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I think it will be a shame if he is sold. When he first arrived he looked full of confidence, He looked comformatable on the ball, capable of bringing the ball out of defence and passing the ball 40/50 yards and landing at the feet of our attacking players created opportunities. He didnt look too bad making takles either and quickly won the fans over.


Im convinced that something happened to him. Maybe he was told to stop making those passes.... maybe he was told to stop bringing the ball out of defence. It was a strange to see because we would often play it round the back a few times, pass back to the keeper to lump it up field or all of our play had to go through Bannan, even if it was a 2 yard pass for Bannan to ping the ball forwards. Van Aken offerred a different dimension at least.


Whatever happened, whatever the reason, he had a mare against United (But to be fair, he was far from being the only one!) and never recovered from that.


If he was fit now, theres no way he would be able to break into the current back 4 but look at how we had our wingers virtually hugging the touchline against Blackburn in acres of space. Imagine Joost pinging the ball from the back to our wingers in space.

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