comment by _Viva_Vida (U6044)
posted 3 hours, 2 minutes ago
Whoever has been talking about him in the same breath as Henrik and Bergkamp need to give their heads a wobble.
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Agree up to a point that it's a tad early for those types of comparisons, but at 22 Eddy already looks the real deal. Very gifted footballer, not just goalscorer. He's also been rattling them in for France U-21s ... has scored 11 in 6 appearances (some as sub)!
Many also had the same "he's only doing it in the SPFL" view when both Dembele and VVD were standing out like sore thumbs up here. Top clubs could have had them for comparative buttons.
Dave
My comments up to now are tongue in cheek, only because I don't want him to go.
Edouard, imo, is a more complete front player than Dembele, goal scorer, coming in off the left and deadballs but, again imo, Dembele is the deadlier striker.
Love them both and delighted to see them in the Hoops.
I don't care how anybody outside Scotland views our game, we know it, we know its limited, know it frantic and physical but its no cakewalk and when we get someone special, they stand out.
Hooper, Sammy, Zurawski, SPFL was their high water mark VVD, Wanyama, McGinn, Dembele, Edouard are class players we know will go on to have good careers at a higher level.
We could do with poaching some or all of your scouts
They've sourced a lot of gems in the last 10 years or so
Our scouts or scouting network on the other hand has been fecking useless in comparison
comment by Roys Keane (U11635)
posted 3 minutes ago
We could do with poaching some or all of your scouts
They've sourced a lot of gems in the last 10 years or so
Our scouts or scouting network on the other hand has been fecking useless in comparison
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We've had done crackers alright, but we've been through some chaff to get to them.
You're lucky to be in the position of attracting the best, either finished articles or most promising youths. We have to rely on 'projects', rough diamonds that we hope we can polish up.
One of our young lads signed for you this season Lee O Connor. Have you heard how he's getting on ?
Put out on loan to Patrick Thistle last month.
No bad thing imo, at his age its all about game time, playing with and against men rather than young development squads.
comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 13 seconds ago
Put out on loan to Patrick Thistle last month.
No bad thing imo, at his age its all about game time, playing with and against men rather than young development squads.
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posted on 6/2/20
comment by _Viva_Vida (U6044)
posted 3 hours, 2 minutes ago
Whoever has been talking about him in the same breath as Henrik and Bergkamp need to give their heads a wobble.
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Agree up to a point that it's a tad early for those types of comparisons, but at 22 Eddy already looks the real deal. Very gifted footballer, not just goalscorer. He's also been rattling them in for France U-21s ... has scored 11 in 6 appearances (some as sub)!
Many also had the same "he's only doing it in the SPFL" view when both Dembele and VVD were standing out like sore thumbs up here. Top clubs could have had them for comparative buttons.
posted on 6/2/20
Dave
My comments up to now are tongue in cheek, only because I don't want him to go.
Edouard, imo, is a more complete front player than Dembele, goal scorer, coming in off the left and deadballs but, again imo, Dembele is the deadlier striker.
Love them both and delighted to see them in the Hoops.
I don't care how anybody outside Scotland views our game, we know it, we know its limited, know it frantic and physical but its no cakewalk and when we get someone special, they stand out.
Hooper, Sammy, Zurawski, SPFL was their high water mark VVD, Wanyama, McGinn, Dembele, Edouard are class players we know will go on to have good careers at a higher level.
posted on 6/2/20
We could do with poaching some or all of your scouts
They've sourced a lot of gems in the last 10 years or so
Our scouts or scouting network on the other hand has been fecking useless in comparison
posted on 6/2/20
have ^
posted on 6/2/20
comment by Roys Keane (U11635)
posted 3 minutes ago
We could do with poaching some or all of your scouts
They've sourced a lot of gems in the last 10 years or so
Our scouts or scouting network on the other hand has been fecking useless in comparison
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We've had done crackers alright, but we've been through some chaff to get to them.
You're lucky to be in the position of attracting the best, either finished articles or most promising youths. We have to rely on 'projects', rough diamonds that we hope we can polish up.
posted on 6/2/20
One of our young lads signed for you this season Lee O Connor. Have you heard how he's getting on ?
posted on 6/2/20
Put out on loan to Patrick Thistle last month.
No bad thing imo, at his age its all about game time, playing with and against men rather than young development squads.
posted on 6/2/20
comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 13 seconds ago
Put out on loan to Patrick Thistle last month.
No bad thing imo, at his age its all about game time, playing with and against men rather than young development squads.
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