where's the joy Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 there is something about this lad that promises so much. yet there is something missing. perhaps its confidence. perhaps its his first goal, maybe its just hitting the ball at goal with one hell of a wallop. whatever the answer we haven't seen the best of him yet. doesn't look right on the right wing and never trusts his right foot, but would centre mid suit him better alongside Korey, left back allowing Joe to play ahead of him is he the next tinman? at oxford he ran games with a swagger. hope we can find the answer and bring that 'bossiness' to our play but please don't persist with him on the right. lovely player in need of his ideal position
Lrrr Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 He's a left winger so was always trying to get the ball onto his left foot which didn't work out right, however I think we wanted Pato against Little so CO'D moved to the right.
cityboy Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 I thought he played well last night. He was absolutely everywhere on the pitch.
Super Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 Never seems to be an end product with him, quite frustrating at times. Certainly not helped playing him on the right so he has to cut inside every time.
Dredd Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 I actually thought last night was the best I have seen COD play. Thought he wanted the ball and ran at players with more success than usual
MichaelRobartes Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 I thought he played well last night as well as against Stoke. Totally agree with the OP that he needs to play on the left if at all, having him on the right makes no sense to me. Maybe missing a bit of confidence, hopefully that'll come.
You Do The Dziekanowski Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 He was involved in most of our highlights last night so he must've had a good game, He is a very positive player and likes to run at the defenders which is refreshing, we haven't a winger do that in years!
Phileas Fogg Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 22 minutes ago, tinman85 said: I still don't see progression from him. He just doesn't seem to have an end product. Not doubting his work rate but Leko or Eliasson look to have more about them. LJ likes a worker though hence COD getting the nod. Hope Leko hasn't fallen out of favour because of one poor half. He’s even progressed this season! Yes, Leko and Eliasson are probably more easy on the eye - but you need defensively minded wingers, especially with Pisano out. I very much doubt Leko has ‘fallen out of favour’ (just like the time you said Eliasson had been forgotten as he didn’t feature when he first arrived!). LJ clearly felt we needed O’Dowda’s attributes last night - and seeing as we won it’s hard to argue against his selection.
petehinton Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 He has potential in amundance. For me, he just needs to improve his dribbling slightly, he always seems to knock the ball 4/5 yards ahead of him, almost like he's over hit a first touch by accident or something. Reminds me a lot of Joe Bryan in the fact that he's just a pure athlete. Last night was his best league game for us since he's been here for sure. Rated extremely highly by all his national coaches too, and MO'N/Roy Keane aren't exactly shy of experience. Think he'll be one of the first on the team sheet in 2 seasons or so.
simon uk Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 I'm sure a goal or 2 would give him the belief he seems to slightly be lacking, shame about the sitter at Watford really, he was very good against them apart from that.
nick jones of hereford Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 O'Dowda is a good player, in time he will be an even better one. Last night he got one shot in that was nearly a goal, the Bolton keeper made a fine save. What did concern me is that he always attacked inside a player and never went outside. I appreciate that he very much prefers his left foot, but surely he must use his right foot occasionally too? If not he needs some coaching. Similarly someone could do with coaching him so that he goes occasionally attack on the outside when playing on the right. He is a gifted player I acknowledge that if he had the ability to use both feet and to attack on both sides of a defence he would be one hell of a player. My view is that he has improved a lot this season and especially as the season has gone on. We have a decent coaching set up, maybe the coaching staff can further develop him? To put this in context, he is an asset who could be even better.
