2021/22 Vitalii Mykolenko

[Chrismac]

Ducked out of the way for first goal and looked scarely one paced, but the kid needs time to settle in.
For his first game in a month the fact he was still giving options for the ball in extra time gives me faith he'll not be a shirker like half the signings we've made in past 5 years.
Disappointed not to see Patterson though watching the chuckle brothers down the right side first half.

 

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Vitaliy Mykolenko - 2021/22 Player Performance Thread

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[PhilM]

Very easy to cut inside him. He just needs to close his body a little. Looked better in extra time.

The position of his body wasn't spectacular, but hopefully that'll come with time and experience.

 

[kev]

Not the greatest debut but certainly not the worse I've seen. Pleasantly surprised to see that he coped for the full 120 minutes.
Also, as @BigMick said. . .

No worse than Digne has been all season.

 

[Grogu the blue]

Very concerned with his lack of pace

 

[Rugby Toffee]

Thought he did okay , will need time to settle in properly.

 

[BlueToff]

Got absolutely shredded a few times and made some silly tackles. He also stood his ground well on a few occasions.

Basically, he did exactly what I expected to see from him tonight, and I'd not seen him play before or if I had I hadn't noticed him particularly. My expectation was all based on research into his numbers and how he stacked up against other defenders and he did exactly what those numbers show.

He's going to take time, I think a fair bit of time. I expect to see him and Godfrey interchanged a lot at left-back, and maybe it'll make people realise that no, Lucas Digne is actually quite good at defending compared to a lot of other full-backs.

But he's got a good 120 minutes under his belt and his debut was a win, that's good. He's the first choice for the role so let's hope he is developed right.

 

[BlueToff]

Very concerned with his lack of pace

He isn't quick off the mark but does have a good speed once he gets going. We defended so deep for much of tonight you don't really see that and then he didn't really get forward.

He stands his ground a lot and doesn't dive in. That's not necessarily a bad thing but he's going to have to be a bit nimbler and quicker to react because he got skinned a few times tonight. It'll come. Needs games and patience.

 

[bullybeef]

Calling it now…

Another expensive waste of money.

 

[Del-boy]

Thought he did ok considering he doesn’t speak English, first game and hasnt played or trained for a month. Going to conceded some pens with him though as he seemed to like just booting people.

 

[Grogu the blue]

He isn't quick off the mark but does have a good speed once he gets going. We defended so deep for much of tonight you don't really see that and then he didn't really get forward.

He stands his ground a lot and doesn't dive in. That's not necessarily a bad thing but he's going to have to be a bit nimbler and quicker to react because he got skinned a few times tonight. It'll come. Needs games and patience.

Full backs have to be quick, it’s one of the priorities!!! A decent ball to the right winger (and most are lightening quick) will have the run in him

 

[The_Riddler]

Got absolutely shredded a few times and made some silly tackles. He also stood his ground well on a few occasions.

Basically, he did exactly what I expected to see from him tonight, and I'd not seen him play before or if I had I hadn't noticed him particularly. My expectation was all based on research into his numbers and how he stacked up against other defenders and he did exactly what those numbers show.

He's going to take time, I think a fair bit of time. I expect to see him and Godfrey interchanged a lot at left-back, and maybe it'll make people realise that no, Lucas Digne is actually quite good at defending compared to a lot of other full-backs.

But he's got a good 120 minutes under his belt and his debut was a win, that's good. He's the first choice for the role so let's hope he is developed right.

Lol

 

[BlueToff]

Full backs have to be quick, it’s one of the priorities!!! A decent ball to the right winger (and most are lightening quick) will have the run in him

He's not slow, but he's not as quick as Digne so people will have to get used to that (and Digne is by no means rapid).

He also isn't aggressive in the tackle, as I said a few days ago. I think people assumed that because he's Ukrainian he's going to be some mad, hard b*****. He likes to wait and stand his ground. Again, that's a good trait, but he waited a bit too long on occasions tonight and got punished. That'll come with experience of playing in England, though.

 

[DrEFC]

How many times he got skinned by players coming inside him (fnar) was disturbing.

 

[BlueToff]

Lol

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