PrezIke wrote:Mikhail Chigorin wrote:PrezIke wrote:Aaron Mooy was already 25 years old, so potential is limited where as Erik Palmer-Brown is 20 so not quite the same thing. No one is going to get too carried away with the signing, but he does have potential:
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/09/ ... -elsewherePalmer-Brown has a ton of potential – he could end up being really good. But there's no doubt he's going out on loan. This is similar to the gambit Matt Miazga took after the 2015 season, when he signed off on a transfer from RBNY to Chelsea for $5 million. He made two appearances for the Blues in the spring of 2016 and has spent the bulk of the last 15 months on loan with Vitesse Arnhem of the Eredivisie...
If he excels – and he's definitely good enough to do so – then perhaps he'll end up scoring himself a loan to Girona for 2018/19, or maybe 2019/20. And if that goes well, then maybe he'll end up, one day, wearing Sky Blue and playing at the City of Manchester Stadium.
They speculate NAC Breda with Angelino.
He could make it, but higher chance of not. Either way not so sure Mooy is really the right comparison and I actually think some of us are too dismissive of our "lesser" signings as just cash makers. I think there is overwhelmingly the case, with maybe 1 or 2 exceptions I can think of that there is some feeling these players could make the team.
What sort of player is he Prez ??
Is he a Pep style ball playing centre back (from the linked article where it described him playing in midfield, I'm surmising this is the case), or is he a tough tackling, no-nonsense, non-Pep style defender (which I wouldn't mind if he were) and what's he like with the ball in the air ??
TBH, Mikhail, don't watch too much MLS other than the occasional NYCFC match, but as far as I understand he is more of a ball playing type of centre half, and top USA prospect, who is athletic/physical enough (he's 6' 1"), has a decent first touch, some passing ability, and is the current captain for the USA U-20s where he won the Golden Ball in the CONCACAF U-20's Championship (as I see some have alluded to).
The more I am learning about him the more I can see why we signed him as a potential CB for the first team in the coming seasons, not just someone to earn profits for CFG, which is clearly another option.
USA fans are pretty excited about him as there is a LONG thread that was started in 2014 on the Big Soccer forum (my go to for USA player info) when Sporting KC reportedly turned down multiple offers from Juventus, one at least $1m, for him. He ended up going on loan to Porto for the 2nd half of the 2015-2016 season, whilst MLS was in their close season, and played some games for the Porto "B" team where he was allegedly the "main standout" in their academy.
Here's an interview with him after he came back from being on loan at Porto last season where he comes across as quite a bright young man, apparently currently studying psychology at the university level, saying he is interested in being a sports psychologist after his football career:Watch on youtube.com
The most recent video I can find of his skills is before he went to Porto in February 2016:Watch on youtube.com
Interesting Prez.
You both then see why
Swales4ever wrote:shame because, dont ask me why, but I have a positive vibe on this rednecks' lad.