The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 31st May

[Luka Van der Bale]

You can add Walker and plenty of absolute failures to that list as well.

Scouting is not as important as people think anyway, mostly because everyone knows everyone these days. Buying players involves a lot more than that. Mostly risk valuation, does player x fit in with the team we are trying to create etc.

It is, also, easier for worse teams to make risks. This is because a worse team can buy an established 6 million player but struggles to compete with bigger clubs for a £10m player which means they are more willing to pay £10m for a player who might be worth even more or might be a complete flop. For a club like tottenham it is easier to just buy the player who is already proven. What we need to do this window is get world class players in, but we are not big enough to buy already established world class players, so we need to take a risk on a couple of £20m players.

Risk evaluation is still a part of scouting.

 

[rebrab]

Quick google says Andreas Cornelius. No idea who he is, but I didnt know who Michu or Benteke were either so...

 

[Snarfalicious]

Quick google says Andreas Cornelius. No idea who he is, but I didnt know who Michu or Benteke were either so...

Really good, physically imposing young player.

Borussia Dortmund are interested, which in and of itself is a compliment to his potential.

 

[Flynn]

livermore is a championship player at best. surprised stoke are even interested...but then again hughes is now their manager.

Have you not watched Stoke, Sunderland, West Ham, Villa, Fulham, Liverpool much this season? Livermore could carve himself out a decent career and become a regular for any of these lower end mid table clubs.

 

[rebrab]

Really good, physically imposing young player.

Borussia Dortmund are interested, which in and of itself is a compliment to his potential.

Have you seen him play? If so, is he physically imposing in a way reminiscent of Lukaku, or did he just grow up early like Conor Wickham?

 

[gilzeantheking]

I remember one of the Danish posters on COYS raving about him last year I think.

 

[cosmund]

Agreed, for a player who doesn't make a forward past he can't expect to do any better than Stoke.

Maybe if he wasn't so worried about making a forward pass and didn't mind taking a risk that he may give the ball away it would improve him as a player but he hasn't progressed at all in the last few seasons.

He does occasionally make forward passes, 90% miss though.

 

[Berglad]

Really good, physically imposing young player.

Borussia Dortmund are interested, which in and of itself is a compliment to his potential.

Yeah he's a pretty hot prospect at the moment, seems like a perfect 3rd choice/backup but as Rebrab says that may not be what he's looking for.

 

[We'llWinThePrem]

Cornelius has 86 strength on Fifa

 

[gilzeantheking]

a_esbech the poster on COYS did a report on him a while ago. I've started a player thread with this in.

 

[gpatrick]

I was thinking somewhere hotter and quite a lot further south than there, but yes I suppose the Brighton job would make sense for him.

Sorry for the WTF rating - fat iPhone fingers

 

[talkshowhost86]

Sorry for the WTF rating - fat iPhone fingers

Lolz

 

[$hoguN]

Cornelius has 86 strength on Fifa

Because that is the real metric we judge players by

 

[Stupid like a fox]

Because that is the real metric we judge players by

He looks good on FM as well

 

[Snarfalicious]

Have you seen him play? If so, is he physically imposing in a way reminiscent of Lukaku, or did he just grow up early like Conor Wickham?

I watched him a few months ago in a WC Qualifier against Czech Republic. His goal was awesome in that. A rocket to the top right corner. If you see him, he does look a bit like Lukaku in body type given that he's got some bulk but he carries it well, but he's not some lumbering oaf.

He's also looking like Denmark's first-choice striker moving forward.

 

[C0YS]

Risk evaluation is still a part of scouting.

sure, but considering their are companies which basically scout for clubs already and whatnot scouting has a lot more to do with looking at small details and most importantly is this player a fit for the club or not.

 

[ryantegan]

Cornielius is the sort of player that Ajax tends to snap up early. This would be a good sign if we can become that club

 

[Sum Monsterism]

A-ndreas Cornelius?

 

[cosmund]

I watched him a few months ago in a WC Qualifier against Czech Republic. His goal was awesome in that. A rocket to the top right corner. If you see him, he does look a bit like Lukaku in body type given that he's got some bulk but he carries it well, but he's not some lumbering oaf.

He's also looking like Denmark's first-choice striker moving forward.

Jake's stats on ariel duels are not impressive at all. successful rate is less than 40% as i remember...

 

[DiscoD1882]

You are misinformed.
He regularly takes the tube.
And, rather than vaulting the barrier, he simply walked calmly under it, just as he does every other day.




He's not very tall.
And bald.
And likes saving money.

ive heard he walks through it....... ah no thats Sandro. like terminator 2.