What did you think about:
Porro and Udogie as FBs?
Vicario?
Van de Ven?
- I didn't have a strong opinion any of those players tbh, except Udogie.
I thought Porro looked technically good. The one outstanding trait I saw in him was the long ball, similar to TAA. I said we should use him to deliver balls to Son/Kane/Kulu from near the half-way line, rather than going up the pitch to do it, like Trippier does.
- I was concerned about Udogie's defensive laziness, and questioned whether he is a good crosser, cos he seemed to only play short passing exchanges and dribbling to create chances. His defensive workrate has been a big surprise, the rest not a big surprise, but his overall quality is a bit better than I expected. I think
Jaynola
can vouch for that.
- Simillarly Vicario, I didn't express a strong opinion, I certainly didn't shit on him just cos he was cheap.
- Van De Ven I thought looked a little unsteady but I argued for him because of the tactical fit with Romero rushing forward and him covering the space in behind, which is how it pretty much played out.
With Johnson, I have seen him a fair bit now, and I get the same feeling with him as I did Sessegnon, Clarke and a few others. A hint of quality, a spark in an otherwise unconvincing player. He's obvisouly no Dan James, but £50m? Not for me.