- Aug 24, 2020
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With left footers Igor and Atom,
strikers attacking from the right,
won't know, what's hit'em.
strikers attacking from the right,
won't know, what's hit'em.
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[Albion] Noel Bigo Atom. SIGNED
- Thread starter AZ Gull
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Mornington Crescent
butchy
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Out with the old, in with the nucleus (to reuse a classic Simpsons quote)
Nobby
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- Sep 29, 2007
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GingerBeerMan
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- Dec 29, 2011
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How's he been doing for us?
AZ Gull
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He's had a few wobbly moments in some of the games that have been streamed, but that isn't surprising as I believe he hadn't played since December 2022 because Leipzig dropped him after they knew he wasn't signing a new deal. However, he's looked more assured recently and had a moment against Sunderland ten days ago when he turned into prime Mark Lawrenson, went marauding up the pitch and set up a goal for Caylan Vickers (although it looked like he clearly fouled one of their defenders in the process!).
- Oct 17, 2008
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I’d be less kind based on what I’ve seen (20 odd games). I certainly don’t mean to undermine our resident expert above; this is just my opinion solely based on the games I’ve seen.
I think he looks rather clumsy. He’s certainly a unit, he competes physically for everything. He looks very quick in sprint but has been found wanting on the turn going backwards. That said - and as mentioned above - he is willing to break the lines and carry the ball forwards.
Distribution looks decent enough, but once again, frankly in my opinion based on the 20-odd games I’ve seen him play, he is more of a unit than a play making defender.
Van Hecke and Dunk are miles ahead in ability at the time of writing.
I think he looks rather clumsy. He’s certainly a unit, he competes physically for everything. He looks very quick in sprint but has been found wanting on the turn going backwards. That said - and as mentioned above - he is willing to break the lines and carry the ball forwards.
Distribution looks decent enough, but once again, frankly in my opinion based on the 20-odd games I’ve seen him play, he is more of a unit than a play making defender.
Van Hecke and Dunk are miles ahead in ability at the time of writing.
Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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So, our first team defenders are better than our youth team defenders? Is that what your insight is here?
jackalbion
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- Aug 30, 2011
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Having seen him a similar amount I’d have to agree, there’s potential there, but a lot to work on. McConnville is the one I always think looks a class above.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Samuels looked decent at left back, hopefully he'll get a bit of playing time Fleetwood (although they seem to be exclusively playing 3 at the back, which means he never plays)
From what I've seen he looks INCREDIBLY slow.
- Oct 17, 2008
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Well, we have a number of very young players in our first team squad who are levels ahead of Atom at the moment, so if the question was “how close is he to breaking into the first team?”, the answer would be nowhere near. Hope that clears things up
Kavanagh, McConville, Slater and Samuels are all closer to first team ability at the moment than Atom, in my opinion.
AZ Gull
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You've seen him in 20-odd games? I bow to your dedication.
Given that he's only made 18 appearances for Albion (not many of which have been streamed) you must have attended every U-21 match home and away and seen some of his games for the RB Leipzig U-19s.
You are the new Albion (and RB Leipzig) superfan.
American Seagle
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- Jun 14, 2022
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I love how he has been described here as "very quick in a sprint" and also "incredibly slow". Come on folks, which is it?
The Fits
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That's classic NSC. You love to see it.
I think there are two things here. Acceleration and top end speed. A good example is Igor. His acceleration looks very poor but once he is up to top speed, he can keep up with most players.
5Ways Gull
È quello che è
Very quick in a sprint incredibly slow in anything above 10k?