Got to be still on the cards. This is the last relevant article I can find, which doesn’t really say much…
www.footballfancast.com
It'll surely have a lot to do with how PSV's last two Champions League group games - on January 21 and January 29 - go. Could provide some drama late in the window.Got to be still on the cards. This is the last relevant article I can find, which doesn’t really say much…
Sky Sports: Brighton could move to sign "excellent" defender this month
Fabian Hürzeler is keen to strengthen his defence this winter.
Hopefully true although Cashin is an unknown quantity and fit
I'd be surprised if he is - he came back from Brazil, where he had his initial rehab a week or so ago, and he has shown videos of himself doing relatively light training back on grass.
Not getting anywhere near the first XI from what I've heard. The new Matt Clarke
Throwaway line "from what I've heard".
He has been sitting on the bench in each game. He is extremely close to the first eleven. Whether or not he should be is anyone's guess, but it doesn't feel very long ago we signed a lanky left footer who was absolutely nowhere near the first team and is now a League Cup winning England International who dances like a paraplegic on acid.
Iv'e heard stumpy is telling tall tales now that is a turn around.
And wasn't he great
Think you can now edit that 'what I've seen!
What info? The info that you've been provided that he isn't up to standard? Or the info that, due to this, he won't make it on the pitch? He has been on the pitch so the latter claim no longer applies but the limited evidence clearly verifies the first. Given the current unavailability of alternative CBs, he may well have further chances to shift this view in the next eight games. Or Dunk might be able to play full games, Veltman might return and play at CB and Igor recover to fill in on the bench or even on the pitch when called upon.
I think reading between the lines, it's felt he's not ready for Premier League standard. I actually haven't commented personally on his abilities as before last night I hadn't seen him play, but it wasn't a great first impression.
Agree with all of that, and appreciate the inside info.
Cashin
But to tie it all back together, Cashin is certainly no Igor Julio.
And Igor Julio was roundly criticised after his debut against AEK Athens last season. Nobody was stronger in their criticism than @hans kraay fan club - players can turn around opinion from a terrible debut. Igor did.
This is true, but I don't see Cashin getting any bigger or any quicker. Someone suggested on his thread a shift to CDM. With his physique and passing maybe that's Cashin's redemption? Although probably not here given our glut of 6s.