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stupot07 said:

I agree, they are nowhere near remotely similar.

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The important part of the sentence was ‘in some respects’. The big one is probably Eccles scoring headed goals and the way he arrives late into the box which was and an important part of Rudoni’s game last season.

To say there are similarities there is fair. Both players are executing tactical roles given by the coaching staff.

Mucca Mad Boys said:

The important part of the sentence was ‘in some respects’. The big one is probably Eccles scoring headed goals and the way he arrives late into the box which was and an important part of Rudoni’s game last season.

To say there are similarities there is fair. Both players are executing tactical roles given by the coaching staff.

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You could say that Torp is similar, he arrives in the box late, can score headers. However he's been playing deeper this season. Still managed to score a lot of goals early doors.

Eccles headers and arriving late in the box is a brand new dimension to his game. He's great at aggressively pressing, but does look like a square peg in a round hole when he's playing in the 10.

stupot07 said:

You could say that Torp is similar, he arrives in the box late, can score headers. However he's been playing deeper this season. Still managed to score a lot of goals early doors.

Eccles headers and arriving late in the box is a brand new dimension to his game. He's great at aggressively pressing, but does look like a square peg in a round hole when he's playing in the 10.

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How many headers has Torp scored for us? Stoke (H) last season is all I’ve got. Everything about Torp’s game is better when he’s further back, his passing and shooting in particular.

Back to Eccles, the only ‘elite’ metric is aerial duels this season so it makes sense that he’s filling that niche.

If we get promoted, we’ll need better all over the park and AM is a position we need someone who’s confident at dribbling, shooting, passing as well as the defensive parts of the game. Ditto that across several positions too.

shmmeee said:

Not sure I agree it’s his more natural position TBH. He’s not really great at breaking up play, his talents are his eye for goal, his ability to pick a pass and his energy. I think he really suits the number ten role.

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I've always thought Eccles was terrific at nicking the ball off people.

Otis said:

It seems very clear that FL had asked Torp to play deeper when he came on. He was playing like a sweeper at times yesterday.

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Same goes for Milan, he's not bombing forward like he used to.

Mucca Mad Boys said:

Strikes me as a tactical decision to be honest. In the second half Stoke were happy to put 10 men behind the ball all stationed in their own half. There was less space to work with.

They didn’t really have a choice either because we completely shut them down bar a lapse from a corner. Only Oxford (H) had less xG iirc.

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Norwich had less also.