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for_heaven's_Saint

for_heaven's_Saint

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Was excellent today. He looks strong, fast, good on the ball and confident. Can’t fault him at all. Needs a little more composure at the end of his forward runs but that’ll come in time. Should have been MOTM in my opinion. 

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Turkish

Turkish

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7 minutes ago, for_heaven's_Saint said:

Was excellent today. He looks strong, fast, good on the ball and confident. Can’t fault him at all. Needs a little more composure at the end of his forward runs but that’ll come in time. Should have been MOTM in my opinion. 

Appears to have it all. We’ll do well to keep him for more than 2 seasons. Will go to a top club for very big money

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saintant

saintant

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That was as good a performance you will see from a centre half so young who only has a few games under his belt in the Premier League.  This lad is going to be some player and we'll likely only get to enjoy him this season if he continues to perform on that level. He's probably already on Liverpool's radar.

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saintwbu

saintwbu

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He’s got that VVD energy, effortless. A few years younger than Virg was when he was here too. A real class above, and has settled Salisu down too. 

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S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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Bloke has got a swagger about him, makes things look easy. Enjoy him whilst he's here I say! Salisu will get better with someone like him alongside him.

It's so frustrating that Gao meant we wasted so many seasons persisting with Bednarek 

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Convict Colony

Convict Colony

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On 21/06/2022 at 13:16, Convict Colony said:

Got a swiss mate who is a bochum fan and he said "he is quality, agressive, goodish with the ball at his feet and has pace, played a lot this year.

Expect him to make mistakes as he is young but expect him to be very good over the long run".

Here is a scout report i just found as well - seems exactly what I was saying needs to happen - defenders can push up and condense the play to win the ball back easier.

"Bochum, under head coach Thomas Reis, always try to squeeze the game. They push up the pitch and pressure the ball to win it back as quickly as possible, before transitioning into fast and direct attacks. That proactive approach suits Bella-Kotchap as the excellent front-foot defender that he is".

His first instinct is to press up onto and engage the immediate threat, and he reads and reacts to developing situations quickly. Bella-Kotchap is very good at stepping up to intercept passes, pressure the receiver’s touch, or disrupt their next action. He overwhelms attackers in physical duels, cutting in ahead of them to intercept a pass, wrapping one of his long legs around them to disrupt their touch, and hulking over them to power into headers."

https://www.scoutedftbl.com/best-young-football-players/armel-bella-kotchap/

Finally a scouting report that was right

Saint86

Saint86

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If the kids stays injury free he is going to be a top top centre back. I'd struggle to think of a better CB performance at this level from someone as young as that. Certainly at saints. Isn't he 19 or 20?

The Kraken

The Kraken

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2 hours ago, Saint86 said:

If the kids stays injury free he is going to be a top top centre back. I'd struggle to think of a better CB performance at this level from someone as young as that. Certainly at saints. Isn't he 19 or 20?

He’s 20.  21 in December.

We should also remember that he’d been playing German league football for 4 years when we signed him, making 4, 12 and 28 appearances in Bundesliga 2 before getting promoted then playing 22 games in the first division. 66 league games in all. So he’s slightly different to the likes of Livramento and Lavia who have come in with little to none first team appearances, ABK has a decent amount of experience to him already.

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miserableoldgit

miserableoldgit

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I haven't seen anyone mention the incident toward the end of the game when Utd lobbed a ball out wide right towards Ronaldo. The ball went over ABKs head and Ronaldo picked it up and set off toward goal. ABK started behind Ronaldo but overtook him deep into the penalty area and launched a superb tackle to save the situation. Superb!

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The Kraken

The Kraken

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1 minute ago, miserableoldgit said:

I haven't seen anyone mention the incident toward the end of the game when Utd lobbed a ball out wide right towards Ronaldo. The ball went over ABKs head and Ronaldo picked it up and set off toward goal. ABK started behind Ronaldo but overtook him deep into the penalty area and launched a superb tackle to save the situation. Superb!

Thought that was Salisu…

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Saint_John

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What the chances that he gets called up by Germany for the World Cup in Dec ? 

He has been playing really well in the last couple of games and his form has not gone unnoticed by the "London Media" I have been told. 

