by Ian Royal »
27 Jun 2013 18:35
melonhead Norfolk Royal melonhead tbh i think that most people here, making assumptions based on incredibly brief time spent in a team who were losing every game, dont really know what the oxf*rd he is like as a footballer.
Tbf I think you get a rough idea from watching them play.
how long did you watch him for exactly?
did a fair few decent things when i saw him play, in the brief time hes been on the pitch for us
i reckon you could get a decent video together of mistakes made by pele
but by watching him over a decent ammount of time youd come to realise he was actually ok
None of you need to watch me play 10 90 minute games to know I'd be absolutely diabolical. He's had enough pitch time to have shown some genuine quality. All he's done is looked even more out of his depth than the rest of squad and massively over-priced. So he's put in one or two ok crosses and had a tame header at goal that was easily saved. It's not unreasonable to expect someone you've paid £1m+ for to show significantly more than that.
I'm sure he'd be fine as a longer term project for a team knocking about the middle of the Championship. That's not our stated intent. Akpan, who we got under similar circumstances, but cost a whole bucketload less, has shown far more promise. And even so, he looks like he's not going to be troubling the first 11 a great deal.
