Scouting Thread

emiley heskey · Jul 8, 2020

JayB said:
Looks class on the ball in this video. If his defensive output is good as well I like the sound of this signing. I imagine we'll be targeting the Dutch, French and Belgian leagues this summer as they didn't restart and are therefore feeling the financial pressures of the pandemic even more acutely than most (not to mention are affordable markets to begin with), so we may well be able to get players at the prices we need.

There's arrogance in his play which I quite like. Looks like captain material as well. A very good corner, penalty and free kick taker also

emiley heskey · Jul 8, 2020

DiVaio said:
Graphs like I made with Hojbjerg and PL midfielders:
Recoveries & Aerial Duels
Pressures
Tackles
Interceptions and clearances

Obviously it's very small sample, but from those numbers... wouldn't say he's much worse than Zakaria who looks like an ideal DM.
He takes set-pieces too.

Looks like james garner is a solid player but who is he?

mill · Jul 8, 2020

emiley heskey said:
Looks like james garner is a solid player but who is he?

He’s a bit of a maverick

daryl hannah · Jul 8, 2020

JayB said:
Looks class on the ball in this video. If his defensive output is good as well I like the sound of this signing. I imagine we'll be targeting the Dutch, French and Belgian leagues this summer as they didn't restart and are therefore feeling the financial pressures of the pandemic even more acutely than most (not to mention are affordable markets to begin with), so we may well be able to get players at the prices we need.

Koopmeiners looks like a quality no.8 - would love him in the side - so technically competent.

mr ashley · Jul 8, 2020

delawarespur said:
Yes yes and yes! He’s class. As a pure DM, he’s in a whole different class to PEH, however, we all know that the eredivisie isn’t the best league to gauge the talent/ability of a player. For every Suarez there is a Jansen. It seems we’ve done well with Stevie as I also rated him highly. Hopefully ziyech flops, but he’s most likely gonna be a world beater. Anyway, like you said and the vid shows, his passing is the highlight of his game. Very versatile as well, he’s mostly played CB this season bc of injuries, but DM is his best position. He’s already the captain of AZ at just 22, so he can provide the leadership qualities that we know we’d be getting with PEH. Very calm on the ball and is a great team player with and without the ball, as is the Dutch philosophy. He’s also a dead ball specialist, reliable from the spot and deadly from free kicks. He’d probs be cheaper than PEH too, if it were between the two, I’d choose Koopmeiners.

Only doubts would be about his physical attributes- acceleration, speed agility etc. Whilst he doesn’t have the size of Huddlestone, I’m worried he may not have the ability to close down as well as some other cdm options, making him easy to play around.
I’d love to be proved wrong though, as all his other attributes (both on the ball, and leadership) make him the ideal player for us.

GetSpurredOn · Jul 8, 2020

Add another one to the list of DM’s that could add something to us, I’m sure someone suggested him last summer Joao Palhinha from Sporting Lisbon, currently on loan at Braga. Looks a bit ‘agricultural land with his tackes, but decent technique on the ball and a good physical presence.

emiley heskey · Jul 8, 2020

I wish we could find a way in the squad and replace moura and lamela with eze and grealish. That would be perfect !!!

C0YS · Jul 8, 2020

JayB said:
Looks class on the ball in this video. If his defensive output is good as well I like the sound of this signing. I imagine we'll be targeting the Dutch, French and Belgian leagues this summer as they didn't restart and are therefore feeling the financial pressures of the pandemic even more acutely than most (not to mention are affordable markets to begin with), so we may well be able to get players at the prices we need.

Yeh he definitely seems to have something we don't have. Though I would say that almost all his long distance passing come under very little defensive pressure, that is not something you get so often in the PL. But we do someone who can switch play a little quicker.

Albertbarich · Jul 8, 2020

Montalbano said:
Reportedly one of our previous “primary targets”, Victor Osimhen, is likely to go Napoli for 80m [although the report did state that an English club made an approach today].

I really thought COVID-19 was going to bring about a correction in the transfer market, but it looks like it is still inflated and out of wack.

If true, Milik will almost certainly be out the door this window.

Where do napoli get the money from?

Tv deals cant be that great compared to ours id imagine and I cant imagine any corporate facilities in that crumbling stadium

C0YS · Jul 8, 2020

Albertbarich said:
Where do napoli get the money from?

Tv deals cant be that great compared to ours id imagine and I cant imagine any corporate facilities in that crumbling stadium

There is no way it's 80 million. I think the super reliable 'footmercato' plucked that out of thin air. 40 mil seems to be what is being reported. Still a lot, but possible precovid times.

emiley heskey · Jul 8, 2020

Albertbarich said:
Where do napoli get the money from?

Tv deals cant be that great compared to ours id imagine and I cant imagine any corporate facilities in that crumbling stadium

They are going sell Koulibaly for 70-80m to City or United or Chelsea. That's where the money coming from. Also they need replacements for Mertens and Callejon as well..

emiley heskey · Jul 8, 2020

Is Lucas Tousart going to be the player who will unlock Tanguy Ndombele at Tottenham?

Cochise · Jul 8, 2020

GetSpurredOn said:
Add another one to the list of DM’s that could add something to us, I’m sure someone suggested him last summer Joao Palhinha from Sporting Lisbon, currently on loan at Braga. Looks a bit ‘agricultural land with his tackes, but decent technique on the ball and a good physical presence.

The guy's got those crazy telescopic legs like Wan-Bissaka and he clears people out without any apologies. Love it!

he is you know! · Jul 8, 2020

Albertbarich said:
Where do napoli get the money from?

Tv deals cant be that great compared to ours id imagine and I cant imagine any corporate facilities in that crumbling stadium

C0YS said:
There is no way it's 80 million. I think the super reliable 'footmercato' plucked that out of thin air. 40 mil seems to be what is being reported. Still a lot, but possible precovid times.

James Horncastle said €70m on TFS pod yesterday, but also agreed that he didn't know how as they haven't got that much money, maybe some accounting fiddle. Then again it's not as if anyone pays in 1 instalment.

daryl hannah · Jul 8, 2020

Don't know if Dest has a post in here

C0YS · Jul 8, 2020

he is you know! said:
James Horncastle said €70m on TFS pod yesterday, but also agreed that he didn't know how as they haven't got that much money, maybe some accounting fiddle. Then again it's not as if anyone pays in 1 instalment.

Interesting, So that's around 60million quid, so right in the middle. Strange though, maybe they do have sales lined up.

daryl hannah · Jul 8, 2020

Don't understand why we're not in for Ollie - 23 goals

danielneeds · Jul 8, 2020

Albertbarich said:
Where do napoli get the money from?

Tv deals cant be that great compared to ours id imagine and I cant imagine any corporate facilities in that crumbling stadium

Seems like they will sell Milik and probably Koubailly too. Unlike our glorious leader, they look to strengthen first.

DiVaio · Jul 8, 2020

Is Lucas Tousart going to be the player who will unlock Tanguy Ndombele at Tottenham?
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He's joining Hertha and - according to Lyon supporters at Twitter - he was awful this season.

bbunc · Jul 8, 2020

daryl hannah said:
Don't understand why we're not in for Ollie - 23 goals

Agree. We should be all over him. But, Brentford is on fire and very likely coming up so he may prefer to stay on there.

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