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I thought he was plenty athletic, just the fact he ran a kilometre more than anyone else took its toll towards the end.

 

Biggest compliment you can pay him is that he took Diame's place and I didn't really notice Diame not being there off the ball. Any hairy moments seemed to come through Hayden.

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Decent on the ball. Not much of an athlete.

 

Agree in terms of his athletic dynamism, but he’s obviously got a seriously good engine, and can provide very good ‘legs’. Clearly you need plenty more than that at PL level, but he had at least showed a decent range of passing in the second half, and looking at his goals on loan to Blackpool, he has a canny dig on him too. Early days, but certainly a bit of promise.

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Distance covered is a poor indicator tbh.  Number and intensity of sprints is far more important.  You want players who can do shit loads of sprints at a high intensity across the 90 minutes and not just someone who can run at 3/4 pace across the 90.

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Athleticism can easily be trained though, look at Diame.

 

Pretty sure Diame was always athletic as he is now. :lol:

 

Longstaff is a tidy player with decent awareness, but I agree that he doesn't maybe have quite enough athleticism for the top level. I remember when Steve Watson made his debut (at 16 I think) his pace and athleticism stood out even at that age. Maybe Longstaff will develop it.

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