Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

[GingerrrFox]

Would rather have him in the team trying to be progressive and play with risk than go back to watching Soumare, who currently doesn’t look ready for English football. When Youri’s back he obviously walks straight back in the team but KDH is above Soumare right now for me. 

[Ric Flair]

31 minutes ago, GingerrrFox said:

Would rather have him in the team trying to be progressive and play with risk than go back to watching Soumare, who currently doesn’t look ready for English football. When Youri’s back he obviously walks straight back in the team but KDH is above Soumare right now for me. 

That's my take on it too

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

Soumare is a wilf alternative, kdh is a tielemans alternative that's for sure.

[Paninistickers]

Played OK for 60 mins or so but tired horribly for his last 10 mins. Understandable. 

 

A very respectable 6/10 and a huge improvement on the hapless Soumare 

[LVFox]

Really good first half, never gave up in the whole match….needs to work on his passing quality but miles better than Soumare. Great energy and never hid 

[GingerrrFox]

3 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

That's my take on it too

Could a diamond work for you Ric? Ndidi with Youri and KDH either side, Maddison in the 10 with Daka/Iheanacho and Vardy up top?

[Ric Flair]

5 minutes ago, GingerrrFox said:

Could a diamond work for you Ric? Ndidi with Youri and KDH either side, Maddison in the 10 with Daka/Iheanacho and Vardy up top?

Yes it could, I've been thinking this since another poor Lookman performance. The energy of KDH would work, but not overly happy with the form of our full backs. Thomas is doing well but you need explosive full backs with real end product otherwise it can be a very workmanlike system.

[turlo]

Good first half and ran his knackers off. A few loose passes but would prefer his energy in midfield over Soumare for now

[GingerrrFox]

2 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Yes it could, I've been thinking this since another poor Lookman performance. The energy of KDH would work, but not overly happy with the form of our full backs. Thomas is doing well but you need explosive full backs with real end product otherwise it can be a very workmanlike system.

Yes I know what you mean, potentially with JJ back it could be an option. I feel Barnes could play up front in a 4-4-2 diamond as one of the 2 strikers tends to drift wider in that shape. Lookman has been very poor in recent times. Shame as he looked promising at Fulham last season but doesn’t look like he will cut it here. 

[funkyrobot]

Didn’t quite do it for me tbh. Particularly the second half, both him and Ndidi were strolling and being dominated by Villa. It’s almost like he’d forgotten why he’d retained his place after an excellent high energy performance against Southampton. I didn’t see so much of that today. 

[Ian Nacho]

Decent enough performance. Still very raw. Long way to go. 

[Arriba Los Zorros]

1 hour ago, escape2victory said:

Yeah I really want him to do well and succeed and seems to have the right attitude, but I just think quality wise he just falls short for where we want to be. Couple of times in the second half the switch to Barnes was on and he over cooked the first one and the second one was intercepted. Fairly simple passes for a quality central midfielder.

Agreed. Good attitude, just lacks quality (and a right foot). He's not the Messiah lads and never will be. Decent enough squad filler can't ever see him being in our starting line up unless we go backwards quickly.

[Wolfox]

He’s alright and will get better

 

Needs to learn not to get robbed quite so often 

[TJB-fox]

Give him game time. 5-10 games in the prem and I back home to be fully up to speed and a reliable member of the squad.

[Brizzle Fox]

2 hours ago, escape2victory said:

Yeah I really want him to do well and succeed and seems to have the right attitude, but I just think quality wise he just falls short for where we want to be. Couple of times in the second half the switch to Barnes was on and he over cooked the first one and the second one was intercepted. Fairly simple passes for a quality central midfielder.

I'd agree with that but unfortunately I think he's just another championship standard player. Bit like Hamza he'll probably get a free pass for a while as he's one of our own, but if we'd bought him from someone else we'd have already made our minds up that he'll never be good enough 

[Devonfox1884]

Only player with a bit of bite and backbone today - something this team is severely lacking in.

 

I’m a fan of his, but long-term he needs to be better… first half was decent, second was relatively poor. But let’s not forget that this was his first PL start.

Edited 5 December 2021 by Devonfox1884

[Arriba Los Zorros]

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Edited 5 December 2021 by Arriba Los Zorros

[funkyrobot]

2 minutes ago, Arriba Los Zorros said:

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Good work Arriba. This pretty much summarises the performance of our midfield 2 in that second half. 

[theessexfox]

Just needs a bit of composure with some of his passes, was playing it out to Barnes with good finesse and energy first half and getting up in support whichever side the attack was on to offer an option. Got caught on the ball a couple of times which was worrying, did really well to win it back once though and has good physicality. He needs polishing but he’s shown a lot of good things and I think he could be a real positive from this dreadful season

[Clarkey123]

2 hours ago, Bert said:

Was t great but wasn’t poor. Missed an absolute sitter 

His first start in the premier league and he’s being judged like a regular. With more games I think he could be a real asset, just needs a run in the team to sharpen tools 

[HybridFox]

Did no worse than Soumare for the past few games 

[Will1981]

give him a run of games, he seems up for the fight.

[lcfc_forever]

Caught napping on Villa's first goal. Still needs to adjust to the intensity of the league but positive signs are there. 

[HybridFox]

It was also a terrible pass by Maddison from the corner. Was in a great position on the edge of the box but no way near enough weight on that pass for him to hit it

Edited 5 December 2021 by TK95

[Tom12345]

9 hours ago, Tielemans63 said:

Mixed performance today. Thought he linked the play really nicely first half. Looked out of his depth in second. Villa pressed him after HT and he couldn't cope.

Yeah, but it is his first game starting. Give him a season before judging him.