Holmowl Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 14 minutes ago, Bodhidharma said: It's just an opinion. He pinged a few nice balls out to wallace which is a good thing to have in our locker. Just sometimes i thought we looked shaky compared to Lees/ Loovens. I think that's a fair summary. But certainly he has bags of potential. We seem to be chipping our corners mega-high, perhaps in the hope that he will get on the end of them as he towers over most players, and has an excellent leap. Must immediately cut those lunges out though. Penalties, dangerous and free kicks beckon if it continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Done ok so far. If he's our 'future' then we need to be at least a bit patient with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spuddy01 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 He does seem to go to ground a bit quick but he's still relatively young so I think he'll learn to curb that. His calmness on the ball and distribution is excellent though. I think we've got a gem with him once he settles into the team and the English game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello 77 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 6 minutes ago, Holmowl said: I think that's a fair summary. But certainly he has bags of potential. We seem to be chipping our corners mega-high, perhaps in the hope that he will get on the end of them as he towers over most players, and has an excellent leap. Must immediately cut those lunges out though. Penalties, dangerous and free kicks beckon if it continues. Any chance of a brief summary of the game? Sorry to be a pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazowl55 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 25 minutes ago, vulva said: I was a bit critical on Saturday as I thought the goal was his fault. However, over the 2 games he's done very well, and looks a good prospect. I can also see him scoring a few from corners The big issue is that £4m does not buy you an awful lot of footballer these days. True. But I think in time just like we are starting to with Reach. We will look up on it as money well spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Bodhidharma said: Was the first chance for me to have a look at him tonight. Ok he looks a good long passer, but he wasn't as assured as i was expecting after all the praise on sat.. Still got some developing to do. And I'm not sure if this was his fault or just the defensive line, but they sprung our offside trap time and again. Maybe he was better on sat but on that performance he doesn't look prem class just yet. He played OK, still got to get used to the pace of the Championship being different to what he is used to and how his team mates play. He dived in a couple of times in both games but I am sure this is something that will be worked on in training. Being able to defend is obviously the priority but the way he can travel with and pass the ball is a big plus. The fact they sprung our defensive line was as much to do with the completely inept lino on the south side as anything else. Edited September 12, 2017 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 His attributes suggest we could make a profit on him one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dw_sheffwed Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Really like the look of him, only problem he always wrong foots Westwood putting ball on his right side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatzooma Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 36 minutes ago, Bodhidharma said: Was the first chance for me to have a look at him tonight. Ok he looks a good long passer, but he wasn't as assured as i was expecting after all the praise on sat.. Still got some developing to do. And I'm not sure if this was his fault or just the defensive line, but they sprung our offside trap time and again. Maybe he was better on sat but on that performance he doesn't look prem class just yet. I looked at saturdays highlights again and you're right...he is good but couldn't help notice the ball watching/offside being sprung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Early days isn't it. Has a nice range of passing and you can see the potential. Tbf to the lad I'm not sure he'd have been thrown in quite so quickly were it not for the fact that Loovens is out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Personally think having a player like him in the side makes us 10x better going forward. That's shown for me hugely in the past two games. Like the look of him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eightace Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 He did well considering how nervous some of the players around him were at times. He's decent and will get better but people did go overboard on sat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelthepayne Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 15 minutes ago, Kopparberg said: His attributes suggest we could make a profit on him one day. We won't make a profit on any player while DC is here, we refuse to sell even our worst players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 19 minutes ago, Costello 77 said: Any chance of a brief summary of the game? Sorry to be a pain. Genuine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelthepayne Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 51 minutes ago, Bodhidharma said: Was the first chance for me to have a look at him tonight. Ok he looks a good long passer, but he wasn't as assured as i was expecting after all the praise on sat.. Still got some developing to do. And I'm not sure if this was his fault or just the defensive line, but they sprung our offside trap time and again. Maybe he was better on sat but on that performance he doesn't look prem class just yet. The offside trap part of your post is rubbish, i'm not sure either linesman knew the offside rule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello 77 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Just now, Holmowl said: Genuine? Yes. I can't get this season. I'll have to read it in the morning. But I'd appreciate it over the tea and toast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamnich Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 When everyone bums loovens i almost have a heart attack every time a ball goes near him. Based on what I've seen previously and tonight I've much more confidence in a lees/van aken back two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsHall Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 31 minutes ago, Costello 77 said: Any chance of a brief summary of the game? Sorry to be a pain. We won 2-1. UTO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Like i said last game he is OK. Nothing more. The way people were banging on Saturday you would think he was the next Dutch class defender in waiting. He's never going to be capped, put it that way. But for us in this league he's OK. Same as last game, his positioning is not great. He regularly gets caught a yard off his man and occasionally on the wrong side, which I said on Saturday better teams will capitalise on and tonight Brentford seemed capable of doing so. The top, top teams would tear holes in him at present but he will learn and grow. I hope tonight has dampened down expectations on the poor lad and will let him develop and make mistakes and learn without half the people on here thinking he is the messiah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davetherivelinowl Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 I agree we look better when we have a CB who can pass so well but Pudil was doing a pretty good job of that and so far I think we've looked more solid defending with Pudil alongside Lees. But Van Aken will only improve with games so I think its worth persevering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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