Brown Nose
Well-Known Member
Dunno if I'm missing some genius performances from him that others have seen, but he seemed to me against Watford to be the epitome of a 'fish out of water'. Reports from the reserves haven't exactly raved about him either.
He clearly knows nothing of the European style of football. He will take several months training/playing in reserve fixtures to be ready for the Championship. We'll not know for a long time whether he's any good or not.
I look at it a bit like sending someone like Kisnorbo to play in Brazil. Amongst the many adjustments required, he'd have to learn to pass the ball.
Kaebi has to learn the ugly side of our game; the tracking back, positional play etc. In order to do this, he needs to be able to understand what we're trying to teach him, and want to do it.
All in all I think it was a pretty dumb transfer to do. We're not well equipped to deal with someone like Kaebi (as Birch's intention to take him out on the piss emphasises). If he appears in a few months and takes the place by storm, I'll be the first to hold my hands up. However, his poor performances for his own National side in recent games (such as the Asia Cup where he only got 45 mins and then was taken off for being shite) suggest that he's extremely average.
He clearly knows nothing of the European style of football. He will take several months training/playing in reserve fixtures to be ready for the Championship. We'll not know for a long time whether he's any good or not.
I look at it a bit like sending someone like Kisnorbo to play in Brazil. Amongst the many adjustments required, he'd have to learn to pass the ball.
Kaebi has to learn the ugly side of our game; the tracking back, positional play etc. In order to do this, he needs to be able to understand what we're trying to teach him, and want to do it.
All in all I think it was a pretty dumb transfer to do. We're not well equipped to deal with someone like Kaebi (as Birch's intention to take him out on the piss emphasises). If he appears in a few months and takes the place by storm, I'll be the first to hold my hands up. However, his poor performances for his own National side in recent games (such as the Asia Cup where he only got 45 mins and then was taken off for being shite) suggest that he's extremely average.
