Mikkel Damsgaard

Mikkel Damsgaard

The midfield is so blatantly Norgaard and Jensen, plus one more.

On what we’ve seen so far this season, it isn’t Damsgaard.

Unfortunately, it isn’t Dasilva either … nor Onyeka, nor Baptiste and not Ghoddos. Let’s hope Janelt‘s injury isn’t too bad, even though he’s not the answer either.
 

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Voice from the Braemar said:
What you going on about …I’m talking about last weekend…keep up, I know it must be difficult for you ?
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You quoted and answered someone that spoke specifically about tonight, but then rely on a reference to a game that was not tonight. There is some definite confusion somewhere but I don’t think it’s among people that were watching a game Saturday and thinking it was tonight.
 

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He has lots of technical ability. The run and control for the goal was high class. But - I’m unsure where exactly he plays and he currently lacks the physique and potentially stamina to be a starter. He’s a conundrum who is undoubtedly going to need time to show whether he has what it takes to fulfil his potential.
 

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Why's he not smashing the weights in the gym? I know i've said it before but surely that's the first step in the physical English game?

Serious question, could arthritis prevent upper body weight training?
 

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Being small didn’t adversely effect players like David silva or Bruno fernandes so I don’t really agree he needs to put on weight but I do agree he’s not been very good since we signed him
 

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hanworthbee said:
Being small didn’t adversely effect players like David silva or Bruno fernandes so I don’t really agree he needs to put on weight but I do agree he’s not been very good since we signed him
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He's more fragile than both of them and not in the same league in terms of quality yet. And honestly Brentford players don't get the same time on the ball as David Silva and Bruno Fernandes so typically will need to be a bit tougher. Mate he does look particularly fragile don't you think? I really want him to be a success here and can't help but think it's something extra he could be doing to ensure he is successful here.
 

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Voice from the Braemar said:
He was sh*t tonight though, yeh ? Sometimes even you can’t just keep coming out with positive things when it’s obvious that tonight had a lot of non positive things about it ? ?
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Very few players came out out of last night in positive credit. MK hasn’t yet got the standard that he is capable of achieving.

At the same time, it is wildly disproportionate to suggest that we sell a player in January (who we know won’t be at their best until post World Cup) who has - by minutes on the pitch - played in less than 5 games.
 

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He hasn’t looked great so far in the little time he’s played. Not panicking yet though. I recall thinking that Norgaard pretty looked pretty average and a bit wooden In the first few games that he played for us.
 

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Untouchable said:
Very few players came out out of last night in positive credit. MK hasn’t yet got the standard that he is capable of achieving.

At the same time, it is wildly disproportionate to suggest that we sell a player in January (who we know won’t be at their best until post World Cup) who has - by minutes on the pitch - played in less than 5 games.
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Fewer ✅
 

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maddogging said:
Pace and power Phil Giles said…….mmmmmm
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Thomas Frank also said:
Mikkel is, in my opinion, another classic Brentford signing. He is a young player with big potential to develop further. We know we can help Mikkel reach his highest level, we have the staff here that have experience in doing that
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Considering Damsgaard has been here for less than 3 months, has barely 400 minutes played and has only started 3 games (2 of those being EFL Cup matches), we should not be surprised that he might need longer to develop further as suggested by TF.
 

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He will be fighting for that last centre mid spot becomes he is no winger.I didn't know that he only scored 2 goals for Sampdoria across 46 games.
 
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Untouchable said:
Thomas Frank also said:

Considering Damsgaard has been here for less than 3 months, has barely 400 minutes played and has only started 3 games (2 of those being EFL Cup matches), we should not be surprised that he might need longer to develop further as suggested by TF.
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that physique worries me, I’d chuckle seeing that in a Sunday park game.
 

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Sunbury Bee said:
Glad your happy with him and last night because I'm definitely not!
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I didn’t say I was happy with him but to say to sell him is a tab over the top for me he’s to lightweight but I think with a run of games he will be a player but I think we still need to strengthen in a few areas in January
 

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Voice from the Braemar said:
If I was danish I’d be very fkin worried then ? was awful and that’s being nice…potentially the worst 20million ever spent ?
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When VFTB says a player is the worst ever, they go on to be massive for us. This is an excellent omen.
 

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James30 said:
I didn’t say I was happy with him but to say to sell him is a tab over the top for me he’s to lightweight but I think with a run of games he will be a player but I think we still need to strengthen in a few areas in January
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I stick by it. Too lightweight and don’t see where he fits into the side. Not a wide player IMHO and will just get bullied in the midfield. Hope I’m wrong on this but really can’t see him being a PL player.
 

