TijuanaTim Posted 21 June, 2011 Posted 21 June, 2011 ...for Saints youth and or reserves? Can you tell us Saints here in LA what to expect? Strengths and areas for improvement?
Give it to Ron Posted 21 June, 2011 Posted 21 June, 2011 I have ...big strong lad , good in the air, strong tackler. distribution was the one area he looked bit weak on.
The9 Posted 21 June, 2011 Posted 21 June, 2011 Only a couple of times for the reserves about 2-3 years ago, and really, nothing to add to that. He was mostly competent in a centre-back kind of way and I'm quite surprised he's got as far as he has.
ant Posted 21 June, 2011 Posted 21 June, 2011 Just seen this on Wikipedia (yes I know, I know - it's backed up by a semi-credible source though): Nearing the end of his contract with Southampton, he was approached by MLS who signed him to a 4-year deal before entering him in to a weighted lottery that would allocate him to a single participating MLS club. Real Salt Lake were the winners of the lottery and immediately signed him to their roster. Wow, I didn't realise that was what happened to him. Different world!
Marsdinho Posted 21 June, 2011 Posted 21 June, 2011 The fact that he got no where near the 1st team during, perhaps, our worst period, should say a lot... Look at the people that did play during that time!!!!
Pugwash Posted 21 June, 2011 Posted 21 June, 2011 Saw him play a couple of times, quite reasonable. Didn't he have a serious injury that kept him out for a season or so?
Huntingdon Posted 21 June, 2011 Posted 21 June, 2011 He wasn't that tall if I remember rightly - I watched him play against Villa's academy at Staplewood and their centre forward dwarfed him He may have grown, but was definitely under 6ft, not great distribution either
Lighthouse Posted 21 June, 2011 Posted 21 June, 2011 Saw him play alongside Killer against Swansea reserves in '09. Looked pretty average in that game. Probably on par with players like Jamie Hatch and Pulis. We're not missing anything. As others have said, reasonable in the air but with dodgy distribution.
The9 Posted 21 June, 2011 Posted 21 June, 2011 (edited) Saw him play alongside Killer against Swansea reserves in '09. Looked pretty average in that game. Probably on par with players like Jamie Hatch and Pulis. We're not missing anything. As others have said, reasonable in the air but with dodgy distribution. That must have been one of the times when I saw him - but the Pulis comparison is extremely unfair, Hatch made Pulis look bad too. Weirdly, I just Googled him and this came up http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/players/jamie-hatch/profile-46 He's at Weymouth at the mo, having left Tiverton in January. Edited 21 June, 2011 by The9
TijuanaTim Posted 22 June, 2011 Author Posted 22 June, 2011 Great observations - well appreciated, thanks.
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