Harry Souttar signs!

[Sly]

9 minutes ago, MrsJohnMurphy said:

I don't think that would kick in after just 12 games

Could be 15 and we were trying to get rid. 

[MrsJohnMurphy]

23 hours ago, Sly said:

Could be 15 and we were trying to get rid. 

15?......nah

[HarryDee8]

How weird he might not be championship level, but when your backs against the wall, he's premier league level 😅

 

Mopping up everything at the moment

[Foxin_Mad]

I think defensively he is very good. I suppose his issues are 'playing it out' but strange he was brought for Rodgers who did the same in a slower form!

[STUHILL]

Souttar > Taylor Harwood-Bellis

 

Seen enough of THB already! 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[sm1]

Really impressed with Harry seeing this his 1st game. Some neat play on the ball as well. Not sure why Enzo hasn't played him before looks plenty good enough.

[James_lcfc]

Yeah, did well to be fair to him.

[ChrisFilter]

Very good tonight. Another great option. 

[HybridFox]

He did well today but I still think he's suited to a back 3. Good at sweeping things up

[jbflcfc]

Fair play to him.

 

Stepped up tonight, hasn’t moaned & did a job.

 

hope to see more of him this season, he could be a key squad player.

[Lcfc-1992]

If he can play as one of the wide centre backs it’ll help massively.
 

He’ll need the full back inverting from his side so he doesn’t end up as the full back. Was thinking swap sides with Faes but then Faes ends up as the left back. 

[lcfcsnow]

You can see why he’s not been involved he doesn’t suit the way we want to pass out from the back

[Micky]

He's not good enough on the ball. It was so evident tonight.

[FoxinNotts]

3 minutes ago, Micky said:

He's not good enough on the ball. It was so evident tonight.

But he can defend very well, and is our best threat from set pieces in the opposition box. Hopefully he’ll get more game time this season. He has uses for sure.

Edited 27 September 2023 by FoxinNotts

[RowlattsFox]

Perhaps harsh to judge him on his passing under pressure against Liverpool when Faes and Vestergaard have done it against dross in the championship. And most the issues came from the keeper from what I saw. 

[BKLFox]

Put in a bloody good shift even after getting a harsh yellow and then tiring at the end against a fast moving front line.

[Ric Flair]

Not good enough on the ball? That ball in to Ricardo 1st half was incredible. Let's see what he's like against standard Championship opposition, I suspect his passing range will stand up more than just fine.

 

Good performance tonight, likewise Coady.

[urban.spaceman]

Was good tonight I felt.

[South Shire Fox]

Quality player, find it utterly bizarre that a club didnt come in for him on loan at the very least. Really hope he’ll be involved more now

Edited 27 September 2023 by South Shire Fox

[Drink Water]

 

33 minutes ago, Micky said:

He's not good enough on the ball. It was so evident tonight.

Liverpool are literally known as the team with the best press in the world, so its not a fair comparison to judge Souttar under pressure against Liverpool with Vesty/Faes against Championship teams. Also keeping in mind when was the last time Souttar has had a match? Both him and Coady played well today. In terms of our defense, most of the errors were with the fullbacks and players not being marked.

[baldeagle]

Funny how people see things differently, I thought he struggled all night and showed exactly why he’s not had many minutes . Not saying he was shit just not great . 

[Gamble92]

Probably my only proper issue with Maresca so far has been the treatment of Souttar and the ones who were willing to be in the team and had to be out the whole squad while he made a point of picking two goalkeepers for the bench. 

 

I didn't see it as anything other than detrimental to our chances of winning a game. You could have him on the bench to see out a game or anything. Anything but Danny Ward ffs. Anyway I hope this is the start of him coming back into the fold.

[Lambert09]

let’s be honest all 5 cbs would walk into most teams in the championship right now 

[Claudio Fannieri]

Given that Maresca only includes players he deems fully committed to the cause then I can only assume that Souttar was perhaps one who returned in the summer and wanted to assess his options and was not fully committed to the Leicester project. 
 

I do wonder if the alleged interest from Rangers and the lure of potential champions league football had turned his head. 
 

His return to the fold and performance alongside Coady was a welcome boost given the likelihood Doyle’s injury looks to be long term. 

[Ric Flair]

26 minutes ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

Given that Maresca only includes players he deems fully committed to the cause then I can only assume that Souttar was perhaps one who returned in the summer and wanted to assess his options and was not fully committed to the Leicester project. 
 

I do wonder if the alleged interest from Rangers and the lure of potential champions league football had turned his head. 
 

His return to the fold and performance alongside Coady was a welcome boost given the likelihood Doyle’s injury looks to be long term. 

I can't reconcile this though. We had players or people close to the player publicly state they wanted to leave and yet Maresca involved them.

 

Souttar also could have had at least an extra week off, if not longer, after his summer international duty with Australia. Yet he was there on the 1st day of pre-season and Maresca's first day.

 

I maybe wrong, but I think he was the only player who came back earlier than they were due to. That would be surprising for a player considering his options or definitely wanting out.

 

That said Kristiansen was one of the few players who went on record saying he was committed to getting us back up and then very quickly something changed. Probably more the system Maresca was implementing but the who wanted to leave/who wanted to stay theories are quite ambiguous to me.