Sead Haksabanovic

I was watching it but missed the last 5 minutes before halftime. He was playing ok

 

mental that Hatate is two years older than him

 

no sure why he got hooked at halftime but heres his stats for the first 45.

 

I watched the last 15 of the first half, Montenegro were in dominance for it and sead was the main man, almost scored but we'll blocked by defender and put a corner on a tee for savic that forced a really top drawer save.

 

He got subbed off at 46 mins, hopefully just a routine sub? Not watching any games the night.

 

Starting

 

Looks like he's playing centre mid tonight...

 

I like him. But he needs to be a bit better defensively. They were just running off him at ease, and Tavernier got another free header off it.

Maybe he wasn't fit either?

 

His defensive work, or lack of, is probably why he doesn’t start more.

 

And thats the big difference between him and Maeda, it Hack were to start against Huns, penaltyking would cause problems, with Maeda, the * is pinned back.

 

Aye it's pretty clear to see..

Technically excellent but doesn't have the pace to get up and down against anyone decent..

Good for the other domestic games and coming on but for me he needs to be a 10 if he's a regular starter (which is hard to see). He'd be no problem with a McGregor and Hatate/Iwata behind him..

 

His lack of defensive ability / willingness was * poor against the huns. Made no attempt to stop the cross that resulted in Tavernier's second goal. And never tracked him when he almost scored a third.

 

Aye that just won't do in an Ange system..

The likes of Jota work just as hard off the ball tracking back or pressing high..

 

Same, he's a top talent but really doesn't look like he has the legs to be a wide player in this system, there's too much tracking back and defensive work and pressing needed from them esprcially when the fullbacks tuck in, should be competing with O'Riley/Turnbull for a central position imo, maybe if one of them are off in the summer he could slot in, then sign another winger instead of looking to bring someone new in for the middle.

 

Absolutely - he’s to blame for that goal. Was the only one near enough to close down Sakala in the build up, and he just stopped running.

I like him, but if he’s going to be a long-term, serious contributor in Ange’s system, he needs to either screw the nut defensively or develop a bit more athleticism so he can play the wings in big games.

 

Absolutely right and I imagine that will have been very much brought to Haksa's attention in the post game review of performances.

 

I will add it does see that Haksa has a good attitude so hopefully he can work on the defensive side of his game because he has a ton to offer with the ball and as a goal scoring threat for the team.

 

His attitude is first class.

 

Right wing just doesn't suit him at all. Has to be on the left or central.