Daizen Maeda

Aye * rotten again.

 

Shouldn't play against parked buses. Any joy he got came from central runs , his wide play is non existent against that type of defence.

 

Can I be honest? For the first time maybe ever, I thought he looked knackered out there.

Poor today, but after the cup final performance he's allowed an off day, hopefully back to his best on Thursday.

 

Maeda is a very limited player but does have a couple of big strengths, generally against better teams we can high press and there space in behind on the counter - but that's it.
For that reason alone he's worth having.

Anything that requires strong technique, incisive passing, good decision making and game intelligence or beating a player from standing start - struggles big time
Simply cannot play against deep lying defensive teams.

Brendan needs to learn when to play Daizen and when not to.

In his defense. equally culpable are our tippy tappy, negative, non responsibility taking midfield players - their play is also hurting all of our forward players right now.
When everything is played at walking pace, dynamic players like Maeda and Kyogo really suffer.