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Selected in the Second Tier team of the season so far. Not saying I was up in arms when we let him go, but he was never given a chance here.
https://x.com/secondtierpod/status/1...865192727?s=61
he played like one game for us, in which he made like 8 successful tackles and 5 interceptions or something ridiculous like that, went on loan to league one and stormed it and we still didn't want to keep him.
A year out with a torn tit![]()
When we let him go we had a number of fairly similar defensive minded midfielders.
Think he would have done alright here but he also probably wanted to leave and we were also getting a fee.
Like really?
They mentioned on the EFL podcast the other day that Adams has made the highest amount of interceptions this season by some distance I think.
I also wasnt up in arms when we let him go but seems we missed out on another player with a bit of dynamism in midfield
Etete seems to really polarise opinion, like lots of our players.
I had high hopes for him (and even now occasionally think that he might come good) but have just become fed up with seeing him lose possession and get pushed off the ball.
Maybe he is a L1 or L2 player but I cant see how he can justify another contract with us.
He's made the 5th most tackles in the division, 4th most blocks, and second most interceptions. most of the other players registering highly in those metrics are defenders.
For tackles + interceptions he's way clear of anyone else in the division he has 143, the next highest has 110. (the highest cardiff player has 70!)
He's highest for tackles in the middle third of the pitch and, 7th highest for tackles in the attacking third.
for per-90 stats (excluding anyone with under 10 90s, as the numbers get a lot more erratic with a small sample size)
He's second for tackles with 4.44 per 90
19th for blocks with 1.66 per 90
4th for interceptions with 1.97 per 90
and 1st for tackles + interceptions with 6.41 per 90.
A very impressive season.