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Radu Drăgușin

I've been critical of him in other threads.

What I will say is that he looks short on confidence and also short on composure at the moment. Not sure if the two are linked for him, but they often are.

I think he can step up from the kind of performances we've seen, particularly if used as a RCB and given a bit of time.

His touch and passing will probably continue to be somewhat of an issue regardless, but with more confidence and composure definitely less so.
 
Robspur12 said:
Dragu, I felt had a really good Euros where he was arguably Romania's best player. I remember thinking to myself, he is quality. That said he may not be suited to playing LCB as I think he has looked a good player in previous games. But far too early to give up on him.
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He is a very good player. Not top level, but very good.

But he's also not a great fit to how we play with the ball and that will remain a concern unless he improves in how he uses his quality on the ball. He's also not a great fit with seemingly being significantly more comfortable at RCB, and with Romero being our best ball playing CB that potentially messes with our balance regardless of where he plays.

In time it may end up that the best thing for us and him is that he moves on. In that case moving on as a very good player. But that's speculative at this point.
 
braineclipse said:
He is a very good player. Not top level, but very good.

But he's also not a great fit to how we play with the ball and that will remain a concern unless he improves in how he uses his quality on the ball. He's also not a great fit with seemingly being significantly more comfortable at RCB, and with Romero being our best ball playing CB that potentially messes with our balance regardless of where he plays.

In time it may end up that the best thing for us and him is that he moves on. In that case moving on as a very good player. But that's speculative at this point.
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I’d still like to see him play a game or two with VDV to see how that works
Especially against teams who are more physical
 
He's looked decent in the few times I've seen him play elsewhere

Playing a system that doesn't really suit him along with playing with the reserves most the time this season

Had to judge fully
 
Bedfordspurs said:
I’d still like to see him play a game or two with VDV to see how that works
Especially against teams who are more physical
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I think he would do quite well. But I think our buildup play would suffer a bit.

If he'd been given 10-15 games playing next to VdV consistently he would probably show himself to be a very good centre back, because he's a very good centre back. But I also think quite a few would start rating Romero higher than they do now.
 
braineclipse said:
I think he would do quite well. But I think our buildup play would suffer a bit.

If he'd been given 10-15 games playing next to VdV consistently he would probably show himself to be a very good centre back, because he's a very good centre back. But I also think quite a few would start rating Romero higher than they do now.
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There you are being the voice of reason again
 
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braineclipse said:
I think he would do quite well. But I think our buildup play would suffer a bit.

If he'd been given 10-15 games playing next to VdV consistently he would probably show himself to be a very good centre back, because he's a very good centre back. But I also think quite a few would start rating Romero higher than they do now.
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Why would it suffer? Romero is way to slow on the ball, poor distribution... Drag's is quicker and has a better distribution.
 
SkipRat said:
Why would it suffer? Romero is way to slow on the ball, poor distribution... Drag's is quicker and has a better distribution.
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Have you been watching Dragusins distribution? Passing is not his strongest attribute. Maybe it will improve as he gets more game time but he's struggled with it recently
 
dingdongo said:
Have you been watching Dragusins distribution? Passing is not his strongest attribute. Maybe it will improve as he gets more game time but he's struggled with it recently
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Done fine during the Euro's, in fact it was good.

I still think a lot of our problems is down to the quality of training they are getting. It just feel like everyone is regressing.
 
dingdongo said:
Have you been watching Dragusins distribution? Passing is not his strongest attribute. Maybe it will improve as he gets more game time but he's struggled with it recently
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He has largely been playing on the left. He is right-footed. When Romero was subbing in on the left, he too had problems. We can only judge him properly if he has a run of games at right CB.
 
SkipRat said:
Why would it suffer? Romero is way to slow on the ball, poor distribution... Drag's is quicker and has a better distribution.
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I think Romero taking time on the ball in several different situations is part of the system and approach. It partly makes sense because he's our best ball playing CB.

For me Romero has a better touch, better close control, more composure, better passing and pass selection. For me it's not even close.

Dragusin has good passing/distribution when not under real pressure. But when under pressure there's a big difference. Dragusin has shown good ball carrying though and I think that's some he can use more on the right and when confident and on form.
thfcsteff said:
He has largely been playing on the left. He is right-footed. When Romero was subbing in on the left, he too had problems. We can only judge him properly if he has a run of games at right CB.
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I agree to an extent. I also think it's quite obvious that Romero is the better ball player of the two.
 
braineclipse said:
I think Romero taking time on the ball in several different situations is part of the system and approach. It partly makes sense because he's our best ball playing CB.
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The problem I feel sometimes this allows the defense organise. The same problem when Kulu was on the right, we would break, but his lack of use of his right foot, meant he stopped, cut inside, and by this time the defense had organised a lot of the time.

I'm just not sure that is a good stratagy.

And to many times it has resulted in passing between the cb's slowly moving backwards and playing ourselves into trouble.

Maybe it's a good tactic when we are 3-0 up or something, not so sure when we are chasing a game.
 
braineclipse said:
I think Romero taking time on the ball in several different situations is part of the system and approach. It partly makes sense because he's our best ball playing CB.

For me Romero has a better touch, better close control, more composure, better passing and pass selection. For me it's not even close.

Dragusin has good passing/distribution when not under real pressure. But when under pressure there's a big difference. Dragusin has shown good ball carrying though and I think that's some he can use more on the right and when confident and on form.

I agree to an extent. I also think it's quite obvious that Romero is the better ball player of the two.
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Romero has exceptional talent on the ball for a CB. It is why we will likely get 90-100 mill for him.
 
thfcsteff said:
If Madrid want him...let's see.
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They haven’t paid big money for any players of his age for a long time
Well worth people checking out their transfer records
If he was under 21 maybe but he ain’t
He isn’t consistent either
They will want him for half that fee and he will play silly buggers for a period until they cool off their efforts
 
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