? Are there currently four better German CBs ? 

(As it stands we are going to lose JWP and Salisu ?? for the WC, it would be nice from a Saints point of view that the rest had a good 5 week rest )

S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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1 minute ago, Saint_John said:

What the chances that he gets called up by Germany for the World Cup in Dec ? 

He has been playing really well in the last couple of games and his form has not gone unnoticed by the "London Media" I have been told. 

? Are there currently four better German CBs ? 

(As it stands we are going to lose JWP and Salisu ?? for the WC, it would be nice from a Saints point of view that the rest had a good 5 week rest )

I'd say he's got  Sule, Rudiger, Kehrer and Tah all in front of him.

As it stands we may only lose JWP and Salisu, but even that's not for sure. Not sure if Salisu is playing for Ghana yet, although he'd be nuts to miss a world cup chance.

It's good for us as it gives the core of our team a chance to recharge, similar to what we did in lockdown.

trousers

trousers

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11 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Not sure if Salisu is playing for Ghana yet, although he'd be nuts to miss a world cup chance.

What's the story behind Salisu not playing for his country thus far? Did I read a while back that he had fallen out with the Ghanaian hierarchy and refused to play? Or did I imagine that?

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saintquin

saintquin

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3 hours ago, miserableoldgit said:

I haven't seen anyone mention the incident toward the end of the game when Utd lobbed a ball out wide right towards Ronaldo. The ball went over ABKs head and Ronaldo picked it up and set off toward goal. ABK started behind Ronaldo but overtook him deep into the penalty area and launched a superb tackle to save the situation. Superb!

This one?

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1061612877825814/?s=single_unit&__cft__[0]=AZUnkTFcB04BNJjLqSW2ZlBF8HcIhyHRgwO9bxounuUryMNXvZIXliGd_7QGA0VXMx_0XCOyuQibB2n6iT5cl9Mj_GHcN4bz_32Zd-BlivlYYUWo6UVO8q0o9OSpUVvhb9yzWagOlK8h2eu1nhArtK9Jc5yhojuma7NhR_B4-f6kZC0polX4P8bxdJPiyYCBA6ImzuV_tDvWtCH6zTLdYNd3&__tn__=H-R

Saint_clark

Saint_clark

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On 28/08/2022 at 16:34, Dr. Kucho said:

When will the first reports come that Liverpool, Chelsea, City etc are interested in ABK?  

More performances like that and it won't be much longer.

SNSUN

SNSUN

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16 hours ago, Saint_clark said:

More performances like that and it won't be much longer.

A MOTM performance tonight in a win for Saints would alert the big boys. He was the best player on the pitch on Saturday and you couldn’t even choose him on the BBC Team of the Week. 🙄 If he’d scored one of his chances he’d have been picked by Crooks for sure.

 

Personally I hope he goes under the radar for as long as possible. Already you can see ABK and Salisu will make an excellent pairing this season. Hopefully they can stay fit. A back line of Tino, ABK, Salisu and KWP sounds tasty.

AlexLaw76

AlexLaw76

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I hope we dont screw up the Bella-Kotchap money when it comes in the next year or two.  Unless he has a severe injury or throws in the towel, he is going for monster money by the time he is 22-23.

A fucking unit of a player

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Saint Matty 76

Saint Matty 76

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Obviously way too soon to say things like this but he has that Van Dijk too good for this already aura about him. Ball rolled it past Sterling in the penalty box and so calm on the ball/when facing up a defender.

The Kraken

The Kraken

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Just now, LGTL said:

His reading of the game is phenomenal. Best CB we’ve had since Van Dijk

Yep, they just showed his defending on the BT roundup, just in the right place at the right time. Looks like not much phases him either, he just gets on with things. Quality player.

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djharvey

djharvey

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33 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

How long a contract did he sign? We should be looking to extend it at the end of this season. Get him tied down till he's 27.

4yrs!

Dan Johnson

Dan Johnson

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Looked every bit a £60m+ defender in the last 3 games. An absolute steal at £8M

Reminds me of John Terry. Some of the tackles he put in tonight and against Utd were outrageously good

Hats off to the scouting department 

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