Dennis Praet

[moore_94]

Called up to the initial Belgium squad for the next lot of games, hopefully means he isn’t out for long

[Leicester_Loyal]

Badly missed today, get him back in for the Villa game.

[StanSP]

Yes, come back Dennis  

[Hales]

We missed you Dennis! 🥰

[Sampson]

Thought he was superb again in that first half.

 

Think we played him far too deep last season. Stifled him somewhat. He's been superb this season playing a bit more advanced.

[casablancas]

Clearly not his favoured position but he’s starting to make it look natural. Looking very very classy. 

[Vardinio'sCat]

Dennis has really settled in now, loved his first half.

 

That knee problem has held his fitness back a bit, but he is a quality player.

[Heart-Shaped Fox]

Very good first half, ok second half. Is getting much further forward. 

 

Doesn't seem to last a full game which might explain him being subbed again

[Tom12345]

7 minutes ago, peterborofox said:

Very good first half, ok second half. Is getting much further forward. 

 

Doesn't seem to last a full game which might explain him being subbed again

Nah, he didn’t look all too happy from the time he saw the board knowing he was about to be subbed.

[Vardinio'sCat]

11 hours ago, peterborofox said:

Very good first half, ok second half. Is getting much further forward. 

 

Doesn't seem to last a full game which might explain him being subbed again

 

He missed some training getting his knee settled down, although quite how much I'm not sure.

[theessexfox]

His best attribute is his energy for me, we’ve had CMs who are great on the ball but quite laboured, but Praet does everything quickly - he snaps into tackles, bursts forward with the ball well and just brings a lot of intensity to the advanced midfield.

[RowlattsFox]

Praet has a role for us, he's either a starter who comes off first (no matter how well he has played) or he's on the bench and comes on to change things up. How long he will setlte for that I don't know but all good squads need players like him. 

[Claridge]

12 hours ago, Tom12345 said:

Nah, he didn’t look all too happy from the time he saw the board knowing he was about to be subbed.

I thought he was slightly poor yesterday and needed to come off. Maddison every time for me, although praet is not a bad option for any injuries

[Lesta2014]

Hugely underrated in my opinion.

[emb.film]

Not my favourite game I've seen from him this season. But that just speaks volumes about his performances so far. 

The Madders sub did change the game (as expected) when things were looking a bit stale. 

[fuchsntf]

1 minute ago, emb.film said:

Not my favourite game I've seen from him this season. But that just speaks volumes about his performances so far. 

The Madders sub did change the game (as expected) when things were looking a bit stale. 

Die you miss his First half performance..??

[Kuredufox]

Seemed to not like using his left foot. Had a couple of opportunities to whip a ball in but checked back and played it back. One occasion in the 2nd half he seen an easy break out wide but used the outside of his right and it was easily cut out. That being said he has been excellent this season.

[emb.film]

4 minutes ago, fuchsntf said:

Die you miss his First half performance..??

Definitely not. First half was class. 

I'm probably preaching to the choir but I find he looks his absolute best on fresh legs. I feel like his challenges get a bit more risky once he's been on for a while. 

I really liked his games against Zorya and Arsenal. But maybe I'm misremembering how those were compared to last yesterday!

[Sampson]

He was absolutely superb again in that first-half. Tailed off a bit in the second, but he didn't stop working or pressing Wolves' backline and his quick one-twos on the wings were creating all our best openings in the opening 60 minutes or so.

[Dahnsouff]

He is a thoroughly professional, quality player. I just don’t think he has it in him to face and conquer his biggest challenge.

 

Namely @Mark

 

[Mark]

7 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

He is a thoroughly professional, quality player. I just don’t think he has it in him to face and conquer his biggest challenge.

 

Namely @Mark

 

It’s working so fair enough, seems to bring the best out of Tielemans to have him in the side. But clearly I don’t see the quality like others do, he works hard and is a neat and tidy passer which he often keeps safe, you need more in forward positions. Vardy never had a chance all game and it’s no surprise when you’ve no pace around you or proper support. I can understand his inclusion in attacking midfield more now against the better teams but hope he’s not going to be first choice against the rest now where a more creative player is needed, especially at home where we struggle for goals.

[Sampson]

4 minutes ago, Mark said:

It’s working so fair enough, seems to bring the best out of Tielemans to have him in the side. But clearly I don’t see the quality like others do, he works hard and is a neat and tidy passer which he often keeps safe, you need more in forward positions. Vardy never had a chance all game and it’s no surprise when you’ve no pace or proper support. I can understand his inclusion in attacking midfield more now against the better teams but hope he’s not going to be first choice against the rest now where a more creative player is needed, especially at home where we struggle for goals.

You must have watched a different game.

Everything good we did in that first half went through him, due to his quick one-twos and positive forward passes on the wings. It was the exact opposite to being "a neat and tidy passer which he oftens keeps safe" today. He was finding us so much space as a team through risky one-twos in tight spaces.

The reason we dropped off second half is because we couldn't get him into the game as much.

Youri is great, but Praet was much, much better and more important to us creatively than both Tielemans and Maddison today and nothing to do with him bringing the best out of Tielemans.

Edited 8 November 2020 by Sampson

[Webbo]

Hugely under rated.

[fox_favourite]

Very tidy player. Good in tight spaces and does some good running. A steady player. Our midfield looks quite settled and looks like it's working well this season. 

[Dahnsouff]

2 minutes ago, Mark said:

It’s working so fair enough, seems to bring the best out of Tielemans to have him in the side. But clearly I don’t see the quality like others do, he works hard and is a neat and tidy passer which he often keeps safe, you need more in forward positions. Vardy never had a chance all game and it’s no surprise when you’ve no pace around you or proper support. I can understand his inclusion in attacking midfield more now against the better teams but hope he’s not going to be first choice against the rest now where a more creative player is needed, especially at home where we struggle for goals.

Yeah, that’s all fair enough and he did play there a bit for Sampdoria I think. Guess we will have two (maybe 3 in Perez, but I hope not) different types of right sided AM. Where Under is the faster skilful  guy and Praet is the slower skilful blood and thunder type guy.