[Albion] Estupinan on at half-time

[BBassic]

Not sure that's true.
Seem to recall Baleba and Moder have been clocked as the quickest.

Can't vouch for the veracity of this but Premier League data apparently has Minteh as the 9th fastest player in the league, which would make him the fastest in the squad

The 10 fastest players in the Premier League in 2024-25: Haaland, Rashford...

Stars from Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United are among the Premier League players who have clocked the fastest speeds this season.

www.planetfootball.com

 

[studio150]

Wasn't expecting any changes at HT, but when we saw Estupinan out early to warm up, our speculation was a change to a back five, rather than a like for like swop

 

[Boroseagull]

I was expecting Rutter to be off at H/T as he was non existent in the first - just how wrong can you be!

But very glad to see Estupinan as he works so well with Mitoma.

 

[SkirlieWirlie]

We all looked at each other and shrugged.

Felt Kadioglu had been poor defensively, but didn't expect Pervis to improve anything.

Yep, thought his defensive play was poor at times.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Can't vouch for the veracity of this but Premier League data apparently has Minteh as the 9th fastest player in the league, which would make him the fastest in the squad

The 10 fastest players in the Premier League in 2024-25: Haaland, Rashford...

Stars from Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United are among the Premier League players who have clocked the fastest speeds this season.

www.planetfootball.com

Season so far I think

Would be interedting to see who is actually the quickest in the squad.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

I thought Pervis was brilliant. It was like having the old Estupinan back. So much energy.

I'm very much hoping he gets a "knock" which prevents him playing internationals.

I was in the north and so I was very impressed with Ferdi's work. (it's harder for me to see his defensive work there). It's fair to say we need to find his best position. He looks a good alround player, good athlete. Would he be better in midfield?

 

[Wardy's twin]

It wasn't the only change. Most of the change was in the heads of the players imo..

That said, I'm a Perverto man all day all night. He's our best left back by a distance.

I agree , Minteh, Mitoma and Rutter just changed after half time , FH must have given them a rocket. The pleasing thing about Pervis is that he looked back to his old speed and that can only help the high back line issue.

 

[Weststander]

Ferdi defensively first half was awful, always the wrong side of the player attacking him. Bottling 50:50’s.

Was that Estupinan’s best performance for 12 months?

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I'm hoping Fab, called Pascal into the dressing room to give the half time team talk.

So glad his return to the Amex was a memorable win.

 

[elwheelio]

Ferdi looks lost in terms of defending thus far. He gets beaten so easily and is often well out of position. Hopefully it's just a matter of him learning the system etc but it's a bit of a concern. Fair play to Pervis, he had a really good half.

 

[Han Solo]

Ferdi looks lost in terms of defending thus far. He gets beaten so easily and is often well out of position. Hopefully it's just a matter of him learning the system etc but it's a bit of a concern. Fair play to Pervis, he had a really good half.

I don't mind inverted full backs but they need to have a left foot. This guy doesn't. Last week against Chelsea, they locked him on the right wing and the only thing he could do was to turn back and pass the ball with his left foot to one of our CBs. But he didn't.. instead he sprinted towards our own goal to get the space to make a pass to Verbruggen with his right. That's bad enough if you play on the right but it doesn't work at all when playing on the left side.

Think it will take some time before we see Ferdi functioning well in the PL.

 

[Weststander]

Until JPVH’s back, it looks like FH has stumbled upon:

Velts-Dunk-Igor-Estupinan
with CM cover

being pretty good.

 

[SeagullinExile]

Not sure that's true.
Seem to recall Baleba and Moder have been clocked as the quickest.

According to an article I read, Minteh is the 9th fastest player in the league?

Not sure how true that is

 

[AZ Gull]

I don't mind inverted full backs but they need to have a left foot. This guy doesn't. Last week against Chelsea, they locked him on the right wing and the only thing he could do was to turn back and pass the ball with his left foot to one of our CBs. But he didn't.. instead he sprinted towards our own goal to get the space to make a pass to Verbruggen with his right. That's bad enough if you play on the right but it doesn't work at all when playing on the left side.

Think it will take some time before we see Ferdi functioning well in the PL.

Where do you think Ferdi will end up being used?

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

I thought Mitoma was also very good in the first half - Welbeck will still be wondering how he didn't score a brace today.

Yes in fairness he was one of our better players in the first half but second half he went to another level, they were petrified of him.

 

[Mike Small]

Contary to what people were saying on the match day thread, I think Weiffer for Baleba was a good sub. Better positionally and less rash when we had our low block. Carlos gets the wrong side of players despite his fantastic athleticism.

 

[Invicta]

Pervis was immense. Great substitution!

 

[Is it PotG?]

Was sat with a Spuds fan in a different seat today, and he asked who Estupiñán was as he entered the pitch.
He spent the remainder of the game with expletives and face palm every time Pervis went near the ball dejected at how well he was playing.

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

Who else had that change, and that change alone, as the key to change the direction of the game?

Not me. He really was the reason we won as we looked AWFUL on that left, Ferdi looks shite atm. Will take some time to bed in.

 

[Albion 4ever]

Lets be honest that was the best Pervis has played since the last time we played Spurs at home, which was 10 months ago.