Hamza

[mo-rima]

Brilliant game. ..

Needs to start next game

[RumbleFox]

MOTM, was everywhere.  X

[Dr The Singh]

Good defensive performance, his passing is still suspect and prone to errors but showed alot intensiteee, qualiteee

[Guest WarehamFox]

Looked good against the best team in England! 

[KFS]

Our problem from CDM is two things: 

 

1. Not stopping shots from outside the box

2. No creativity passing forward

 

Didn’t see a solution to either tonight. Sorry.

[Al-aLondon-Foxile]

Hamza was MOTM for me. Covers the ground quickly, tackled well, reads the danger well and deserves more opportunities than he’s had of late

[ozvaldo]

Needs to be playing in the league.  I’d have him and Papy.  

Or him and Maddison with Barnes back in behind Vardy. 

[Scotch]

Agreed. I would play him instead of Ndidi,next game. Better on the ball (although not great) and Wilf seems to have lost the desire to do the running that Hamza will do. 

[jayfox26]

I think he proved tonight that Ndidi should not be starting. 

[Bossman Blessed It]

His intensity was brilliant - could easily grow into a player like Torreira at Arsenal. Made up for captain slow next to him. 

[Master Fox]

Agreed. 

 

Hamza IN ! 

[BraunstoneFox23]

Great player, he looked really confident tonight. I just wish we could produce attackers on his level!

[st albans fox]

We have a player if he is nurtured ...... dont rush him ..... bringing young players through is something puel is actually good at .......

[martyn]

6 minutes ago, KFS said:

Our problem from CDM is two things: 

 

1. Not stopping shots from outside the box

2. No creativity passing forward

 

Didn’t see a solution to either tonight. Sorry.

Agree, but the advantage Hamza could have is the ability to win it higher up the pitch, if Puel let's him.

 

We can't break lines currently, but he is the most likely midfielder to get us on the front foot quicker with that attribute alone 

[LCCFox96]

Hamza was excellent tonight and worked bloody hard for the team.

 

I'd like to see him get more pitch than what he has been getting but the only concern is he is very similar in style to Ndidi, Iborra and Mendy. We have 4 good CDM options in the squad and nothing to couple that with in terms of a more attack-minded midfielder. That's not Hamza's problem though and if he keeps taking chances like he did tonight, he'll be involved much more often.

[KFS]

1 minute ago, martyn said:

Agree, but the advantage Hamza could have is the ability to win it higher up the pitch, if Puel let's him.

 

We can't break lines currently, but he is the most likely midfielder to get us on the front foot quicker with that attribute alone 

Mate I like the optimism but in the system we’ve been playing the only player in the final third is the isolated striker. Hamza in Puelball is no different to Mendy or N’Didi.

[Guest MattP]

He proved how ridiculous it has been that Ndidi and Mendy have seemingly had a gift of a first team place. 

 

It doesn't solve the problem of creativiteeeeee though. 

[rachhere]

8 minutes ago, martyn said:

Agree, but the advantage Hamza could have is the ability to win it higher up the pitch, if Puel let's him.

 

We can't break lines currently, but he is the most likely midfielder to get us on the front foot quicker with that attribute alone 

 

6 minutes ago, KFS said:

Mate I like the optimism but in the system we’ve been playing the only player in the final third is the isolated striker. Hamza in Puelball is no different to Mendy or N’Didi.

I agree with Martyn to be honest... but that's maybe based more on what I have seen of him in the U23s. He's capable of playing great balls forward and not afraid to burst into the penalty area (in an effective way - as shown by that fab goal in preseason!). His work rate is fantastic - he gets everywhere.  

[Jaspa]

Different type of player to Ndidi, he's an anchor who drops and mops up with last ditch tackles.

What made him look out of his depth last season was the size difference between him and the senior pro's in the Premier League, he relys on physicality just as much as athletisism but he isn't built like a tank and got manhandled playing with the big boys - there were alot of kids out there for Man City tonight; Zinchenko, Diaz and that other midfielder all had brishes with Hamza and our lad usually came out on top, but later on in the game he was doing really well and plucked the ball off Sterling & Gabby Jesus in dangerous spots - he doesn't look fased by what he's up against mentally, the real test is in the League though where he has to run up against a Dier, Sigurdsson, Fellaini, Milivojevic or Kouyate every week, strong fully grown men. Very impressive tonight.

[KFS]

Just now, rachhere said:

 

I agree with Martyn to be honest... but that's maybe based more on what I have seen of him in the U23s. He's capable of playing great balls forward and not afraid to burst into the penalty area (in an effective way - as shown by that fab goal in preseason!). His work rate is fantastic - he gets everywhere.  

Only one way to find out, which is involving him in the first team.

 

Mendy is definitely getting the Wes Morgan treatment so don’t hold out hope...

[The Doctor]

He was immense. Best non-Kante ball-winning performance I've seen at the city. Anyone not saying MoTM is off their rocker

[Foxxed]

Silva is gone then.

 

And Hamza outplayed Iborra.

 

Our third choice DM atm.

 

He may breath some intensity into the first team.

[Dames]

Great game which means Puel will drop him for the next game. 

 

Should be starting ahead of Mendy based on that performance. 

[rachhere]

6 minutes ago, KFS said:

Only one way to find out, which is involving him in the first team.

 

Mendy is definitely getting the Wes Morgan treatment so don’t hold out hope...

Indeed. Maybe the Cardiff match on the 29th. 

[Ric Flair]

Ndidi isn't going to be dropped and the pair of them together is just soul destroying, Mendy is barely any better but he's a bit better getting forward.

 

Choudhury did do well though tonight.