Arne Engels

Great energy and some nice touches combined with losing the ball too often.
Like a lot of what I saw, progress is definitely being made, albeit slowly.

 

Thought he could outmuscle Mcginn , few can. He read that play well and got there first , just lost the battle. Plenty of good stuff from him tonight though.

 

Over the past few weeks, Arne has regularly demonstrated flashes of real quality.

Just need to be patient, until he gets the fitness to complete 90+ mins on a regular basis

 

Think that's the issue, McGinn does that to just about anyone, know your opponents. Naive

 

First half he was excellent. Not great 2nd half but not terrible either. Steadily improving all the time, would love to see him in a midfield with pace and power.

 

He's improving but still not near the price tag level.

 

Thought he was excellent. McGinn bit aside but frustrating thing is if that was up the other end I bet that ref would’ve given them a free kick. Couldn’t go near them.

 

Naive, should have fouled McGinn. Ok Scales should have committed the foul earlier but he needs to be more aware of the potential if he gets beat. Foul him and regroup.

 

He showed his quality tonight and also showed his naivety and perhaps immaturity. He’ll learn and keep improving.

 

Didn't see the amazing performance Neil Lennon did tonight. However, did think he made an impact and did more right than wrong.

Can see he's a bit of a slow burner but he's growing into things.

 

Aye both were culpable

 

Really poor first 20 min, then came into it and started second half well, especially defensively. But powerpuff for that 3rd goal, needs to man up and cut out silly fouls.

 

I think he has a lot of quality but also is inexperienced and his tactical awareness needs work. He needs to work on his confidence. At times he looks like he isn't sure if he belongs at this level.

 

Hm I think he's right, the price isn't irrelevant. His performances until now haven't been anywhere near that of an £11m player. Considering what we usually pay for players, you'd expect to get a bit more bang for your buck so far.

Engels might be worth £25m in a few years; in that case we'd have made a tidy little profit. But we've already made better profits from players like O'Riley and Jota who cost far less, not to mention Tierney, Dembele, Edouard, etc. Will Engels go for more than most of those guys?

Not only that, but I think it's crucial that our more expensive signings are those who instantly take us up a level, or obvious sought after talents. As it stands, O'Riley to Engels is a pretty substantial downgrade and we're a weaker side for it.

Obviously I'm not writing him off, but I think we all secretly hoped (and expected) Engels to be better than he has been so far, even when accounting for his age, first year at the club, etc.