Osamabindiesel
Player Valuation: £70m
It's really as simple as this. Koeman wanted to shoehorn all the new signings onto the field. He needs to just pick a team that flows together.
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...3 big money signings (over £25m) and two already look like money well spent. Klaassen is ok, but it really is too early to judge. He's only a relatively young man who has moved to a new club in a new country. The same applies to Sandro.
Badge1878
Player Valuation: £8m
I can see him being hammered by some on here and I understand why. He looks lost at the moment in the games I've seen. For the former captan of Ajax he doesn't demand the ball enough for me - he may have been a key cog at his former side and the team looked to him to make things happen. He isn't that here. Yet.
His game is about quick passing, one or two touch & movement around him. Those options haven't been there so far so has looked a passenger. He'll need to improve quickly as patience isn't a virtue in the Prem when points are at stake & you also happen to be keeping a talented young player like Davies out the side.
I think he can be a top player for us if things speed up in and around him & he gets on the ball - if not, he'll quickly find out that the Prem is a cruel place & past reputations count for little if you don't deliver. Hope he grows in confidence & gets to slot a few or picks out key passes. He has a lot more to offer than what we've seen so far is my hope.
His game is about quick passing, one or two touch & movement around him. Those options haven't been there so far so has looked a passenger. He'll need to improve quickly as patience isn't a virtue in the Prem when points are at stake & you also happen to be keeping a talented young player like Davies out the side.
I think he can be a top player for us if things speed up in and around him & he gets on the ball - if not, he'll quickly find out that the Prem is a cruel place & past reputations count for little if you don't deliver. Hope he grows in confidence & gets to slot a few or picks out key passes. He has a lot more to offer than what we've seen so far is my hope.
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Mikeonlythebestwilldo
Player Valuation: £20m
It's like he's contributed to the goal in a way a clever way but to some people they want him pinging balls all the time
gmb
Player Valuation: £1.5m
I think he's being a bit harshly judged tbh. However I'd also like to see him gain enough confidence to run with the ball at his feet. He's heard so much about the speed and small margins of the premier league that he's one touching everything. A lot of the touches are boss, but he's got to settle down a bit.
toffeeblue9
Player Valuation: £35m
More than anyone else we signed this summer, he will need time. His strengths are there for everyone to see, but to affect the game he needs to adapt to the pace and physicality of the league. It's much easier said than done and it only comes from exposure to it.
There are still little moments in every game where I see genuine intelligence which gets missed. The Sevilla game he made a run for Sandro's goal where he was basically free for a tap in if Sandro had squared it rather than goìng round the keeper
Today, he's in the middle of the goal when Calvert-Lewin is about to cross - he runs to the near post, dragging two defenders with him, which leaves Rooney's run into the box unchallenged.
They're little glimpses, but his intelligence is great. Only really Rooney thinking on the same level as him a lot of the time, but then people said the same of Warzycha back in the day - was thinking on a higher level than the rest if the team and look how that worked out.
Of everyone we signed in the summer I think Klaassen was the biggest risk, I like him and I can see quality and real potential to make a big impact here but it's by no means a certainty
There are still little moments in every game where I see genuine intelligence which gets missed. The Sevilla game he made a run for Sandro's goal where he was basically free for a tap in if Sandro had squared it rather than goìng round the keeper
Today, he's in the middle of the goal when Calvert-Lewin is about to cross - he runs to the near post, dragging two defenders with him, which leaves Rooney's run into the box unchallenged.
They're little glimpses, but his intelligence is great. Only really Rooney thinking on the same level as him a lot of the time, but then people said the same of Warzycha back in the day - was thinking on a higher level than the rest if the team and look how that worked out.
Of everyone we signed in the summer I think Klaassen was the biggest risk, I like him and I can see quality and real potential to make a big impact here but it's by no means a certainty
Victim of whatever the hell Koeman was attempting in the first half...he'll be alright, long term.
Deckard2049
Player Valuation: £15m
Completely spot on. It's an issue for a more general thread, but that was the main worry from today. We have good squad depth now, especially in central midfield, but we don't need to let everyone know about it every game. Imagine the team when Sigurdsson signs? Who drops out then? Hopefully when Europe gets going we'll see a little more rotation
It really is this simple.
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