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    Not getting it with Djoum I'm afraid.

    No idea what role he is meant to be playing. He obviously is no where near fit just now. Can't win a header, loses possession in nearly every tackle. Usually just gives the ball back immediately to the player who just gave him the ball.

    Potential? yes. Currently ...nah... Sibbald, Archie , dare I mention it ? Harkes, will all do a better job just now.

    Nout against the guy, but ..... why he has been thrown in straight away as a regular has totally baffled me. Plenty others deserve a shirt before him just now...
    Last edited by Yeats 62; 10-11-2022 at 12:19 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yeats 62 View Post
    Not getting it with Djoum I'm afraid.

    No idea what role he is meant to be playing. He obviously is no where near fit just now. Can't win a header, loses possession in nearly every tackle. Usually just gives the ball back immediately to the player who just gave him the ball.

    Potential? yes. Currently ...nah... Sibbald, Archie , dare I mention it ? Harkes, will all do a better job just now.

    Nout against the guy, but ..... why he has been thrown in straight away as a regular has totally baffled me. Plenty others deserve a shirt before him just now...
    I actually couldnt disagree more with you. One of the biggest reasons for last nights improvement was finally having someone do the easy stuff and pass it off and stay in the middle. He held the shape together, was constantly communicating with the other midfielders around him to position them, took niggly fouls before breaks happened and was happy not to wander off like every other midfielder we have which constantly makes us open. The sheer number of goals we have conceded this season due to having absolutely no-one in that position has been frightening

    Was he good? Not really, he was clumsy, he didn't look match fit but he absolutely allowed the entire team around him to be better and only goes to show how important it is for us to find another like him in January.

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    Djoum was stinking last night, kept giving away needless fouls because hè was too slow. We absolutely need someone to play that sitting defensive mid role, but unless hè transforms over world cup dont see him fufilling that role. Surely we have Some youngsters suited to that position?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JUSTaway View Post
    Djoum was stinking last night, kept giving away needless fouls because hè was too slow. We absolutely need someone to play that sitting defensive mid role, but unless hè transforms over world cup dont see him fufilling that role. Surely we have Some youngsters suited to that position?
    dont agree at all, would you rather we go back to not giving away any fouls and letting the opposition run at us unchallenged like we do with our normal midfielders? Yeah he looked off it at times in possession but him breaking up play of the opposition, taking fouls when they have the ball and were out of shape etc etc is exactly what we have been missing since losing butcher.

    We absolutely could find better in January, but until then he should be there purely to allow the others to play and to break up the opposition attacks
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    Quote Originally Posted by the_arab View Post
    dont agree at all, would you rather we go back to not giving away any fouls and letting the opposition run at us unchallenged like we do with our normal midfielders? Yeah he looked off it at times in possession but him breaking up play of the opposition, taking fouls when they have the ball and were out of shape etc etc is exactly what we have been missing since losing butcher.

    We absolutely could find better in January, but until then he should be there purely to allow the others to play and to break up the opposition attacks

    I’d have replaced him with sibbald earlier to do exactly the same job, just hopefully better. IT wasnt like hè was making tactical fouls, they were just because hè was too slow to get to balls hè should have been getting to. Think djoum Will cost us against better opponents. Hè might come good if hè is just not up to speed yet, but im not convinced hè can be converted into the holding/def mid we Need.

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    Your contradicting yourself 😁you could have disagreed a lot more. Your admitting he wasn't good,and wasn't match fit, and throwing in clumsy too for good measure. I totally agree with that 🙂

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yeats 62 View Post
    Not getting it with Djoum I'm afraid.

    No idea what role he is meant to be playing. He obviously is no where near fit just now. Can't win a header, loses possession in nearly every tackle. Usually just gives the ball back immediately to the player who just gave him the ball.

    Potential? yes. Currently ...nah... Sibbald, Archie , dare I mention it ? Harkes, will all do a better job just now.

    Nout against the guy, but ..... why he has been thrown in straight away as a regular has totally baffled me. Plenty others deserve a shirt before him just now...
    He was really good at Hearts (quite a while ago) but they played him further forward.

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