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Carlton Blade said:
Let's drop an improving, athletic, aggressive 23 year old who just held his own against what, according to what I've seen on here is the 2nd coming of Cafu.

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Folk are going to have to change their thinking soon. Assuming we don’t somehow sneak promotion this season, our team will become younger, cheaper, and aim to build a challenge over the following 2-3 years.

RND is exactly the sort of unfinished article we’ll have to invest in and gamble upon.
 
JohnDenver said:
Folk are going to have to change their thinking soon. Assuming we don’t somehow sneak promotion this season, our team will become younger, cheaper, and aim to build a challenge over the following 2-3 years.

RND is exactly the sort of unfinished article we’ll have to invest in and gamble upon.
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He'll end up being a decent player and probably play 200+ times for us in the Championship, if we get promoted he'll be able backup.
 
There's a group of posters on here with which we could add up the IQ's and not get to double figures.

RND is in his second season in the Championship, first season infront of fans. He's 22. He's a full Welsh international. He's had some poor games, some average ones, and lately some brilliant ones. Friday is the first time I've seen him struggle with his opposing number directly, it happens.

Dropping him would be fucking ludicrous.

Let's fucking have a word shall we?
 
LewishamBlade said:
There's a group of posters on here with which we could add up the IQ's and not get to double figures.

RND is in his second season in the Championship, first season infront of fans. He's 22. He's a full Welsh international. He's had some poor games, some average ones, and lately some brilliant ones. Friday is the first time I've seen him struggle with his opposing number directly, it happens.

Dropping him would be fucking ludicrous.

Let's fucking have a word shall we?
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I think he decisively lost the first half, at the very least held his own 2nd half against Spence. Loved seeing how quickly he closed him down and roughed him up physically after giving him too much respect early.

People still think Stevens is coming back. Stevens has been utter, utter garbage for about 3 times as many games as RND has played for United. His contract is now one of the worst outside the Premier League. RND is providing brilliant value for money on his.
 
Carlton Blade said:
I think he decisively lost the first half, at the very least held his own 2nd half against Spence. Loved seeing how quickly he closed him down and roughed him up physically after giving him too much respect early.

People still think Stevens is coming back. Stevens has been utter, utter garbage for about 3 times as many games as RND has played for United. His contract is now one of the worst outside the Premier League. RND is providing brilliant value for money on his.
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I've seen people say RND is our 'worst' left back of the 4 we have on the books. The worst.

Runaround Ben and Enda aren't fit to lace his boots. Max Lowe has never had a good game for us.
 
Carlton Blade said:
Let's drop an improving, athletic, aggressive 23 year old who just held his own against what, according to what I've seen on here is the 2nd coming of Cafu.

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Held his own!?!? Spence tore him to bits.

I'll give you athletic and aggressive, but "improving" is not a word I'd use to describe RND unless you're using the term vaguely, in which case every professional footballer is improving.

RND had a purple patch post B-ham Away / pre Blackburn Home but in the last couple of games he's looked as ordinary as he did under Slav. Of what I have seen this year, we've got an "ok" LWB on our hands.

Also, the sarcastic "2nd coming of Cafu" to describe Spence only weakens your point. If Spence is an overrated, Championship wingback who ran rings around RND, what does that make RND?
 
Deadly_D'Jaffo said:
Held his own!?!? Spence tore him to bits.

I'll give you athletic and aggressive, but "improving" is not a word I'd use to describe RND unless you're using the term vaguely, in which case every professional footballer is improving.

RND had a purple patch post B-ham Away / pre Blackburn Home but in the last couple of games he's looked as ordinary as he did under Slav. Of what I have seen this year, we've got an "ok" LWB on our hands.

Also, the sarcastic "2nd coming of Cafu" to describe Spence only weakens your point. If Spence is an overrated, Championship wingback who ran rings around RND, what does that make RND?
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What did Spence do 2nd half? Seriously?
 
Deadly_D'Jaffo said:
Held his own!?!? Spence tore him to bits.

I'll give you athletic and aggressive, but "improving" is not a word I'd use to describe RND unless you're using the term vaguely, in which case every professional footballer is improving.

RND had a purple patch post B-ham Away / pre Blackburn Home but in the last couple of games he's looked as ordinary as he did under Slav. Of what I have seen this year, we've got an "ok" LWB on our hands.

Also, the sarcastic "2nd coming of Cafu" to describe Spence only weakens your point. If Spence is an overrated, Championship wingback who ran rings around RND, what does that make RND?
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Utter bollocks.
 



Deadly_D'Jaffo said:
Held his own!?!? Spence tore him to bits.

I'll give you athletic and aggressive, but "improving" is not a word I'd use to describe RND unless you're using the term vaguely, in which case every professional footballer is improving.

RND had a purple patch post B-ham Away / pre Blackburn Home but in the last couple of games he's looked as ordinary as he did under Slav. Of what I have seen this year, we've got an "ok" LWB on our hands.

Also, the sarcastic "2nd coming of Cafu" to describe Spence only weakens your point. If Spence is an overrated, Championship wingback who ran rings around RND, what does that make RND?
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Also, there's a gap between Spence being a very good RWB and the coronation he's received on here.

And "ran rings round?". When? He beat him 2, maybe 3 times 1st half 1v1 in acres of space because we gave the ball away. 0 times 2nd half.
 
