Ryan Babel

[Kaip]

Never watched him till he signed for us BUT is it me or does anyone think he's very raw and certainly not ready to go straight into the first 11. It may be his style but to me he never looks in full control of the ball or his legs.........He's lighting quick and as got a powerful shot but at the moment thats it, hopefully in a year or 2 he'll become the player we need on the left/right/striker

[Dan]

He's as good as Pennant was when he came in, if not better. Babel is good enough for the left wing and he can push for a place on the right aswell. If he gets a season of 20-25 games in the prem then it will put him in much better condition for next year compared to a year on the bench or in the reserves

[JPK]

I think his feet are moving quicker than his brain at the moment and that is why he is getting tangled up.Does that even make any sense?
He looks like a striker to me who has pace and power.

[Lee]

He's a rough diamond from what I've seen mate.

He's shown flashes of brilliance for us and looked good in the U21 Champs this summer, and he's certainly got potential to be great, but obviously still adapting to the League.

Doesn't really help that whilst he's right footed, and prefers to play up front - Rafa is using him on the left wing

[Slammer]

Yeah tend to agree there mate, he does look very raw and nowhere near the finished article..the lad has got talent but still along way to go. he needs time to settle
and then hopefully we will see him taking games by scuff of the neck and destroying defences.

[Kaip]

I think his feet are moving quicker than his brain at the moment and that is why he is getting tangled up.Does that even make any sense?

[cobain]

Never watched him till he signed for us BUT is it me or does anyone think he's very raw and certainly not ready to go straight into the first 11. It may be his style but to me he never looks in full control of the ball or his legs.........He's lighting quick and as got a powerful shot but at the moment thats it, hopefully in a year or 2 he'll become the player we need on the left/right/striker

But he does have a much better first touch than Kuyt

[AFII]

He should play instead of Kuyt or Voronin as a striker.

[bobbyfallon]

He should play instead of Kuyt or Voronin as a striker.

[red g]

i would like to see leto given a chance on the left, like what i have seen so far

[cobain]

i would like to see leto given a chance on the left, like what i have seen so far

Me too

He can be more effective than Babel on the left flank anyway :whatever:

[tomasjj]

Babel can be our Henry light in 2 years time.

[Joe Le Toff]

I think hes an outstanding talent with the capability to be one of the very best.
He is very very raw though, and hes playing out of position.
This time next year will see a huge improvement in his game and i think he'll take the league by storm.

Provided he isnt rotated every other ****ing game of course.

[Joe Le Toff]

Forgot to mention, IMO, I would put Babel up front and unleash some of that pace at defences and let them start worrying about us.
Id bench ****ing Kuyt for a few games to do it, he'd be far more of a goal threat from there anyway.

Torres & Babel is the future IMO.

[Lee]

Forgot to mention, IMO, I would put Babel up front and unleash some of that pace at defences and let them start worrying about us.
Id bench ****ing Kuyt for a few games to do it, he'd be far more of a goal threat from there anyway.

Torres & Babel is the future IMO.

Agree, would love to see Babel playing alongside Torres. They could be our strike force for the next 7-10 years