Just to balance out the obvious negatives. I thought he was excellent when he came on, composed in possesion and excellent in the air. Lets hope he can keep that up.

Goliath wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 03, 2024 5:59 pm

Just to balance out the obvious negatives. I thought he was excellent when he came on, composed in possesion and excellent in the air. Lets hope he can keep that up.

All three newbies did well

Impressive debut. Having a left footer at LCB just feels better. Shame the fans started getting on his case for retaining the ball which then led to our goal.

Aggressive fast and nice left foot, looked excellent

RVclaret wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:04 pm

Impressive debut. Having a left footer at LCB just feels better. Shame the fans started getting on his case for retaining the ball which then led to our goal.

Yep he didnt deserve that but it was understandable from the fans. I was actually glad to see some anger from the support today, the general acceptance of a developing team has been nice but sometimes they need a rocket. I think the fans gave them one, they then got the support when they earnt it. It was more reminiscint of an old Turf Moor underdog type atmosphere by the end.

Goliath wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:07 pm

Yep he didnt deserve that but it was understandable from the fans. I was actually glad to see some anger from the support today, the general acceptance of a developing team has been nice but sometimes they need a rocket. I think the fans gave them one, they then got the support when they earnt it. It was more reminiscint of an old Turf Moor underdog type atmosphere by the end.

I’m not so sure myself, I get what you mean but we’ve such a young and inexperienced team of kids that getting on their backs could go two ways, some will crumble.

Burnley1989 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:13 pm

I’m not so sure myself, I get what you mean but we’ve such a young and inexperienced team of kids that getting on their backs could go two ways, some will crumble.

Yep its a tricky one, theyve been lucky so far that the fans have stayed patient. We need to be careful it doesnt turn into a weekly occurence but i think they needed telling thay was unacceptable today. The clubs with the best atmosphere all tend to have that side of them when its not going well.

Is he a loan or a loan with obligation to buy?

Should have started.

Superjohnnyfrancis wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:19 pm

Is he a loan or a loan with obligation to buy?

I've heard loan with obligation to buy based on certain conditions being met. But which division we are in is not one of those conditions. Unlike Assignon

Looked the real deal

Roosterbooster wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:20 pm

I've heard loan with obligation to buy based on certain conditions being met. But which division we are in is not one of those conditions. Unlike Assignon

If he’s good on football manager that’s usually a good sign

I watched his videos after being linked and was convinced he’d be good for us. His aerial presence and aggression into the tackle is sorely needed. From what I’d seen of Assignon I was more neutral but he played really well I thought, and was faster than I expected. Both players I’d like us to sign.

Fofana is also very good but I know we don’t have an option on him, which is a shame.

He looked pretty good didn’t he? Decent on the ball, couple of good shows of strength and no slouch.

He looks a lot taller than he was billed as being too.

I'm sure Matt Williams said that he was here to stay even if we go down. He liked the fact that he wanted to be here no matter what. It's Assignon that will probably only stay if we stay up.

All 3 need to start the next game

Steeeeeevvvveeeeeee!

This could become the new Woods v Wood

Its ESTEVE not STEVE

Steeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeve!

Looked like he might be a decent player at this level which makes it all the more baffling why he didn't start

All 3 newbies should’ve started. But he did well.

As the Burnley express article suggests, he isn't great on the ball, neither is O'Shea so he will look better with beyer.

Isn’t great on the ball? Apart from when he broke out with the ball and went past two of their midfielders?

He looked a big improvement on Oshea. Beyer hadn’t shown me he can handle the PL yet.

helmclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:31 am

Isn’t great on the ball? Apart from when he broke out with the ball and went past two of their midfielders?

He looked a big improvement on Oshea. Beyer hadn’t shown me he can handle the PL yet.

Just going off what the French football expert said, I don't think he looks as comfortable as beyer or ekdal for example.

He’s not Laurent Blanc or Marcel Desailly but I’d settle for him at the moment.

Esteve looked very comfortable on the ball yesterday. Played a few lovely chipped balls into midfield areas. Good weight of pass. Being left footed helped too.

I thought he looked very decent on the ball aside from the ball he fluffed back to Trafford that went for a corner.

Saw him having a word with a few of our players, and giving a bit of direction - we've definitely been missing that, since THB last played.

jedi_master wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:42 am

I thought he looked very decent on the ball aside from the ball he fluffed back to Trafford that went for a corner.

He was just trying to fit in at that point

BabylonClaret wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:06 pm

Looked like he might be a decent player at this level which makes it all the more baffling why he didn't start

I don't think many teams would put two new defenders into the team, after one training session. It was more important to get the right back position sorted

That Steve chant is embarrassing. Like the wooooot chant was.

I thought the lad did well when he came on. The good thing was that when he got the ball he seemed to want to move the ball on quicker than the rest of the defenders. Of course that could have been due to us chasing the game.

But I thought he looked promising

gandhisflipflop wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:56 am

That Steve chant is embarrassing. Like the wooooot chant was.

I thought it was funny yesterday following on from the club video. But should not be one going forward as the moment has gone

Nori1958 wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 04, 2024 10:08 am

I thought it was funny yesterday following on from the club video. But should not be one going forward as the moment has gone

We all know it will be though. It’s a personal gripe of mine getting names wrong.

Yorkshirelad wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 04, 2024 10:07 am

I thought the lad did well when he came on. The good thing was that when he got the ball he seemed to want to move the ball on quicker than the rest of the defenders. Of course that could have been due to us chasing the game.

But I thought he looked promising

Agree with this, even if only to LB but put some pace on it.

Every time I see his name I'm reminded of an old internet classic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBYYQLKNUdo