EGBFitness Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 Looks pretty solid defensively with some good interceptions and tackles (YouTube video based) Doubt he would get away with carrying the ball as far up the pitch as he looks to want too,
Finnegan Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 TBH I saw that video and just thought Sol Bamba. I like a defender to be able to have a broader passing range than Huth but Cruyff turns? Ummmm.
Bunyip Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 12 hours ago, MPH said: Got no balls though... A joke about testicular cancer ? really ?
Guest Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 hmmm looks good on highlights reel, but doesn't look like the kinda defenders we have. He wants to be too fancy with his feet and I fear he will pull to many John Stones incidents.
les-tah Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 always get nervous on italian signings because its like its ranieris recommendation.. and some of them havent worked really?
foxy boxing Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 Is he as good as Benalouane! we don't want to pay a lot of money for players that won't get into the first team!
CloudFox Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 6 hours ago, Finnegan said: TBH I saw that video and just thought Sol Bamba. I like a defender to be able to have a broader passing range than Huth but Cruyff turns? Ummmm. Have to agree. He looks more solid than Bamba IMHO, and his passing range would be a huge asset...but I'd still be concerned if he uses Cruyff turns as often as that video suggests. However, this is a highlights video, so if a defender does a number of Cruyff turns they are obviously going to get into a video like this. If others have watched how he defends in actual games, I would be interested to hear...
CloudFox Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 4 hours ago, foxy boxing said: Is he as good as Benalouane! we don't want to pay a lot of money for players that won't get into the first team! I think that ship has sailed unfortunately - Benny's never getting into the first team. No idea why though. Would like to hear from Claudio why he's not being selected.
Kierzz Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 A ball playing cb like this guy is exactly what we need. It will allow drinkwater to push higher up and create more in the final third.
RoyFox Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 1 hour ago, CloudFox said: Have to agree. He looks more solid than Bamba IMHO, and his passing range would be a huge asset...but I'd still be concerned if he uses Cruyff turns as often as that video suggests. However, this is a highlights video, so if a defender does a number of Cruyff turns they are obviously going to get into a video like this. If others have watched how he defends in actual games, I would be interested to hear... I watched about 70mins of the good and the bad last night, some serious concerns over losing his man and getting caught flat footed (in a similar way to Hernandez), nippy strikers have scored a lot of goals off his shoulder. Isn't that mobile against fast counters. But as discussed before, it's extremely hard to accurately assess a defender unless you're at the game and you know the strengths/weaknesses of his fellow defensive team mates, so you can forgive them for leaking goals. Here's the ugly part. Completely loses his man, ball watching for the first goal (nod to Ndidi who started the counter from an interception for Genk). Second goal loses sight of Bailey and doesn't track him. But it he is good going forwards without a doubt, composed and has good height.
MPH Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 A ball playing CB has a possibility of getting caught out in the Premier league. Hope he learns that in training....
AKCJ Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 The difference between a "ball playing centre back" and an actually good centre back is that one can use his feet to get out of tight situations when needed and can play the odd decent pass (Alderweireld, Koscielny and Luiz -now he's matured- are the best at that in this league) and the others think they're Maradona and try to do everything with a bit of flair... Cruyff turns, stepovers, passing it along their own 18 yard line... I think Morgan gets tremendous stick. He's improved his technical skills 10 fold since we signed him and he was absolutely superb at Stoke. Did all the organising, passed the ball about well, took the ball out of defence when needed, booted it clear when needed and lead the defence brilliantly. Shame for him that he wasn't this good 7 or 8 years ago because he's a superb defender in my book.
Babylon Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 7 hours ago, Bunyip said: A joke about testicular cancer ? really ? It's a low blow.
Babylon Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 28 year old from Italy with an unremarkable career so far going for about €8m... that sounds familiar.
Guest Lako42 Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 3 minutes ago, Babylon said: 28 year old from Italy with an unremarkable career so far going for about €8m... that sounds familiar. I wonder if we can find a mid twenties Central midfielder from France with an unremarkable career so far for £5.6m
lgfualol Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 Comments from Reddit Italian league followers Quote He has been good for Sass. Very tall, big lad, good in the air, quite good on the ball, doesn't stress. I will have it mentioned that he was horrible when he played for us a few years ago, complete deer caught in headlights type thing. So not sure if he would perform in the PL just going on that, he didn't seem to handle the big club thing well, he even said so himself. Quote He's good Quote He's clever and he's consistently good. He's not excellent on a regular basis, but he's always good, and tbh that's a very important quality in a defender in my opinion Quote He's their best player outside of Berardi. Just overall an experienced, consistent defender. Also quite good with the ball for a defender. Would walk straight into your team imo
RoyFox Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 Personally I'd go on a full on raid of Genk and get Colley, imposing (6ft 4) fast as anything, links up very well with Ndidi and comfortable on the ground. Also Genk fans didn't take it kindly that I thought he would be a good player for leicester . Really caught my eye when watching Ndidi in the Europa League. Southampton have been scouting him as a replacement for Van Dijk.
sylofox Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 If he can head tackle with pace and don't treat the ball like a hot potatoe he's miles better than what we have.
cityfanlee23 Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 Would much rather us just go in for Martin Cacares on a free transfer....
cityfanlee23 Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 4 minutes ago, sdb said: Why are we not looking at copenhagens cb's? Which would you look at? Okore or their captain are the only one's i would consider but the standard of the league is terrible.
AmarteyAndChill Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 30 minutes ago, cityfanlee23 said: Which would you look at? Okore or their captain are the only one's i would consider but the standard of the league is terrible. Zanka looks decent.
AmarteyAndChill Posted 21 December 2016 Posted 21 December 2016 11 hours ago, EGBFitness said: Looks pretty solid defensively with some good interceptions and tackles (YouTube video based) Doubt he would get away with carrying the ball as far up the pitch as he looks to want too, Van Dijk does it all the time.
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