Amadou Onana

[Somniloquism]

I liked that in all his post match interviews the first thing he said about the goal was how good the delivery was. Tielemans on corners possibly better than Dougie?

Not sure if better then Luiz or whether having someone like Onana means the ball in doesn't have to be spot on. I also was surprised the Spam keeper stayed on his line. But when someone stated the other day that we would miss Luiz on set-pieces, I did think that was one of his skills we had enough people to replace for. 

[AV84]

Onana said afterwards too that they'd spent like an hour in the last training session practicing the set piece(s), so it's likely a combination of things rather than Tielemans being better than Luiz, but like you say, I don't think it's an area we'll specifically miss him in.

[Chris Smith]

I liked that in all his post match interviews the first thing he said about the goal was how good the delivery was. Tielemans on corners possibly better than Dougie?

Maybe, but it was the movement from others that created the space for his free header as much as the decent delivery. Being 6 ft 5 helped too.

[OCD]

Made me laugh when that Izzy Christiansen said that Onana had given a secret away, that our set pieces are built around him. I think opponents could work out that we would build set pieces around the giant 6 foot 5 player.

[AV84]

I liked that in all his post match interviews the first thing he said about the goal was how good the delivery was. Tielemans on corners possibly better than Dougie?

Maybe, but it was the movement from others that created the space for his free header as much as the decent delivery. Being 6 ft 5 helped too.

Yeah, he mentioned too when praised for the space he was in, that it was Morgan's job to create that space for him. He literally said he's the designated target for corners, so I expect to see him marked more closely now.

It was a good move all round and I like that he praised the others involved. Maybe if he'd been here last season Dougie would have delivered the same ball.

[DrGonzo]

Good strt for the big lad.  His range of passing doesn't look great but he's clearly aware of this and tends to opt for the simple lay off to allow others to do the lifting.  Solid in both boxes.  Good signing for me.

[darren woolley]

I'm pleased to see him score his goal I think he will be a very good signing.

[Astnor]

Got some healthy self-belief this young man - as I saw it in an interview. Using the frase "the West Ham boys" about them in an especially self-confident manner I thought.

[brontebilly]

I liked that in all his post match interviews the first thing he said about the goal was how good the delivery was. Tielemans on corners possibly better than Dougie?

Maybe, but it was the movement from others that created the space for his free header as much as the decent delivery. Being 6 ft 5 helped too.

Bit of a sneaky foul from Bailey too if you watch closely, dragging Kilman I think. Surprised more not made of it. Onana bullied Antonio and their keeper didn't fancy going up against him. A few of our keepers in the distant past were similarly suspect in such situations.

[Dogtanian]

There’s no secrets in the Premier League. As soon as Onana scored that header he’s a marked man from then on.

Which is fine, because if you focus on him, someone else is freed up to be a threat and we have a guy who’s job it us to work out new routines.

[Smithy]

There’s no secrets in the Premier League. As soon as Onana scored that header he’s a marked man from then on.

Which is fine, because if you focus on him, someone else is freed up to be a threat and we have a guy who’s job it us to work out new routines.

That's it for me.  If he ends up having two players focussing on challenging him in the air, and trying to block him, that means fewer people looking at everyone else in the box. How long till we have a clever set-piece where he makes a run and the ball doesn't come in the air and a couple of quick passes sees us passing it to an unmarked player in the box for an unchallegenged shot at goal?

Or he just proves to be brilliant in the air and we keep getting set-piece goals thanks to him.  Win-win as far as I'm concerned :-)

[Monty]

How good's his English by the way! Is he a sneaky native speaker? It's exceptional.

[Risso]

How good's his English by the way! Is he a sneaky native speaker? It's exceptional.

and where's the slight South London accent come from?

[Brazilian Villain]

How good's his English by the way! Is he a sneaky native speaker? It's exceptional.

He spent two seasons at Everton.

[Monty]

So his dad's from Cameroon, maybe from the Anglophone area.