Will Alves - loaned to Cardiff City

[coolhandfox]

1 minute ago, Noahfence said:

Lot of comments saying about how he tries to beat a man 5 times and keeps hold of the ball too long 

I'd hold the ball in that Cardiff side.

[em9999]

Maradona use to keep hold of the ball and hes the finest player I've ever seen or will ever see ..

 

Shouldn't be seen as a bad trait 

[Tommy G]

How many goals and assists did he get during his loan spell?

[Pliskin]

2 hours ago, Noahfence said:

Lot of comments saying about how he tries to beat a man 5 times and keeps hold of the ball too long 

Not being funny burning a Cardiff team bereft of any quality he tried. He tired to take people on, tried to make things happen when no one else could. They’re just a shit team…. Can’t give the lad pelters for trying. 

[coolhandfox]

8 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

How many goals and assists did he get during his loan spell?

League only 1 goal, 3 assits in 669 minutes.

[moore_94]

1 minute ago, coolhandfox said:

League only 1 goal, 3 assits in 669 minutes.

Goal or assist every 167 minutes

 

Pretty good for a shite side in his first ever loan and first ever proper bit of senior football

[coolhandfox]

33 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Goal or assist every 167 minutes

 

Pretty good for a shite side in his first ever loan and first ever proper bit of senior football

I think it's really good, he's looked at home at that level.

[Nods]

3 hours ago, em9999 said:

Maradona use to keep hold of the ball and hes the finest player I've ever seen or will ever see ..

 

Shouldn't be seen as a bad trait 

It is if you're not Maradona

[CloudFox]

Blimey, didn't realise Cardiff ended up finishing bottom. Tough experience for Alves, but good for him overall. 

 

Goal or assist every 167 minutes is nothing to be sniffed at for the worst team in the league.

[Ric Flair]

8 hours ago, coolhandfox said:

I think it's really good, he's looked at home at that level.

It's a decent return and there's so much more to come from him. The biggest test for him was whether he could stand up to the rigours of playing regularly and not get persistently injured. One minor injury for a few games aside, both before and after that he was in very good form and it's probably only the last 3-4 games that Cardiff properly fell apart.

 

I know they struggled throughout the season, but there was fight in the side right up until these final few weeks when the pressure got to them.

 

We can definitely benefit and utilise his ability to be an impact player. He was far more effective coming on and changing games, we need players like that.

 

 

[Holly B]

12 hours ago, Noahfence said:

Lot of comments saying about how he tries to beat a man 5 times and keeps hold of the ball too long 

And there will be exactly the same comments on here in 6 months time 

[Jazzy_Jeff]

I think a lot of the comments from Cardiff fans were knee-jerk following the run they’ve been on and subsequent relegation.

 

Before they were relegated he was getting praised and fans were moaning when he wasn’t starting or got subbed off.

 

Wouldnt read too much into the comments from yesterday. Will be a good squad player for us next season 

[Tuna]

With Cardiff's season over, will we see him involved now with us?

[The Horse's Mouth]

14 hours ago, em9999 said:

Maradona use to keep hold of the ball and hes the finest player I've ever seen or will ever see ..

 

Shouldn't be seen as a bad trait 

He’s William alves not Diego maradona

[brookfox]

I’m sure when Rogers gave him his debut he challenged him to take no more than 3 touches. Sounds like something he may need to keep working on.

[coolhandfox]

2 hours ago, Tuna said:

With Cardiff's season over, will we see him involved now with us?

Interesting point as he under 21 he's doesn't need to be in the squad list.

 

Not sure.

[dmayne7]

6 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Interesting point as he under 21 he's doesn't need to be in the squad list.

 

Not sure.

Can't terminate his loan outside the transfer window 

[FrankieADZ]

should have been a good learning experience for him to hopefully come into our first team next season

i know some of our fans will have wrote him off as he didnt do "wow hes amazing" 

remember Liam Delap didnt do overly great at Stoke, PNE or Hull 

 

so a loan spell doesn always make or break the player

[urban.spaceman]

22 hours ago, coolhandfox said:

He's a 19 making his first steps in man's football in a dreadful side.

 

 

What are you talking about? He’s barely played for us! 

[Stadt]

It’s a good loan going down builds resilience. Losing at Watford in 12/13 proved to be foundational for Vardy, Drinkwater, Morgan etc 

[coolhandfox]

25 minutes ago, Stadt said:

It’s a good loan going down builds resilience. Losing at Watford in 12/13 proved to be foundational for Vardy, Drinkwater, Morgan etc 

100% difficult times can be just as beneficial at times 

[Dan]

Alves doesn't need to come into our team and carry us next season. If he's our 17th best player in the squad that's perfectly OK. It's a good way to pad your squad out without having to blow loads on fees and wages - something we've often been guilty of.

 

Been many instances where we've blown good money on squad fillers when we could've just had a youth player perform exactly the same role.

[JimJams]

He can certainly compete with McAteer for a place on the bench.  If we keep what we've got in the wide positions, we've got a lot of depth there and can shed a Reid or 2...