NaijaFox Posted 22 August 2020 Share Posted 22 August 2020 2 minutes ago, murphy said: Does he? Seems to me a lot of last ditch sliding tackles. Good defenders don't often need to do that. Agree, but he often appears to be covering for others and that would indicate an even better defender. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stinkenzo Posted 22 August 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 22 August 2020 21 minutes ago, DJ Barry Hammond said: Given the amount of time you spend playing FM, I amazed you've never come across this guy? I manage in the slums, this guy is above my level. By the time I reach the top all the real players have retired 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post moore_94 Posted 22 August 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 22 August 2020 Just now, Walkers said: I manage in the slums, this guy is above my level. By the time I reach the top all the real players have retired The correct way to play! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy Posted 22 August 2020 Share Posted 22 August 2020 1 minute ago, NaijaFox said: Agree, but he often appears to be covering for others and that would indicate an even better defender. Hmmm. I'm not saying he's not a good player, I don't know him and he seems to be highly rated. All that sliding around on the deck worries me a bit though. Seems a little reckless but I'm sure that bustling style would make him a fan favourite. I'm not sold on those clips though. Is he any good in the air? Didn't see much evidence of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaijaFox Posted 22 August 2020 Share Posted 22 August 2020 Just now, murphy said: Hmmm. I'm not saying he's not a good player, I don't know him and he seems to be highly rated. All that sliding around on the deck worries me a bit though. Seems a little reckless but I'm sure that bustling style would make him a fan favourite. I'm not sold on those clips though. Is he any good in the air? Didn't see much evidence of that. Again, agree. But he’s 20, so hopefully he becomes more circumspect with it. Some other comments here assert that he’s good in the air, and there was a headed goal in there - already an improvement on our lot (perhaps bar Evans) this past season, but I personally have no independent knowledge of his abilities other than the posted (highlights, it bears emphasizing) YT clip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Barry Hammond Posted 22 August 2020 Share Posted 22 August 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, murphy said: Does he? Seems to me a lot of last ditch sliding tackles. Good defenders don't often need to do that. It's a highlights real of under 5 minutes, which wouldn't prove much of a highlight real if it was clips of the guy standing with his hand up appealing for offsides for a lot of it. And it's impossible to judge whether he's rash or not for that video, because of course each of the tackles shown, he wins the ball. It gives no impression of whether he does that regularly and concedes fouls, or whether he's selective in when he goes to ground. That said, 4 yellow cards and no reds across 26 matches suggests a decent disciplinary record for a defender and stats of 1.4 tackles per game (the same figure as interceptions) suggest a measured approach to defending? https://www.whoscored.com/Players/356743/Show/Ozan-Kabak (Edit: must admit, I'm not sure how reliable the 'per game stats' are here, for the figures seem stupidly low) Edited 22 August 2020 by DJ Barry Hammond 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 22 August 2020 Share Posted 22 August 2020 Compared with Cags, it looks like he is pretty comfortable defensively but needs to work on his ball playing abilities (Cags is black outlines, Kabak is colours) 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Barry Hammond Posted 22 August 2020 Share Posted 22 August 2020 @moore_94 I'd suggest that chart makes Kabak quite a good partner for Cags in that he excels in an area that Cags is weaker on - namely area duels. I did note in the YouTube clips his goals from set pieces and I think that is something we lacked from our centre backs last season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SO1 Posted 22 August 2020 Share Posted 22 August 2020 2 hours ago, Ric Flair said: This lad is supposed to be very good. Get Demiral as well and let's build the wall. That's not a wall that's a fortress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xen Posted 22 August 2020 Share Posted 22 August 2020 1 hour ago, moore_94 said: Compared with Cags, it looks like he is pretty comfortable defensively but needs to work on his ball playing abilities (Cags is black outlines, Kabak is colours) Could make quite a good partnership (or trio with Evans as well). Kabak winning the ball back and passing to Cags to distribute forwards when needed. No need for every CB to be good at everything - get a mix who complement each other and cover their own weaknesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMELcfc Posted 22 August 2020 Share Posted 22 August 2020 Him and McKennie only good things to come out of