Shaquell "Shaq" Moore at Tenerife

After the second red, it was over.

Final. Tenerife loses 1-2 to Mirandes, ends with nine, has an own-goal where their keeper pushed the ball in, and Shaq plays 90' with the assist for their lone goal, and providing cover in the middle after the sub DM got a straight red.

 

i feel like in spain and italy are the leagues that champion use of wingbacks so it becomes so normal as opposed to say the PL which celebrates even mediocre ones.

 

Outside the EPL England is still wedded to the flat back four, and even there that's the default. Some teams will experiment with wingbacks as a tactical gambit for a specific opponent or because of injuries, but the go back to what they know best, even though 60% of the players and so many of the coaches are foreign .

 

Starts:

XI del #CDTenerife y reservas #blanquiazules.#RCDMallorcaTenerife #SiempreCDT pic.twitter.com/VGq05E4zHR

— CD Tenerife 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@CDTOficial) October 3, 2020

 

Another loss. Third in a row. The only reason they're not at the bottom is that the Segunda doesn't keep all teams playing games at the same rate, and while Tenerife has played four already (1 win, 3 losses), the teams below have played 1 to 3 games only (except for Albacete).

 

Starts:

XI del #CDTenerife y reservas #blanquiazules.#TenerifeRayo #SiempreCDT pic.twitter.com/u0Oxj0z989

— CD Tenerife 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@CDTOficial) October 10, 2020

 

And another assist. Second this season. Shaq at the top of the table with other four players for assists (2) so far. He's the only defender in that lot.

 

High praise from the head coach after another solid performance. He refers to Shaq as one of the best wingers in the Segunda.

@franfermister Comenta qué Shaq Moore es uno de los mejores extremos de la categoría, y cuando juega de lateral nos da muchas posibilidades tanto en ataque como en defensa, es un jugador muy valioso y muy polivalente para el equipo

— Rubén Mesa (@Ru28992) October 10, 2020

🎙FRAN FDEZ

▶️ #ShaqMoore tiene mi total libertad para subir. En el gol del #TenerifeRayo ha sido clave llegando en contraataque. Está siendo el más activo en este arranque de #Liga. Escala la banda con profundidad y voluntad. Juega con un ida y vuelta como pocos en #Segunda. pic.twitter.com/bQf75dBE8A

— Yendy Hernández (@Yendy_Hernandez) October 11, 2020

 

polivalente is a new vocab word for me . his coach holds him in very high regard which is great to see. life's good at the moment for shaq-attack

 

Remarkably high praise from a coach. Interestingly, he's describing him as a winger, and one of the best in the division. Since they're recently signed a specialist RB (Georgian international Otar Kakabadze, 25) from a Swiss D1 side, we can expect him to be playing further forward for the rest of the season.

 

According to @Suyuntuy, who actually watches the games, Shaq has looked much better as winger than right back.

 

I know he's clearly better as a winger, but they started the season without a specialist RB and Shaq had to fill in there for four of the first five league games. As soon as Kakabadze was available for selection, Shaq was moved forward to RM/RW and that's the pattern we can expect for the rest of the season.

From what I've been told, Kakabadze simply doesn't have the pace, technique or tactical skillset to play further forward: he's a pure RB. Looks to me like

 

Isn't it pretty rare for guys to move forward at this stage of their career? I mean good on Shaq. He's obviously doing it right but I'm pleasantly surprised.

 

Yes, rare. But it happens when FB turns into a great crosser. And that what he looks like.

 

Especially rare when everyone said his touch was garbage and he would never survive in Spain.

honestly a pretty impressive job by this guy to get where he has. It’s great to see!

 

Some tried to say he was an NCAA level prospect at best.

 

Made this monochromatic Team of the Week:

Y con #ShaqMoore en el #OnceIdeal de la #J5 en @LaLiga #SmartBank 20/21 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾.#TenerifeRayo #SiempreCDT pic.twitter.com/Gw8Ez4KpKm

— CD Tenerife 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@CDTOficial) October 15, 2020

 

I'd say it's very rare and even more so at this level. Like DaMarcus Beasley, it's much more common for RWs and LWs to move backwards and become RBs and LBs. What Shaq is doing would be like Antonee Robinson flopping as an LB at Everton and then excelling at LW in the Championship

 

The guys I can think of that moved up would be Bale and Sessegnon, but both of those moves came earlier in their careers than Shaq.

 

Starts vs. Sporting Gijon. After the conversation surrounding his new position, the signee Kakabadze (who had been starting at RB) is not in the squad. Presumably Shaq moves back to RB today?

📋STARTING XI | Line-Up and Subs for today’s match at #ElMolinón

⚪️🔵#SiempreCDT #RealSportingTenerife pic.twitter.com/UZL8tT2gSV

— CD Tenerife 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@CDTOfficialEN) October 18, 2020

 

Interestingly, Shaq Moore was replaced late in the game by ... Samuel Shashoua.

 

He got an early yellow in a 1-1 draw. According to Fotmob he was playing RB.

 

Starts:

XI del #CDTenerife y reservas #blanquiazules.#PonferradinaTenerife #SiempreCDT pic.twitter.com/zS7iXG2yGV

— CD Tenerife 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@CDTOficial) October 21, 2020

 

Seems like he's one of their key players. Be neat if they can make another promotion push this year.

 

Another start vs Espanyol. He needs a look in November.