Admin Phantom Posted September 27, 2017 Admin Posted September 27, 2017 1 hour ago, where's the joy said: whatever the answer we haven't seen the best of him yet. at oxford he ran games with a swagger. but please don't persist with him on the right. lovely player in need of his ideal position I hope that is the case, he just needs to learn to use his right peg Curious how many Oxford games you saw to know this? Agree, needs to be central or on the left - but have to say he played well out there against Sjoke
Fat Cigar Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 Last season I called him a poor man's Luke Freeman. He played well last night, didn't stop running, looked strong and kept possession well. But, as others have noted, it's the end product that we need to see. Freeman would beat players for fun, then stop and pass backwards, thus undoing all his good work. COD didn't do that as much yesterday. Best I've seen him play. What Eliasson showed in his 30mins cameo was the ability to cross, and he seemed deadlier in the final third. Helps he's both footed. I really like the look of him and good things are expected. I also think he'll turn out to be a better player than COD or Paterson.
BobBobSuperBob Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 5 minutes ago, Fat Cigar said: Last season I called him a poor man's Luke Freeman. He played well last night, didn't stop running, looked strong and kept possession well. But, as others have noted, it's the end product that we need to see. Freeman would beat players for fun, then stop and pass backwards, thus undoing all his good work. COD didn't do that as much yesterday. Best I've seen him play. What Eliasson showed in his 30mins cameo was the ability to cross, and he seemed deadlier in the final third. Helps he's both footed. I really like the look of him and good things are expected. I also think he'll turn out to be a better player than COD or Paterson. I am / was a Freeman fan , but COD will have a better career than Luke (IMHO)
Fat Cigar Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 10 minutes ago, JonDolman said: Outstanding season from odowda so far. Improved a lot in a year. He has outstanding balance and pace. Very excited by this kid. Brilliant attitude, never stops running. Why be negative about such a promising young player? He has improved a lot, and believe it or not it takes more than one season when jumping up two divisions to championship level at 21, to become the complete package. I think we are pretty fair on players on here, for the most part. I don't believe in spouting positivity for the sake of it. It's when you're winning that you should be looking to keep on improving and looking for even more from players. COD is certainly a lot better that last season. By some distance. A long way to go though.
Offside Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 Last night was the best I've seen from O'Dowda and he was a handful for Bolton's defence all night. More end product is needed, but he seems to have improved from last season. Looks like he could become an exciting player. Eliasson put in some excellent crosses when he came on - something O'Dowda needs to do more.
City Ben Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 Question from an exile about CO'D on the left. It seems that we are playing a fairly narrow midfield at times, e.g. Pato never looks like a left-winger when he's out there. (I'd be interested in a "heat map" of his touches - I bet most would be in the centre.) Is the left-footed COD deliberately played on the right just so that he cuts in. Is that something that helps us tactically? ie... Pato also comes central, Korey drops back, we have a midfield "overload", and Bryan and Pisano/ Wright have space to move forward on the wings. Is that something that we have been doing? I see the games on BCTV but interested in the perspective of those seeing us in the flesh! It seems that COD hasn't been beating players on the outside down the right and whipping crosses in... but maybe that's not what's being asked of him.
BCFC Grim Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 Was our biggest threat last night. Constantly going forward rather than looking for the easy pass. Took responsibility, and tracked back well. I like him, and he will only get better.
georgebcfc Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 After a hesitant first 30 mins where he kept cutting back and incessantly cruyff turning, COD really grew into the game and became, IMO, our best player. Just needs to back himself and keep running at players and taking them on; he's shown in the past few games that he is more than good enough for this level! With his other attributes (pace, energy, defensive work etc) he just needs to add the end product to his game (i.e. goals) and he will become a really big player for us.. I don't think he's that far off personally
Monkeh Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 Good performance from the Irish international last night, worked well on the right over lapped well and linked up well too, cant understand the criticism
where's the joy Posted September 27, 2017 Author Posted September 27, 2017 1 hour ago, phantom said: I hope that is the case, he just needs to learn to use his right peg Curious how many Oxford games you saw to know this? Agree, needs to be central or on the left - but have to say he played well out there against Sjoke saw him play twice and my neighbour is an oxford fan who wouldn't stop going on about him and the keemar lad who went to leeds. i was impressed played more centrally
The Bard Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 I can see why he is a useful asset away from home. Strong and athletic and can carry the ball forwards. However, he's got Luke Freeman's habit of slowing play down as well as being goal shy. For a winger that is worrying. It will be interesting to see if his confidence jumps if and when he finally scores. Last night would have been the perfect opportunity to start Eliason in a league game. He looks a threat both in terms of delivery and scoring goals himself.
