muppetdodger
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Obviously a great talent and prospect, but I thought he looked a bit nervy last night, lot of sliced balls and some short passes which left his fellow defenders with some work to do. But yes great prospect.
Would you improve your distribution if you played with non league players who don't move as cutely as ours do? This question is not loaded...I'd like to see him loaned out to a conference team if that option becomes an option. He managed Matt with ease yesterday, which not many defenders in our league can say they did. But there's still a lot of work to do in his distribution.
I agree he still has much work to do but centre halfs are many and varied. He isn't the Rio Ferdinand ball carrier type but is more the John Terry or dare I say it Matt Taylor type of if you see it head it style. I suspect his manager was quite simple in his instructions of clearing danger and dont worry too much about playing football?I'd like to see him loaned out to a conference team if that option becomes an option. He managed Matt with ease yesterday, which not many defenders in our league can say they did. But there's still a lot of work to do in his distribution.
For me, a more recent comparison is possibly Dara O'Shea who was also a no-nonsense defender when he first broke into the first team but has gone on to do pretty well. Also easy to forget how young Cheick is, especially for a central defender; he's probably two years younger than the likes of Jordan Storey or Alex Hartridge were when they established themselves in the first team.I agree he still has much work to do but centre halfs are many and varied. He isn't the Rio Ferdinand ball carrier type but is more the John Terry or dare I say it Matt Taylor type of if you see it head it style. I suspect his manager was quite simple in his instructions of clearing danger and dont worry too much about playing football?
Yes.For me, a more recent comparison is possibly Dara O'Shea who was also a no-nonsense defender when he first broke into the first team but has gone on to do pretty well. Also easy to forget how young Cheick is, especially for a central defender; he's probably two years younger than the likes of Jordan Storey or Alex Hartridge were when they established themselves in the first team.