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Archer Movement

Randall Flagg

Randall Flagg

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Tell you what, take a close look at this lads movement off the ball and his initial movement when receiving it into feet. He is the real deal in my view.

The way he adjusts his body shape to turn an average ball into one he can make into an attacking opportunity is first class. If we can supply some good delivery into feet he will do some major damage. I think DJ will absolutely love a player like Archer. Can't wait to see that link up.

I know he didn't have many scoring opportunities today but considering how poor we played and how AWOL our entire midfield was you can understand why. We've had a lot of young loan strikers over the years who looked to have real ability but we're still very raw. I don't get that feeling with Archer. He looks very much ready to me.
 
Totally agree.

Once we started getting the ball to him and in the right areas he looked a threat every time he got the ball.

The way he kept dropping his shoulder meant their defenders didn't have a clue what he would do next.

He got space and had the shot which led to Emil's first goal was top class.
 
JK said:
Totally agree.

Once we started getting the ball to him and in the right areas he looked a threat every time he got the ball.

The way he kept dropping his shoulder meant their defenders didn't have a clue what he would do next.

He got space and had the shot which led to Emil's first goal was top class.
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Yeah, and it's not like he's dropping a shoulder to outfox them etc, he's doing it to make best use of the space as a natural reaction. It's stuff that's hard to teach, you just have it. Combine that with his first touch and he just looks top class.

Also impressed with his strength for someone of his size. Massengo absolutely bullied Browne today (very rare anyone gets the better of Browne in terms of physicality by the way) yet there were a couple of occasions where Archer out battled him and kept the ball quite comfortably.
 
Drops a shoulder when he’s got the ball in a way that defenders absolutely despise playing against, as shown for his shot for the second goal

But it’s the way he uses his body when a ball comes in that’s most impressive. For a midget, he must’ve rolled Klose and Kalas 4 or 5 times second half, just by twisting the minute the ball came in with his low centre of gravity. Very intelligent player
 
jamesOB said:
But it’s the way he uses his body when a ball comes in that’s most impressive. For a midget, he must’ve rolled Klose and Kalas 4 or 5 times second half, just by twisting the minute the ball came in with his low centre of gravity. Very intelligent player
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Yep, this was the thing that stood out for me most. I'm sure everyone around me was fucking fed up of me pointing it out. 😆
 
Rothwellwhite said:
Got a hell of a shot on him as well, hits it accurately with some venom. Night and day the difference between that and a Maguire "effort".
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Need 2 or 3 more players with archers skill & pace a fair way to go . Massive improvement in our play . But last two home games have road our luck . Must get 2 tricky wing backs.
Where that leaves Potts & Earl
 
Agree with everything everyone has already said.

Watching him closely today in anticipation as we all do with new strikers, and within 15 minutes I was purring. He's comfortably going to be a big name premiership striker, no doubt about it.

You can just tell by the way he moves, his technique striking a ball so cleanly with explosive power, speed, agility.... The full works.

He's got some leap on him too for a fairly short guy. He proper leaps at the ball fully determined to make contact with it. Sounds like a weird thing to say about a footballer but with some of the shite we've had to watch for years, you notice things like that.

Honestly can't ever remember a North End player who hit a ball like this kid. It's rare nowadays at Championship level to see young lads hammering rockets from outside the box, and the ball 'staying hit' - the type of strikes that make you audibly say "fuck me" and wince a bit, because they're actually dangerous for anyone in their path... Especially unsuspecting fans who might be looking elsewhere, and the next thing they know they're waking up in RPH with a load of tubes sticking out of their bonce.

The shot from what? 20 yards? (I'll have to watch it back) low at the bottom corner leading to our 1st was something else.

As with Anthony Gordon, you can just tell early on when you see top tier talent in action, and this is one of those guys.

He'll move to Newcastle for £45m in 3 years. 👀
 
Preston1880 said:
😂🤣 Poor old Seani. So true though.
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We were saying what a difference it makes to have three strikers who are playing well in the squad at FT. You can’t imagine the sight of evans’ number coming up makes the defenders happy, and it’s great to have some choice that might actually make an impact
 
Loads of brilliant gushing comments and he does look a very promising lad. Has to come here and do a job for us though, and that's the primary task as iversen has done, come in and improved us and does an excellent job. Otherwise we fall into that trap of developing other clubs players. Let's not heap too much expectation on him. I frankly don't get that excited or care about the little things of his game, come in score goals win us matches and he will go back to his club with all our blessing.
 
California_PNE said:
Loads of brilliant gushing comments and he does look a very promising lad. Has to come here and do a job for us though, and that's the primary task as iversen has done, come in and improved us and does an excellent job. Otherwise we fall into that trap of developing other clubs players. Let's not heap too much expectation on him. I frankly don't get that excited or care about the little things of his game, come in score goals win us matches and he will go back to his club with all our blessing.
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And there's a lot of people 'gushing' about Massengo, and he's not even playing for our team. It's just showing appreciation for them as good footballers, and with Archer it's one that can help the entertainment value of our team and possibly even inspire some of our players to do better.
 
Muzza said:
And there's a lot of people 'gushing' about Massengo, and he's not even playing for our team. It's just showing appreciation for them as good footballers, and with Archer it's one that can help the entertainment value of our team and possibly even inspire some of our players to do better.
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As I mentioned yesterday, if you were a west Bromwich Albion fan you would've left the Hawthornes the other night thinking Alan Browne is some player as he had an exceptional high energy game. Then we see him play on Saturday and he's not near his performance from midweek, this is why these players play on the championship, they can play exceptionally well but the norm isnt at them heights. Their midfielder yesterday had a good game indeed, as noted, but wouldn't be surprised if he's still in the championship next season and so on, just the way it is.

Only thing I'm saying on archer is he isn't our player, and he needs to improve us in order to make these loans valuable to us. All the rest of the stuff is an added bonus. Score goals and contribute to the team winning matches is the number one priority for loan signings.
 
He's very clearly going to be a Premier League player - and soon. We need to enjoy having him for these few months because there's no chance of a repeat loan - he'll be playing in the Prem for someone next season.
 
Randall Flagg said:
Yeah, and it's not like he's dropping a shoulder to outfox them etc, he's doing it to make best use of the space as a natural reaction. It's stuff that's hard to teach, you just have it. Combine that with his first touch and he just looks top class.

Also impressed with his strength for someone of his size. Massengo absolutely bullied Browne today (very rare anyone gets the better of Browne in terms of physicality by the way) yet there were a couple of occasions where Archer out battled him and kept the ball quite comfortably.
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Yeah I noticed that too. I agree about Browne - found it odd watching him lose a physical battle, then even odder that Archer could brush him off.
 
I think I read the Villa fans comparing him to Tevez style, and I thought yesterday he had a look of Aguero about him too the way he spins and darts about, and holds players off.
 
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