Quote Originally Posted by ThaiPie View Post
I've just watched the highlights. For the second Walsall goal, a Walsall player runs past our 32, starting from 3M behind, and ending up 6 or 7M in front. Nothing against this new signing, but he shouldn't be on the pitch ATM.
Yes, good luck to him but looks like it's just not going to work out.
He'll play somewhere else soon enough, but another poster made this point - professional levels are high thru England's top 5 leagues - fall off the level physically at Prem/Champ level and you easily fall below what's needed in the leagues below.
Is he overweight, or moving/reacting so slowly that it looks like he is?
If his cleverness/use of the ball was elite it would compensate - but I gather he's made his career as a different type of player.