2024/25 Tim Iroegbunam

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Looks raw. If we hadn't signed him Villa would probably have sent him for another season on loan in the championship which would have done him good.
 

Ballers on the deck in midfield until their stamina told. The old rock paper scissors conundrum.

Moyes on the case.
 

I thought he was slightly better than his last few sub appearances when he was awful. Doesn't seem to have much about him, which is unsurprising when he was a swap for Lewis Dobbin.
 
It's worth noting with Tim, that he's 21 and coming off an injury.

I had a look at his numbers and they are quite striking. He is not only in the top1% of midfielders for things like tackles and ball recoveries (in fact he is better than the the person generally the best-Ugarte) but he is also exceptional at ball carrying, like top 5% of the league or whatever.

The flip of this is he is woeful at passing He make's bottom 1% of passes, and his short and medium passing percentage is like bottom 20%.

Now don't get me wrong, some of this is down to him mainly coming on in games, under Dyche where we are defending a lead, so you'd imagine the numbers revert a little bit. However he is basically very good at dribbling, excellent at winning the ball back and bad at passing.

He still has room to improve at 21 and I still think he can be a useful player for us, but some good coaching would help him. I would still play him a bit further forward.
 
I don’t get where he excels if I’m honest. Positionally he struggles when played deeper, attacking wise doesn’t offer enough. If he can be moulded into a Gana type player there might be a way forward, but just seems a bit of a journeyman in the making.
 
hallamblue said:
I thought he was slightly better than his last few sub appearances when he was awful. Doesn't seem to have much about him, which is unsurprising when he was a swap for Lewis Dobbin.
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Think that’s harsh, has had a few good cameos for me. Clearly a talent too.

That said, he’s been a mixed bag of good, bad and ugly. Hopefully we beat West Ham and then give him a few starts. We need to know where we are with him.
 

catcherintherye said:
It's worth noting with Tim, that he's 21 and coming off an injury.

I had a look at his numbers and they are quite striking. He is not only in the top1% of midfielders for things like tackles and ball recoveries (in fact he is better than the the person generally the best-Ugarte) but he is also exceptional at ball carrying, like top 5% of the league or whatever.

The flip of this is he is woeful at passing He make's bottom 1% of passes, and his short and medium passing percentage is like bottom 20%.

Now don't get me wrong, some of this is down to him mainly coming on in games, under Dyche where we are defending a lead, so you'd imagine the numbers revert a little bit. However he is basically very good at dribbling, excellent at winning the ball back and bad at passing.

He still has room to improve at 21 and I still think he can be a useful player for us, but some good coaching would help him. I would still play him a bit further forward.
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Great analysis. Appreciate you gathering all that data. Well thought out and balanced.
 

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