Which players have impressed you this season?

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Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by Newcastleclaret93 » Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:57 am

A bit of fun for the international break.

Which players in the premier league have surprised/impressed you?

I will go with:
Ardinga at Brighton, he looks like another top talent found for relatively low money.
Sarr at Spurs, just a midfield powerhouse.
Declan Rice, got to say I doubted he would improve that Arsenal midfield but he looks to have stepped up and might take them to the next level.
Diaby at Villa, hit the ground running looks like arguably signing of the summer.

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by jedi_master » Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:06 am

Anthony Gordon has improved enormously in my opinion from the diving little squirt that we saw play for Everton against us.
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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by Newcastleclaret93 » Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:20 am

jedi_master wrote:
Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:06 am
Anthony Gordon has improved enormously in my opinion from the diving little squirt that we saw play for Everton against us.
Great shout, he’s been really impressive.

Il throw on old name out there, but I think McNeil has also been a big reason for Everton’s change in form.

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by ervi34 » Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:40 am

Alvarez would probably be a main player at any club other than City. Can't believe he is not even a guaranteed starter when everyone is available.

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by burnley007 » Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:43 am

Koleosho.

;-)

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by Swizzlestick » Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:46 am

A fair few in that Spurs team, particularly Udogie, who appears to have come from nowhere.

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by Papabendi » Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:51 am

Maddison the signing of the summer.

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by ervi34 » Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:58 am

Swizzlestick wrote:
Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:46 am
A fair few in that Spurs team, particularly Udogie, who appears to have come from nowhere.
Their GK also looks good, especially because he was shaky during pre-season.

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by Newcastleclaret93 » Mon Oct 09, 2023 1:03 pm

Swizzlestick wrote:
Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:46 am
A fair few in that Spurs team, particularly Udogie, who appears to have come from nowhere.
Great shout as well.

I agree very much came from knowhere and is now arguably one of the best left backs in the league

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by RVclaret » Mon Oct 09, 2023 1:24 pm

Eze seems to have gone up another level this season. Enjoy watching him.

Maddison arguably the signing with the biggest impact at a club so far.

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by CoolClaret » Mon Oct 09, 2023 1:31 pm

Other than those mentioned:

Lyle Foster - our Soweto Superstar looks every bit a Premier League number 9.

Saliba - world class centre half.

James Ward-Prowse - West Ham haven’t felt the absence of Rice one bit.

Joachim Anderson - probably the best centre half outside of the ‘top 4’

Dominik Szoboszlai - think he will take a bit longer to truly get up to the full speed of the Premier League but I think he’s brilliant

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Mon Oct 09, 2023 1:36 pm

Van de Ven looks very composed for 22 yr old and his partnership with Romero looks really good.
Maddison he has been that good so far even Southgate has to pick him
Neto & Conor Gallagher have both been better than I thought they were this season when I have seen them

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by Newcastleclaret93 » Mon Oct 09, 2023 1:55 pm

CoolClaret wrote:
Mon Oct 09, 2023 1:31 pm
Other than those mentioned:

Lyle Foster - our Soweto Superstar looks every bit a Premier League number 9.

Saliba - world class centre half.

James Ward-Prowse - West Ham haven’t felt the absence of Rice one bit.

Joachim Anderson - probably the best centre half outside of the ‘top 4’

Dominik Szoboszlai - think he will take a bit longer to truly get up to the full speed of the Premier League but I think he’s brilliant
I actually think Palace have the best CB pairing outside the top 6.
Not Anderson and Geuhi could easily step up IMHO

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by CoolClaret » Mon Oct 09, 2023 1:56 pm

Newcastleclaret93 wrote:
Mon Oct 09, 2023 1:55 pm
I actually think Palace have the best CB pairing outside the top 6.
Not Anderson and Geuhi could easily step up IMHO
Agreed. They’re a brilliant partnership

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by bobinho » Mon Oct 09, 2023 5:20 pm

Brunn Larsen. Looks the real deal for me….