Interview with RND in today's Guardian:

www.theguardian.com

Sheffield United’s Rhys Norrington-Davies: ‘I was preparing to go to uni’

Plan to study civil engineering and architecture was ditched when Blades called and defender is now part of push to reach top flight
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RND said:
It was there that he achieved A-levels in maths, physics and geology, and was accepted into Southampton University to study civil engineering and architecture, at a time when being part of a Premier League promotion push felt rather unlikely. “Education was my main focus and the thought of getting back into football was a bonus,” he says. “I was preparing to go to uni. Growing up I used to like structures, building sandcastles on the beaches, so I always had an interest for it.”
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He'll be rivalling Ben Osborn for brightest in the squad at this rate. Building sandcastles?! The sky's the limit.
 
Balham Blade said:
Interview with RND in today's Guardian:

www.theguardian.com

Sheffield United’s Rhys Norrington-Davies: ‘I was preparing to go to uni’

Plan to study civil engineering and architecture was ditched when Blades called and defender is now part of push to reach top flight
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com



He'll be rivalling Ben Osborn for brightest in the squad at this rate. Building sandcastles?! The sky's the limit.
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Interesting lad, not your traditional childhood or upbringing, so he's a well balanced, objective and articulate person. I think he's doing better than would have been anticipated and seems to be getting much further forward more regularly. Level headed individual who we should be encouraging.
 
LewishamBlade said:
I've seen people say RND is our 'worst' left back of the 4 we have on the books. The worst.

Runaround Ben and Enda aren't fit to lace his boots. Max Lowe has never had a good game for us.
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I think the ‘runaround Ben’ perception is a bigger stereotype than the assumption RND might eventually become a top Championship wingback.

RND has improved from a fairly low bar though.
 
Has been immense in the last two games against two of the best players in the league. He also gives us a level of aggression that is missing in most of the rest of the team. Wilder was full of praise for him. Still only 22.
 
I think the best way to describe RND is raw. He is still young and has a lot of potential to improve, however there is a fair bit that needs to improve for me. When he initially came into the team I was quite pleased with what I saw. He was energetic and seemed to be unfazed by any situation. Defensively he seemed solid whilst being keen to get forward. What let him down in the early games was his final ball into the box. he did all the hard work to get forward and then generally produced a poor final ball.
He still needs to work on this but there have been some signs of improvement.
For me he really needs to work on the reckless side of his game. It is good to see that he is keen to get close and challenge his opposite number but too frequently he gives away needless fouls that have/could have cost us dearly.
Hopefully the older players in the squad can support him and guide him.
 
Lightsoot said:
I think the ‘runaround Ben’ perception is a bigger stereotype than the assumption RND might eventually become a top Championship wingback.

RND has improved from a fairly low bar though.
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Agreed, let's put it this way.. Ozzy can cross twice as well with his weaker foot than RND can on his strongest foot.

RND has created 0 big chances all season and expected assists are negligible, which speaks alot to his final ball.

Offensively Osborn is easily a better option, but with hard work and application RND could become just as good.

Defensively i would say RND is better however.

Maybe play Osborn at home and RND in away games??
 
Carlton Blade said:
I think he decisively lost the first half, at the very least held his own 2nd half against Spence. Loved seeing how quickly he closed him down and roughed him up physically after giving him too much respect early.

People still think Stevens is coming back. Stevens has been utter, utter garbage for about 3 times as many games as RND has played for United. His contract is now one of the worst outside the Premier League. RND is providing brilliant value for money on his.
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Absolutely, I'd be looking to move Enda on at the end of this season, if we absolutely can. The man was magic in all that we achieved, and brought loads of fond memories, but he's only the decline - injuries and performances prove that, and have done for a long while.

RND and bring back Lowe to either prove himself or go on the transfer list next summer, to start some bidding. With Osborn as added depth when needed.
 
jono_t2000 said:
Agreed, let's put it this way.. Ozzy can cross twice as well with his weaker foot than RND can on his strongest foot.

RND has created 0 big chances all season and expected assists are negligible, which speaks alot to his final ball.

Offensively Osborn is easily a better option, but with hard work and application RND could become just as good.

Defensively i would say RND is better however.

Maybe play Osborn at home and RND in away games??
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RND is better than Osborn, period
 
Blades Glory Owls Down said:
For me he really needs to work on the reckless side of his game. It is good to see that he is keen to get close and challenge his opposite number but too frequently he gives away needless fouls that have/could have cost us dearly.
Hopefully the older players in the squad can support him and guide him.
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Agreed, I think we got away with one early on against Boro. I get a bit nervous when he's being attacked in/around our box as he's a big strong lad (particularly for a wing back) and it makes him a little clumsy.
He also badly needs to sort out his hair, but apart from that he's doing a solid job
 
andy m said:
And what did RND do second half considering he is also a wingback and attacking is part of his role?
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Not much. He needs to work on that part of his game. He puts the effort in but in that specific game we struggles attacking wise as a team
 
Carlton Blade said:
Not much. He needs to work on that part of his game. He puts the effort in but in that specific game we struggles attacking wise as a team
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He looks like he could become a good left back but his lack of quality going forward will prevent him from being a good wingback in my opinion.
 



andy m said:
He looks like he could become a good left back but his lack of quality going forward will prevent him from being a good wingback in my opinion.
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With how much his defensive play has improved in a short time I wouldn't back against him upping his attacking output significantly as well. His basic technique is good and his crossing is inconsistent but he has put some really good balls in
 
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