80 minute mark when we were piling the pressure on, Benfica had a rare attack - he got the ball and tried to take on their player on the edge of his own box, lost it, then ran over and hacked the Benfica player.  Took the sting right out of us and killed our momentum, took a solid 5 minutes to recover.

 

Think in terms of the whole game we did okay though

 

Looked like he injured himself doing that....didn't really get above a trot in the last 10 mins and wasn't moving freely at all. Hope he's OK for Sunday.

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All about adapting and getting more comfortable. We tend to forget he's only 23. More experience and he will stop doing those concentrations lapses.

 

No doubt he'll be a top top defender for us in 5-6 years time, if we haven't gone down or sold him by then.

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  On 11/04/2013 at 22:40, Cajun said:

Class act who occasionally makes a stupid decision. With age and adaptation to the league I have more concerns about losing him than him not being good enough.

 

I agree.

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It'll come with experience. I think he's solid enough and you definitely get the feeling that he will only improve. Both him and Williamson were good, good effort from two lads that have never played together before (I don't think anyways)

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He just came from france, where the play is slower tempowise and the forwards press less then in the EPL. Offcourse it will take some time to get things right in regards of playing in posession. However his defensive play often are very good and will probably be even better with time. Should get a reliable partner for him as Saylor again proves he can't be counted on (allthough I love him to bits).

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