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[Albion] Mercurial, majestic, magnificent Mitoma



T.G

Members
Mar 30, 2011
578
Shoreham-by-Sea
Was Peter Ward similar to Mitoma? I was too young to watch Wardy.
As much as I loved Ward I'm inclined to think even given the different eras that Mitoma is more skilfull. Ward in his jinking pomp was amazing to watch, but most of that was in the lower leagues. In Division one he was less prolific and less able to bamboozle defenders. Still one of our best ever players but Mitoma is something else! Let's see if he can do it over more than one season.
 


Aug 6, 2011
4,116
Bognor Regis
From The Guardian:

"For Brighton there were some alluring early glimpses of Mitoma, veering around Trent Alexander-Arnold like the skating rink pro skirting his way past some gawping rail-clutcher. Mitoma doesn’t really run. He glides, he skates, he dusts the ground. A little later he made Joe Gomez fall over just by shifting his hips between strides to make space for a shot."

Barney Ronay's report from The Guardian
 

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Members
Jul 8, 2003
8,805
Kitbag in Dubai
"Brighton would go on to win the game, deservedly, with a brilliant goal a minute and half into stoppage time.

It was beautifully taken by Karou Mitoma, a footballer who is basically made of feathers, dandelion spurs and some kind of super-light high-tensile alien metal.

In the tiniest of spaces, with the ball bouncing up like a balloon, Mitoma shifted his feet, leant inside, flicked the ball up off his right foot, delicately back-spun, hanging in the air like some divine orb, then propelled it with thrilling precision off the same foot into the far corner."

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...but-jurgen-klopp-could-be-their-golden-thread
 

dazzer6666

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Mar 27, 2013
45,708
Burgess Hill
DT extract

Kaoru Mitoma is not the sort of footballer who seeks the limelight. On a day off from training, the Japanese forward is far more likely to be found at home on the sofa, analysing videos of his own performances, than in the trendy quarters of Brighton.

And even when he does venture out, Mitoma is hardly the most recognisable figure. With his slight build and floppy fringe, he usually goes unnoticed. Well, he has done until now – and that is surely all about to change.

A genuine star of the English game is emerging on the south coast, where Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton continue to show no fear of their more illustrious opponents. The whirling feet of Mitoma embody that bold approach and, for the second time in two weeks, the winger proved to be too quick and too inventive for a struggling Liverpool.

Mitoma’s winning goal here, struck in the 92nd minute, was just the latest demonstration of his considerable talent. One touch to cut inside, fooling a pack of red-shirted defenders, and another to slam the ball into the roof of the net.

Such was the speed of the movement, and such was the quality of the execution, that the ball did not even make contact with the floor between those touches. A ‘keepy-uppy’ goal, against Liverpool, in the final minute of a thrilling FA Cup tie: Mitoma continues to go from strength to strength, from defining moment to defining moment.
 

raymondo

Members
Apr 26, 2017
3,006
Wiltshire
As much as I loved Ward I'm inclined to think even given the different eras that Mitoma is more skilfull. Ward in his jinking pomp was amazing to watch, but most of that was in the lower leagues. In Division one he was less prolific and less able to bamboozle defenders. Still one of our best ever players but Mitoma is something else! Let's see if he can do it over more than one season.
Let's pray he's just here for more than one season 🤞
 


raymondo

Members
Apr 26, 2017
3,006
Wiltshire
"Brighton would go on to win the game, deservedly, with a brilliant goal a minute and half into stoppage time.

It was beautifully taken by Karou Mitoma, a footballer who is basically made of feathers, dandelion spurs and some kind of super-light high-tensile alien metal.


In the tiniest of spaces, with the ball bouncing up like a balloon, Mitoma shifted his feet, leant inside, flicked the ball up off his right foot, delicately back-spun, hanging in the air like some divine orb, then propelled it with thrilling precision off the same foot into the far corner."

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...but-jurgen-klopp-could-be-their-golden-thread
Wow... poetry in motion 👍👍
 

Bakero

Languidly clinical
Oct 9, 2010
10,637
Almería
You have to wonder how there wasn't more competition for his signature.

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