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Sunbury Bee said:
I stick by it. Too lightweight and don’t see where he fits into the side. Not a wide player IMHO and will just get bullied in the midfield. Hope I’m wrong on this but really can’t see him being a PL player.
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can join the group of Marcondes and Ghoddos in players signed that don’t fit our system. Can only play the 10 role
 

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hanworthbee said:
Being small didn’t adversely effect players like David silva or Bruno fernandes so I don’t really agree he needs to put on weight but I do agree he’s not been very good since we signed him
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Exactly. He was lightweight when he tore up the Euros.

He isn't up to speed and clearly isn't a winger, we have to hope he improves a lot...

But

There are some signs of his creativity and forward thinking that are different to the rest of the midfield.
 

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I can name 2 recent signings who took a while to get up to speed and then became 2 of the best players we are ever had - Norgaard and Benrahma. His performances in the Euros are enough to suggest he is quality but he might take a while to reach his top level with us - I look forward to some humble pie being eaten next year.
 

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jonny c said:
Exactly. He was lightweight when he tore up the Euros.

He isn't up to speed and clearly isn't a winger, we have to hope he improves a lot...

But

There are some signs of his creativity and forward thinking that are different to the rest of the midfield.
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'Tore up' is stretching it but otherwise, I agree.
 

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Sunbury Bee said:
No you offered a opinion but didn't offer anything positive that he did. If he is playing for Denmark in the WC then all I can say is England must have a very good chance!!
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An assist sounds pretty positive to me? Also set up Toney with a glorious chance to finish the game off second half. Lovely back heel he nearly scored from. Was only player until Jensen came on that played forwards..
 

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He needs to improve because so far I haven't seen a lot to get excited about.
I know he needs to settle and step up to the level acquired and I hope for Thomas's sake he does it to repay the faith shown in him.
We see glimmers of something good and then we see a short pass with no weight on it that opposition players pick up and exploit.
That can be down to balance, confidence.
We can't build a team around him so he has to adapt to our system.
Let's hope he goes off to the World Cup and rips it up,but I feel the Premier League is a bit to physical for him at the moment.
 

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Gazza Bee said:
I can name 2 recent signings who took a while to get up to speed and then became 2 of the best players we are ever had - Norgaard and Benrahma. His performances in the Euros are enough to suggest he is quality but he might take a while to reach his top level with us - I look forward to some humble pie being eaten next year.
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Add to that Jensen, not the best player ever, but now one of the first names on the team sheet. Who would have thought that a year ago reading his thread.
 

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Yet to really shine I agree but you can see his potential. If that clever back flip had gone in yesterday instead of going past the post, we would be claiming him as a match winner probably. His assist for Toney's goal was pretty astute as well when most would have just shot at goal.

Work in progress.
 

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Our expectations were too high. We were expecting a ready made replacement for another Danish player ( we shall not say his name). I’ll be happy to eat my words but I don’t think he will ever be that good or be able to control a game like him.

however he is a Brentford player now, willing to give him time and hopefully he will be good enough to influence some games leading to invaluable points
 

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When he emerged on the international scene, Damsgaard looked like an excellent player, and he was very highly regarded at Sampdoria. But at the end of last season it was evident that the knee problem had set him back massively, and we have taken a significant risk in this transfer. One has to assume that there is no physical reason why he cannot return to his previous standard, but we won't know for some time whether that is going to happen. The other problem is that he is probably not playing in his best position, which would be as an advanced midfielder. I guess we'll only see him there if Jensen gets injured. By the end of this season we should have a better idea whether this transfer was good business or ill judged.
 

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Bangor Bee said:
When he emerged on the international scene, Damsgaard looked like an excellent player, and he was very highly regarded at Sampdoria. But at the end of last season it was evident that the knee problem had set him back massively, and we have taken a significant risk in this transfer. One has to assume that there is no physical reason why he cannot return to his previous standard, but we won't know for some time whether that is going to happen. The other problem is that he is probably not playing in his best position, which would be as an advanced midfielder. I guess we'll only see him there if Jensen gets injured. By the end of this season we should have a better idea whether this transfer was good business or ill judged.
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Good post. I'd disagree with the criticism that he isn't up to the physicality of the Prem. Serie A is a cakewalk is it? I don't think so . It's as tough as the Prem and he was standout in it before his injury.Never mind his skinny legs. It suggests to me that he still has underlying problems. Add that he isnt played in his best position. Bologna were able to get a sizeable fee on the basis of his performances even though he had a medical problem.
At the mo it looks like it could be a fitness gamble gone wrong but hopefully not. He needs games.
 

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brentfordfc4ever said:
Right now he has the movement of a 60 year old with the frame of a 12yr old, it's really f***ing weird. He's too slow to play on the wide left too, in my opinion.

I hope, and do expect, a lot more to come over the next six months. One things for sure, he won't be a regular this season.

He is clearly very talented, always looking to pass foward, neat, tidy, but something is a miss right now
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He seems to lack so much confidence. Its very worrying
 

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He's clearly got the footballing brain and a good deal of the skills to make an excellent player. Given his recent history, with the right environment, conditioning and coaching I think he'll come good but the expectations are quite over-the-top right now.
 

