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Player watch: Timothy Eyoma

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Jul 16, 2004
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in the short-term .. highly unlikely, in the long-term .. imo still unlikely but not impossible. i like eyoma but i don't think there's any area of his game that is standout. he's not slow but he's not especially quick either, he's decent on the ball but not outstandingly so, he's a solid defender but still has a lot to learn(under poch he has scope to greatly improve here though). he's also quite short for a cb, people are often surprised when i say he's only 5'11, maybe it's because he's well built or has a decent leap that people don't notice his height so much.

i didn't mean for that to read quite so negatively as overall he is a good player, i'm just not sure i see a great player in him but he could(and hopefully will) prove me wrong. i should also add that for the majority of the past two years he's been playing as a right back where he has been ok but largely unspectacular, he's only just started to consistently play at cb again so he's still finding his bearings there.

On the flip side does he have any glaring holes in his game, beside a Toby my mum could play CB. Foyth looks good but likes to give the ref penalties descions.

Sometimes I often think unspectacular is good for a CB if your no noticing them on the pitch yet not conceding goals it normally means there reading the game well and putting out fires before you notice.
 

dondo

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On the flip side does he have any glaring holes in his game, beside a Toby my mum could play CB. Foyth looks good but likes to give the ref penalties descions.

Sometimes I often think unspectacular is good for a CB if your no noticing them on the pitch yet not conceding goals it normally means there reading the game well and putting out fires before you notice.



Davies does this.
Not always a good trate in a fullback going forward but I’ve been very impressed with Davies as a CB recently. His positioning and reading of the game is very good
 
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