Player Watch Player Watch: Manor Solomon

[Bluto Blutarsky]

He's done superbly to get back to fitness.

I think he'll surprise a few once he gets settled.

I thought he did well in his early season appearances - but I think with the Nusa links, and even considering the possibility of Nusa coming in January -that Solomon is not seen as the long-term solution at LW.

It might be that two knee injuries in two years, is too much.

 

[easley91]

Is he in the mix for Friday?

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Is he in the mix for Friday?

Supposedly back in training and according to POK he is the furthest along of those out. Doubt he will start but could well make the bench.

 

[GioW]

Is he in the mix for Friday?

Yep. Ahead of Maddison in his fitness according to O Keefe

 

[easley91]

Supposedly back in training and according to POK he is the furthest along of those out. Doubt he will start but could well make the bench.

Yep. Ahead of Maddison in his fitness according to O Keefe

Wonderful stuff. Hopefully he does make the bench Friday. I thought he did well in his few games before the injury.

 

[bubble07]

The forgotten man. Thought he looked OK in his cameos

 

[mdharris]

Agreed there were flashes of what he’s capable of. Definitely needs more time to be judged properly.

One contention- he does this thing where he receives the ball in a closed off position facing back to goal, really limits his ability to play forward, so he ends up being ushered backwards. Compare that to Udogie or Werner, who will open their bodies across the ball, and have options forward and backward. Under presssure, Solomon limits himself. That can be worked on so I’m not writing him off.

when he has space to turn and get at a man, or carry forward into space, he’s looked pretty decent.

 

[jordibwoy]

Agreed there were flashes of what he’s capable of. Definitely needs more time to be judged properly.

One contention- he does this thing where he receives the ball in a closed off position facing back to goal, really limits his ability to play forward, so he ends up being ushered backwards. Compare that to Udogie or Werner, who will open their bodies across the ball, and have options forward and backward. Under presssure, Solomon limits himself. That can be worked on so I’m not writing him off.

when he has space to turn and get at a man, or carry forward into space, he’s looked pretty decent.

Think some of this is evolution of the team. When he would have featured, the team was still working on timing of movement between the full backs and midfielders. Early on our wingers would drop a lot deeper to receive the ball in build up.

These days we do a better job progressing which means we draw more attention in midfield higher up the pitch and leave our wingers wider and ready to run in behind or receive the ball ready to go 1v1

 

[mdharris]

Think some of this is evolution of the team. When he would have featured, the team was still working on timing of movement between the full backs and midfielders. Early on our wingers would drop a lot deeper to receive the ball in build up.

These days we do a better job progressing which means we draw more attention in midfield higher up the pitch and leave our wingers wider and ready to run in behind or receive the ball ready to go 1v1

I think that’s partly it, but it’s definitely something Solomon can improve on. It’s about body position and movement before receiving the ball. Again, definitely something that can be worked on.

 

[jpascavitz]

Couple setbacks according to Ange..

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Couple setbacks according to Ange..

Set backs doesn’t sound good. Sort of lines up with us asking if we could have Nusa now rather than a loan back before the deal fell apart.

 

[jpascavitz]

Set backs doesn’t sound good. Sort of lines up with us asking if we could have Nusa now rather than a loan back before the deal fell apart.

Also wonders if it ties into Gil potential deal at all..

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Also wonders if it ties into Gil potential deal at all..

Yeah it will be interesting what happens with Gil. Seemed like we wanted Nusa and then would okay Gil going. It sounds like Solomon might be out a while longer and then it will likely take him a bit to get up to speed.

 

[ajspurs]

Damn, that's a really big shame. He's been one of the players I've been mostly looking forward to seeing again. Johnson and Solomon as options for fresh legs off the bench would be really great.

 

[wspur]

Didn't he say full training next week? If so it's a 1-2 weeks setback, that's not a huge deal

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Didn't he say full training next week? If so it's a 1-2 weeks setback, that's not a huge deal

The lad has had two knee surgeries in two years. I would say any setback is a pretty big deal.


ETA - And the ominous part, for me, was "he is getting assessed again"

 

[BorjeSpurs]

Couple setbacks according to Ange..

"We start as always with team-news"

Has anyone seen this interview format in that room with Ange that has been anything other than 30 seconds team/injury updates?

 

[TheAmerican]

The forgotten man. Thought he looked OK in his cameos

I thought he looked good but was lacking an understanding with the other players on the field. Hopefully his time with the squad (albeit injured) has helped on that end. I can see him starting over Johnson.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

The lad has had two knee surgeries in two years. I would say any setback is a pretty big deal.


ETA - And the ominous part, for me, was "he is getting assessed again"

Must say im starting to get concerned about his injuries. Last season he missed 17 games for Fulham, after tomorrow it will be the same for us. Looking at the bellow record isn't pretty.

 

[rossdapep]

Must say im starting to get concerned about his injuries. Last season he missed 17 games for Fulham, after tomorrow it will be the same for us. Looking at the bellow record isn't pretty.

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wow 541 days in total in 5 years is quite a chunk. Especially as there are 3 longer lay-offs in there.