One the other side of the coin Rhodes may just be the type of foil for Abel to produce his best form .. who knows ?
But Abel is far from quick and is more a target/link man - a quick forward would be a better foil - to draw defenders deeper and give him more space to operate in. As a defender I would have loved to mark those two as a pairing - you wouldn't have to worry about anyone running in behind.
Abel is quick and he likes balls over the top. He isn't a target man or a link up man. Besides chasing balls over the top he likes to get on the end of passes close to goal.
I've not seen Abel race clear because of his pace once in a City shirt. Never seen him go pay anyone and show them a clean pair of heels. He runs the channels to pick the ball up and shows good strength to bring other players into play. He's decent in the air and has a cracking left foot on him - but no Andre Gray, Marne or even Shane Long.
The reason Rhodes isn't good enough for Boro is because they like to play 1 up top, he needs another alongside him to get the best out of him!
Not in the game I saw. There's a difference between getting put through & using your pace to generate the chance. Need to see a clip of it.
Markus Henriksen - Rumoured to have had a medical. Jeff Hendrick - Bid accepted by Derby, but looks to have chosen Burnley. Jay Rodriguez - Loan bid in, unsure if accepted(Southampton have apparently reversed their decision to keep him after signing that young lad) Dale Stephens - Paper Talk Florentin Pogba - Paper Talk Ravel Morrison - Paper Talk Max Gradel - Paper Talk There's some of them, there's probably loads more.
Matt James on loan from Leicester Niasse on loan from Everton Konate from FC Sion- though Espanyol in for him
AZ Alkmaar have had a bid accepted for Iliass Bel Hassani at Heracles Alamo, who according to Dutch media is their replacement for the departing Henriksen. Looks like it might be happening after all.
I think we're seeing different things - I see him getting played in and going one on one with the keeper. Not due to his pace but a well timed pass and run. You could find examples of Teddy Sheringham going through on goal but not due to his pace. Agree to disagree?
Couple of post on Burnley's site regards Hendrik which left me a bit puzzled, one was " why are we spending 10million on him, when he might be getting send down soon" anybody know what they are going on about.
I've no idea, they have a lad there called Dabney dos Santos who is incredibly highly rated (although he's more of a winger), I'd have thought they'd just play him more, but this Moroccan lad is apparently coming in.
