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Offline Rudy Can't Fail

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe (SIGNED on loan again)
« Reply #285 on: September 02, 2018, 08:19:57 PM »
It's not really if you think about it.

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe (SIGNED on loan again)
« Reply #286 on: September 02, 2018, 08:22:49 PM »
If Bruce doesn't think Tuanzebe is good or strong enough to play centre back, then his lack of signings to strengthen that department on top of letting Elphick go is tantamount to gross negligence.  My concern now is that another manager might look at the squad and think that there's no way he's getting a tune out of that defence and give us a swerve.

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe (SIGNED on loan again)
« Reply #287 on: September 02, 2018, 08:29:15 PM »
Yes, it is. One 20 minute sub appearance doesn't mean he's good enough for the CL. Same as a few appearances in the PL for Kevin Toner didn't mean he was good enough for the PL. And I don't think he played CB in that appearance as he replaced Valencia.

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe (SIGNED on loan again)
« Reply #288 on: September 02, 2018, 08:38:28 PM »
The blokes a complete and utter fool. We have no centre backs and the bloke he’s signed is not up to it.

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe (SIGNED on loan again)
« Reply #289 on: September 02, 2018, 09:28:44 PM »
Yes, it is. One 20 minute sub appearance doesn't mean he's good enough for the CL. Same as a few appearances in the PL for Kevin Toner didn't mean he was good enough for the PL. And I don't think he played CB in that appearance as he replaced Valencia.

Nobody said he did or was. The only point of not is he is highly rated by Man Utd but they have twice as many centre halves as we have right backs. He's only played 8 games for them if you ignore friendlies this summer. Still, he's only 20 but what I struggle with is he seems to have been brought in to play right back. As a centre half he's more of your ball playing it out of defence than a hoof merchant, so it makes even less sense, at least right now with our current manager.

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe (SIGNED on loan again)
« Reply #290 on: September 07, 2018, 12:30:17 AM »
The blokes a complete and utter fool. We have no centre backs and the bloke he’s signed is not up to it.
Yep.

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe (SIGNED on loan again)
« Reply #291 on: September 12, 2018, 11:22:42 PM »
Question and answer with Tuanzebe on official site with such probing journalism as “What’s Jon Kodjia really like – looks a real character?” and “How good can Jack Grealish be?”.

They did forgot to ask “why oh why aren’t you playing centre half?”

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https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2018/09/12/one-on-one-axel-tuanzebe

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe (SIGNED on loan again)
« Reply #292 on: September 13, 2018, 01:20:54 AM »
Tuanzebe would be destroyed physically by Championship Center Forwards, he looks under the cosh just from wingers, the lad hasn't the heart yet for a physical battle, it would be murder having him center back.

The loan signing was poorly thought out. Atrocious management decisions again.

Yep.  I could have understood the decision to bring him back on loan if it was felt he had shown enough last season to suggest he would feature at centre half, but to bring him back and play him at right back where we already have four senior options there (three of them arguably better than him in that position) is inexplicable.  Bit like signing a substitute keeper on loan and him using up one of the matchday loan spots when there are gaping holes in the team. 

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe (SIGNED on loan again)
« Reply #293 on: September 14, 2018, 12:28:17 PM »
Might it be possible that United see him as a RB and have dictated that for the length of the loan that is where he should play and Bruce was just happy to have him back?

It seems the only credible reason behind keeping him at RB as he is not even the best one we have for that position

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe (SIGNED on loan again)
« Reply #294 on: September 14, 2018, 12:36:28 PM »
The decision to bring him back is so strange one might be tempted to think Bruce is on the take from Mancu.

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe (SIGNED on loan again)
« Reply #295 on: October 03, 2018, 12:42:09 PM »
By all accounts think he was decent yesterday and he showed nice appreciation towards the holte and respectful.
Think as centre back looked useful .
Also seemed to be involved in the 96th min penalty taking debate. I like that in some ways .

Anyway expect him to get a run especially with chester out

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe (SIGNED on loan again)
« Reply #296 on: October 23, 2018, 10:08:36 PM »
Excellent tonight, by miles our best player. It shows the absolute folly of Bruce playing Jedi in front of him.

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe (SIGNED on loan again)
« Reply #297 on: October 23, 2018, 10:52:44 PM »
Yep

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe (SIGNED on loan again)
« Reply #298 on: October 24, 2018, 03:34:01 PM »
Thought he had a good game last night.  Quick, strong and pretty composed throughout.     

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe (SIGNED on loan again)
« Reply #299 on: October 27, 2018, 06:35:44 PM »
Overall good again last night I thought. Composed on the ball, some nice improvised defending of the kind good centre backs need to be able to fall back on. As above, yet more evidence of the madness of king Steve.

 


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