Algae may not have done, but I did - very promising. Took his own little bit of space out on to the field with him, so always had time and space, no matter how many around him.......couple more like him and I'll be hoping for glory again.
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In his 10 - 20 minute cameo, probably the best player on the field; after all, managed to get a game with a top prem. team - and they won't sell him; only available for a loan to have some first team experience.
- Apr 5, 2014
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Beat three players, looked up, only to see nobody had improved their position. It left me thinking that he hadn't been given the best of first impressions.
Yeh, but if we can get our lot trying to match his standards (rather than dragging him down to their's) - might be a bit of a gem.
- Apr 5, 2014
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He came on just after the hour. You'll remember that within 15 minutes the Albion fans were exhorting the other players to give him the ball.
A little Vicente in the making.
Hopefully. Ain't going to argue!
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I don't know whether it's because it's early but I can't see what you've edited?
Medwayseagull
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After the guy coming on and having a decent sub appearance, you are still writing him off, which shows what an utter co*k you are.
SeagullinExile
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Hehehe...the thing is, some people on here would be creaming themselves if we paid 2 million for him, they actually would!
They seem to think we have to pay a fee for a player to be any good. Clueless comes to mind.
Puppet Master
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Algie I seem to recall you saying "Ulloa does nothing" after THREE games (including scoring on his debut against Arsenal). Give the boy a chance.
KZNSeagull
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Quite! I am frankly amazed, as always, about some peoples reactions. We have just signed a 2m quid player for nothing for goodness sake! But because we have not spent any money we apparently lack ambition. Oh, and apparently Sami has not watched him so he cannot be a Sami signing and he is getting his excuses in early for when he walks away from the club. I despair.
Whitechapel
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Yes, there have been some massively talented players who have came from the Dutch league, however the point I was making is we can't use the league he comes from to justify his ability as there have been a tonne of duds from that league too. Alex Buttner came to Manchester United as a promising young defender, played 13 league games for them and was then sold for less than they signed him for. Ricky van Wolfswinkel had scored goals for fun in the Eredivisie and couldn't adapt to the English game. Jozy Altidore, Afonso Alves, Marco Boogers, Bryan Ruiz, Karim El Ahmadi, Leandro Bacuna, Ryan Babel etc
I'm NOT saying that Holla is going to join those ranks or that he won't be a success, I'm simply erring on the side of caution. The Dutch League is very different to English football. Some players thrive when they move over here and others don't. Like every other Brighton fan I hope we've uncovered a gem of a signing, I'm just not going to get ahead of myself until I see him play - which I'm guessing won't be for a couple of weeks (I'd hazard a guess his first start will be against Swindon in the COC). I know it isn't the NSC Way, but let's just wait until we've seen him play before we label him shit or heap expectations on top of him.
Morning. I don't usually get involved with your threads but this may be of interest for you.
My brother lives in Laak, Den Haag after marrying a Dutch girl. He follows Den Haag home and away and is gobsmacked that you secured his services as he's apparently a quality midfielder. He's comfortable on the ball, finds space to receive a pass in a congested midfield, gets his head up to pick a pass and has a powerful shot. He's an aggressive tackler, likes to get stuck in but has an occassional hot headed moment.
The only thing that he's missing is a bit of pace but he makes up for that by having a great awareness. Being a Palace fan my bro said he'd happily have him playing just in front of Jedinak as his ability to pick a pass would encourage better counter attacking.
I'll leave you good people now, hope you kick on this season.
raba.
My brother lives in Laak, Den Haag after marrying a Dutch girl. He follows Den Haag home and away and is gobsmacked that you secured his services as he's apparently a quality midfielder. He's comfortable on the ball, finds space to receive a pass in a congested midfield, gets his head up to pick a pass and has a powerful shot. He's an aggressive tackler, likes to get stuck in but has an occassional hot headed moment.
The only thing that he's missing is a bit of pace but he makes up for that by having a great awareness. Being a Palace fan my bro said he'd happily have him playing just in front of Jedinak as his ability to pick a pass would encourage better counter attacking.
I'll leave you good people now, hope you kick on this season.
raba.
Thank for this.
fat old seagull
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You're not Raba Holli are you ?
MattBackHome
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Great stuff - cheers
God no, I'm an ugly git!
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Thanks, but I am sure I read a blog that Bozza posted quoting a guy sayingbhe wasn't much of a tackler but is great passer and good free kick/penalty taker