[Albion] Igor Julio - SINGS for 4 years!

chickens said:

I have to say I’m coming round to Igor being a solid part of the squad. He’s not been hugely noticeable for me watching the last couple of matches, but he just quietly gets on with it, and every now and then there’s a moment of real quality on the ball.

I’m slowly becoming a fan.

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hans kraay fan club said:

I declared him shit after his showing on our Europa League debut, against AEK. And I (and anyone else expressing that) was absolutely not 'completely wrong'. He really was utterly dreadful.

But he's proven to be a far better player than he looked that night, so fair play.

He's really not good enough to be anything more than a back up though - he just switches off, too often. Even yesterday, in a game being held up as his 'best yet', it was him who switched off and played Isak onside for what should have been the game's opening goal.

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Seagull58 said:

What concerns me a little, and there were 2 or 3 examples on Saturday, is that he likes to carry the ball forward and doesn't release it before he's tackled and, instead, tries to dribble past the oppo. Like Webster, he's not good enough to do this successfully and loses possession. On Saturday he ran into 2 or 3 Newcastle players on one run and tried a pseudo-Gross turn, a Ronaldo chop, a drag back with the sole of the boot and several other manoeuvres before getting dispossessed in our own half.
He's a decent player but would be better if he would learn to release the ball before engaging the opposition players.

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Seagull58 said:

What concerns me a little, and there were 2 or 3 examples on Saturday, is that he likes to carry the ball forward and doesn't release it before he's tackled and, instead, tries to dribble past the oppo. Like Webster, he's not good enough to do this successfully and loses possession. On Saturday he ran into 2 or 3 Newcastle players on one run and tried a pseudo-Gross turn, a Ronaldo chop, a drag back with the sole of the boot and several other manoeuvres before getting dispossessed in our own half.
He's a decent player but would be better if he would learn to release the ball before engaging the opposition players.

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Gabbiano said:

So we're all in agreement?

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hans kraay fan club said:

I declared him shit after his showing on our Europa League debut, against AEK. And I (and anyone else expressing that) was absolutely not 'completely wrong'. He really was utterly dreadful.

But he's proven to be a far better player than he looked that night, so fair play.

He's really not good enough to be anything more than a back up though - he just switches off, too often. Even yesterday, in a game being held up as his 'best yet', it was him who switched off and played Isak onside for what should have been the game's opening goal.

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