Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

[Bourbon Fox]

5 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

 

Wow 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Second best to Alex Iwobi. Not something I'd crow about personally.

[fuchsntf]

Look he's no Alan Ball,or even Gerard,

But he's the the mainstay of an Engine room we need..KDH balances Tielemans waverings...Cleans & sweeps the oddities of Ndidi,who should be now doing similar to KDH, and balances the IMO the excellent but,like Ball Mendy being short ass...Though Ball found a way to be an excellent irritant, great ball carrier and deliverery man.Scored some great goals...& Headers.

KDH Tielemans(Praet) Mendy, feeding

Tete , Nacho, Barnes,with Maddison supplying that free-flow of movement & creation...Should start to supply us with the push,to get us out of any Relegation

threat....

Vardy is gone for the important run in to the EO season. Depends how Rodgers wants to set up...and how much on the front foot he is willing to take us...

Better with KDH giving us the tact and enforcement...We have nobody like him

who gives us that vibe...

 

 

[StanSP]

4 hours ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Second best to Alex Iwobi. Not something I'd crow about personally.

Pessimist!

 

2nd out of the 'other 14' is fine/very good!

[coolhandfox]

Hang on a minute, I thought we didn't create chances?

[SouthStandUpperTier]

8 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Pessimist!

 

2nd out of the 'other 14' is fine/very good!

Chances created is quite ambiguous though. What do they constitute as a 'chance'? How good are these 'chances'?

 

He's currently 7th in our squad with 0.15 expected assists per 90. And he's 5th in our squad with 3.19 shot creating actions per 90. Both are a more accurate representation of his creativity imho.

[lcfc_forever]

So much more confident about seeing out games with KDH in the team. 

 

I think our more recent meltdowns have come when he's been substituted or been injured (vs Spurs, vs Brentford) - his pressing is so key for us, as well his chance creation. 

[adejo92]

I do rate KDH. I know he's prone to having a few bad performances, but he's passionate with a good work rate and right now, that's exactly what we seem to be lacking elsewhere.

 

He'll only get better.

[SouthStandUpperTier]

7 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Chances created is quite ambiguous though. What do they constitute as a 'chance'? How good are these 'chances'?

 

He's currently 7th in our squad with 0.15 expected assists per 90. And he's 5th in our squad with 3.19 shot creating actions per 90. Both are a more accurate representation of his creativity imho.

Just to clarify. I do like KDH. I like his energy and he gives us some much needed bite in midfield. But I wouldn't say he was especially creative.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, coolhandfox said:

Hang on a minute, I thought we didn't create chances?

We don't create good chances. A "chance created" is just a pass that leads to a shot. If we spent ninety minutes passing it to Ndidi and him shooting from the halfway line then as per the definition we would have created lots of "chances" but somehow I doubt we'd all be coming away saying wow that was brilliant, look at all those chances we created.

[ParkerPen]

3 hours ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Just to clarify. I do like KDH. I like his energy and he gives us some much needed bite in midfield. But I wouldn't say he was especially creative.

he's a bit creative. as well as being quite good at pressing etc and has a great attitude and great work rate.

 

most aspects of his game we have other players that are better at, in isolation. but KDH as a package gives us something we don't have otherwise in any one other player.

[FoxesWalk]

8 hours ago, moore_94 said:

 

Would not have expected that. Fair play to him. 

[Tanya]

He covered a lot of ground today, as usual. Instrumental in two goals. First the steal and then an utterly exquisite pass to Harvey Barnes in the lead up to the second goal. It was possible the best pass of the entire game.

[KFS]

What’s the thought in having him rcm and Youri left? 

[Arriba Los Zorros]

Have gone from not rating him, to rating him, to not being sure. Has obvious strengths and very obvious weaknesses. It's a weird one. 

[StriderHiryu]

47 minutes ago, KFS said:

What’s the thought in having him rcm and Youri left? 

Good question because KDH is left footed so you would think would be better suited on the other side. My guess is that Maddison drifts between the centre and the right, so maybe we want the extra energy nearer that side to allow Maddison to push up more often.

 

 

[Dickov22]

50 minutes ago, KFS said:

What’s the thought in having him rcm and Youri left? 

I didn’t think it worked. Several times KDH turned into trouble trying to bring the ball onto his left foot. I thought he had a really poor first half actually. He’s a left sided mid, can’t play on the right really. 

[fuchsntf]

4 minutes ago, Dickov22 said:

I didn’t think it worked. Several times KDH turned into trouble trying to bring the ball onto his left foot. I thought he had a really poor first half actually. He’s a left sided mid, can’t play on the right really. 

Too many posters love a good cop out & chasing shodows...

KDH is doing a good job & playing well..

[Mickyblueeyes]

Kiernan, that ball, lad! 

[Ian Nacho]

Looked good on the right. That ball was a thing of beauty. 

[BKLFox]

Check match day thread cos should have been sub’d after 30minutes 🤷‍♂️ 

[Sooper Steve's shin]

Unpopular opinion: we missed him more than Madders when they were both injured. 

[Lambert09]

much prefer having him than a dm personally. 

 

The only thing that could ruin my optimism about this new side is ndidi 

[st albans fox]

The problem we have is that we can’t fit everyone into the side and also have a dm. Neither kdh or youri are a dm. a dm sniffs danger and these two aren’t that player.  They push forward too much.  We did it in the conference league last season after wilf was injured and got away with it at home because teams sat back more.  we’ve tried it this season with Bouba and youri and it worked in our winning run pre wc but we were playing some decidedly poor sides at the time. 

 

if rodgers has decided that this forward thinking double pivot is his way forward then prepare for a tough few weeks. you’d expect the likes of arteta, conte and ten Haag to look at that and expose it. 

 

against the less capable sides it’s likely to be stressful but more often rewarding. rodgers went through a stage of playing ‘basketball football’ last season when we were without a defence. given the attacking options he now has, he may decide to do it again. 

[Dickov22]

8 hours ago, fuchsntf said:

Too many posters love a good cop out & chasing shodows...

KDH is doing a good job & playing well..

He’s one of my favourite players. Just think he’s far better suited when playing LCM as he’s left footed…..