Adrien Truffert

ripple99 said:
6@5On The United Stand, Goldbridge saying how he thinks Man Utd should sign him for 40/50 million.

Brilliant comment underneath :) :

"Can we just sign the entire Bournemouth team?"
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After we demolished them again at OT last season, I popped onto their post match thread on main forum.

Was expecting a load of usual 'Bournemouth are cr4p, minows, tinpot... shows how bad we are etc etc.

I was quite surprised to find only one post across 10 pages said that kind of cr4p we often heard from 'big' clubs before.

Quite a few posts said they should abandon their current transfer policies around signing players considered finished article, and adopt our policy of signing players who are hungrier, havent reached potential etc
 
For a good part of the season, he was knocking in crosses that weren't all that effective or dangerous with the forwards we have. You could really see the work done on the training ground as the partnerships and understandings built up over time. You could see it in the cut for Kroupi's drop off against Man City, and he repeated the move against Forest.

Having that as an option will make any crosses he does put in more dangerous since opposition defenders will know they also have to be covering that move.

Promising signs, and hopefully Rose can help him get even better.
 
canadiancherry said:
If he keeps improving his right foot, he'll be world-class.
And playing for France.
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Hardly any fullbacks are strong with both feet.

Hes more likely to become a more effective fullback and play for france by improving key modern fullback attributes ie anticipation, positioning, marking, tackling, dribbling, of the ball movement, technical ability, crossing etc ;)

Being strong with both feet isnt really a requirement... many world class players are totally one footed, and there are many two footed players who never rise above amateur levels.

Many fans get a bit up in arms around 'supposed to be professionals, they should be able to use both feet'. Reality is, theres limited time in a day. If you want to reach/maximise your potential, time is better served on key attributes for the position you play in, rather than spending load of time bringing your weak foot up to a simikar standard.

Even with tens, hundreds of hours time investment... it will always be weaker than the foot youve used since 2 years old. As a result, Its usually more effective to adapt game to alway using stronget foot... way you position yourself, carry the ball, balance, distribute the ball etc... and accuracy success over long term will be much higher, than using even fairly strong, but still weaker foot :).

There is of course going to be rhe odd situation where it perhaps would raise the question. But imo its isolated, and not worth investment over spending time on other stuff.

I guess the question to ask is... if its as much of a crucial, no brainer skill to hsve as some fans allude to... why are professional football coaches in elite level sport not alotting more time to it, given all the training they do... and that weaker foot training is hardly physically intensive, rhat could lead to overtraining/burnout...
 
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Undoubtedly, he has got better and better as the season has progressed; an excellent signing who is likely to be even better next season, if we can keep him.
 
Telly123 said:
Hardly any fullbacks are strong with both feet.

Hes more likely to become a more effective fullback and play for france by improving key modern fullback attributes ie anticipation, positioning, marking, tackling, dribbling, of the ball movement, technical ability, crossing etc ;)

Being strong with both feet isnt really a requirement... many world class players are totally one footed, and there are many two footed players who never rise above amateur levels.

Many fans get a bit up in arms around 'supposed to be professionals, they should be able to use both feet'. Reality is, theres limited time in a day. If you want to reach/maximise your potential, time is better served on key attributes for the position you play in, rather than spending load of time bringing your weak foot up to a simikar standard.

Even with tens, hundreds of hours time investment... it will always be weaker than the foot youve used since 2 years old. As a result, Its usually more effective to adapt game to alway using stronget foot... way you position yourself, carry the ball, balance, distribute the ball etc... and accuracy success over long term will be much higher, than using even fairly strong, but still weaker foot :).

There is of course going to be rhe odd situation where it perhaps would raise the question. But imo its isolated, and not worth investment over spending time on other stuff.

I guess the question to ask is... if its as much of a crucial, no brainer skill to hsve as some fans allude to... why are professional football coaches in elite level sport not alotting more time to it, given all the training they do... and that weaker foot training is hardly physically intensive, rhat could lead to overtraining/burnout...
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I hear what you're saying but - and I'd love to see some stats on this - Truffert, while very dangerous in attack and a great defender - is somewhat one-dimensional in that he almost never uses his right foot. I'm not asking him to become 'two-footed' or anything like that.
Just use your right foot man! Sometimes!
There are so many opportunities where he could play the ball with his right but he sweeps it outside and onto his left.
This makes him much easier to defend.
 
Kellyville Red said:
I’m still shocked he didn’t win something. He’s been brilliant.

I guess it’s my left foot (and the fact I finished my playing days there) that did it but I’ve always had a thing for left backs.

Chris Sulley was my first favourite player.
Mozza was my first hero.
I loved Rhino Masters and Jamie Vincent.
Charlie Daniels took the whole thing to a new level.
Kerkez was quality but I never liked him as a person.

Truffert has easily become our best left back ever. I’ll be amazed if he doesn’t get a call up by France at some point.
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No Neil Young??
 
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