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I definitely have the patience for him. I just don’t know where he plays and it’s always been the case. Not really fair on the player that we signed him and don’t have a definitely role for him. I wonder what dream he was sold?
Berries, lemons and big things....
Feel sorry for him. Clearly the sort of player that needs an arm around him and made to feel more confident. Dropped from a matchday 20 man squad is a massive kick in the teeth.
You don't gave to be able "to dribble man" - I can see him being Thomas Muller kind of guy. Great footballing brain, right time being in right place, some people don't get the phenomenon but who cares if he (meaning Muller in here) is helping to make the team tick.
I cannot imagine that Sess could be any more useless than Moura?!? Can he?
Maybe the massive transfer fee went to a teenager's head and coming up against far better players than him every day has been a bit of a rude awakening.
Maybe hearing all the hype and having agents and hangers on in his ear for the 3 years when he was the most highly rated teenager in the UK and eventually getting his big move and the £60k a week hasn't worked out well for him...along with arriving injured. Maybe still being close to home and his regular circles isn't good for him.
Levy is always gambling on young players and getting the next big thing, apparently we were close for Halilovic back in the day when he was being described as the Croatian Messi. Dodged a bullet there.
At one point Fulham were quoting £100m, at least he'll hold his value a bit better as a home grown player if he's not a complete flop. Less financial risk. Still has time, but there's no guarantee he'll be a star at our level despite his potential.
Maybe hearing all the hype and having agents and hangers on in his ear for the 3 years when he was the most highly rated teenager in the UK and eventually getting his big move and the £60k a week hasn't worked out well for him...along with arriving injured. Maybe still being close to home and his regular circles isn't good for him.
Levy is always gambling on young players and getting the next big thing, apparently we were close for Halilovic back in the day when he was being described as the Croatian Messi. Dodged a bullet there.
At one point Fulham were quoting £100m, at least he'll hold his value a bit better as a home grown player if he's not a complete flop. Less financial risk. Still has time, but there's no guarantee he'll be a star at our level despite his potential.
I guess Bale looked utterly hopeless before he properly broke through. Let’s hope it’s the same with Sess. Boy is still very young.
He looked good against Bayern, he makes strong direct runs but people don’t seem to want to play him through. In fact Dele seems to deliberately not pass to him. Have not really analysed his defence as much so wont comment. Def does not appear to have a bad attitude though.
Obviously too early to make any real judgement, but I haven’t seen anything from him that suggests his price tag. I know he was playing a much more advanced roll at Fulham in the championshi and was productive, but since his move to the PL all I have seen is straight line speed and good runs. I think he has the instincts, but I question his out and out winger ability. He isn’t a Willian type of winger. He isn’t a Son. He just doesn’t have much on the ball ability.
LB for me is where he has to train and focus. Less demanding in terms of creation. He has the AWB qualities for me in terms of the on the ball belief, stature, and pretty standard approach at attacking. That does limit his instincts of making runs, but I just don’t see that being something we lean on to warrant a starting 11 spot.
AWB's main strength was his defensive game.... I've noted little of such instincts in RS.
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Agreed, I am more on about stature, on ball ability, and attitude. The question was where does he develop? For me it is LB. I think he can learn the position due to his physical attributes. If we are just leaning on his instinctual runs then I think we are hoping for a lot because outside that, I don’t see much of a winger in him.
Think he can end up a really good left back. Signs of a solid enough defensive player there, needs to improve his strength, positioning and concentration. Delivery from wide is good with variety of swinging crosses and low drilled balls. Like any young player, he needs games in this position to become what he's capable of becoming. Vital he starts 25 games next year, whoever he's playing for.
Sess doesn't need to be an awesome dribbler of the ball to be an effective LW for us- really just needs good passes and through balls to utilize his excellent speed and runs.
He could be an amazing LB though if he works hard on his defense and physique these next few years. God knows we could use a quick FB able to overlap and get in crosses from the endline out left.
He could be an amazing LB though if he works hard on his defense and physique these next few years. God knows we could use a quick FB able to overlap and get in crosses from the endline out left.
I think this thread is fan player analysis in a nutshell... Literally from post to post it's LB > LW > LB > LW > LB.....
Bit like Dier... Every few games at CB it's "Nah he's actually better at DM"... A few games at DM and it's "should have always been a CB" anon....
Still, as long as we're all havin' fun, right!
Bit like Dier... Every few games at CB it's "Nah he's actually better at DM"... A few games at DM and it's "should have always been a CB" anon....
Still, as long as we're all havin' fun, right!
I think this thread is fan player analysis in a nutshell... Literally from post to post it's LB > LW > LB > LW > LB.....
Bit like Dier... Every few games at CB it's "Nah he's actually better at DM"... A few games at DM and it's "should have always been a CB" anon....
Still, as long as we're all havin' fun, right!
We haven't had a legit left-footed LW since Bale.
Son is great on his day of course, but he nearly always cuts inside on his right foot.
We haven't had legit left-sided width since Danny stank it up to the tabloids and wrote himself out of the starting XI.
Sess is still just a kid. It'd be a shame to put limits on his development.
At worst, he could be a rotation option at LW when we play lower level teams in cups and, presumably, EL.
When Bale arrived I saw his attacking potential very early although he made mistakes defensively. I have not seen that with Sess. He needs to do more than make the simple pass when attacking whether playing LW or LB. I think it was against Aaron's that he tried to beat him a couple of times but failed and for the rest of the game just made simple passes. I want to see him getting to the byline and crossing. That is what I believe he was bought for.
" I want to see him getting to the byline and crossing. That is what I believe he was bought for."
Wut? He was brought in to be winger from 90's football? I beg to differ.
Once more - I think he is the kind of player who is misunderstood and kind of under-appreciated, as people are too focused on pace and power. He is not the raging bull that Bale was for us. To me it seems that Sessgenon advantages can be more in reading the game, making right calls, being in the right place at the right time and make cleaver decisions. Something like Alli when he joined, only maybe playing bit more on the wing. Alli has never been a speed-demon. Nor did he dance past 5 defenders on his own.