Got confused with the Villarreal game. Anyway, my point stands: it's still too early to say anything, he's played only about 90 minutes so far. PS: I guess the assist he got in one of those games is a point to have some, well, hope. He should be a decent fit for the style in La Liga. I'm not sure the quality is there, though.
Is it too early to say anything? Or is it the right time to say something as long as that something is the fact that he’s not a starter and is seen as depth? I’m really confused.
He's been on the bench for the 90 in two games, started and played an hour in the game they expected to lose, and played 30 as a sub in another. I think that marks him as primarily a sub/depth at this point. Mallorca plays a 4-2-3-1 and much less often a 4-4-2. Hoppe was only included when they played 4-4-2.
Btw , Hoppe looked a bit lethargic in his start. He wasn't busting a gut like he was with the national team or Schalke last season.
He will probably double down and argue it was a throw-away game and therefore his point still stands lol.
Possibly due to different leagues/teams, different playing cultures, and an early afternoon game on a late summer day in Madrid.
He's moved to a better team (could any team be worse than 2020-21 Schalke?) in a better league, so you'd expect him to have to need time to adjust when the benchmark for PT is that much higher.
Actually,when your supporting evidence is faulty,you have no point. Thanks for putting out corrected info,though.
Sounds to me like he was used as a "planned casualty" vs RealM and saved their starting CF for the next league game.
I think it's kind of early to discern clear patterns here. But it's certainly not bad news, nor is it "instant hit" news. It's kind of regular "new young kid on the squad" news.
Even top players often need some time to adjust to a new team and a new league. We shouldn't expect a young, inexperienced player to move from one of the worst teams in the Bundesliga to La Liga and tear it up from day one. He will need time and at least he is getting some minutes early on. I'd say it looks positive but too early to tell much.
Pretty much. La Liga demands top personal technique and good technical awareness. In fact, the entire system in Spain is made in such a way that players are selected more for technique, tactical acumen, and passing accuracy. Until last season Spain's third tier (Segunda B) and fourth (Tercera) were huge sprawling competitions with regional groups and many, many clubs (Segunda B had 102, Tercera had 397) that had academies. It's rare to see such a huge structure at such a high level in Europe, since most third and fourth tiers are similar to the top ones, with only 20-24 teams in each. But Spain, with their emphasis on early tactical awareness, had a tradition of academies in each region that produced players very aware of those "advanced soccer topics" since early. While individual technique is something you expect kids to learn by the time they're U12, often the more "soccer IQ" part of the game is left for later, only truly developing in the U20-U23 groups. Spain was the opposite: first, they focused on what players were smart enough, and from those, the ones with the physical tools got advanced. So by the time they're 17-18, they're ready to play at the relatively high level that are the third and fourth divisions. By comparison, the 3.Liga has 20 teams and the Regionalliga has 72/73. It's also a reason why the lower leagues in Spain seem much less physical than the ones in other parts of Europe. It's that early emphasis on awareness, mentality, and creativity --the Spaniards believe those are the things you must select for first, since they can be evaluated since early, while you never know how physical a guy is until much later in life.
Good and reasonable post. Had some strong tools, but def raw still. Classic case of a player that needs to 'develop' and time is on his side to do so. Poco y poco.
Receives a call for the October WCQ, and the U.S. MNT needs him to bring it in the absence of Pulisic and Reyna.
I wouldn’t mock Moldovia. Sheriff is in first place with 2 wins (Real Madrid their latest victim). On top of that, they are in 3rd place in their domestic league.
That league is a joke and they run roughshod over it with KGB blood money laundered through the club. They’ve won the last 6 and 9 of the last 10. They won the last 3 league titles by over 15 points. So let me put this into perspective a little bit. I don't think a lot of folks truly understand what it means that a team from Moldova has made it to the Champions' League.I grew up a 15-minute drive from Tiraspol and I can give you a tiny bit of an idea... https://t.co/m1FKJEj167— Slava Malamud 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@SlavaMalamud) August 26, 2021