Timothy Castagne Signs!

[Guest Manini]

Just class again. 

[Koke]

Man is 6'1 and is a full back. Absolute baller.

 

A real test will be away to Man City, facing Sterling or Mahrez. 

[kingfox]

On 13/09/2020 at 16:18, kingfox said:

I had the pleasure growing up watching the likes of Cafu and Roberto Carlos, but Timothy Castagne is the best full-back I’ve ever seen.

I stand by this statement.

[StriderHiryu]

5 minutes ago, kingfox said:

I stand by this statement.

If you came home and saw Timothy Castagne screwing your missus, instead of getting mad, you'd put the kettle on, hand him a cup of tea after he's done and then offer him a lift home.

 

But because he's such a nice guy, what would most likely happen is that you'd get home, Timmy would have done all of the ironing, taken out the bins, filed your missus' nails and cooked you a delicious Belgian meal before running off down the road to spread more joy to someone else's family.

[splinterdream]

Can he play this well on the left? 

[Eden De Bruyne]

1 hour ago, SkidsFox said:

Best signing since Kante !

Don't get ahead of yourself. His first two games were great, that is the only info we have now.

[Eden De Bruyne]

1 hour ago, matty98 said:

Always in the right place at the right time and his execution is superb.

Yeah, he is really the opposite of John McClane

[StriderHiryu]

17 minutes ago, splinterdream said:

Can he play this well on the left? 

I saw him play as LWB for Atalanta a number of times and he was equally impressive. The biggest difference was that he didn't cross it first time as often and would cut onto his preferred right foot more often to cross instead. But that's not to say he didn't use his left foot at all, on the contrary, he used his left foot quite a bit and was equally capable of crossing with that foot.

 

Here's a GIF of him playing against some team called Juventus as a LWB in Serie A. Not too shabby here!

 

[hejammy]

Class act

[Eden De Bruyne]

3 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

I saw him play as LWB for Atalanta a number of times and he was equally impressive. The biggest difference was that he didn't cross it first time as often and would cut onto his preferred right foot more often to cross instead. But that's not to say he didn't use his left foot at all, on the contrary, he used his left foot quite a bit and was equally capable of crossing with that foot.

 

Here's a GIF of him playing against some team called Juventus as a LWB in Serie A. Not too shabby here!

 

Yeah. That opening goal vs Juve was great. Also made the late qualification goal in the last group stage game of the CL. Without it Atalanta was third in the group.

 

Has not a lot of goals, but they are all very important.

[Raw Dykes]

With Ricardo and Castagne in the same team, we're going to be some threat.

 

What a signing.

[StriderHiryu]

Just now, Eden De Bruyne said:

Yeah. That opening goal vs Juve was great. Also made the late qualification goal in the last group stage game of the CL. Without it Atalanta was third in the group.

 

Has not a lot of goals, but they are all very important.

He seems to get forward more often for Leicester than Atalanta. In Serie A, I think Gasperini realised Castagne was the better defender than Goosens, but Goosens was the better attacker, so that's typically the balance they went for. But I think we are already seeing for Leicester that Timothy is very capable of going forwards. Assisted for the first goal, assisted for the own goal for number 2 and a constant menace throughout.

 

Brilliant signing so far!

[Anglodanglo]

39 minutes ago, Manini said:

Just class again. 

 

Timothy Classtagne

[Eden De Bruyne]

Just now, StriderHiryu said:

He seems to get forward more often for Leicester than Atalanta. In Serie A, I think Gasperini realised Castagne was the better defender than Goosens, but Goosens was the better attacker, so that's typically the balance they went for. But I think we are already seeing for Leicester that Timothy is very capable of going forwards. Assisted for the first goal, assisted for the own goal for number 2 and a constant menace throughout.

 

Brilliant signing so far!

Yeah, he was the best defensive player of the 3

[Poiseuille]

Major conundrum when Ricardo gets back if he carries on like this. 
I can’t imagine he will be as effective on the left and he’s already stated before that he wants to play in one position. 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

3 minutes ago, Poiseuille said:

Major conundrum when Ricardo gets back if he carries on like this. 
I can’t imagine he will be as effective on the left and he’s already stated before that he wants to play in one position. 

 

Where's he said that? There was a little Northcroft interview in the Times today where he as good as says Rodgers told him he wanted someone who could play either side and he knows he'll be used on both.

[brucey]

5 minutes ago, Poiseuille said:

Major conundrum when Ricardo gets back if he carries on like this. 
I can’t imagine he will be as effective on the left and he’s already stated before that he wants to play in one position. 

If Timmy carries on like this, he’ll be our best RB and have first dibs to the spot. 
I’m sure Ricardo can do a decent job at left back as well. 
 

Edited 20 September 2020 by brucey

[Kinowe Soorie]

He looks a quality addition so far.

[Clever Fox]

For a big lad he's very comfortable with the Ball, never seems to get flustered.

 

2 big tests coming up next two games, Arsenal and Man city.

 

Credit to the recruitment team, They've done it again and signed a good one.

[kingfox]

44 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

But because he's such a nice guy, what would most likely happen is that you'd get home, Timmy would have done all of the ironing, taken out the bins, filed your missus' nails and cooked you a delicious Belgian meal before running off down the road to spread more joy to someone else's family.

No mention of weeding though  we may have a problem.

[CyprusFox]

59 minutes ago, Koke said:

Man is 6'1 and is a full back. Absolute baller.

 

A real test will be away to Man City, facing Sterling or Mahrez. 

Think the real test will be for mahrez or sterling.😃

[happy85]

BR confirmed Castagne shoulder pop out during game and put back in 

 

worrying 

[CyprusFox]

2 hours ago, Thefox81 said:

Really like the look of this guy could turn out to be the bargain signing of the summer. Be interesting to see what happens when Ricardo is back. Timmy, Ricardo and Justin for 2 places. Nice problem to have tho 

What a problem for Brendan. Great signing.

 

 

 

[Strokes]

5 minutes ago, happy85 said:

BR confirmed Castagne shoulder pop out during game and put back in 

 

worrying 

Why? He carried on and still played immense, it’s the opposite of worrying.

Edited 20 September 2020 by Strokes

[Fox in the North]

34 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

I saw him play as LWB for Atalanta a number of times and he was equally impressive. The biggest difference was that he didn't cross it first time as often and would cut onto his preferred right foot more often to cross instead. But that's not to say he didn't use his left foot at all, on the contrary, he used his left foot quite a bit and was equally capable of crossing with that foot.

 

Here's a GIF of him playing against some team called Juventus as a LWB in Serie A. Not too shabby here!

 

Surely Ricardo and Timmy can just swap sides every now and then during a game? 
 

If they are comfortable playing on both sides it could cause all sorts of problems for other team and mean we don’t need to worry about playing them in fixed left or right back positions.