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3 minutes ago, Andy said:

At the risk of facing Dr V's wrath, I'm still not really seeing it tbh. 

 

Good 30 minutes when the whole team were fired up, then vanished. Second half we may as well have had 10 men. 


We’ve managed to get past him being the same person as Elanga, that’s progress. 

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Not in terms of playing style exactly or profile but he reminds me of Jermaine Jenas.  Technically sound. Mobile. But doesn’t influence games the way you would want and not as progressive with the ball as you want either. 
 

Thought today was his best game so far and I can see how he can further improve. A year with Howe and he could be a very good player. Needs to consisbtebly be positive on the ball and snappy off it. 

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On 07/12/2025 at 09:02, Dr Venkman said:

I’ve said this countless times on here but not every signing needs to be a ‘top player’. Forget the fee. When you have so many games to play you need a squad of players which can manage all those games. At least some of them aren’t going to be ‘top players’. Some of them just need to be good enough.


Also, @Andy I don’t think he’s superb. I think he’s got potential to be superb in Eddie’s team but for now I think he’s good enough for the first 11.

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Just now, Dr Venkman said:


Also, @Andy I don’t think he’s superb. I think he’s got potential to be superb in Eddie’s team but for now I think he’s good enough for the first 11.

 

I respect your opinion on him Doc, I hope you're proven right long term as that'll mean we're improving as a team. 

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I didn't think he was all that, two moments stood out for me, we were attacking and instead of passing he tries to take on Caicedo but fails and they are on the counter and then the foul which got them back in the game

 

He did take up some good positions, just wasn't effective enough with it

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41 minutes ago, Andy said:

At the risk of facing Dr V's wrath, I'm still not really seeing it tbh. 

 

Good 30 minutes when the whole team were fired up, then vanished. Second half we may as well have had 10 men. 

 

 

He was good as far as energy and pressing goes, and tbh that's half the battle. Still not convinced he resists the press very well though, he does still give the ball away too much. 

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10 minutes ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

I didn't think he was all that, two moments stood out for me, we were attacking and instead of passing he tries to take on Caicedo but fails and they are on the counter and then the foul which got them back in the game

 

He did take up some good positions, just wasn't effective enough with it

 

I went mental when he did that. Think it was Murphy was wide open on the right and it was an easy pass. 

 

I did think he did quite well generally though. Faded second half when he got tired. 

 

He will have to show a little more than that to justify his price, but some encouraging signs today

 

 

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