JET Impressions...

[wing commander]

After missing his cameo performance when he came on as a sub on debut, Saturday gave me my first chance to watch this boy wonder.Maybe it was a case of expecting too much but for a lot of the game i was strangely disapointed..
   He has a sublime first touch but i expected him to be more polished.He takes players on and somehow beats them,how is difficult to explain,its not his tricks,speed or agility he just seems to come out the other end with ball?,then he lines up his pass and plays it out of play,SOD said his general play needed a lot of work so i didnt expect him to run 30 yards and chase back but he seems to have this rule that if the ball is 6 feet away or more give it up.!There was a ten minute period straight after half time when i would have driven him back to London myself.!
  Then just when i had come to the conclusion he must have been lucky in the first games and Blackpool fans were right he has a ten minute spell where he was brilliant,flicks passes all causeing problems and then his goal..You have to have talent to score a goal like that or even to strike a ball like that with no back lift..
  After the game i couldnt quite make out wether id been watching a player who will be a huge star worth ten million in a few years or Barnets next central midfielder..
   

[Snods Shinpad 2]

wing commander wrote:

difficult to explain,its not his tricks,speed or agility he just seems to come out the other end with ball

I agree with what you said wc. When he got the ball he tended to have at least 4 or 5 touches. He doesn't seem to look for a quick one touch lay off very often. Out of those 5 touches, at least 2 of them would be Barnet standard and made you think he was about to lose the ball, but somehow he would do some magic and retain possession with the other 3. He's like a combination of Zidane and Brian Deane.    The great thing about him is you never know what's going to happen next. Imagine what a nightmare it would be marking him.

[DonnyNoel]

As I mentioned in another thread - he was in 3rd gear for me yet still had it in him to produce a moment of magic that ultimately won the game. We were set up to allow him to play in a comfort zone and he did very well. Found space, used it. Beat his man with ease - final ball will always be tricky as theres only Billy to pick out.

I'm guessing he's been allowed a certain amount of freedom not to track back (not that he needed to against Derby) and I think the Newcastle game will be a fantastic opportunity for him to show us what 4th/5th gear looks like as he'll come under more pressure from better players.

[Mike_F]

I remarked on Staday that he is a bit of a Jason Price type player - ungainly at times but seems to get past players without ever actually taking them on. His unpredictability is the key to his game.

[Filo]

My Derby supporting mate said he reminded him of Paulo Wanchope

[River Don]

DonnyNoel wrote:

As I mentioned in another thread - he was in 3rd gear for me yet still had it in him to produce a moment of magic that ultimately won the game. We were set up to allow him to play in a comfort zone and he did very well. Found space, used it. Beat his man with ease - final ball will always be tricky as theres only Billy to pick out.

I'm guessing he's been allowed a certain amount of freedom not to track back (not that he needed to against Derby) and I think the Newcastle game will be a fantastic opportunity for him to show us what 4th/5th gear looks like as he'll come under more pressure from better players.

I'm not too sure about the 3rd gear analogy, for me he's one of those long legged types who appears not to be moving with any great pace, struggling to pick his feet up even but actually is shifting at quite rate.

[DonnyNoel]

River Don wrote:

DonnyNoel wrote:

As I mentioned in another thread - he was in 3rd gear for me yet still had it in him to produce a moment of magic that ultimately won the game. We were set up to allow him to play in a comfort zone and he did very well. Found space, used it. Beat his man with ease - final ball will always be tricky as theres only Billy to pick out.

I'm guessing he's been allowed a certain amount of freedom not to track back (not that he needed to against Derby) and I think the Newcastle game will be a fantastic opportunity for him to show us what 4th/5th gear looks like as he'll come under more pressure from better players.

I'm not too sure about the 3rd gear analogy, for me he's one of those long legged types who appears not to be moving with any great pace, struggling to pick his feet up even but actually is shifting at quite rate.

Sorry, it was more an overall analogy than with regards to his pace. What he did he did very well, I was using \"third gear\" more to mean he appeared very comfortable throughout the game with sporadic touches of genius but gave the overall impression that theres even more in his locker. ie \"can go up a couple of notches/gears\".

[northern soul]

Come on someone's got to do it!

*puts arms out*

\"this is your pilot. We are cleared for take off\"

*walks forward, breaking into a slow jog*

\"Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr\"



It's alright I've already got my coat on!

[DonnyBazR0ver]

He is far from the finished article, and that's why he's here.

SOD has been afforded a luxury in playing him as he is not yet a typical SOD player who is flexible in getting back to defend without prompting.

I'm sure in the coming weeks (pray that the loan is extended) we will see more effective play from him and linking up better. SOD certainly doesn't want him to lose that unpredictable edge to his game.

Getting flattened like he did on Saturday will prepare him well for the Blades game.

[Wellred]

It could be worse, the good news is Morgan wont be playing.

[BobG]

I thought that despite what appeared to be clumsiness, slowness and a woeful inability to actually jump, he looked like he'd got talent. I based that on one single thing: when heot anyone, was ever going to take it off him. I remember one incident in the second half when he started off on the right hand side somewhere by the half way line and he then looked like he was amabling diagonally across to the opposite corner of their penalty area. During that amble three different Derby players tried to stop him. One of 'em was Paul Green. And not one even slowed him down. In the end Robbie Savage did a Savage on him. To keep the ball like that, to simply brush off the opposition and to hit it like he can, tell me that despite all his obvious shortcomings, the guy has ability. He might or might not make it big in the Arsenal side, but surely he'll be a star for somebody quite decent.

Must talk to my Arsenal insider mate who coaches Alexander's team. They play pass and move too

Cheers

BobG

[stuey]

Wellred wrote:

It could be worse, the good news is Morgan wont be playing.

Good news? Really? i think that's bad news. I think Morgan is shite. He's past it, and has been for 2-3 years now, (also the views of few a Blades season ticket holders a know). JET would've given him nightmares.

[ferribyrover]

I thought he was struggling after being battered by a Ram, he seemed unable to control the ball or get involved for a few minutes, and then...drew back his left foot and nearly burst the net. What do I know?

[cdrover]

another note is the long throw that he has to offer which gives us a different option.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

I'd luv it if we scored from a long throw against them, luv it !

I'm sure they expect us to pass it from front to back as usual but it would be nice if we could have a few suprises up our sleeve.