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Rafael Van Der Vaart
It seems he scored a goal today against Cambridge
Will this lad be a first teamer next season do you think?
It’s all about the attitude with the yoof of todayMany hope so. It's in his favour that we've got Europa League for the potential opportunity here or there. I think it was discussed that we'll want him to stick around to start the path to bring considered home grown or whatever it's called.
I'm not sure I see him being a fully fledged 1st team player, but getting exposure to first team training / the match day experience should only do him well.
This idea that Werner has only signed a loan being with a mind to a succession plan for Moore seems a little bit much as even if we only keep Timo for the season, that area of the squad will look different after three transfer windows. No point hyping him up or writing him off, we'll see how Ange plays it and Moore has the pre season to make an impression.
That said, the kid needs to get off his arse and make an impact given what Yamal is doing, time is running out, I've been telling my nephew the same thing as he's approaching the same age and is nowhere near the English national team, the lazy prick.
He has been scoring goals for fun as a centre forward, I am intrigued, why are you interested if he can play wide?is he fast enough to play out wide?
He has been scoring goals for fun as a centre forward, I am intrigued, why are you interested if he can play wide?
Centre forward? He runs at the defence with the ball from what I have seen?He has been scoring goals for fun as a centre forward, I am intrigued, why are you interested if he can play wide?
Centre forward? He runs at the defence with the ball from what I have seen?
Also referred to as a left winger on transfermarkt/wiki. So where do those calling him to play for first team see him playing as it seems pretty obvious to me he is a winger as he’ll last about two games running centrally like that.
Seems he can play any of the 3 positions behind the striker from what i’ve seen. In the euros he swapped from left to right wing in at least one game.
When has he played CF?He has been scoring goals for fun as a centre forward, I am intrigued, why are you interested if he can play wide?
My bad, that would be Lankshear.When has he played CF?
Hearts made fewer subs than us by HT but got completely rocked that second half. I missed the first half of the match so I can't compare the two halves (aside from the scoreline which might not tell us too much) but we looked very dominant. I think we always have trouble when it comes to passing in the opposition penalty box: we don't seem to know whether to lay it off to the edge of the box, try a square ball into the middle of the box and hope someone can connect/OG, or go the aerial route and cross it. Seems like we were doing a bit better in this regard but again, scoreline doesn't really tell us as much as we might want it to.
Hearts made fewer subs than us by HT but got completely rocked that second half. I missed the first half of the match so I can't compare the two halves (aside from the scoreline which might not tell us too much) but we looked very dominant. I think we always have trouble when it comes to passing in the opposition penalty box: we don't seem to know whether to lay it off to the edge of the box, try a square ball into the middle of the box and hope someone can connect/OG, or go the aerial route and cross it. Seems like we were doing a bit better in this regard but again, scoreline doesn't really tell us as much as we might want it to.
It’s what we miss when Richarlison isn’t playingI think we looked better when Lankshear was on as he was in the box as an option to pass to.
He also gave more space for Bergvall, Devine and Moore to move into.
Yes, some of our players like Hojbjerg, Royal, Phillips have a default setting of "lay it off square or backwards, just lay it off and get rid of the problem" whereas most of our youngsters have a default setting of "what can I do with this, how can I hurt them, who can I connect with and burst forwards".The issue/opportunity with our system is tempo, when we play fast, press high it naturally puts the opposition in more of a sit deep/survival mode.
Right, even just seeking the "free man" instead of passing the ball to some other player who is also being marked. Some players are playing chess (planning out not just the next pass, but the next series of passes) and others are playing checkers (as you said, hot potato).Yes, some of our players like Hojbjerg, Royal, Phillips have a default setting of "lay it off square or backwards, just lay it off and get rid of the problem" whereas most of our youngsters have a default setting of "what can I do with this, how can I hurt them, who can I connect with and burst forwards".
It makes such a huge difference in terms of keeping the oppo under pressure versus releasing all the pressure.
Yes, some of our players like Hojbjerg, Royal, Phillips have a default setting of "lay it off square or backwards, just lay it off and get rid of the problem" whereas most of our youngsters have a default setting of "what can I do with this, how can I hurt them, who can I connect with and burst forwards".
It makes such a huge difference in terms of keeping the oppo under pressure versus releasing all the pressure.
I think it the very elite who think a couple of moves aheadRight, even just seeking the "free man" instead of passing the ball to some other player who is also being marked. Some players are playing chess (planning out not just the next pass, but the next series of passes) and others are playing checkers (as you said, hot potato).