BingleyOwl Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Probably already covered. But, one thing. Who is this guy? Was he Tony Crane in disguise? My days. Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 12 minutes ago, BingleyOwl said: Probably already covered. But, one thing. Who is this guy? Was he Tony Crane in disguise? My days. Discuss. Worst defender in league by a mile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNChance Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 He shouldn’t be the central defender in a three. Has to be him and Pudil to fight it out for the lcb position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Its not just Van Aken . Our defence is shocking full stop. Not one of our defenders has any pace ,and every one of them get murdered when someone runs at them . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 He’s so far out his depth it’s untrue. Shouldnt have played again after the pigs game at home when he got thoroughly dry bummed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash77 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Maybe he could be a holding cm but a long way from being a solid cb. Total liability back there imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quist Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Poor player not good enough for Championship. Just too slow and haphazard was very poor today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggoisgod Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Very poor today but so was Joey, not sure what either bring to the team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlinexile Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 We used to be able to get 10 players of Van Aken's standard or higher for £3.5 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrev Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 £4m on this donkey and now we are under an embargo.... if it took us scouting 200 defenders before we found him I dread to think how bad number 199 was. Today Van Aken showed why he is completely out of his depth at this level although in all fairness he was only marginally worse than Palmer and Pelupessey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike312 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Van Aken 4 million, Vanancio 1.8 million. That is all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrev Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 12 minutes ago, mike312 said: Van Aken 4 million, Vanancio 1.8 million. That is all. Depressing in’t it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Concrete Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 He was one last season you kept hoping with time he would improve but for a lad his size his strength is awful, he can't defend at all, gets turned in and out by most oppostion. He might unlock the odd great Hollywood ball or exquisite pass but overall it's just another example of Clueless Carlos and The Dictators hopeless recruitment policy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woozie Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 (edited) Van Aken €3m around £2.5m possibly rising with bonuses Edited August 4, 2018 by Woozie details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingleyOwl Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 I was sat in the home today and was embarrassed every time he failed a tackle or shanked a clearance straight to one of their players. He looked like how I used to feel when it was my first pre season friendly. Knackered, overweight and not able to judge a pass or speed of the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmigo Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Before his injury, he had a couple of games where he looked pretty good. But for the most part he has shown a level of competency in the position that is hard to believe. i have said before, central defending is so much about balance and drive, and being trained how to shift the weight of your body quickly to win headers, to push up for offside, to track back etc. To do that the drive off the correct foot is crucial and I can’t recall seeing a player with such significant issues with that basic part of the game. He looks ‘flat footed’ constantly because of this. He must be a nightmare to play with as you just can’t read him like other centre back partners. There is a player there but we will need to really work with him hard and get this sorted. lees isn’t an especially clever centre back and was made to look good by Loovens for 3 years until big Glenn ran out of gas last season. We must get hutch back there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s6 owl Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 19 minutes ago, mike312 said: Van Aken 4 million, Vanancio 1.8 million. That is all. Venancio went to Vitoria SC for 500k! and some numpties on here thought he wasn't worth it and that we could get better. Unbelievable. JVA is a shambles by the way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swfcjam Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Awful today. Would rather start thorniley. How he was the best defender we could find out of 200 we looked at I’ll bever know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S72 Owl Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Can’t see him ever turning into a good championship centre. Too slow, can’t turn, not strong enough. I’m not fussed if he can ping a 50 yard ball out to the wing back every so often. I could do that under no pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRightSide Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Terrible player. Unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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