Up and down performance from the young Dutchman today. Looked dangerous at times, made a couple of nice runs, wonderful ball to Crouch leading up to the penalty, and did well to find Yossi for a scoring chance...
He's got to start going wide sometimes when he is played out there, though. The boy's got some skill, and can go to either side, as he's certainly comfortable cutting inside from either the left or the right. I just think staying on the touchline from time to time would make him less predictable, and considerably more dangerous. He also tries to do too much with the ball when he does cut inside. I thought, on a couple of occasions, that he would have done better to play the ball through to the overlapping Arbeloa...I think those two have the potential for some exciting link up play...
If he can improve on his decision making, he'll be a tremendous player sooner than later, in my opinion. Let's hope Rafa can steer him in that direction.
He's got to start going wide sometimes when he is played out there, though. The boy's got some skill, and can go to either side, as he's certainly comfortable cutting inside from either the left or the right. I just think staying on the touchline from time to time would make him less predictable, and considerably more dangerous. He also tries to do too much with the ball when he does cut inside. I thought, on a couple of occasions, that he would have done better to play the ball through to the overlapping Arbeloa...I think those two have the potential for some exciting link up play...
If he can improve on his decision making, he'll be a tremendous player sooner than later, in my opinion. Let's hope Rafa can steer him in that direction.
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