Julien Dacosta 2019/20 – scout report (1 Viewer)

Good read that. Thanks

Big question is his role. Dabo won't play every game and we had to back up RB except Pask. Pask I have high hopes for at CB so makes sense to get competition for Dabo.

DaCosta seems like he’ll make a good utility player. Playing RB, LB and RCB will be useful!

Not much negative there. Need some balance

Sky Blue Pete said:

Not much negative there. Need some balance

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He's shit Balance BBC style.

The ultimate verdict is:

Conclusion
As a free transfer at 24, the addition of Dacosta looks to be a shrewd piece of business by Robins. He’s a risk-free signing who hasn’t yet reached his peak. It will be difficult for him to start games over Dabo, but he’ll certainly be given chances to impress throughout a packed 2020-21 campaign. As a natural full-back, he’ll provide Coventry with flexibility if they decide to change to a back four in the middle of the season.

BTW one of the drawbacks was his
Defensive positioning
"Dacosta’s eagerness to win the ball back can sometimes leave him out of position. On average, he committed 1.48 fouls per 90 minutes in the French second tier last season, quite a high number compared to a lot of his fellow full-backs. A lot of these fouls happen when his opponent has possession with his back to goal. Instead of jockeying them backwards, Dacosta sometimes goes through the back of them to try to win the ball."

Really useful analysis, but I'm not sure how well that will go down with NIck. Less than one and half fouls a game, even if he sometimes likes to go through the back of his opponents!

Rubbish report.

Not a single mention of his ability to build a campfire, pitch a tent or do a half-hitch knot.

This report slightly concerned me.

One interpretation is that he is an out of contract French L 2 player who plays as a conventional right back in a four man defence, with a propensity for being caught out of position either too far forward or too easily drawn away from where he should be. Nor does he have the passing ability of Dabo.

Robins' success rate with purchases gives you confidence, but Dacosta looks like another version of Pask. But we've got one already. Must wait and see I guess.