Iago Falque

[Bizness]

When was he shit just out of interest as against Norwich some say he was motm and in Europa he looked good and got praise from AVB before being injured for half a season

So good we loaned him to a Spanish second division team. Waste of space.

 

[thfc1989]

This, it sounded like speaking to the manager was the issue but having the guy who played you in the youth team till the first team does help

He speaks fluent English, I saw him interviewed during the u21s

 

[beats1]

if that was the case i'm sure there'd be a queue of clubs knocking the door down to sign him from us?.. there is not.. as I said no room for sentiment if we want a squad that's going to challenge.

Im sorry but that is the case nothing there was opinion except how good other people have said this season he has been. There is no sentiment as I have said he is worth keeping and being loaned out to a top la liga club. As for queue of clubs wanting him, there isn't any players that leave the leave the segunda for abroad other than flops back to south america or players that are owned by Barca and Madrid. Nearly all of segunda players that perform well go to La liga, problem is none of the la liege clubs can afford to buy him as they are all selling to pay off huge debts and Almeria has said that he isn't available as they made a enquiry to us.

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

So good we loaned him to a Spanish second division team. Waste of space.

And what level was the lad Deulofeu playing last season? I've never seen the lad play BUT it seems he's far from a waste of space. Surely, though, he must be if he was only playing at the same level as Falque was?

 

[MirinJaw]

And what level was the lad Deulofeu playing last season? I've never seen the lad play BUT it seems he's far from a waste of space. Surely, though, he must be if he was only playing at the same level as Falque was?

imagine what a waste of space all the players we have sent to Swindon must be then :O league 1 surely level or 3 behind the second division of spanish football?
(which is why i have no clue why we sent Pritchard there )

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

imagine what a waste of space all the players we have sent to Swindon must be then :O league 1 surely level or 3 behind the second division of spanish football?
(which is why i have no clue why we sent Pritchard there )

Though I get your point and agree with it 100%, I've analysed the loans to Swindon in great detail & depth (well I've thought about it in my head, lol). Although the level/standard may not be the best, the sheer fact that we have multiple players (hopefully) all playing together in the same team, but in a competitive environment, could well be the springboard they all need to bounce them up to the required level that will see them pushing for a future spot in the THFC squad.

 

[MirinJaw]

Though I get your point and agree with it 100%, I've analysed the loans to Swindon in great detail & depth (well I've thought about it in my head, lol). Although the level/standard may not be the best, the sheer fact that we have multiple players (hopefully) all playing together in the same team, but in a competitive environment, could well be the springboard they all need to bounce them up to the required level that will see them pushing for a future spot in the THFC squad.

i agree with most the loans we sent there i just personally feel having watched quite a lot of Pritchard last season that he is definitely a better player than league 1.
The only thing that could work in his favour playing in league 1 is possibly he will become a stronger player after taking kicks from players with a lot less ability the rest of the players i feel probably ain't ready for a bigger team (maybe Luongo is too but ain't really watched much of him)

 

[beats1]

And what level was the lad Deulofeu playing last season? I've never seen the lad play BUT it seems he's far from a waste of space. Surely, though, he must be if he was only playing at the same level as Falque was?

The quality difference between La Liga and Segunda isn't much and that is shown by the fact that Villarreal barely making it back up after relegation and the amount of players that have taken la liga by storm during their first season there. I would say championship teams are better but Segunda teams play much more like a team and tactically are good going forward but Segunda has more potential in terms of players being stars. Most of the barca team including Messi have played in the league.

Barca in fact have changed their philosophy lately which has caused them problems with likes of Thiago, Barca understand their team is much stronger than it was when Messi and Xavi broke through. They are saying to their youth players you will be in you mid to late twenties when you break in and take over from the likes of xavi, Iniesta and Messi. The problem is none of these players are prepared to wait, which is fair enough and so Barca is trying to do a balancing act of having players as back ups(serge roberto and Tello), loaned out(rafinha and Deulofeu) and having buy back clauses(Romeu and Bojan)

 

[Strikeb4ck]

i agree with most the loans we sent there i just personally feel having watched quite a lot of Pritchard last season that he is definitely a better player than league 1.
The only thing that could work in his favour playing in league 1 is possibly he will become a stronger player after taking kicks from players with a lot less ability the rest of the players i feel probably ain't ready for a bigger team (maybe Luongo is too but ain't really watched much of him)

Agree, but I'm worried with Pritchard, hopefully this doesn't piss him off and make him want to leave, after this loan season there's only a year on his contract so if he is mad at the club then we might be forced to selling one of our biggest talents for a very cheap price.

