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Siem de Jong (still alive)


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Guest Recoba

Reminded me of latter years Alan Shearer tonight. Won all sorts in the air, held up play, kept position allowing Ayoze/Thauvin/Aarons/Janmaat to build attacks around him. Very efficient footballer.

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Some tidy involvement tonight.  Needs pace in and around him though. He always seems to be an option (came short to feet at every throw)  but at the same time isn't the most mobile in terms of covering vast areas of the pitch.

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Very talented player. He's the player Cabaye will be when he's about 33.

 

Except he's 3 years younger than Cabaye.

 

I know. Imagine Cabaye when he's 33ish.....pace going a bit, can't get around the pitch as well as he currently does but hasn't lost any of his ability or vision - that's De Jong now.

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Very talented player. He's the player Cabaye will be when he's about 33.

 

Except he's 3 years younger than Cabaye.

 

I know. Imagine Cabaye when he's 33ish.....pace going a bit, can't get around the pitch as well as he currently does but hasn't lost any of his ability or vision - that's De Jong now.

 

So by the time De Jong is 33 he has to be pushed around the pitch in a wheel chair?

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I liked De Jong's performance last night but I am concerned about his athleticism. I know it is not the be all end all, but he is the slowest attacking midfielder we have had since Kevin Nolan.  He really cannot get around the pitch.

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I think/can see De Jong playing most games where we probably are likely to have more possession, meanwhile away against the better teams he's may not be the perfect option for us. At least not until we are competing better possession wise in our away games.

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