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jlove said:
He's clearly got the footballing brain and a good deal of the skills to make an excellent player. Given his recent history, with the right environment, conditioning and coaching I think he'll come good but the expectations are quite over-the-top right now.
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I agree, but we are not Man City. We don't have the luxury of spending 20m on a player for next season do we? We need a playmaker now. We needed the Eriksen type replacement now.
 

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jlove said:
He's clearly got the footballing brain and a good deal of the skills to make an excellent player. Given his recent history, with the right environment, conditioning and coaching I think he'll come good but the expectations are quite over-the-top right now.
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I really don’t get this expectations are over the top bit ? We’ve payed near on 20million not 2nillion on a bit of a chance ? For that money I’d expect something a lot better than we are watching ? if he ain’t fit then he needs to get fit or what’s the point in playing him ?
 

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Voice from the Braemar said:
I really don’t get this expectations are over the top bit ? We’ve payed near on 20million not 2nillion on a bit of a chance ? For that money I’d expect something a lot better than we are watching ? if he ain’t fit then he needs to get fit or what’s the point in playing him ?
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erm...to get him fit???
 

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brentfordfc4ever said:
I agree, but we are not Man City. We don't have the luxury of spending 20m on a player for next season do we? We need a playmaker now. We needed the Eriksen type replacement now.
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I think that’s exactly one of the options we need to persue, that’s buying undervalued players. In this case, a young player who’s shown considerable potential and suffered significant medical issues. It’s just we’re at a different level now.

As well discussed months ago, for us there’s no such thing as an « Eriksen replacement » he was a unique opportunity to risk signing a £70M player for nothing, we’re going to wait a long time for another one of those.
 

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Some never learn, usual voices writing off a player that has been here 3 months. We've seen before that players moving to England can take a while to settle into a new league, add in this lad's injury history and the fact he joined us once the season had started which meant he didn't get a pre season with us and of course it's going to take him time to show his best form.
Yes he had a poor game last night (as did everyone really) but still got an assist and nearly scored s wonderful goal so anyone writing him off is being a bit too knee jerky (what on the GPG? I know ?)
 

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jlove said:
He's clearly got the footballing brain and a good deal of the skills to make an excellent player. Given his recent history, with the right environment, conditioning and coaching I think he'll come good but the expectations are quite over-the-top right now.
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There is a player in there no doubt agreed he’ll come good. Think he needs to beef up a little though for the rigours of premier league football
 

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Dazza said:
Some never learn, usual voices writing off a player that has been here 3 months. We've seen before that players moving to England can take a while to settle into a new league, add in this lad's injury history and the fact he joined us once the season had started which meant he didn't get a pre season with us and of course it's going to take him time to show his best form.
Yes he had a poor game last night (as did everyone really) but still got an assist and nearly scored s wonderful goal so anyone writing him off is being a bit too knee jerky (what on the GPG? I know ?)
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It’s a fair point ….I’m really hoping he comes good as does everyone else but how long we wait coujd be a problem as who knows what division we will be in a year from now…hopefully premiership but let’s not get complacent ?
 

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maddogging said:
that physique worries me, I’d chuckle seeing that in a Sunday park game.
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Unlike the physiques of, say, Jota, Vibe, Jensen etc.?. Not sure that physique is a valid criticism. Fitness is a different matter though.
 

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Voice from the Braemar said:
It’s a fair point ….I’m really hoping he comes good as does everyone else but how long we wait coujd be a problem as who knows what division we will be in a year from now…hopefully premiership but let’s not get complacent ?
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I do agree that we shouldn't be complacent (I don't think anyone involved with the running of the club is, I'd hope not anyway) this is a brutal league for a club of our size and honestly it's likely to take several seasons before we can consider ourselves "established" as confident as I am in that we'll stay up I also think there will be times where it's as comfortable as we'd all like.
It's clear our usual plan is to have a replacement in before the player moves on but obviously didn't happen with Eriksen so it's put us a bit behind for these opening few months. I don't think anyone wants him to fail but just think we need to show some patience at times with players like Mikkel but I get that's probably not the best argument after a frustrating night like last night :ROFLMAO:
 

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Anyone else notice that he runs around with the bottom of his sleeve on his palms?

Thought touch for the goal last night. Absolutely superb
 

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upnorthbee said:
Why's he not smashing the weights in the gym? I know i've said it before but surely that's the first step in the physical English game?

Serious question, could arthritis prevent upper body weight training?
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Not if it's a monoarthritis affecting his knee, but of course, we don't know for sure whether that was the case.
 

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brentfordfc4ever said:
Anyone else notice that he runs around with the bottom of his sleeve on his palms?

Thought touch for the goal last night. Absolutely superb
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It looks bad and reminds me of billy who was shoved in goal in Kes film cos he wasn’t any good at football….can someone please tell him not to do it again please ??
 
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