S63 Owl Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 He’s an absolute beast. Won pretty much every header tonight and also used his strength well. He needs to work on some bits of his game like positional sense and decision making but that will come with experience. Hopefully he can breakthrough this season and offer us some defensive cover by coming off the bench before trying to stake a run in the first team 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Think he looks like a Scandinavian shot putter. Female. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philb125 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 If we were Brentford, Barnsley or Utd we’d be playing him week in week out and selling him for 3-5m come January! The lad looks very promising and I’m hopeful that our situation now allows us the chance to bring him through and keep him rather than us buying another older past it CB like we have in past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fpowl Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Looks a great prospect and a real unit tired towards the end but a great performance he played much better than Van Aken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KivoOwl Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Connor O'Grady is a much better prospect IMO. Think Nielsen is only getting in the side because of his height. Not very quick, not great on the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standidno Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Great in air, garbage on floor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standidno Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 1 minute ago, KivoOwl said: Connor O'Grady is a much better prospect IMO. Think Nielsen is only getting in the side because of his height. Not very quick, not great on the ball. Thought he’d get a game tonight. Feel for the lad actually. Jack lee seems to have gone above in pecking order too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonbones Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, KivoOwl said: Connor O'Grady is a much better prospect IMO. Think Nielsen is only getting in the side because of his height. Not very quick, not great on the ball. You're on a real downer tonight. Thank god we won, you'd be reaching for the razor blades if not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philb125 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, KivoOwl said: Connor O'Grady is a much better prospect IMO. Think Nielsen is only getting in the side because of his height. Not very quick, not great on the ball. Thought he looked ok on ball for his size. We definitely need a commanding CB so if he or JvA can toughen up, learn to do basics it could save us a fortune! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KivoOwl Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Just now, HubristicClapper said: You're on a real downer tonight. Thank god we won, you'd be reaching for the razor blades if not. Not seen my opinions on Lees, Penney, Kirby, Bannan, Fletcher or Matias then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 We need some physical presence in there even if he isn’t as slick as some of the others, I thought Van Aken looked a lot better tonight in terms of his anticipation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazz123 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 brilliant tonignt definatly a top choice with lees for centre back positions he will become a valuable asset, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 19 minutes ago, fpowl said: Looks a great prospect and a real unit tired towards the end but a great performance he played much better than Van Aken Not sure about that, the header towards the end of the first half where he headed it back across goal and it hit a Sunderland player and fell kindly for Wildsmith would get punished in the Championship and there was one cross that he left 2nd half across the 6 yard box that would have been a tap in had Sunderland had an actual striker in the team instead of Maguire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IstillhateSteveBould Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 16 minutes ago, KivoOwl said: Connor O'Grady is a much better prospect IMO. Think Nielsen is only getting in the side because of his height. Not very quick, not great on the ball. Neither is Tom Lees. Or many other good championship defenders. Physicality is a big part of defending. As is aerial ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shezzas left peg Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Made a couple of school boy errors, but liked the the fact that he kept his head up and wasn't phased by them. One in the second half, sloppy pass which against better opposition would maybe have been punished, but the lad looks strong and brave, a few things to work on, but as with thornily maybe could turn out to be a free transfer steal/bargain if he continues to improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls-swfc Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 30 minutes ago, Standidno said: Great in air, garbage on floor Polar opposite to big Dave.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonLeon Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 28 minutes ago, KivoOwl said: Connor O'Grady is a much better prospect IMO. Think Nielsen is only getting in the side because of his height. Not very quick, not great on the ball. Bang on. To be brutally honest he wouldn’t be anywhere near a pro club if he was 6’3 or below. Not really sure what he’s good at? Very limited centre back who hopefully can learn the game quickly for his sake. He’s not at the level Beevers and Spurr came through at, and their careers have hardly been glittering. He’ll do a job filling in but O’Grady suits our style loads more than both Lee and Neilsen imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Owl Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 He's got such a physical advantage that he's worth persisting with in the team imo, as others have said he's not so great with the ball at his feet but neither is Tom Lees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fpowl Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 14 minutes ago, hirstyboywonder said: Not sure about that, the header towards the end of the first half where he headed it back across goal and it hit a Sunderland player and fell kindly for Wildsmith would get punished in the Championship and there was one cross that he left 2nd half across the 6 yard box that would have been a tap in had Sunderland had an actual striker in the team instead of Maguire. The kids 20 year old he’s going to be raw with a few mistakes in bannan gave the ball away twice which also could of got us punished but he picked up man of the match a performance like that at this stage of his career especially with how much Sunderland had the ball in and around our area was very positive lad played well and should be encouraged to do so more. I’m sure he will pick up on the few mistakes that happened and doesn’t need reminding of them and he’ll work on them he was streets ahead of van aken who looked very suspect in the first half. Put it this way I wouldn’t be too worried if he lined up in the championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Bach Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 He's 19 ffs. Great performance in such a vital and daunting role. Can only get better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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