MC RISK77 Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 Still not convinced by him...as others have said he does not have much end product. Anybody can run about and try hard all game but I thought Elliasson shows more promise. useful squad member though and still very young in terms of his development.
RedorDead BCFC Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 I'm pretty much in agreement with a lot of other posters in that I believe there is a really good player to come out of him. To me he just didn't seem to know what to do at the final moment and a lot of that could change with a goal. Elliasson did look good last night and I am struggling to remember having as good as the squad we've got at the moment. LJ will have some tough decisions soon enough when Pisano returns. As competition to get in the bench is getting hard enough.
Grey Fox Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 Perhaps LJ should offer to bare his arse in Burtons (probably Next nowadays) if COD scores?
joeyb Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 Even if he is completely left footed, going outside once or twice a game will make cutting inside an even more effective tool when he uses it as the defender won't know for sure which way he is going. Robben is very one footed but still world class. He's able to do the things he does because he's willing to go outside onto his wrong foot occasionally which creates a little bit of extra space for him to cut into when he decides to do that. COD needs to learn the same - even if it does mean he mishits a few crosses or blasts shots into the side netting every so often.
where's the joy Posted November 4, 2017 Author Posted November 4, 2017 On 27/09/2017 at 13:24, where's the joy said: there is something about this lad that promises so much. yet there is something missing. perhaps its confidence. perhaps its his first goal, maybe its just hitting the ball at goal with one hell of a wallop. whatever the answer we haven't seen the best of him yet. doesn't look right on the right wing and never trusts his right foot, but would centre mid suit him better alongside Korey, left back allowing Joe to play ahead of him is he the next tinman? at oxford he ran games with a swagger. hope we can find the answer and bring that 'bossiness' to our play but please don't persist with him on the right. lovely player in need of his ideal position so pleased to see this lad get his first two goals and getting to be one of the first names on the team sheet. MOM for me today. the futures bright for him alright but the present is pretty good too, lets enjoy a lad coming of age, if we can keep hold of him.
Robbored Posted November 4, 2017 Posted November 4, 2017 19 minutes ago, where's the joy said: MOM for me today. the futures bright for him alright but the present is pretty good too, lets enjoy a lad coming of age, if we can keep hold of him. CoD is one of the first "youngsters" to brought in under SLs plan to sign youngsters relatively cheaply, either from another academy/club or one of our academy graduates, develop them and make a decent profit when they move on, Hes certainly developing into a decent Championship player and would get into all the teams in the league. He will move at some stage, probably when City get an offer they can't refuse from a PL club.
Lrrr Posted November 4, 2017 Posted November 4, 2017 O'Dowda is a perfect example of what we say when buying a player for the future, the £1.6m we spent on him now looks laughable.
Bar BS3 Posted November 4, 2017 Posted November 4, 2017 What a turn around! He seemed to offer very little and I’d agree with most of the start of this thread, at the time. Since the Palace game he’s been instrumental in our results and is now a key player. Well done COD!
glynriley Posted November 4, 2017 Posted November 4, 2017 In the end we'll leave it all behind Because the life I think I'm trying to find Is probably all in my mind.
steveybadger Posted November 4, 2017 Posted November 4, 2017 4 minutes ago, glynriley said: In the end we'll leave it all behind Because the life I think I'm trying to find Is probably all in my mind. In a Fluff Freeman voice: Wise words mate!
jimmyb Posted November 5, 2017 Posted November 5, 2017 Timed his performance today well with MO’N watching from the stands. For me Reading away seemed to be when he started hitting his stride. Put a real shift in that day with some quality. Been excellent since then, probably our best player over the last month.
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