Robin Koch- Signs pre contract with Eintracht Frankfurt

[Chilli D]

If we go down (hopefully not) our back four next season could be:
Drameh.....Cresswell.....Struijk.....Hjelde

[Orange Box]

I’d love to see him stay, it’s taken a while but for me he’s now the player I wanted to see. A good relationship with Wober (I wonder if speaking a common tongue has a role to play?), and now time to look up and play telling crossfield passes. Has Gracias system let him play his natural game?

Of course the moneybags will be looking at him, they’re all greedy bstds who want the other kids best toys. Go ask Kalvin.

[Leeds1000]

If we go down (hopefully not) our back four next season could be:
Drameh.....Cresswell.....Struijk.....Hjelde

I don't know why but i'm having doubts whether Struijk will cut it.

[Irish Ian]

Ambitious is the wrong word...

Some cant prevent themselves from loading every comment it seems.

[1964white]

I don't know why but i'm having doubts whether Struijk will cut it.

You maybe right, Wober & Koch are at a different level.

Can't remember when Pascal last played in his natural position.

[hector]

You maybe right, Wober & Koch are at a different level.

Can't remember when Pascal last played in his natural position.

After his concussion.......... neither can he

[Barlow Boy]

After his concussion.......... neither can he

[1964white]

Arsenal

Good
3 defensive clearances
2 defensive headers
2 interceptions
2 tackles
1 block

Bad
1 dribbled past
1 pass

[1964white]

Forest

Good

6 defensive headers
5 passes
4 interceptions
3 defensive clearances
2 blocks
1 tackles
high % passing accuracy

Bad

Rating 9.5 Just as the case with Pascal, Robin didn't put a foot or head wrong.

[1964white]

Palace

Good

9 defensive headers
5 passes
5 interceptions
3 defensive clearances
3 blocks
2 tackles
1 dribble
high % passing accuracy

Bad
1 dribbled past

Our only defender who showed his true form & deserves any credit, not really responsible for the poor defending around him.

[andrewjohnsmith]

Palace

Good

9 defensive headers
5 passes
5 interceptions
3 defensive clearances
3 blocks
2 tackles
1 dribble
high % passing accuracy

Bad
1 dribbled past

Our only defender who showed his true form & deserves any credit, not really responsible for the poor defending around him.

Agree and disagree. Agree with his quality. But he's our best player at the back. He should hold some responsibility for the defense as a whole.

[1964white]

Agree and disagree. Agree with his quality. But he's our best player at the back. He should hold some responsibility for the defense as a whole.

Difficult to fault him for any of the goals, Andrew

Koch's 28 defensive actions suggests he was overworked in comparison to those around him, his teammates didn't help Robin one bit. Without him, we'd probably had conceded double-figure goals on Sunday.

[Finnatic]

Difficult to fault him for any of the goals, Andrew

Koch's 28 defensive actions suggests he was overworked in comparison to those around him, his teammates didn't help Robin one bit. Without him, we'd probably had conceded double-figure goals on Sunday.

I gave him full points in MOTM thread for the reasons you stated.

It wasn’t difficult though, he had no competition.

[andrewjohnsmith]

Difficult to fault him for any of the goals, Andrew

Koch's 28 defensive actions suggests he was overworked in comparison to those around him, his teammates didn't help Robin one bit. Without him, we'd probably had conceded double-figure goals on Sunday.

I wasn't commenting on his personal contributions. I just think he needs to do more to take charge of the back line. It was long that Cooper was our only organizer at the back. Now it's Wober. With both those injured, we need someone else to be in charge. For all Koch's quality, he doesn't seem to want to take charge, organize, call others out.

[1964white]

I wasn't commenting on his personal contributions. I just think he needs to do more to take charge of the back line. It was long that Cooper was our only organizer at the back. Now it's Wober. With both those injured, we need someone else to be in charge. For all Koch's quality, he doesn't seem to want to take charge, organize, call others out.

Agree Andrew, we required someone to take charge, unfortunately it seems Koch hasn't got the necessary leadership skills we need right now.

[1964white]

I gave him full points in MOTM thread for the reasons you stated.

It wasn’t difficult though, he had no competition.

Sadly not, Finn

[White Riot]

Agree Andrew, we required someone to take charge, unfortunately it seems Koch hasn't got the necessary leadership skills we need right now.

Who does have those skills out of our current squad?

Wober and Adams, cos I'm not convinced by all the trumpeting about Liam Cooper's leadership and organisation skills either.

We have experienced players in Ayling, Bamford and Rodrigo, what do they do when the going gets tough?

[1964white]

Who does have those skills out of our current squad?

Wober and Adams, cos I'm not convinced by all the trumpeting about Liam Cooper's leadership and organisation skills either.

We have experienced players in Ayling, Bamford and Rodrigo, what do they do when the going gets tough?

We need to sign a few players with a captain's mentality in the summer.

[White Riot]

We need to sign a few players with a captain's mentality in the summer.

Yeah, I've been saying since we came up that this squad needs a good clean out.

Bring better quality players in with a better mentality and you'll see the difference.

We've already witnessed that with Gnonto, Adams and Wober.

I think McKennie will be a good un.

I hope, and still believe, that Rutter will develop into a great player too.

But since we got promoted a lot of our big money signings have not excelled, in the way that we'd hoped.

Which means you're then saddled with big wages and long contracts, and the squad deficiencies are still not addressed. Plus you've less capacity and resource available to address those deficiencies.

It's hard to recruit quality players of a good age when you're continually hanging around the drop zone. Plus, the players and agents will look at Leeds over the past few years and see that some of our international players are no longer considered for international duty.

Players have short careers, and ambitious ones won't fancy fighting a relegation battle every season.

[1964white]

28 positive actions from Koch against Palace.