Wilfried Zaha - Sold to Crystal Palace

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He's been trending on twitter for the duration of this game, it's good reading peoples opinions - people are forgetting he's 20.

No end product seems to be the majority opinion despite the fact he's created 2/3 of Palaces best chances.
 
One thing I love about him is that he always demands the ball despite being relatively young.

He's a very exciting talent. If only Wilbraham wasn't so shit.
 
Needs some polish but the raw talent is there for everyone to see. He's only going to improve training at a higher level, learning from top players.

At times he tries to do too much but he's a 20 year old trying desperately to get his home team into the Premiership with what can only be described as one of the worst strikers ever to have played the game ahead of him. He's exciting to watch though.
 
Who really knows what kind of impact the lads going to have? many people on the Caf predicted that Hernandez would be sent out on loan when we signed him.

I do think that he looks quite talented and wish him all the best in his first season here.
 
KM said:
One thing I love about him is that he always demands the ball despite being relatively young.

He's a very exciting talent. If only Wilbraham wasn't so shit.
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There's a lack of quality throughout both sides though, however I'm not sure what we should expect.There haven't been too many errors defensively but not too many clear cut chances apart from Deeny's
 
Cina said:
true, big jump from Palace to Utd though. I hope he still has the confidence to demand it here.
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I'm sure SAF spoke to Holloway on numerous occasions on this point, his confidence isn't lacking IMO
 
The way he plays, he's got plenty of confidence. I don't think there's any chance he'll get loaned out.
 
He's stronger than I thought. Looks comfortable on either wing too.

Can't wait to see him next season.
 
He either beats his man or draws a foul every time he gets the ball.

No idea why Watford haven't doubled up on him. Far too skillful to just get tight on with one guy.
 
When we signed him James Scowcroft in UWS said he thought he was pretty much at the same level as Cristiano Ronaldo when he signed for United.

I took that with a pinch of salt at the time, but having watched him a bit I can see where he's coming from. I'm not saying he will go on to be as good as Ronaldo, but he's got buckets of talent - and like Ronaldo back then, he can be inconsistent, end product can be poor, runs down the odd blind ally etc.

But, when he gets right, he'd very very good. With nurturing he could be a great player for us.
 
I know I've said it before, but he's got an excellent eye for the right pass - and the execution to go with it.

He'll be be a success here.
 
redspoony said:
When we signed him James Scowcroft in UWS said he thought he was pretty much at the same level as Cristiano Ronaldo when he signed for United.

I took that with a pinch of salt at the time, but having watched him a bit I can see where he's coming from. I'm not saying he will go on to be as good as Ronaldo, but he's got buckets of talent - and like Ronaldo back then, he can be inconsistent, end product can be poor, runs down the odd blind ally etc.

But, when he gets right, he'd very very good. With nurturing he could be a great player for us.
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Ronaldo was also over two years younger than him, though.
 
Agree with this comment on twitter "Zaha - everything he needs to improve can be learnt but a lot of what he has can’t be taught"
 
redspoony said:
When we signed him James Scowcroft in UWS said he thought he was pretty much at the same level as Cristiano Ronaldo when he signed for United.

I took that with a pinch of salt at the time, but having watched him a bit I can see where he's coming from. I'm not saying he will go on to be as good as Ronaldo, but he's got buckets of talent - and like Ronaldo back then, he can be inconsistent, end product can be poor, runs down the odd blind ally etc.

But, when he gets right, he'd very very good. With nurturing he could be a great player for us.
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I never thought Ronnie would be as good as he has got! You just never know, skill,right level of confidence...now if he has the work ethic in training....
 
Where does he need to improve those who watch him regularly?
 
Ole's_toe_poke said:
He sometimes had 3 guys trying to close him down.
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They haven't. He's been one on one with Cassetti again and again, and every single time he's made a mug of him.

You'd be telling your winger on that side to just not let him run past you in the first place surely.
 
I'm really impressed with his attitude. He's clearly miles ahead of most players on the pitch but he's worked his bollocks off going both ways. The amount of times he's had the ball I can hardly remember an occasion where he hasn't at least got a throw in or a free kick. When you're the only attacking threat in the team I think that's pretty impressive. He's incredibly strong too.
 
JaffyJoe said:
Where does he need to improve those who watch him regularly?
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Decision making.The PL is not very forgiving if you hesitate but it's hardly an area he can't improve. He has pretty much everything else though I haven't seen him shoot from distance
 
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