Quote from: brontebilly on September 17, 2025, 08:35:24 AMHe was caught on his heels constantly. This is by far his biggest issue. I don’t know whether it’s confidence, attitude or talent. I’d imagine being left out of the CL squad could have had a huge hit on the first two.
He was caught on his heels constantly.
Every time something didn’t work out for him last night - lost the ball, duff pass, whatever - his instant reaction was to stand there hands on hips rather than to track back or whatever the situation required. I thought his body language looked awful, not that of a player fighting for a regular place in the team.
Quote from: john e on September 17, 2025, 09:19:11 AMI like him but his form has collapsed like a lot of others I think he's lost confidence a bit from hardly ever starting games.He is still a regular in the Dutch squad but you have to think that would be a doubt if he continues not playing much and missing out on the World Cup would be devastating and sum up his move.I think he'll go out on loan in January.A year ago he was starting for Dortmund away to Real Madrid in CL. From just the first 30 seconds of this you can see what a fully confident Malen can do against top level defence:&t=29s
I like him but his form has collapsed like a lot of others
Quote from: Walmley_Villa on September 17, 2025, 12:40:26 PMThe press reports that we would have moved him on to get other targets in the Summer won't have done his confidence or motivation any good.I didn't see that, was it widely speculated that he was for sale?Regardless, the club are quoted as being honest with all players about whether they're for sale or not so you'd hope press speculation isn't a factor.
The press reports that we would have moved him on to get other targets in the Summer won't have done his confidence or motivation any good.
