sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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I neither like nor dislike him as I dont know him but as a player I think he is poor and offers us nothing IMHO he is Div 2 standard possibly Div 1 and that would be the reason Chelsea saw no future for him, not that that is a guarantee for the future. If somebody could point out his plus points I would be interested. He is weak in the air, cant tackle and cant pass more than 3 yds so what is left.
You're right. Being released by Chelsea means absolutely zilch about a player's ability to perform for Brighton. I'm glad you recognised that and it's a redundant point, as is your claim that he's "div 2 standard" as if that's even a quantifiable thing rather than a random biased claim that you've sprouted to back up an already weak point.
And you're right, it is a humble opinion. And one based in ignorance. Just a few statistics for you. Last season in his 23 starts and 9 sub appearances, Ince made the second most tackles per game of anyone in our squad. He made the third most interceptions. He made the fifth most clearances. He also got 2 assists which was only bettered by 6 players within the squad - only Colunga got 4 assists and the other five players ahead of him got 3 assists each. Admittedly his pass completion rate wasn't brilliant at only 80% but then again Kayal only completed 81% of his passes and many would consider passing his strength...
Now understandably, his numbers have dropped off this year, but as 2 seconds online would tell you (or, you know, thinking about it logically) that's because he's started 1 game and been a sub in 11... How any player can build a rhythm with that little amount of football is beyond me. That fans are saying he's not good enough when there's evidence to the contrary reflects badly on them too.
Basically, there's a player there to be developed for a more progressive, less pragmatic manager than Hughton, and I find it worrying as a supporter that we're disregarding a young player in Ince who still has potential to develop on the basis that we want to bring in a 33 year old who only has 5 starts and 8 sub appearances to his name in 2 years!