Sorry meant mason being 21 yep
Agreed. Outstanding first half yesterday was everywhere and defended against jch and passed and moved and ran and passed and everything was great to watch. 21 years old!!!
Yeah, opens his body up really well when he receives the ball in tight situations. Both him and Dabo seem to have that bit of extra finesse.
Tbf he was in decent form towards the end of last season and has just continued with that
Yeah, he was playing well at the end of the season but it seems a little more than just continuation of form to me. In the first half of last season I didn't know what he was - defensively he was a bit rash and wayward so didn't seem like a defensive fullback, and when he got forward he was crossing from deep and then was knackered after 70 mins so he didn't seem to have the tools for an attacking fullback either. This season he seems a lot more willing to take on his man or run beyond Hiwula and his defensive postioning seems a lot tighter too. I'm guessing it's almost all fitness related. With a full season behind him he knows now he can get up and down all game, so is able to push himself further in attack and not be blowing out his arse when he gets back.
I don't think the same level of connection is there between Jobello and Dabo just yet as there is between Mason and Hiwula. Obviously on the left they've already had a season together and Jobello's English was non-existant when he joined. We had some good success down the right vs Bristol but a lot of that was individual quality e.g. Dabo's 2 touches for the 2nd goal. Jobello strikes me as a bit of a maverick footballer - some quality early crosses, the occasional interchange with Dabo and Westbrooke but also a few give and go's that didn't work out too. Thought he could have tried to beat his man more often than he did, the early crosses were good ones but they left Godden quite isolated in the box. There was also a lot of space on the flanks due to the midfield diamond that Bristol played.
How did you come to that?
