Kion Etete

[Underhill1980]

Re: Kion Etete

Always gave 100%?!? Was that apart from the many occasions when he was sat on the ground with his arms in the air pretending he'd been fouled while play carried on around him?

Etete very rarely had the stomach for a battle of any kind. His efforts in a City shirt were genuinely embarrassing at times. Shame, as he's a player who has some natural ability, but he's not up to the physical side of the game.

Maybe I feel a bit sorry for him as he looked so out of his depth. I don’t hold the distain for him as I do some of the players that have embarrassed the shirt.

[Tuerto]

Re: Kion Etete

I think his body shape has helped him, doubt he'd be in pro football if he were 5 ft 10. His "profile" will get him moves his talent maybe doesn't deserve

Who knows, although if he was 5ft 10 he'd no doubt have a different shape, his legs would be shorter and he'd probably be stronger and a bit quicker. He may have settled at a level, as it stands he's sinking slowly, so maybe from that point of view you're right, although everyone can see that he's no number 9.

[Tuerto]

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When we signed him he had an interesting profile in terms of stats - I can't find the details now but from memory he was very high in terms of tackles/blocks etc for a striker, reasonable at dribbling, but had some very obvious weaknesses too - I think most notably shots, touches in the area (and goals).
Might be more useful to a team playing an aggressive high press- but that hasn't been us for the last several years.

Didn't seem to be able to use his physique as an asset, which is a pity.
I don't think he'll ever be prolific, but in the right setup he could be an asset at this level.

Good luck to him

His Physique was hardly built around strength, not his fault though. There's an old saying that used to go around for footballers, strength required from the nipple's to the knees, basically the core. Etete has none of that.

[jon1959]

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So, that’s fifteen out and none in with the prospect of a fourth senior goalkeeper coming in later today. Did anyone really think we’d have a summer’s transfer dealings like that going into the first league game of the season? Jeez, we need new owners.

I agree - but these are the same owners who signed over 15 first team players under Steve Morison. Those were the days before the act of making a decision became a lost art at the CCS.

We need at least 3 new outfield players.

We also need BBM to live up to our best hopes and to improve a lot of the players already in the squad - not just the ones just promoted from the Academy.

There are signs of that already - collectively and individually. At least for the top of the pitch. I have been impressed by BBM so far on limited evidence (interviews, training videos and the pre-season games) but he doesn't seem to be too concerned about our chronic defensive weaknesses, and he is working with a very underpowered coaching team. Who is responsible for the defensive work is a mystery - maybe Tom Ramasut is'still in the building'?

The Academy is the bright spot though. If we had brought in Dylan Lawlor, Ronan Kpakio and Tanatswa Nyakuhwa from Premier League u21 squads - and seen YouTube videos of their actual performances - I think most of us would have been buzzing. Because we grew our own they somehow don't count when we talk about the squad changes from last season.

[Jamsarnie]

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So WHY did we give him a two year contract last year?

Just bizarre.

It wasn’t even last year, it was the 31st January THIS year, and a full two weeks AFTER our (currently) most recent signing Yousef Salech!!

The mind boggles as to why we are still employing Head of Recruitment Patrick Deboys. It’s now been SIX and a half months since we signed a player for the first team and several weeks after Barry-Murphy threw Deboys’ player targets dossier in the bin.

Unless Deboys is now directly reporting to BBM and following his guidance, I just don’t see the point in his role.

[Tuerto]

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I agree - but these are the same owners who signed over 15 first team players under Steve Morison. Those were the days before the act of making a decision became a lost art at the CCS.

We need at least 3 new outfield players.

We also need BBM to live up to our best hopes and to improve a lot of the players already in the squad - not just the ones just promoted from the Academy.

There are signs of that already - collectively and individually. At least for the top of the pitch. I have been impressed by BBM so far on limited evidence (interviews, training videos and the pre-season games) but he doesn't seem to be too concerned about our chronic defensive weaknesses, and he is working with a very underpowered coaching team. Who is responsible for the defensive work is a mystery - maybe Tom Ramasut is'still in the building'?

