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[Albion] Mercurial, majestic, magnificent Mitoma [20/10/23: New deal signed]







Doc Lynam

Doc Lynam

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Apart from the fact he skinned the England left back, the thing that surprised me most was how strong Mitoma is! Both Newcastle players tried to physically take a piece of him with a shoulder challenge, he hardly moved at all.
 


Stat Brother

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One Teddy Maybank said:
Agree.

Lamptey is relatively easy to play against if you don’t go tight.

Solly is outstanding so far, and actually seems to improve every year. Lucky to have him.
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You'd think the Lamptey/Mitoma substitution is something we'll be getting used too, as it gets earlier each game.

Not exactly good news for opposition fullbacks.
 


One Teddy Maybank

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Stat Brother said:
You'd think the Lamptey/Mitoma substitution is something we'll be getting used too, as it gets earlier each game.

Not exactly good news for opposition fullbacks.
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Quite.

Be interesting to see if Trossard moves inside as well, if those changes happen.

Mitoma also played wingback on occasions at USG, and whilst his defending will need to be improved, he can only benefit from more minutes at this level
 


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Oh_aye

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Doc Lynam said:
Apart from the fact he skinned the England left back, the thing that surprised me most was how strong Mitoma is! Both Newcastle players tried to physically take a piece of him with a shoulder challenge, he hardly moved at all.
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Yes I noticed that in the espanyol friendly when he came on and did the same thing. Every time he does that tap past the defender and get to the line to pull it back it looks like the defender should be able to usher him out or outmuscle him but he seems to have a knack of squeezing past under the armpits!

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NorthstandRacoon

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Doc Lynam said:
Apart from the fact he skinned the England left back, the thing that surprised me most was how strong Mitoma is! Both Newcastle players tried to physically take a piece of him with a shoulder challenge, he hardly moved at all.
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This. I thought he'd be silky but very weak on the ball. Quite the opposite in fact. Think he'll become a bit of a legend.
 




GrossTurn

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Oh_aye said:
Yes I noticed that in the espanyol friendly when he came on and did the same thing. Every time he does that tap past the defender and get to the line to pull it back it looks like the defender should be able to usher him out or outmuscle him but he seems to have a knack of squeezing past under the armpits!
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It’s the combination of close control whilst running at pace towards the byline that means he doesn’t just run it straight off the pitch and can continue dribbling it towards goal to give him time to pick his cut back option. Very few players are capable of doing all that so swiftly and consistently!
 












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pasty said:
If he had, I wouldn't have looked quite such a mucking fuppet celebrating the "goal" :lolol:
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It was right in front of us, so on this occasion we knew straight away.

There was an Albion Amex goal 'that never was' last season where we went the full going mad down the aisle, hugging strangers etc ... only to be thwarted by VAR I think. Have a feeling it would've been a winner.

Pascal Gross v Stains?
 










faoileán

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There was some idiot in WSU who loudly kept calling him "Tommy Takimoto" and looking pleased with himself for being hilarious. At the time I couldn't decide if it was racist or just stupid, but thinking about it, taking the p1ss out of a foreigners name has got to be racist...
 


Justice

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faoileán said:
There was some idiot in WSU who loudly kept calling him "Tommy Takimoto" and looking pleased with himself for being hilarious. At the time I couldn't decide if it was racist or just stupid, but thinking about it, taking the p1ss out of a foreigners name has got to be racist...
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If he played for Newcastle I could get it a little bit but our own player?
 


Javeaseagull

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faoileán said:
There was some idiot in WSU who loudly kept calling him "Tommy Takimoto" and looking pleased with himself for being hilarious. At the time I couldn't decide if it was racist or just stupid, but thinking about it, taking the p1ss out of a foreigners name has got to be racist...
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Personally I think it's both.
 




Hugo Rune

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Just seen the club’s montage of his cameo against Newcastle.

What a stunning EPL debut. What a joy the lad is. Sadly, after a performance like that, he’ll have two defenders on him next time he plays for us!
 




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