Possebon's injury wasn't that serious at all. Its almost become a myth now. He just faded and vanished mysteriously. Agree with you on Eikrem and Petrucci though. Really liked both but guess Eikrem's physical attributes never caught up with the technical and Petrucci as you say was gutted by injuries long term. I am most sad about Daehli and his issues with the jumpers knee problem though. Terrific talent who I hope can get over it. Was impressing with Freiburg and Norway too.Petrucci and Possebon never really recovered from the injuries they picked up.. I had higher hopes from Magnus Eikrem
I think Possebon was mentally hit more than anything else after that.. Never really looked as assured and confident on the ball. Just felt like it became a mental block in his development.Possebon's injury wasn't that serious at all. Its almost become a myth now. He just faded and vanished mysteriously. Agree with you on Eikrem and Petrucci though. Really liked both but guess Eikrem's physical attributes never caught up with the technical and Petrucci as you say was gutted by injuries long term. I am most sad about Daehli and his issues with the jumpers knee problem though. Terrific talent who I hope can get over it. Was impressing with Freiburg and Norway too.
Not bad.. He's a very good player, deserves to play in the PL.. We should've kept him IMO, and loaned him out.Apparently Burnley rejected a 11.5 million bid from Leicester for Michael Keane.
Not bad.. He's a very good player, deserves to play in the PL.. We should've kept him IMO, and loaned him out.
Who'd have thought 5 years ago that it'll be Michael Keane who'd be the more accomplished player rather than his brother
The revisionism is crazy. Not you in particular but in general. This always happens when an ex player does well or is sold on for a lot of money. Who says he would've made it at the club? When he was roasted in pre season against Real Madrid, then against Sunderland, no one was complaining when he was sold. Hopefully we have a sell on clause for him.
The revisionism is crazy. Not you in particular but in general. This always happens when an ex player does well or is sold on for a lot of money. Who says he would've made it at the club? When he was roasted in pre season against Real Madrid, then against Sunderland, no one was complaining when he was sold. Hopefully we have a sell on clause for him.
The revisionism is crazy. Not you in particular but in general. This always happens when an ex player does well or is sold on for a lot of money. Who says he would've made it at the club? When he was roasted in pre season against Real Madrid, then against Sunderland, no one was complaining when he was sold. Hopefully we have a sell on clause for him.
Actually to be fair most of the people that knew who he was prior to that pre season still had faith in him, can specifically remember someone on here defending him saying that there's a lot of defenders that would get skinned by Bale, plus he wasn't bad against Sunderland. There is revisionism on here sometimes but not with Michael, many people rated him highly up until the day he went.
I did complain when he was sold.Blackett did much better on his first few appearances and on pre-season but everyone who have seen them before that know who's the better player. Keane might not be good enough to get in a top United side even potentially but in hindsight we have kept worse players (Rojo,Blackett and McNair at CB) so it's still a wrong decision IMO (though a tricky one as Keane didn't perform). Having said that Rojo,Blackett will eventually be sold anyway and McNair won't be a CB so it's all well and good.
There was lots of bewilderment on here when he was sold, if only due to the timing and the low fee for a young player who had performed well for Burnley in the PL. The logical move would have been to let him play the rest of the season at Burnley then decide. Obviously I don't know the details of the transfer so perhaps United included a sell on clause.
Central defenders are incredibly difficult to assess at a young age as they peak so late. When Michael Keane was sold, he looked PL standard with the possibility of becoming top 4 standard.
What happened to Larnell Cole?
Oh Robbie!
Next player going to Leicester?
Their season starts on Thursday......Europa League qualifier against Domzale.Ashley Fletcher scored 2 in 2 in pre-season for West Ham.Might actually get chances when the season starts.
Thorpe sub for Rotherham in first 3 matches (came on once). Pearson unused sub last match for Preston, not involved before that. Grimshaw has been starting games. Not noticed Reece James' name for Wigan. Vermijl an unused sub for Sheff Wed. Tunnicliffe sub for Fulham (already well established as a Championship level player).
Joe Rothwell has come on as a sub for Oxford in Div 1.
Saidy Janko has been getting some starts and sub appearances for Celtic so I guess that's better than most of his age group or similar.
Early days.
Joe Rothwell received the MoTM for Oxford against Brighton yesterday.
I think Kenji Gorre scored for Northampton in Carling Cup
Oh ok, he scored the winning penalty. I saw it mentioned somewhere that said he'd scored the winner. Assumed it was regular goal.
@dogwithabone how did Dan Crowley play? If Oxford played them two together and if others are at least decent they would walk the league.....both are way too good for that level.
Ironically neither can get in the team so far this season. Crowley hasn't started and the Brighton game was Rothwells first start. Crowley came on as a late sub against Brighton and scored a superb goal right on full time, curling one in from the edge of the box.
Crowley has looked good on the ball when I've seen him but as with a lot of managers at that level they prefer the more solid and reliable week in week out performers. I think both are getting near to a start but Oxford are strong in that area and only today they have brought in Ryan Ledson from Everton on a three year deal and he's very highly rated too.
Appleton does like to bring in players that he feels are comfortable at the next level up and I'd expect the likes of Rothwell and Crowley (only on loan though) to flourish further up the football pyramid.
I watched all of Daehli's matches for Cardiff and I was really impressed by him. He didn't put up the stats that wow you, but watching him keep possession in tight spaces and generally play smart was fun to watch.Possebon's injury wasn't that serious at all. Its almost become a myth now. He just faded and vanished mysteriously. Agree with you on Eikrem and Petrucci though. Really liked both but guess Eikrem's physical attributes never caught up with the technical and Petrucci as you say was gutted by injuries long term. I am most sad about Daehli and his issues with the jumpers knee problem though. Terrific talent who I hope can get over it. Was impressing with Freiburg and Norway too.