CONFIRMED Reda Khadra

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Klaatu Barada Nikto said:
Now this is a straw man. I'm not saying Berge is shit, far from it. But I think most people, would consider a European championship final to be a higher standard of football than a champions league group game.
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I don’t really care about the wider argument being had here but just thought I’d point out that in general I’d consider the Champions League to be a higher standard than the Euros. The top level of club football is a lot better than the top level of international football.
 

LJBlade said:
I don’t really care about the wider argument being had here but just thought I’d point out that in general I’d consider the Champions League to be a higher standard than the Euros. The top level of club football is a lot better than the top level of international football.
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The Champions league group stage is not the top level of club football.
 
Weasel said:
Couldn't agree more. Nowt as blind as those that don't want to see.

I sincerely hope that Berge stays and stays injury free this season. Then we will re-visit this thread and see what's what.

He's a very very good player. Far more ability that the likes of Phillips (English premium in the transfer market only, he would be ten a penny of he was Norwegian). Anyone saying otherwise is off their rocker imo.

Still, opinions are like arseholes. We all have one.
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For Phillips you could add Ramsdale into the mix.

Who honestly thought he was worth 30m?

On paper he'd had a lousy season until Christmas after relegation with Bournemouth and then picked up in the second half. Wasn't he in the top 5 spent on keepers globally?

A lot is timing and the gloss of certain games. He's largely avoided being tarnished by Leeds almost dropping as he's been injured for a fair bit.

He surprised many and had a decent Euro 2020. Though it may be the pinnacle of your career playing for your country you also have to consider opposition. A cap is a cap but a lot of the teams you play are not even as good as the teams in the PL. Same as Champions League - a Champions League game vs the Champions of Iceland adds as much to the stats as a final vs Real.

It all sounds very glossy and high profile and adds value but when you scratch below the surface, how good are they? Are Scotland as good as Middlesborough? Croatia have Modric but nobody else of his calibre. Are they much better than say Southampton? Same with Czech republic. None of these teams are a City, Liverpool or Chelsea.

A lot is timing and the media. Leeds have sold at probable top dollar. Luck also plays a part. As mentioned on another thread, this is the trajectory O'Connell could have taken were it not for his injury.
 
People are surely playing claiming that getting arseholed in the group stage of the Champions League is a higher level of football than the final of the European Championship?

And it's a very bad faith argument to insinuate that Klaatu Barada Nikto is somehow saying that Luke Shaw is better than Roberto Carlos.
 
Yogi said:
So he’s very very good at somethings without the corresponding output in terms of goals, assists or chance creation. If he ever puts it all together he’d be exceptional but there’s no guarantee he would.
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Brighton will be fully aware of these stats. I'd really like us to grab him on a fairly cheap permanent and coach/support him to regularly be the player we saw v Blades.
 
CaptainMorgans said:
Stats suggest he's very direct with the ball & quite ambitious in attack. Looks to beat his man often.
Also suggests he gives it away a lot and lots of what he tries doesn't come off.
Doesn't carry enough of a goal threat yet.
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Thing is next season his stats are likely to improve as long as he's in a comparable team because he's young and the improvement when your young can be huge between a season. Even from my own experiences playing amateur sport I've seen 20 year olds one season struggle, the next they're player of the season having learned much from their first season. He still did well last season but I think we'll see wherever he goes next that he'll improve on last season.
 
Yogi said:
So he’s very very good at somethings without the corresponding output in terms of goals, assists or chance creation. If he ever puts it all together he’d be exceptional but there’s no guarantee he would.
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Sounds like McGoldrick!
 

brownblade said:
Brighton will be fully aware of these stats. I'd really like us to grab him on a fairly cheap permanent and coach/support him to regularly be the player we saw v Blades.
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Oh yeah I’m not saying the parties involved aren’t aware but based on those it’s unlikely he’d come in and replace MGW year one and we might need patience.
 
He looks like a poor mans taraabt, marhez type. Which is meant as a compliment. A more technically gifted player than laurence as well.
 
brownblade said:
Brighton will be fully aware of these stats. I'd really like us to grab him on a fairly cheap permanent and coach/support him to regularly be the player we saw v Blades.
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Similar age to MGW.
 
CaptainMorgans said:
Stats suggest he's very direct with the ball & quite ambitious in attack. Looks to beat his man often.
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I think in the current squad it's what we're lacking.
He's not comparable to MGW, but there's some similarities. We need a confident player who is not afraid to try things.
Think too many of our attacking players (other than Ndiaye), take the safe option too often.
 
Vass Borbokis said:
I think in the current squad it's what we're lacking.
He's not comparable to MGW, but there's some similarities. We need a confident player who is not afraid to try things.
Think too many of our attacking players (other than Ndiaye), take the safe option too often.
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That is a legacy of Wilder.
 
Bladesman said:
That is a legacy of Wilder.
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Possibly. Also relates to a tactical need to keep possession at a high level of the game.

Can't be giving it away every 30 seconds, even if it's trying to create something.
 
He's more of a wide player, for me. Great at cutting inside. I know he's played behind a striker, but he's not as affective, is he? Only seen him play a half a dozen times and lots of talent, little end product. Obviously choices improve with experience but I'm not convinced, as a loan, he'd be the best bet.
 
brownblade said:
Possibly. Also relates to a tactical need to keep possession at a high level of the game.

Can't be giving it away every 30 seconds, even if it's trying to create something.
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True but it got to the point where there were clear openings for a shot on goal or cross and our players would stop and turn back.
 
Mesut Özil's Lawnmower said:
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To my untrained eye. Those stats are saying tries lots of things and is a very direct and exciting player.

BUT decision making and end product might be an issue.

That’s said low xg. Might be because it looks like he’s being compared to strikers rather than midfielders maybe?

We are going to be disappointed if we expect him to be MGW but that said he is certainly something we don’t currently possess. High risk high reward type addition so I wouldn’t be against it
 
Lawrence and Kahdra are different players but both wildly inconsistent for me. Lawrence has the required ability but is a shirker and a bit of a mardy ass. Then he'll have a worldie every 5-7 games. If it ever clicks with him, he could destroy this league but will it ever? Overall not that assed to miss out on him.
Lawrence is also more of a ten/central player. Which begs the question do we want two?

Khadra is also very much in the gamble category. He plays more like an inverted winger. Pace and dribbling ability that can leave you purring, but also inconsistent and naïve at times. He's young, though, and might have a breakout season. He is also gives us something we don't really have. Of the two I'd rather gamble on Khadra. We also have players with the guile to make that final pass (Berge, Ndiaye, maybe others) so it's not as if all the emphasis is on his end product. If he can beat players, get us up the pitch, and get the ball to those guys goals will come.
 

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