Schalke last season... maybe the keeper as well (in the end) but he was off to Bayern anyway. Can’t remember who they played against but watched him a game after season commenced and he was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Barry Hammond Posted 22 August 2020 Share Posted 22 August 2020 7 minutes ago, lcfceaves said: Him and McKennie only good things to come out of Schalke last season... maybe the keeper as well (in the end) but he was off to Bayern anyway. Can’t remember who they played against but watched him a game after season commenced and he was awesome. Well if these pages are to believed, we must have had a good look at both of these players, alongside the Barcelona loanee they had last season, because all 3 are named threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydney_Blue Posted 22 August 2020 Share Posted 22 August 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Frank Large's Black Book said: And we do love a Zed Franz Carr Dabizas ghezzal Zeljcko kalac Zsolt Laczko Hernandez Mahrez Okazaki Zagorakis Ron Robert Zeiler Ayoze Perez Muzzy Izzet Have I missed any? Gary Megzon Dave Bazzet 😎 Edited 22 August 2020 by Sydney_Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolo Barella Posted 23 August 2020 Share Posted 23 August 2020 Would be especially useful in a back three if we start the season with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Fox Posted 23 August 2020 Share Posted 23 August 2020 4 hours ago, Frank Large's Black Book said: And we do love a Zed Franz Carr Dabizas ghezzal Zeljcko kalac Zsolt Laczko Hernandez Mahrez Okazaki Zagorakis Ron Robert Zeiler Ayoze Perez Muzzy Izzet Have I missed any? Claude Puel he gave us all plenty of 💤 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzy_Larsson Posted 23 August 2020 Share Posted 23 August 2020 6 hours ago, Abrasive fox said: They paid 15m for him a year ago - are they likely to sell? I think Schalke and a few other Bundesliga clubs are in a sticky spot financially so they may well be looking to bring some money in. Kabak and McKennie would be the two obvious assets they could get good money in the door quickly for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Nacho Posted 23 August 2020 Share Posted 23 August 2020 Have never heard about the player but that’s 3 Shalke players we’ve been linked with now. They were absolutely dreadful second half of last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Webbo Posted 23 August 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 23 August 2020 1 minute ago, Ian Nacho said: Have never heard about the player but that’s 3 Shalke players we’ve been linked with now. They were absolutely dreadful second half of last season. They'll fit in here then. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le12 Posted 23 August 2020 Share Posted 23 August 2020 Mark Schwartzer Bob Hazel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieakita Posted 23 August 2020 Share Posted 23 August 2020 In Turkey now and this is in the media here. Not sure what it says. Caglar is rather popular here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The People's Hero Posted 23 August 2020 Share Posted 23 August 2020 Well done on picking up this link. Ties in with something else I was told which was a bit cryptic about our links to Demiral. If this is the correct link then it’s a player they’ve been looking at a while and I’d think this might get done. His current club do need to shift some players. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch Posted 23 August 2020 Share Posted 23 August 2020 19 minutes ago, The People's Hero said: Well done on picking up this link. Ties in with something else I was told which was a bit cryptic about our links to Demiral. If this is the correct link then it’s a player they’ve been looking at a while and I’d think this might get done. His current club do need to shift some players. Tease! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfcell Posted 23 August 2020 Share Posted 23 August 2020 Would love this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMELcfc Posted 23 August 2020 Share Posted 23 August 2020 48 minutes ago, Ian Nacho said: Have never heard about the player but that’s 3 Shalke players we’ve been linked with now. They were absolutely dreadful second half of last season. Most of the players are getting on or not good enough... plus they were playing David Wagners boring football. But McKennie (when back from injury) and Kabak were playing well... Well, good enough to keep them away from relegation playoff anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillippaT Posted 23 August 2020 Share Posted 23 August 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, moore_94 said: The correct way to play! Ya can't beat a squad full of regens... I mean that literally - everytime I got to that stage we won everything EDIT: My last FM playthrough was with York city IIRC - I haven't played it much for a while, though, since FPL is scratching my itch for now... Edited 23 August 2020 by PhillippaT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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