Speculation here, but think he might be a player we notice more when they are out of the starting lineup and things are firing less. Trust me, I’m no Aaronson homer. He’s been a pleasant surprise to me as I was in the camp that had written him off.Cjay wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2024 10:11 pm I think he is regressing myself same as first season here.
It's getting to the point where he works hard and that is it.
His pass selection is poor, he's bullied off the ball a lot and his creativity is pretty non existent and goal threat minimal.
As a box to box midfielder it's passable but as a 10 in the role normally reserved for X factor players he is found lacking massively for me.
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I think he's a little erratic or frantic. That can be good and bad. When he does something good it looks great. When he loses the ball it looks awful. I think he just needs to be a bit calmer at times.Cjay wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2024 10:11 pm I think he is regressing myself same as first season here.
It's getting to the point where he works hard and that is it.
His pass selection is poor, he's bullied off the ball a lot and his creativity is pretty non existent and goal threat minimal.
As a box to box midfielder it's passable but as a 10 in the role normally reserved for X factor players he is found lacking massively for me.
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Piroe purely for his goal
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Piroe purely for his goal
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I didn't think he had a good game.DDB220 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2024 9:56 pm I thought he was ok - some loose balls in good situations. Not his best game - and he had a chance to bury them if he had shown better awareness and composure. He would be on the fringes of my 6 / but not given the placing any thought beyond Gnonto’s masterclass. What a player that lad is becoming.
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I’ll give Firpo an honourable mention for the goal but his defending and positional play was atrocious so no top 6.
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I’ll give Firpo an honourable mention for the goal but his defending and positional play was atrocious so no top 6.
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No Rodon mate, easily our best defender by a country mile.
Pascal was tidy, but was relatively quiet.
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Apart from a couple of important blocks, one tackle & a defensive header, Pascal had a quiet game.
Rodon far more proactive.
Rodon far more proactive.
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Rodon in the top 3 from seven of our raters.
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I thought about revisiting my Bogle rating after I saw your stats, Didn't realize the number of giveaways.
But I definitely docked Rodon a point for that senseless yellow. There was cover behind him. He didn't need to do it. But it was impulsive and rash. He missed the tackle so he threw out an arm. I thought he had a decent game though. I actually think he could be a top premier league defender. But there just seems to be that bit of rashness about him at times.
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Apart from the yelllow card & where every defender was ball watching for Sunderland's first goal, Rodon is back to his best.andrewjohnsmith wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2024 1:46 am I thought about revisiting my Bogle rating after I saw your stats, Didn't realize the number of giveaways.
But I definitely docked Rodon a point for that senseless yellow. There was cover behind him. He didn't need to do it. But it was impulsive and rash. He missed the tackle so he threw out an arm. I thought he had a decent game though. I actually think he could be a top premier league defender. But there just seems to be that bit of rashness about him at times.
6 good forward passes
4 blocks
4 defensive headers
2 tackles
2 interceptions
2 defensive clearances
Only two negatives.
Nearly three times as much of decent pieces of play than Pascal Struijk.
As I said, our best defender by a country mile.
Our MOTM Gnonto had 22 positive actions compared to 20 from Rodon who made fewer errors than Willy.
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Obviously even from his sick bed he's one of our best players
Sorry I meant Ram as in Ramazani
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Everyone will see different things when watching a game Leon and not everyone has time to watch replays & count good plays or bad plays. I rated Struijk ahead of Joe because of his positional play, distribution & the covering he does of Firpo ( like herding bees ) He always looks in control & unflustered whereas Joe looks like a bull in a china shop & always one rash challenge away from a red card or conceding a penalty.
I definitely think he’s getting back to his best and love his attitude especially the celebration when we cleared a late corner, it’s all subjective though.
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In all honesty, the whole team had a lot more about them on Friday, I thought Aaronson was as busy as anyone, constantly making a menace of himself, Struijk is back and showed his calmness and composure.
Tbf, Meslier could have been in the top 6 (error apart)
I thought that was our best performance of the season thus far.
Even DF didn't do his normal shitty subs on the hour mark, we had a game plan and mostly stuck to it and deserved a win.
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