Igor Thiago

Igor Thiago

Freebee said:
18 goals and 7 assists in his first full season he has been incredible,he fitted in seamlessly and his partnership with Schade was fantastic,they looked like they had played together for years.

Worries at the start of the season have proven to be completely unfounded and here we are having qualified for our first ever European tour :bounce:


A post card from the future.
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Can you go back to the future and add 3 more goals to the tally
So we all collect on our 275/1 EW bets!
 

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Freebee said:
18 goals and 7 assists in his first full season he has been incredible,he fitted in seamlessly and his partnership with Schade was fantastic,they looked like they had played together for years.

Worries at the start of the season have proven to be completely unfounded and here we are having qualified for our first ever European tour :bounce:


A post card from the future.
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First reply will be “I’m worried that Villa seem to be sniffing around Igor and reports of Bayern being ready to make an offer of £70m for Kevin after his heroics in the World Cup, I simply don’t know how we’ll be able to replace their goals even though Carvalho, KLP and Damsgaard (linked with Chelsea) all stepped up with 20 between them. God help us if the rumours of KA replacing TF at Man U are true.”
 

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brentfordfc4ever said:
Thiago has had three significant injuries in the last two years. One at Brugge and two here. He's hardly kicked a ball. How anybody can make any sort of judgement, good or bad, is beyond me.

I for one am excited.
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Probably a good player and desperate for him to succeed. But we would be foolish to allow ourselves to be too dependent on him. We need a bit of depth in the striking department especially with the likely departure of Wissa.
 

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Greybeard said:
Probably a good player and desperate for him to succeed. But we would be foolish to allow ourselves to be too dependent on him. We need a bit of depth in the striking department especially with the likely departure of Wissa.
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I'm certain we'll sign an understudy if Wissa leaves
 

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Bigbee said:
Fat bastard , get in the gym and get to my shape
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Obviously in fantastic shape, but does look like he might sneak in the odd pastel over and above his Jersey Road approved diet plan.
 

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Nabz_98 said:
Thiago looks strong, quick and powerful. Excited to see him link up with Schade.
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He was quicker than I expected him to be. Maybe I need to cast off my view of a typical centre forward “lump it to the 9” as he gets in behind the defence well.
 

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beeeehive said:
He looked a real threat and could have bagged 3 goals, great movement and positioning in the box, he'll be a handful.
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Yep you have nailed it better than I have on a different thread ?
 

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jlove said:
He was quicker than I expected him to be. Maybe I need to cast off my view of a typical centre forward “lump it to the 9” as he gets in behind the defence well.
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From his showreels and early performances last season you could see that he had real pace. A turbo charged IT. We didn't pay £30m for a cart horse. This bloke is powerful, really quick and a goalscorer. If he stays fit then he'll scare the hell out of many a defence. You can see that YW's place in the team would no longer be assured were he to stay.
 

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PGH_Bee said:
How did Thiago look today at QPR?
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Not quite a dominant as I would have liked against a 34 year old Steve Cook, but didn’t get a lot of service. A couple of times I thought there were runs on through the middle that he didn’t make but he worked hard and put himself about. Useful minutes I’m sure!
 

Igor Thiago

Unlucky not to score with some excellent footwork first half. Did well dropping in and getting involved in build up.

Great connection with Kelleher, who was finding him with long balls accurately, reminded me of Raya x Toney. He was often winning first contacts in aerial duels but as didn’t have a natural partner running off him it wasn’t leading to much.

All in all looking sharp and patterns of play are starting to emerge that he is central to.
 

Igor Thiago

yep led the line very well.

just didn't seem to be getting many (any?) shots away. but early days.
 

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Bridge Bee said:
I think his threat goes up when Schade is in the team. Defenders will double up on Kev as won’t want to be left 1 on 1, giving Igor plenty of space to do his thing.
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Yep, very true ?
 

Igor Thiago

Looks real threat. Not strong enough against cook, who to be fair, is a right warhorse.
 

Igor Thiago

Thought he was pretty poor this evening :oops:

Early days and getting back to full fitness too
 

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I'm curious what others think. After the preseason matches, I've noticed (or at least think I have!) that he is not doing very well at controlling the goalkeeper's long balls. To my eye, he has done poorly at it, and against not the greatest CBs. I mean he won very few of them against QPR, right?

There's also likely something I don't understand about the game, but there were a number of times he was getting himself into shooting position, and then turning his back to goal, like he's just there to feed an additional ball to someone when he gets the cross rather than shooting.

Obviously, I'm not writing him off - he's coming back from a season off, and we need him to deliver. Time will tell.
 

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Leonardo said:
Played like a poor man's emile heskey. Really disappointed with his linkup with any teammates especially 1st half.
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Can accept he’s off the pace with a year out but didn’t fight for his 3 meters. Needs to be more physical with the upper body
 

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kaebess said:
Can accept he’s off the pace with a year out but didn’t fight for his 3 meters. Needs to be more physical with the upper body
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Yes, not physical enough at the moment. These big, no nonsense defenders are brushing him off
 

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Doesn't look a record signing at all, but this is effectively his first season and he's even less up to speed now than he was versus AFCW last pre-season, having missed most of last season. Given time, he'll be full #BeastMode.
 

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With so much time out, there's bound to be aspects of his game that's off pace.

With the uncertainty of Yoane still ongoing, there is that sense that we need him to deliver and quickly.

Again, the truth most likely lies in the middle. Those saying he's going to struggle need to give him a chance, and those saying he's going to link up brilliantly with Kev from the get go and score 20 goals are probably masking their worry through unbridled optimism.
 
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