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Dismembered
Wasn't this knowledge given before we were told he'd be staying on loan till June?
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[Albion] Alexis Mac Allister - *** New Contract Until 2025 ***
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Wasn't this knowledge given before we were told he'd be staying on loan till June?
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
We are acquiring some very expensive bench warmers.
We certainly are.
Milano
Well-known member
Every likelihood Percy Tau will be in our squad next season, it will be interesting if this lad stays here or replaces Tau in Belgium.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
I think it's safe to say that the Belgium league is a big step down from the Argentinian Superliga.
Our man inspired his lesser Juniors to a 2-0 win over current champions and Copa Libertadores finalists Boca with a goal and an assist last season. I can't see him happy at swapping that for rainy days in Belgium.
Hope nobody's told Norwich.
GT49er
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Our little Percy wasn't expecting that either, was he?
Great signature. How long did it take you to come up with something so genius ?
SeagullCrow
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After the events of last summer, I really don't blame them. Don't forget we pulled out of two transfers because players failed the medical. Would be reckless for them to make the announcement at this stage.
Really excited about this signing, but I do wish that our new recruits wouldn't come to us proclaiming their desire to play for some other club - it's just bad form.
Nope but the drop in quality of League he is playing in was negligible.
Isn't that pretty much a standard comment when players come from overseas leagues to the premier league?
No, I'm just an Argentinos Juniors fan! Apparently he will do the medical test and sign his contract here (in Argentina) because next Monday we have the first match of the year and there is no time to travel to England
Tim Vickery knows his South American onions but I would have thought the Argentinian league was fairly physical.
Just stumbled upon this little snippet about Ally Mac:
Alexis Mac Allister, 19, Argentinos Juniors. Attacking midfield. First noticed among stat guys as far as I can tell by Ashwin Raman back in August. There are *three* brothers Mac Allister playing for Argentinos Juniors: Francis, Kevin, and Alexis in descending order of age and ascending order in talent. The story you’d get is a pretty good reason to sign all three, but Alexis is the one that has the shot to be a star. I saw a profile saying Mac Allister was kind of a Toni Kroos type, but that’s not how he’s playing at all really. There’s nothing he’s not doing well right now, but he’s not really a pure zone-mover like Kroos. He’s a serious threat to get ball to the danger zone and shoot or create. His shot selection has improved this year: 1.7 in-box shots is scary, while his key passes have skyrocketed up to 3.4 from an already good 2. He’s a big goal threat.
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https://saturdaysoncouch.wordpress....outh-america-building-a-shortlist-of-players/
Alexis Mac Allister, 19, Argentinos Juniors. Attacking midfield. First noticed among stat guys as far as I can tell by Ashwin Raman back in August. There are *three* brothers Mac Allister playing for Argentinos Juniors: Francis, Kevin, and Alexis in descending order of age and ascending order in talent. The story you’d get is a pretty good reason to sign all three, but Alexis is the one that has the shot to be a star. I saw a profile saying Mac Allister was kind of a Toni Kroos type, but that’s not how he’s playing at all really. There’s nothing he’s not doing well right now, but he’s not really a pure zone-mover like Kroos. He’s a serious threat to get ball to the danger zone and shoot or create. His shot selection has improved this year: 1.7 in-box shots is scary, while his key passes have skyrocketed up to 3.4 from an already good 2. He’s a big goal threat.
(- DC Volume is deep completions per 90, turned to a percentile.
- DC efficiency is simply completion% on deep attempts.
- shot product is how often a shot happens within 15 seconds of a touch
- passer rating is completions above expected
- shot hunter is how often he turns his deep receptions into shots
- key zone progression is how good he is at moving ball forward compared to how often he loses it in the zones where he pops up most often.)
https://saturdaysoncouch.wordpress....outh-america-building-a-shortlist-of-players/
So is that suggesting every time he gets the ball from deep he shoots? Seems...wasteful.
Indeed he seems a bit trigger happy generally looking at that.
Indeed he seems a bit trigger happy generally looking at that.