The Academy is the bright spot though. If we had brought in Dylan Lawlor, Ronan Kpakio and Tanatswa Nyakuhwa from Premier League u21 squads - and seen YouTube videos of their actual performances - I think most of us would have been buzzing. Because we grew our own they somehow don't count when we talk about the squad changes from last season.

I don't think it's a bad thing that the transfer committee have been on leave over the summer. Martin o Neil once said that he would never criticise Robbie savage for his **** ups with a football, rather the player who gave him the ball in the first place, I see our situation with transfers very similar to I Neil's thoughts......

[Boanagers]

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He was one of those players who always seemed to be reacting a bit later than the action!,his timing never seemed right and I’ve always been a tad impatient with strikers of his size who constantly moan about being outmuscled by defenders, best of luck to him but he’s not someone on the evidence to date,we will particularly miss.

[EastbourneBlue]

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To Rotherham on a season's loan.

https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news...therham-united

Rotherham gotta be worth a tenner at 10/1 for promotion now

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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When we signed him he had an interesting profile in terms of stats - I can't find the details now but from memory he was very high in terms of tackles/blocks etc for a striker, reasonable at dribbling, but had some very obvious weaknesses too - I think most notably shots, touches in the area (and goals).
Might be more useful to a team playing an aggressive high press- but that hasn't been us for the last several years.

Didn't seem to be able to use his physique as an asset, which is a pity.
I don't think he'll ever be prolific, but in the right setup he could be an asset at this level.

Good luck to him

A [very] poor man's Dominic Solanki.

[az city]

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Always gave 100%?!? Was that apart from the many occasions when he was sat on the ground with his arms in the air pretending he'd been fouled while play carried on around him?

Etete very rarely had the stomach for a battle of any kind. His efforts in a City shirt were genuinely embarrassing at times. Shame, as he's a player who has some natural ability, but he's not up to the physical side of the game.

Spot on.

[Des Parrot]

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One less to sigh about when seen warming up.

you too

[the other bob wilson]

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I agree - but these are the same owners who signed over 15 first team players under Steve Morison. Those were the days before the act of making a decision became a lost art at the CCS.

We need at least 3 new outfield players.

We also need BBM to live up to our best hopes and to improve a lot of the players already in the squad - not just the ones just promoted from the Academy.

There are signs of that already - collectively and individually. At least for the top of the pitch. I have been impressed by BBM so far on limited evidence (interviews, training videos and the pre-season games) but he doesn't seem to be too concerned about our chronic defensive weaknesses, and he is working with a very underpowered coaching team. Who is responsible for the defensive work is a mystery - maybe Tom Ramasut is'still in the building'?

The Academy is the bright spot though. If we had brought in Dylan Lawlor, Ronan Kpakio and Tanatswa Nyakuhwa from Premier League u21 squads - and seen YouTube videos of their actual performances - I think most of us would have been buzzing. Because we grew our own they somehow don't count when we talk about the squad changes from last season.

We let about fifteen go though three years ago.

We’ve largely ignored the Academy for years and now, when we decide to start using it, were chucking in good young players into a team seriously lacking a balance between youth and experience to sink or swim..

I accept that the young players do tend to get ignored when people consider our prospects for the new season, but, as I keep on saying, they’re going to have to be very good and BBM’s going to have to play an absolute blinder for us to be promotion contenders with the squad as it stands - these players we’re supposed to be bringing in before the window closes are going to have to be very good.

[Bald Barry Bastad]

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Call me crazy but I've always thought that there's a player in Etete and I wouldn't be surprised if he does well in League one with Rotherham.

[the other bob wilson]

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Call me crazy but I've always thought that there's a player in Etete and I wouldn't be surprised if he does well in League one with Rotherham.

And I have, but you do have to wonder about the decision to extend his contract and the one to give O’Dowda a 3 (three!) year deal and then sell him six months later :facepalm:

[NinianKnight]

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Call me crazy but I've always thought that there's a player in Etete and I wouldn't be surprised if he does well in League one with Rotherham.

Same here. He won me a sum of money a couple of seasons ago when scoring the winner. Shame