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Dennis Praet

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mozartfox

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13 minutes ago, MPH said:

Praet cost less than half of what Tielemans did, i think?

 

 

staggering.

Or one quarter of Harry..........that is even more staggering as I suspect most would prefer Praet over Slab-head in terms of value for money?

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You know sometimes I forget how far this club has come in recent years. A player like Praet reminds me. He is vastly talented who would walk into Leicester teams I grew up supporting. Great touch, good reading of the game and a superb passer. Having a guy like him step in when an equally talented Tielemans is struggling somewhat with form is great to have. While our squad is lacking in some areas, we do have talent in reserve which is down to good recruitment.

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He's a hell of a player, it's mental that we have players of his quality filling up our squad, he wouldn't look out of place in most teams in Europe I reckon - not as a standout, but as a gritty midfielder who does the basics well, spins out of trouble nicely and keeps our tempo high.

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22 hours ago, StriderHiryu said:

Wow, just wow! Maybe it’s because I play central midfield myself, but I was thoroughly impressed by Dennis tonight. He was the complete player; pressing the game, passing beautifully, creating chances and getting stuck in with some terrific challenges. Youri Tielemans is one of my favourite players and an absolute Rolls Royce on his day, but Praet is for me our best player at the moment and complimented Ndidi superbly. 
 

The scary thing is he can even better! I’ve said a few times before that I think he should play with more arrogance and demand the ball a lot more. This guy has the all round game to run the match to his tune. I look at players like KDB and Bruno Fernandes and that’s what they have to elevate them to a higher level. 
 

For me he’s now playing somewhere near his best and has proven to be a superb signing. 

all of the above and more for me.

 

praet and to an extent tielemans are the sort of players who play the pass before the assist. like a miralem pjanic, amadou diawara, toni kroos, xavi they help 'move the chains of the team', this helps particularly when teams arent playing 1 long ball counter attacks (like our title season) where we want to move MOST of the team from a defensive phase of play to an attacking phase. additionally this means that when we do get to attack we have more than 1 or 2 passing options (see mainly vardy and mahrez in our title year) and can sustain the attack longer and keep teams penned in, much like we did against villa last night 

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Everything is so effortless for him, always looking to get on the ball, has a magic touch and his range of passing is a joy to watch, delighted hes getting a run in the team, can genuinely see him being a vital player for us for seasons to come

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9 hours ago, notnow john said:

He's started around a dozen games this season and not finished one!

 

I don't really have a problem with this because the demands on modern midfielders is staggering. I would say that in every game we play one of Maddison, Tielemans or Praet tends to come off in the last 10-15 minutes to keep things fresh. I remember against Spurs for example that Tielemans had a good game but was flagging, Rodgers put Hamza on in his place, and Hamza laid off Maddison with an assist for the winner. Liverpool also frequently sub their midfield and it's why they have so many central midfield options.

 

That said against villa I was a bit surprised he was hauled off because he still looked quite fresh. My thinking there is the game was over and Rodgers wanted to get Tielemans on the pitch to get his form back. And I think it worked because Tielemans ended the game rather well. 

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On 10/03/2020 at 16:05, mozartfox said:

Or one quarter of Harry..........that is even more staggering as I suspect most would prefer Praet over Slab-head in terms of value for money?

Yes, but we only paid about 17m for slabhead so in that respect he was even better value because we got 80m for him. Buy low, sell high.

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Dennis was at Knighton Park yesterday with his peronal trainer. He looked in really good shape and it will not take him long to get up to full speed. We certainly have a great player on our hands and next year he will really push on.

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4 hours ago, Nicolo Barella said:

He did a bit of an interview on IGTV today, he says he did intend to make that pass to James in that Cup game, so that should settle that old chestnut.

It’s ridiculous that question even needed to be asked. Anyone paying attention could see that he meant to do exactly what he did.

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2 hours ago, Kuredufox said:

Dennis was at Knighton Park yesterday with his peronal trainer. He looked in really good shape and it will not take him long to get up to full speed. We certainly have a great player on our hands and next year he will really push on.

I hope they live together ............

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Praet is our most complete midfielder and all rounder I feel.. he can tackle he can pass and he can move and attack. He was also out most inform at the end of this season

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7 minutes ago, les-tah said:

Praet is our most complete midfielder and all rounder I feel.. he can tackle he can pass and he can move and attack. He was also out most inform at the end of this season

He has one good game vs Villa. He's calm, tidy enough with his passing but we were in dreadful form prior to that for a few months where I couldn't see what else he was offering

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We’ve just scratched the surface with Praet.  I think he’s going to hit the ground running whenever we start back up and make a serious push to be considered our best player.  No exaggeration.  You could see he had something special even when he was adjusting.

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