2017/18 Mason Holgate

Toffeelover · December 10, 2017

Really coming of age. Nit over awed by big names he is having to face.

samsonthedog1 · December 10, 2017

Slowly making himself as a starter. Hopefully keeps improving.

johnnydawg68 · December 10, 2017

IF he keeps this up Michael Keane is going to find playing time hard to come by.

jackyboy · December 10, 2017

Very good.

Nymzee · December 10, 2017

johnnydawg68 said:
IF he keeps this up Michael Keane is going to find playing time hard to come by.

? Keane is better than Williams once he gets his confidence back.

Joey66 · December 10, 2017

Nymzee said:
? Keane is better than Williams once he gets his confidence back.

I would like to see the Holgate Keen pairing in a game - Williams has looked better as he could have not been any worse!

johnnydawg68 · December 10, 2017

Nymzee said:
? Keane is better than Williams once he gets his confidence back.

Have either of those guys played on the left though?

sanctioned · December 10, 2017

Very happy to see him performing, will be very exciting if Keane can start playing like he did at the start of the season. Funes Mori as backup or in a back 3 with a new centerback and Jags there whenever we need him will be nice.
Would like to get rid of Williams, but at least recently he has been a little bit more "solid"

Nymzee · December 10, 2017

johnnydawg68 said:
Have either of those guys played on the left though?

Because Williams and Jags are so good on the left.

Eggs · December 10, 2017

...under the radar but doing very well despite my reservations about his weakness in the air. Take a bow, he plays like the game matters to him.

Nyhus · December 10, 2017

Eggs said:
...under the radar but doing very well despite my reservations about his weakness in the air. Take a bow, he plays like the game matters to him.

I think he’s won quite a few headers these last few games.

catcherintherye · December 10, 2017

He was fantastic today. So was Williams but I expected Williams to be. He intercepts well and is beginning to look a bit like how Stones used to for us.

Seemed to plateux the second half of last season, but is really kicking on now.

roy vernon · December 10, 2017

He improves Williams and would improve Jagielka as well, he has that one asset that they both sadly lack, pace. When our center back pairing is any permutation of Jagielka, Keane and Williams we have to defend too deep because we are terrified of the ball over the top, I think the fact that Holgate can actually run like a footballer gives his partner confidence.