18 Jan 2023 10:04:49
Ed1, I hope you are doing well mate. I'm not sure if you've done this yet but is there a chance we can get your views on Mudryk as a player and how you see him fit into the Chelsea team? From what I've seen, he looks damn exciting.

{Ed001's Note - I have said it a few times mate, I have not seen much of him (to be fair he hasn't yet played a lot of first team football to see a lot of) but what I have seen has looked really good. Looks quick, technically excellent but obviously it is a risk paying so much for someone after only about 60 games (I think it is) at first team level. He stood out as head and shoulders above his team mates though.}

1.) 18 Jan 2023
18 Jan 2023 14:16:14
€62m and I’d hazard as guess ( pray to god ) his an improvement on pulisic ziyech, sterling, and if bonus kick in, it’s means we’ve won PL or CL, wages reported £97k a week too unlike reported £300k + sterling getting .

Have you seen much of Madueke ( psg winger ) heavily linked, not got great injury recorded, young / English,

{Ed001's Note - if Pulisic could only stay fit he would be a quality player, but that if is a huge if unfortunately.

I have seen a fair bit of Madueke, because I watched PSV a fair bit over the last couple of seasons with Gakpo being linked to a lot of people. Madueke I noticed mainly because his middle name is the same as my first name, so I did take an interest in him. He looked ok, but I always seemed to catch games when Gakpo was central and the team was a bit messed up. In fact he was more impressive than Gakpo in those games, though the commentators would continually stress how Gakpo was better from wide areas. But the team as a whole was not playing well in those games, he does look direct and pacey, plus looked good technically. Hard to be 100% as he was given a lot of time and space, far too much to be honest, so I didn't get to see if he still had the nice technique under pressure like he would be under in England. Overall though, he was certainly the one I would have said to take another look at in the PSV team other than Gakpo. He did look like the kind of player you could see being successful in England.}

2.) 18 Jan 2023
18 Jan 2023 14:53:40
That’s issue with pulisic, gets a knock, comes back needs few games to look a threat, gets a knock, is out, comes back, repeat,
I watch a lot of football, bits from all over, I find it almost impossible to see a player play well and compare his talent to the league or opposition, the Dutch league is difficult, German league is impossible as attackers look too quality, Italy seems slower, must be so hard for scouts,

3.) 18 Jan 2023
18 Jan 2023 17:39:55
Thanks Ed, appreciate your response. Hopefully Mudryk settles in nicely and we can see a resurgence up the table very soon.

{Ed001's Note - very welcome CFCS. I think you will be fine now Potter is starting to get his feet under the table. I am sure you will be looking up the table this season.

And for Matt, sorry mate I never edited your last reply, but I totally agree, it is very difficult. Sometimes a player looks outstanding in one league but then can't cope in another. I did think that about Louis Suarez before he joined Liverpool. I didn't think his nutmegs and rebounds against opponents would work in the higher quality Prem from the Eredivisie. If anything it seemed to work better as players were tighter and so found it more difficult to react to his touches and ended up left looking stupid.

That was a lesson learnt, that it is not just about quality but way of playing that you need to look at. Then you have to factor in the team they are playing for and way of playing, is it helping or hindering him? Then, on top of that, you then have to consider the style of the team that you are looking at him for. A scouts job is hard. I think they are massively underpaid for the job they are doing and that will always hold clubs back from getting the chance of getting the best. It is not exactly a job that attracts anyone in football as a first choice, that is doing it as a career. The renumeration is so poor that most people are going to look elsewhere for a career.}

4.) 18 Jan 2023
18 Jan 2023 18:37:46
Good thread and thanks for your input Ed.

{Ed001's Note - very welcome Tom.}