The problems last night were not down to Castillo. He was not a liability last night, Gilbey and Morgan posed more risk to our ability to withstand MKD. I thought Gilbey was especially useless.
Thought he did ok, under the circumstances. I think we're prone to getting a bit hysterical when things are going wrong, and some of the criticism of his performance on the post match thread, and low marks on the player's marks thread, were a bit OTT.
Thought he looked a bit nondescript and unadventurous until late on when he decided to try and take people on. Too early to make a definitive judgement on him, but I'd mark him 5 or 6 on last night's showing
Thought he looked a bit nondescript and unadventurous until late on when he decided to try and take people on. Too early to make a definitive judgement on him, but I'd mark him 5 or 6 on last night's showing
He got better after Lee came on and created more space.
Watched him in the under 23s and he got forward and crossed well including an assist.
Also took good right wing corners. Left foot inswingers.
Having seen him play for the under 23s a couple of weeks ago I couldn't believe he wasn't in the team yesterday (or at least on the bench).
He is fit and strong now. Good runs and crosses. Good inswinging corners with his left foot. Defended well too against a strong Norwich side.
Exactly the type of player that the management don’t like. To get in the first team you have to be prone to injury, ponderous, let your opponent run at you unchallenged and be able to pass the ball out of play.
Having seen him play for the under 23s a couple of weeks ago I couldn't believe he wasn't in the team yesterday (or at least on the bench).
He is fit and strong now. Good runs and crosses. Good inswinging corners with his left foot. Defended well too against a strong Norwich side.
Exactly the type of player that the management don’t like. To get in the first team you have to be prone to injury, ponderous, let your opponent run at you unchallenged and be able to pass the ball out of play.
When Dasilva and Maatsen first played for us, they immediately showed attacking flair on another level to our existing full backs. Indeed for a young full back, attacking flair is usually easier to master than the defensive side
When Dasilva and Maatsen first played for us, they immediately showed attacking flair on another level to our existing full backs. Indeed for a young full back, attacking flair is usually easier to master than the defensive side
Castillo showed none of that individual flair
Right now I’ll settle for someone who can at least play a bit. He’s hardly had a proper run in the side, and playing against a fairly rampant MK Dons side is probably not the ideal occasion to be trying to show off your attacking flair, unfortunately. I’d like to see a bit more of him before judging.
Must be pretty difficult playing when the atmosphere is turning toxic (‘we’re effing sh1t’ song can’t help) and the club’s on a losing run. I think we as fans need to be a bit more patient sometimes.
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He was not a liability last night, Gilbey and Morgan posed more risk to our ability to withstand MKD.
I thought Gilbey was especially useless.
I think we're prone to getting a bit hysterical when things are going wrong, and some of the criticism of his performance on the post match thread, and low marks on the player's marks thread, were a bit OTT.
Too early to make a definitive judgement on him, but I'd mark him 5 or 6 on last night's showing
Watched him in the under 23s and he got forward and crossed well including an assist.
Also took good right wing corners. Left foot inswingers.
I'll tell you one thing though. (And don't forget you heard it here first!) He won't break into the Chelsea first team.
Castillo showed none of that individual flair
I think we as fans need to be a bit more patient sometimes.