And Foster. Yeah, he’s very good indeed that lad.

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by jojomk1 » Mon Oct 09, 2023 5:40 pm

The lad Doku at City has come from nowhere
Looks a good player

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by jojomk1 » Mon Oct 09, 2023 5:43 pm

bobinho wrote:
Mon Oct 09, 2023 5:20 pm
Brunn Larsen. Looks the real deal for me….
Hard to say given he hasn't been given much of a chance by VK
Scoring a great winning goal at Luton counts for nothing it would seem
Looks more a player up for the fight than Tresor without a doubt

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by xxmunkyennuixx » Mon Oct 09, 2023 5:50 pm

Two more experienced players that have started the season very well:

Trips is in really good form. He's in the latter half of his career but is fundamental to the success of the Newcastle team.

Sterling is about the only player looking vaguely top half a dysfunctional Chelsea team. It was a very bad defeat on Saturday, they are currently abject.

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by jdrobbo » Mon Oct 09, 2023 7:32 pm

Van de Ven
Andersen
Baleba (looks a potential step up to Caicedo)
Vicario
Gallagher
Burn
Mitoma
Rice
Bowen (again)
Gibbs-White
Neto
Maddison
McGinn

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by Newcastleclaret93 » Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:18 pm

jdrobbo wrote:
Mon Oct 09, 2023 7:32 pm
Van de Ven
Andersen
Baleba (looks a potential step up to Caicedo)
Vicario
Gallagher
Burn
Mitoma
Rice
Bowen (again)
Gibbs-White
Neto
Maddison
McGinn
Can’t argue with any of them

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by boatshed bill » Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:19 pm

Foster!!!
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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by timshorts » Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:22 pm

Tompkins at centre, thankfully as the back-ups have looked pretty poor. Rio dyer winger off the bench. The argentine winger who looks almost as fast as zammo.
Fraser Thomas at merthyr.
Devon witherspoon at nickel. I mean, yes, I drafted him thinking he'd be good, but holy crapp, he's just insane. The realisation that brock purdie wasn't just a flash in the pan.

Agree with Gordon, foster, szc etc. and a few others, but somehow the Premier league and all of its whinging, cheating, var nonsense isn't doing it for me this year yet

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by Inchy » Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:27 pm

Although we made it relatively easy for him, I thought sterling was very impressive

Surprised he wasn’t in the England squad, particularly after his good performances at the World Cup

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by karatekid » Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:45 pm

Matty Cash at Villa

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by Hipper » Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:16 am

Bellegard at Wolves.

The team that's consistently impressed me with the quality and entertainment of their play is Liverpool.

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by Dark Cloud » Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:10 pm

boatshed bill wrote:
Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:19 pm
Foster!!!
This.

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by IanMcL » Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:29 pm

Lots of potential. Cohesive unit not yet in action. You can't write off so many games, in the Prem and still come good. Puts pressure on these young players to perform. They won't all survive that.

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by claretburns » Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:58 am

Pau Torres

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by Newcastleclaret93 » Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:03 am

claretburns wrote:
Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:58 am
Pau Torres
I think for 27m he is looking like a good bit of business for villa.

Could quite easily sell for double that in the summer on current performances

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by CharlieinNewMexico » Wed Oct 11, 2023 4:58 pm

Brighton paid 27m for Balega after 20 or so often sub appearances in France. They do not mess about if they see potential.

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by ClaretTony » Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:32 pm

Inchy wrote:
Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:27 pm
Although we made it relatively easy for him, I thought sterling was very impressive

Surprised he wasn’t in the England squad, particularly after his good performances at the World Cup
We made it beyond relatively easy for him, we gave him half of the pitch to play in.

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Re: Which players have impressed you this season?

Post by dougcollins » Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:45 pm

karatekid wrote:
Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:45 pm
Matty Cash at Villa
Good game against us, my Villa mate calls him 'the epitome of inconsistency'.

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