Julián Carranza joins on loan - Official

[Silverfox14]

Could have played with 10 and would not have been any different.

[splinterdream]

Difficult to fully judge on the time hes been on the pitch, but when Marti is starting Daka, then playing him to 80, Carranza must be pretty poor 

[Tommy Fresh]

He's definitely getting a red at some point

[Blanchflower78]

He's not that we needed. Has no presence and English football will destroy him. We have arguably the worst 3 attackers in the division. It's quite staggering really.

[fazzyfox]

He seems to focus on needling and trying to unsettle his marker first and foremost then amongst the ensuing chaos play his football. It’s just that so far he hasn’t managed to get beyond the “try to unsettle” bit and if anything has been unsettled back two-fold.

You do need an adjustment period, I just wonder if he’s showing anything of encouragement in training yet?

[Stuntman_Mike]

Would've been nice if he'd made one challenge when he came on. 

 

Somehow made us weaker by replacing Daka.

[Stadt]

Needs more minutes before we can judge him properly but so far he’s looking very much like a Jozy Altidore

[murphy]

9 hours ago, fazzyfox said:

He seems to focus on needling and trying to unsettle his marker first and foremost then amongst the ensuing chaos play his football. It’s just that so far he hasn’t managed to get beyond the “try to unsettle” bit and if anything has been unsettled back two-fold.

You do need an adjustment period, I just wonder if he’s showing anything of encouragement in training yet?

If he had been he would have surely been starting when the other options are Ayew and Dana.

[Seventyseven]

He had a poor scoring record in a poor league. Many players with good records struggle here when coming from the Netherlands. It’s hardly surprising he’s not very good. 

[ceebeefox]

He looks very lightweight so far. We need to see what he’s like when chances are being created, does anyone remember chances? I’ve got a radical idea, switch the wingers round every now and then. Maybe then a left footer may create a decent chance from the left and ditto the right. Nobody’s telling me that Fatawu isn’t getting past a right back and putting a cross that strikers like in this league. The wingers have to do it because our full backs can’t.

[mozartfox]

Ffs - give him a chance.  Vardy was written off I recall.

[jonny_wright]

Praise the lord he’s only on loan, won’t be stuck with him for years to come like Daka. 
 

funny enough I’d much rather Edouard! Think he’d be ok in the championship 

[Dan]

Only played 71 minutes so too early, but very unencouraging.

 

What I am quite sick of us doing though is giving very limited opportunities to new signings. They don't need to 'bed in' to a team that's failing. You're really not risking losing much.

 

I'd start him in the next three games and see how he does.

[SecretPro]

1 minute ago, Dan said:

Only played 71 minutes so too early, but very unencouraging.

 

What I am quite sick of us doing though is giving very limited opportunities to new signings. They don't need to 'bed in' to a team that's failing. You're really not risking losing much.

 

I'd start him in the next three games and see how he does.

Agree with this. Same applies to the Youth.

 

Nelson and Page have both proven themselves - if players in their positions aren't performing, why not give then a proper go? 

 

I don't buy this 'oh but their young' - time has moved on, football has moved on. Players this age can handle way more than we seem to give credit for. 

[Lesterlad]

Reminds me of Roger Davies he’s that good 

[CornwallFox]

Our current head of recruitment is really poor

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[l444ry]

Even Vardy struggled to perform to his maximum in this ridiculous lone striker system, so not shocked at all. 

[MPH]

He’s a Temu Vardy.

[The Doctor]

not looking convincing as yet, but I do wonder if any striker would do when Martís system creates less than nothing.

[Buzzell]

He hasn’t properly started a game yet so I’ll hold my judgment until then.

[sdb]

I'd normally hold judgement after an hour or so of playing time. But in this case it's absolutely clear that he's League 2 level at best. He can head a ball hard (not in any useful direction). That is it. 

[sm1]

I know he's not match fit, but at one point he looked like he didn't want to compete for the ball. Looks shit but time will tell.

[MaidstoneFox]

 

53 minutes ago, sm1 said:

I know he's not match fit, but at one point he looked like he didn't want to compete for the ball. Looks shit but time will tell.

Looks scared shitless. I'm already hoping we can send him back in January.

[ACF]

If only his ability matched his looks 

[LinekersLugs]

 looks slow and very average