Player Watch Player Watch: Ryan Sessegnon

[SargeantMeatCurtains]

Is it bad that I want England U21s to crash and burn in this tournament to speed up Sessegnon?

For fuck sake, england. I didn’t mean crash and burn that badly.

 

[Dirtysanchez6]

Maybe get this deal done early with them heading out ?

 

[Adam456]

DL: £25m ? Sorry that was last week. He's injured now and out of contract next summer.

But I'm sure we can come to an arrangement if you're flexible

Fulham: You mean knock millions off

DL: I like to think of it as you actually saving money. Let me explain...

 

[Cinemattis]

Anyone got any reliable updates on the reported hamstring injury he suffered in the U21-match against Romania?

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

Anyone got any reliable updates on the reported hamstring injury he suffered in the U21-match against Romania?

It hurts a bit

 

[Flashspur]

hamstring issues and only 19...well thats blown the 25m quid Fulham

 

[JJetset]

We could have done without that !!!!

 

[BringBack_leGin]

I’m assuming JJ means the hammy and not Inters purported interest.

 

[Deleted member 27995]

Well I, personally, still hope we get a deal wrapped up for him.

Think he could be special.

Fingers crossed and all that.

 

[Yiddo100]

We could have done without that !!!!

Let’s just hope it’s not serious

 

[Univarn]

We could have done without that !!!!

If we don't sign him and he ends up joining another club for a reduced fee next year I'm going to start calling that Pulling a Barkley.

 

[BENNO]

I’m assuming JJ means the hammy and not Inters purported interest.

I wouldn't be in the slightest bit concerned about any reported interest from Inter tbh, this is a player who's been keen to stay in London to be close to his family so leaving the country for some fairly ordinary (these days) Italian team is never ever going to happen at this stage in his career.

 

[SargeantMeatCurtains]

If I’m not mistaken, a muscle injury would not stop any potential transfer. Medicals usually involve looking for deeper rooted problems e.g. organ problems, dodgy knees etc.

I *think* JJ’s post is opinion more than anything, well I hope so anyway.

 

[Hoddle&Waddle]

Let’s just hope it’s not serious

It's not, he walked off

 

[Yiddo100]

It's not, he walked off

I’ve never seen anyone stretched off that I can think of with a hamstring injury

 

[Wick3d]

I’ve never seen anyone stretched off that I can think of with a hamstring injury

Toby last season.

 

[Hoddle&Waddle]

I’ve never seen anyone stretched off that I can think of with a hamstring injury

Yeah but if it's serious you normally have a physio on either side and the player looks in pain.

Sess seemed to just tweak it imo

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

We could have done without that !!!!

I’m guessing you mean it’s because it will put him out of preseason rather than hinder us signing him ??

 

[dtxspurs]

If I’m not mistaken, a muscle injury would not stop any potential transfer. Medicals usually involve looking for deeper rooted problems e.g. organ problems, dodgy knees etc.

I *think* JJ’s post is opinion more than anything, well I hope so anyway.

Don't really see what the big deal is about a 19 year old having a hamstring injury if we're being honest at the time we're trying to buy him. If all goes well he'll be here for 5+ years, who cares about a couple months on the front end of that?

 

[shelfmonkey]

The PL stats website has him down as creating 6 "big chances" last season.

The only Fulham players who ranked higher were Bryan (8) and Seri (7), both of whom didn't change position anywhere near as often.

For comparison, our "chances created" stats were as follows:

Eriksen: 10
Trippier: 8
Kane: 7
Alli: 6
Son: 5
Davies: 4

Other big players in the league were as follows:

Fraser (BOU): 28(!)
Hazard (CHE): 18
Salah (LIV), D Silva (MCI): 16
Robertson (LIV): 15
Digne (EVE), Jimenez (WOL), Maddison (LEI), Wilson (BOU): 13
Sterling (MCI): 12
TAA (LIV), De Bruyne (MCI), Luiz (CHE), Sane (MCI), Sigurdsson (EVE): 11

Does go quite a long way toward explaining why we struggled to score anywhere near as many goals as in previous seasons - we just didn't create the chances.

Also demonstrates that Ryan Sessegnon isn't that far behind any of our existing senior players for chances created, especially given he was played in a multitude of positions and in a team which struggled to keep hold of the ball.

(*Edit: these stats are for big chances created but not converted. Actual assists are additional to these, and we only had one player who out-performed Sessegnon on assists - Christian Eriksen with 12 compared to Sessegnon's 6.

No Fulham player registered more assists than Sessegnon.

Our second-highest assister was Son Heung-Min, who got 6, the same as Sessegnon)

Don't know why we're not looking at Fraser!