2017/18 Davy Klaassen

gianthogweed · January 2, 2018

No man at the age of 24 should have a comb over that is the problem

Paulie · January 2, 2018

What I've watched up to now he hasn't impressed. He does have an eye for the odd decent ball. He does struggle with the pace and power of the PL. I do remember Pienaar initially struggled but in the end managed to use his small frame to his advantage. Could Klassen do the same or is it impossible in his position? Either way I'd like to see a couple of games ahead of Schneiderlin.

Tennessee Blue Mike · January 2, 2018

Needs to gets some games perhaps loan him out to a Championship team like Osman and hope he understands the physical aspect of the game and positioning.

Steve Wigan · January 2, 2018

Jeff Jones said:
I can't and won't judge him because I haven't seen much of him. He looked OK at Ajax, and before anyone says
the Dutch league is a poor, so is the Premier league, mostly.

Would like to know which league you think is better than the Premier League,which is the toughest, fastest, even possibly the most technically skillful league in the world, according to many pundits, players, and supporters.

Abraders · January 2, 2018

Paulie said:
What I've watched up to now he hasn't impressed. He does have an eye for the odd decent ball. He does struggle with the pace and power of the PL. I do remember Pienaar initially struggled but in the end managed to use his small frame to his advantage. Could Klassen do the same or is it impossible in his position? Either way I'd like to see a couple of games ahead of Schneiderlin.

Difference being Pienaar is a player who both wants to be on the ball and can hold it. Not necessarily dribble around and do the biz that way.

Klaassen is both scared with the ball and crap when on it, so it's hard to see how he'd develop in a similar manner.

Efcjake · January 2, 2018

Bruce Wayne said:
It's strange. For the last half dozen or so games, we've looked utterly bereft of ideas going forward, and largely incapable of keeping the ball under any kind of pressure, yet despite all of that, the midfield sees the same faces week in week out. I'm very conscious that being out of a poor side can do wonders for a players reputation, but it really is hard to understand why he hasn't been given a go.

You've answered your own question Bruce.

Paulie · January 2, 2018

Abraders said:
Difference being Pienaar is a player who both wants to be on the ball and can hold it. Not necessarily dribble around and do the biz that way.

Klaassen is both scared with the ball and crap when on it, so it's hard to see how he'd develop in a similar manner.

He didn't hold it initially though as he struggled. I get your point and I can't see him turning things around. Once we get to the 40 point mark we may as well use him, nothing to lose in this catastrophic season.

nsno-chris · January 2, 2018

Play him, see if he cries on the pitch

Raino85 · January 2, 2018

loan him to huddersfield or brighton

Jeff Jones · January 3, 2018

Steve Wigan said:
Would like to know which league you think is better than the Premier League,which is the toughest, fastest, even possibly the most technically skillful league in the world, according to many pundits, players, and supporters.

I'm not saying that there are other leagues that are better than the Premier League in any of those areas that you
nominate, Steve, though I think there probably are, at the moment.
I just think it's unfair to judge Klaassen, as many have, on the grounds that although he might have been a good player in
Holland, he isn't good enough for the Premier League when the quality of it - the PL - falls away below the top handful of teams.
Klaassen shone at Ajax, so are we saying that Everton is so much better that he hasn't, and can't play at a level needed
here?
Maybe, but I'm not prepared to make that judgement, and that's my point.

marsh · January 3, 2018

Should of stayed at Norwich

BlueToff · January 3, 2018

Steve Wigan said:
Would like to know which league you think is better than the Premier League,which is the toughest, fastest, even possibly the most technically skillful league in the world, according to many pundits, players, and supporters.

Quality-wise, the Premier League is six very good sides (one of those being world class) followed by 14 bang average sides (2-3 of them being awful).

Serie A is much more competitive this year and in terms of 'depth' of good sides - Serie A and LaLiga have teams that would waltz past most teams in the Prem (look at our EL campaign...).

The Premier League is the most intense in the world though. And it's roundly accepted that's the case and that it's much more physically demanding.

Technically and on the ball, I reckon Klaassen is more than good enough. It's his lack of physicality and presence that has been the main issue at the start, and because he wasn't given any time to bed in, but was thrown into the side as one of Koeman's eight no.10s, his confidence was shot pretty early on.

A real shame as I thought he could be a good player for us.

Move on. I think the lad really wants to do well here, but it's for the best if he leaves this month. Ideally, that'd be on loan to either another Prem side or a good Championship side. Get him playing regularly in England and see what he can deliver.