gmercer1 wrote:Jesus has amazing work rate..............he's like a young Tevez. I wasn't so sure how he'd like the physicality of the Prem.....but he is one hard little bastid! He is just what we needed.
The front 3's pace last night is enough to scare any team in the world.
Made me laugh, did anyone hear De Bryne's interview after the match? They asked him what its like playing with Jesus and co...he said "We can't keep up with them in midfield"
If you saw enough of Jesus play before he arrived (I made efforts to watch a few games/videos showing all of his touches/involvement in matches for Palmieras, besides his appearances for Brazil) you can see that he had a very good chance to actually cope well with the physicality of the Prem.
From what I observed he was very physical, and aggressive...almost too much so at times, suggesting he may need to learn to temper it a bit, which I noted in an earlier post on him as well (he could have been sent off yesterday). He's also quite good in the air, which we have not seen much of yet, and is not afraid to go head to head against centre halves during one on ones.
All of this is why I actually thought he would actually hit the ground running, and provide some juice to our attack immediately, and was not amongst those who were more reluctant to make such claims.
Perhaps we, understandably, assume that with a comparison to Neymar and that he's Brazilian (based on our own stereotyping) we believe that he would be a soft "diver."
Actually, he can dive...despite how tough he is. I have seen it before.