Confirmed Signing Merlin Rohl

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Going to be world class this lad.

 

[Willo62]

I think that this lad will surprise many people and turn out to be a cracking player for us.
These type of players are sometimes the ‘glue’ that often go unnoticed, but hold the team together to let the flair players flourish.

His transfer went very much under the radar compared to the Sky 6, but when you heard him talk, he came across as a very intelligent, and humble young man.

I really hope he settles well in this country, and we start to see his obvious talent.

 

[heatmeiser]

Main disappointment with signing this fella is that it's after we have all chosen our Fantasy Footy team names.

Nothing beats "Withnail Ndiaye" anyway so there's no point trying anymore

 

[NathDogg]

Just watched his interview, really like how he spoke and what he had to say, and about his choice of shirt number - seems a genuine, down to earth kid who just wants to work hard and do his best.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

I'm assuming that he'll be deployed a bit deeper whenever he gets on. Seems comfortable enough operating around both the 6 & 8 positions and values his prowess at getting up and down the pitch in general.

 

[HTCHERO]

Fans of his old club say good thing about him, but the only negative is he gets injured quite a lot.

 

[Miked1e]

German colleagues saying he didn't start much last year, but is a talent!

Expect the lack of game time down to injuries by the sounds of it.

 

[aazak]

I can see him scoring the winning penalty against England in a World Cup final as I wipe and tear from my eye and whisper “That’s our boy. That’s our magical, beautiful, lanky, German boy.”

 

[Paul Rideout]

Nothing beats "Withnail Ndiaye" anyway so there's no point trying anymore

I struggled this year… ended up with ‘you Beto believe it’

Poor effort by my standards NGL

 

[Toffe3m4n]

This guy is so hard to evaluate because he's played basically in a different position every match. I went and pulled out all the games he played at DM and CM in the 23/24 season to figure out what he does when he plays there (he basically didn't play there at all last season). Big caveat that this is based on only about 700 minutes.

Main notes:

His tackling/interceptions was pretty much bang on league average
His passing forwards was truly awful - like over the last year Gana passed forward *twice* as much as him in those games, and that includes Gana under Dyche
His carrying the ball forward was absolutely insanely good. Like significantly above players like Goretzka and Rice.

So looks like the theme of our summer recruitment continues in terms of buying players who move the ball up the pitch a LOT with the ball at their feet. He was only 21 that season as well.

Those passing stats really absolutely honk though. Hope that can get fixed!

Sounds like he can be converted into a proper number 6 based on that?

 

[Vaughan]

him not taking either the 8 or 13 is annoying me

 

[Simon Buttle]

Should have been given the number 3, then when he came off the bench it could have been to the tune of '3 is the magic number' by De La Soul.

 

[hetion]

Sounds like he can be converted into a proper number 6 based on that?

Honestly no idea! I would lean towards him more likely being an all-action ball-carrying 8 but who knows. I really wouldn't base much on what I wrote - it's not much info to go on, I was just curious enough to go scrabbling around for whatever's available.

If I HAD to make a guess, they think they can develop his ball-winning from average to good and his passing from bad to average. If he maintains top-level ball-carrying too then you've got a fantastic midfielder who has the bonus of being a big lad who's great in the air.

Also nice nice-lad stats seem to be off the charts so there's that.

 

[davek]

Not like you to try to find a negative

Is he two footed? No.

 

[Ged G]

Heard the deal’s dead wont be completed legal issue…

Heard wrong mate.