 

[beats1]

i agree with most the loans we sent there i just personally feel having watched quite a lot of Pritchard last season that he is definitely a better player than league 1.
The only thing that could work in his favour playing in league 1 is possibly he will become a stronger player after taking kicks from players with a lot less ability the rest of the players i feel probably ain't ready for a bigger team (maybe Luongo is too but ain't really watched much of him)

I think the reason we sent them there is more to do with us getting them promoted and them getting developed slowly in my post above I have said that barca are producing players to break in to their first team in their mid to late twenties, I presume we are doing the same thing tbh and have players with us during their prime. Though it does piss me off seeing player our lads out perform do well for United, Arsenal and even Chelsea

 

[beats1]

Agree, but I'm worried with Pritchard, hopefully this doesn't piss him off and make him want to leave, after this loan season there's only a year on his contract so if he is mad at the club then we might be forced to selling one of our biggest talents for a very cheap price.

having that extra year shows how much we value him as most clubs don't even give 2 year deals if they aren't going to be first team players in that time, Pritchard, Luongo and Mason are easily championship players or even above

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

i agree with most the loans we sent there i just personally feel having watched quite a lot of Pritchard last season that he is definitely a better player than league 1.
The only thing that could work in his favour playing in league 1 is possibly he will become a stronger player after taking kicks from players with a lot less ability the rest of the players i feel probably ain't ready for a bigger team (maybe Luongo is too but ain't really watched much of him)

Once again, agree on both respects. Pritchard has looked like a real 'stand out' player, each time I've had the fortune of watching him (though I admit that really isn't lots at all). Funny you mention Lluongo, he's one I rate very highly indeed & hoped he'd be kept with our squad this season & get rid of Parker, Livermore & Huddlestone. I think Lluongo is not far from the complete packege, he can tackle, can spray the passes around, has tenacity in abundance, excellent delivery if around the edge of the box & has an end product to pretty much everything he does.

Just my opinion, though, and certainly not open for discussion in this particular section of the site .. As for Falque, I feel sorry for the lad & wish he'd be given a chance to show what he can do in amongst our 1st team players. I've certainly never seen him look out of his depth when provided with such an opportunity.

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

The quality difference between La Liga and Segunda isn't much and that is shown by the fact that Villarreal barely making it back up after relegation and the amount of players that have taken la liga by storm during their first season there. I would say championship teams are better but Segunda teams play much more like a team and tactically are good going forward but Segunda has more potential in terms of players being stars. Most of the barca team including Messi have played in the league.

Barca in fact have changed their philosophy lately which has caused them problems with likes of Thiago, Barca understand their team is much stronger than it was when Messi and Xavi broke through. They are saying to their youth players you will be in you mid to late twenties when you break in and take over from the likes of xavi, Iniesta and Messi. The problem is none of these players are prepared to wait, which is fair enough and so Barca is trying to do a balancing act of having players as back ups(serge roberto and Tello), loaned out(rafinha and Deulofeu) and having buy back clauses(Romeu and Bojan)

Not much I can say in response to that, beats. Just a quality post

 

[easley91]

imagine what a waste of space all the players we have sent to Swindon must be then :O league 1 surely level or 3 behind the second division of spanish football?
(which is why i have no clue why we sent Pritchard there )

League 1 is a much higher standard than given credit for. Very competitive league where mostly teams take points off each other. Good football is played, goals are scored, they get used to heckles from the crowd and enjoy the banter. There's a lot more to it than meets the eye.

 

[MirinJaw]

League 1 is a much higher standard than given credit for. Very competitive league where mostly teams take points off each other. Good football is played, goals are scored, they get used to heckles from the crowd and enjoy the banter. There's a lot more to it than meets the eye.

i agree it is a better standard than given credit for that part of my post was actually sarcasm as someone above said Falque is a waste of space having played second division of spanish football which having watched Falque often he is in no way a waste of space and a very underrated talent.
Ripped Chelseas u21's a new one on the right wing too which is good considering AVB likes his players to play more than 1 position we are told .

 

[ClintEastwould]

couldve used this fella last season. same as our criminal lack of utilization of piennar/gio the one before

 

[Bizness]

And what level was the lad Deulofeu playing last season? I've never seen the lad play BUT it seems he's far from a waste of space. Surely, though, he must be if he was only playing at the same level as Falque was?

I must've missed the part where Deulofeu is all of a sudden world class and banging them in week in, week out for Barca. Let's see if he can get in Everton's team. Falque couldn't get in ours and he's supposedly better at present.

Deulofeu = 19
Falque = 23 (and had a fair few clubs now)

 

[Geronimo897]

couldve used this fella last season. same as our criminal lack of utilization of piennar/gio the one before

Perhaps if we could have dragged Gio out of the nightclub to make training it may have helped.

 

[Blake Griffin]

i like falque, decent intelligent player, good technicque, can pick a pass and link play. we don't seem to have a place for players like that in the current side though.

 

[tommyt]

i went to norwich away in the cup last season and he was the best player on the pitch. what does this tell us? i don't know, but i thought i'd post it anyway.

Every dog has it's day?