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Kevin Danso

Legohamster said:
@Bishop is big enough to defend himself, but Danso was our best defender last year when he played in the second half of the season
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Danso was a reasonable option for Thomas Franks GHod awful, low block, horseshoe, hope for a set piece style of football. Horribly unsuited to RDZ’s proper, decent to watch football though.

Danso seems like a nice fella though and played a role in us winning a European trophy so he’ll always a have a special place in the club’s history.
 
Finney Is Back said:
Danso was a reasonable option for Thomas Franks GHod awful, low block, horseshoe, hope for a set piece style of football. Horribly unsuited to RDZ’s proper, decent to watch football though.

Danso seems like a nice fella though and played a role in us winning a European trophy so he’ll always a have a special place in the club’s history.
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We were going down without Danso in the starting 11

He's played a part in 2 of our biggest "successes" in the past few years
 
MadSpurs said:
He never gave him ma chance, immediately told him to train with the U21s.

It was a huge error
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We don't know what the conversation was

How can it be judged as a huge error after a handful of games in the Championship, a
League that Solanke smashed 29 goals in one season

On balance, I'd liked to have kept him around, but it wasn't just the clubs choice
 
Legohamster said:
We don't know what the conversation was

How can it be judged as a huge error after a handful of games in the Championship, a
League that Solanke smashed 29 goals in one season

On balance, I'd liked to have kept him around, but it wasn't just the clubs choice
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The Lankshear things is interesting so many are taking the Championship run as proof of his abilities. Whether he would have been a good player for us is obviously up for reasonable debate but a good scoring run in the Championship is proof of nothing.

Much more representative is an analysis of his actual ability. How his first touch is, his movement, his anticipation, his ball striking etc. Just looking at raw numbers scored in the Championship really doesn't tell a great deal.
 
Bishop said:
The Lankshear things is interesting so many are taking the Championship run as proof of his abilities. Whether he would have been a good player for us is obviously up for reasonable debate but a good scoring run in the Championship is proof of nothing.

Much more representative is an analysis of his actual ability. How his first touch is, his movement, his anticipation, his ball striking etc. Just looking at raw numbers scored in the Championship really doesn't tell a great deal.
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Was talking with a West Ham mate the other day, he can't believe the amount of errors in the Championship - he says it's a constant comedy of errors in that league.

Good luck to Lankshear, but personally I'll wait and see what he does in PL football before crying that we've missed out on the next Harry Kane....
 
Finney Is Back said:
Danso was a reasonable option for Thomas Franks GHod awful, low block, horseshoe, hope for a set piece style of football. Horribly unsuited to RDZ’s proper, decent to watch football though.

Danso seems like a nice fella though and played a role in us winning a European trophy so he’ll always a have a special place in the club’s history.
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He was pretty good for Ange and was rock solid for RDZ at the tail end of last season too. His passing was no where near as bad as posters are making our either. Is he as good as Van Hecke in terms of passing? Of course not. But he is a more accomplished box defender and aerial presence. He was let go simply because RDZ preferred Van Hecke, not because Danso was not suited to a progressive passing team.

I'm afraid there is a bit of confirmation bias going on in respect of big Kev.
 
Robspur12 said:
He was pretty good for Ange and was rock solid for RDZ at the tail end of last season too. His passing was no where near as bad as posters are making our either. Is he as good as Van Hecke in terms of passing? Of course not. But he is a more accomplished box defender and aerial presence. He was let go simply because RDZ preferred Van Hecke, not because Danso was not suited to a progressive passing team.

I'm afraid there is a bit of confirmation bias going on in respect of big Kev.
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Is his passing any worse than VDVs? I don't see it. (Admittedly VDV actually passed the ball pretty nicely today, but that's never been a strength of his up to this point.)
 
Robspur12 said:
He was pretty good for Ange and was rock solid for RDZ at the tail end of last season too. His passing was no where near as bad as posters are making our either. Is he as good as Van Hecke in terms of passing? Of course not. But he is a more accomplished box defender and aerial presence. He was let go simply because RDZ preferred Van Hecke, not because Danso was not suited to a progressive passing team.

I'm afraid there is a bit of confirmation bias going on in respect of big Kev.
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Disagree. His control of the ball is poor and his passing is average at best. I remember him nutmegging himself and getting sent offfin preseason, that took an extra kind of special brickness on the ball
 
Finney Is Back said:
Disagree. His control of the ball is poor and his passing is average at best. I remember him nutmegging himself and getting sent offfin preseason, that took an extra kind of special brickness on the ball
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And I’ve seen both Van Hecke and Van der Ven make basic positional mistakes this season during PL matches. Van hecke in particular over commit several times, get done and leave us in trouble. In fact, I remember such an occasion causing Bentacur to make a challenge which led to him being sent off. Yet I wouldn’t write them off as defenders. As I said in the end, RDZ preferred Van Hecke strengths to what Danso offered. But it doesn’t mean that Danso couldn’t have played in his system too he’s not Davinson Sanchez
 
Robspur12 said:
And I’ve seen both Van Hecke and Van der Ven make basic positional mistakes this season during PL matches. Van hecke in particular over commit several times, get done and leave us in trouble. In fact, I remember such an occasion causing Bentacur to make a challenge which led to him being sent off. Yet I wouldn’t write them off as defenders. As I said in the end, RDZ preferred Van Hecke strengths to what Danso offered. But it doesn’t mean that Danso couldn’t have played in his system too.
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I think he’s found his level at Sunderland (or maybe not as they might drop him if their bad form continues)
 
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