Ricardo Pereira

[Babylon]

He'll be absolutely fine given time, Amartey and Mendy have looked fine given time and a run in the team. This lad has shown lots of potential, another 6 months to a year down the line he'll be a diamond.

 

Can't wait to be reminded of this when he's loaned out to Leuven in the summer.

[Wymsey]

5 minutes ago, Babylon said:

He'll be absolutely fine given time, Amartey and Mendy have looked fine given time and a run in the team. This lad has shown lots of potential, another 6 months to a year down the line he'll be a diamond.

 

Can't wait to be reminded of this when he's loaned out to Leuven in the summer.

I agree with this, but some managers and fans expect players to be more adaptable and effective before this timeframe though.

[Fox92]

31 minutes ago, Wymeswold fox said:

I agree with this, but some managers and fans expect players to be more adaptable and effective before this timeframe though.

It's because of transfer fees involved. A player who is signed for larger transfer fee will often get criticised more than a player who was transfereed for much less.

[Hanan96]

24 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

It's because of transfer fees involved. A player who is signed for larger transfer fee will often get criticised more than a player who was transfereed for much less.

But this is foxestalk 

[ozvaldo]

He's a great option down the right.
He's got amazing pace and I didn't expect him to get so far forward & into goal scoring positions.
I thought he did well with Amartey in behind him on Saturday.  Hope we try this more often.

[gerrytaggart]

I like him. 

He's what I like.

[Haywood_6]

He still has a lot of improving to do but his stats so far are Played 6, 3 assists.

 

That's a pretty good return. Him and Amartey looked very good together on the right side 

[Guest]

I like him but I prefer amartey at RB and I prefer Ghezall or Albrighton as RW. I feel he NEEDS to be a good RWB in order to stay in the starting 11.

[Foxxed]

We seem to think he's too lightweight to be a prem RB. Also too lightweight to be a RWB? 

[bfox]

7 hours ago, Foxxed said:

We seem to think he's too lightweight to be a prem RB. Also too lightweight to be a RWB? 

Once he puts on a few pounds and stops bouncing off every player hed be miles better!

[FrankieADZ]

tbh think he needs to be more defensively aware of things rather than needs to put on the pounds, 

[FOXSE]

1 minute ago, FrankieADZ said:

tbh think he needs to be more defensively aware of things rather than needs to put on the pounds, 

He isn't weak, just caught square-on and on his heels. He needs to sort out positioning..

 

[FrankieADZ]

6 hours ago, FOXSE said:

He isn't weak, just caught square-on and on his heels. He needs to sort out positioning..

 

i agree with you, he isnt weak at all, needs to work on defending, since he was a winger and has been converted into a RB, so hes still learning and should improve

Edited 4 October 2018 by FrankieADZ

[Guest MattP]

This guy shouldn't be anywhere near his own penalty box in any circumstance.

 

The 3rd is a carbon copy as well.

 

Edited 22 October 2018 by MattP

[adam95581]

2 minutes ago, MattP said:

This guy shouldn't be anywhere near his own penalty box in any circumstance.

 

The 3rd is a carbon copy.

 

Great going forward but absolute liability defensively. I’m one of the people begging us to try 352 but that wouldn’t have helped here; he’s in the right position for a RWB but just switched/switches off all the time. 

 

I do wonder whether Simpson would have been more aware/vocal than Amartey towards the end. That said, weve got a young team and they’re only going to learn one way. Just wish it was happening sooner. 

[breadandcheese]

He's a shocking signing. £19.8m and he can't tackle or track a man.

 

But he's good going forward, apparently. I'd rather we'd put the money towards signing a proper winger, rather than playing him there because our recruitment is poor.

[dmayne7]

The only way he's going to adapt is to play him at right back for an extended amount of time. Media from all over the world raved about him and we give up after 2 shaky performances. Pointless.

[dmayne7]

24 minutes ago, MattP said:

This guy shouldn't be anywhere near his own penalty box in any circumstance.

 

The 3rd is a carbon copy as well.

 

Don't get this. Look where everyone is. All over the show. Should have been Amartey's man not Ricardo's.

[KingsX]

4 hours ago, MattP said:

This guy shouldn't be anywhere near his own penalty box in any circumstance.

 

The 3rd is a carbon copy as well.

 

 

Our back line I could not quite figure out, with Maguire and Chilwell going forward, the CMs slotting back (or not), and guys moving left or right within it.  So I saw these partly as failures of a unit not fully drilled to understand their responsibilities.  We were attempting a formation new to them.

 

I would like to see us persist with wingbacks, including Ricardo, despite today's breakdowns, which were magnified by Ozil's quality and Aubameyang's speed.  I think his pure pace (and a third CB) should make up for some mistakes, if we can just solidify a unit.  Start the same (three) CBs every week to blend experience (Evans), solidity (Maguire) and pace (Soyuncu).  Spread the learning curve across the unit; perhaps it will be less painful than Ricardo's lessons at FB?

 

[ithuriel]

He is just not an effective right back, not in the Prem and as a wing back he has issues with his defending but at the same time he is not a winger.

I think all of our defensive play revolves around trying to constantly keep the ball so we cant be hurt but our passing can be awful when under pressure and then we fall apart.

[hackenbacker]

really strange this one. I struggle to see what the scouts saw in him  ok he is not too bad going forward but he can't tackle to save his life and has the turning circle of a Mack truck  

[Guest Col city fan]

7 hours ago, dmayne7 said:

Don't get this. Look where everyone is. All over the show. Should have been Amartey's man not Ricardo's.

I’ve said it time and time again. Amartey is naturally a CB. CB is his only good position. He naturally wants to venture inside when the team is having to defend, especially when we are deep. 

This picture is of a defence that hasn’t a clue what it’s doing.

[surrifox]

After his first couple of games we were reading comments from other team's fans wondering how Leicester were smart enough to sign Pereira compared with their own efforts at strengthening - now it looks as if he's another one to be left out with the bins 

[mozartfox]

The defense is a mess and has been for the last two years.  We need to employ a specialist Defensive Coach to sort this out. We also need to inform Celtic now that Benkovic is going to be recalled on January 1.    The signing of Evans (who is marginally quicker than Wes), is just another recruitment conundrum.  I fear Harry will have had enough of this come December.

 

One of the positives of last night was that the Arse's defense is probably worse than ours! 

[Pliskin]

He’s fast. That’s probably about all you can say about him.