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Enner Valencia

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catcherintherye said:
I was not in favour of this lad at all when he signed. After the Arsenal game I remember saying that the key for him was to maintain that level of performance, most notably the work rate. He seems to have a good understanding with Rom and works very hard, which can't be underestimated (particularly in our team).

I think you can see the value of getting centre forwards on the pitch, of any kind even if they start out of position. They have a knack of whats needed for a centre forward and think accordingly. Anyway really pleased for him and while 14 million seems a bit steep he has every chance of playing himself into contention if he continues with the same aptitude. He is never going to be the best player in the world but he's a good foil for Rom and contributes well from the bench.
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If our manager decided two up,top at the beginning of this game - the poor CL gets injured after ten minutes, why does he send KM on to play wide left?
The change in the 2 Nd half to remove the hopeless Lennon off, and play Valencia up top proved its true dividends that's what worry about RK either Km plays the duo role with Lukaku or Valencia comes on as a natural replacement for the unfortunate CL ?
Worked out in the end though a far better 2nd half when Lennon was rightly subbed!
 

The Latin Naismith, drags players out of position, lots of energy and the odd moment of brilliance. Few more games like that and he might be worth grabbing
 

Has to start for me. We look much better with him in the team. He is constantly on the move dragging defenders. He may not be the most gifted but he works hard and creates space for himself and others.
 
killenefc said:
The Latin Naismith, drags players out of position, lots of energy and the odd moment of brilliance. Few more games like that and he might be worth grabbing
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do you know, I kept thinking he was Naismithesque about him but Naismith is a cleverer player and EV runs a lot more with loads more pace but I think he offers the tam similar results. He seems to quicken things up, whether we are in possession or not. He lunges into challenges too often for me and is only a stop gap but he isn't as bad as he was made out when he first came to us. I still want better tho, another Rom he aint!!
 

Joey66 said:
If our manager decided two up,top at the beginning of this game - the poor CL gets injured after ten minutes, why does he send KM on to play wide left?
The change in the 2 Nd half to remove the hopeless Lennon off, and play Valencia up top proved its true dividends that's what worry about RK either Km plays the duo role with Lukaku or Valencia comes on as a natural replacement for the unfortunate CL ?
Worked out in the end though a far better 2nd half when Lennon was rightly subbed!
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I think he just wanted someone originally to be in the AML role but getting close to Lukaku, he could have just wanted to save Valencia's strength and pace for later on when Southampton were going to tire.

I thought Koeman got it right today. Valencia sub came just as we needed another presence and could have not have been happier he scored.

First real ball that's fell to Valencia in the box, deserved it massively.
 

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