2017/18 Davy Klaassen

Verbal Kint · July 28, 2017

Can see him hitting double figures for us you know. Can time a run that's for sure.

Dharma · July 28, 2017

More Hendo than Klaaso.

Zezti · July 28, 2017

Cleverssen

kithnou · July 28, 2017

Could still be playing now 6 hours later and I doubt he would have scored tonight.

ilikecheese · July 28, 2017

Total football is our Dutch Prince.

chrismpw · July 28, 2017

Loved his first time passes. The lad thinks quick and knows the right ball to play. Seems to have a proper footballing brain. Oh how long we've missed that in the final third!

MikeH72 · July 28, 2017

Easily our best player in the first half. Didn't really do anything in the second.

AsiaAsia82 · July 28, 2017

Looks a quick thinking player, I hope he can link soon with Sandro and Rooney. I think him and Davies would be on the same wavelength.

orly · July 28, 2017

Has better movement and basic skills than the majority of our entire squad, and we got him on a free and people we fuming about it - all that needs to be said imo

Is going to be a player and will get 7 or 8 goals and a good 10 assists this season. Good first touch and aware of space

Fine bit of business on a free will grow into his first team role to the point where we'll think hes been there forever.

Looks really competent. Good signing, improved our squad comfortably.

Should have scored but hell net soon enough. Loads of faith in him and loves to work back as well which takes the pressure off some of the other midfielders that were having to run two marathons a game covering.

Backed him this season for 7 or 8 league goals and 10 or so assists.

I think he is one of those players who you dont really notice, but somehow makes things tick for other players, be it dragging markers about, holding the midfield at corners, that sort of stuff.

All very similar to comments about Klaassen so far.

Make of that what you will.

when i score we riot · July 28, 2017

He's the kind of player who needs other players to be completely selfless. There were like 3 oppurtunities for Roo and DCL to pass instead of finish where Davy was perfectly positioned. If anything, Davy is going into my fantasy team this season.

Titus Bramble · July 28, 2017

Looks an intelligent footballer. His one touch passing and movement around the edge of the box nearly opened up some space for us on a couple of occasions and worked really hard getting from box to box.

Could be a goodun this lad.

flibbyflob · July 28, 2017

Verbal Kint said:
Can see him hitting double figures for us you know. Can time a run that's for sure.

Exactly what we have missed in midfield since Cahill left. Someone arriving in the box at the right time. He gets goals and everyone will love him apart from the usual suspects.

davek · July 28, 2017

He did ok.

Yes, good around the box as others have suggested. But he passed a lot and that for me betrayed the fact he doesn't have a little turn of pace players who play further up the pitch need to just commit defenders and carry the ball to the box. He may have got the time to do that in Holland but he's got no chance here in the PL of driving at a back four with that pace of his. I think that was also evident against United in that EL final.

It's very early days, but my suspicion that he's a player who is technically sound and who can provide decent interplay but is limited for this league due to pace was firmed up after last night.

Titus Bramble · July 28, 2017

davek said:
He did ok.

Yes, good around the box as others have suggested. But he passed a lot and that for me betrayed the fact he doesn't have a little turn of pace players who play further up the pitch need to just commit defenders and carry the ball to the box. He may have got the time to do that in Holland but he's got no chance here in the PL of driving at a back four with that pace of his. I think that was also evident against United in that EL final.

It's very early days, but my suspicion that he's a player who is technically sound and who can provide decent interplay but is limited for this league due to pace was firmed up after last night.

Lack of pace doesn't necessarily mean he'll struggle if he's got the intelligence to make up for it.

Although he's not the quickest, his movement and quick one touch football can open up space for him in other ways. Needs the other players to be on his wavelength though

davek · July 28, 2017

Titus Bramble said:
Lack of pace doesn't necessarily mean he'll struggle if he's got the intelligence to make up for it.

Although he's not the quickest, his movement and quick one touch football can open up space for him in other ways. Needs the other players to be on his wavelength though

Hmmm.

Where do you play him?