Pre-season specialist Haris Vučkić joins FC Twente

Glad he seems to be showing his promise, looked brilliant in the hole but went quiet when he was moved out to the left

Could have a role to play up front this season, hed be our fourth best striker now. Even if hes not natural to that position.

He'll slowly find himself there IMO.  I think that is where we should use him this season if im honest. Others play the positions he's suited for better, but few have that left footed strike like him.

Shame he doesn't have a great turn of speed or he would be a truly exciting prospect. Still he does have a lovely left foot and is tall enough to handle himself against strong defenders. Needs to work on a few other parts of his game but these European games could be the making of him.

For some reason i remembered this..Rooney, Tim Cahil, Lescott, Olly Murs and him playing Fifa against each other, Class..but also a bit random

Should have had a 1st half hatrick, was great tonight though, involved a lot found space well used the ball well but fk me he is slow for a young lad. Don't get how with his long legs and young age he is so sluggish.

What's this craic about not having the physical attributes, his problem is being able to take a game by the scruff of the neck and imposing himself on the game...

Still not sure he will ever make i though, have never seen enough when he has featured

this cumbersome kid is made of glass, talented but fragile.

this cumbersome kid is made of glass, talented but fragile.

How do you reconcile cumbersome and fragile in the same sentence?

Bigger version of Viana.

Technically, lovely footballer with a prodigious left-peg. In central midfield - i don't think he has the physical durability (to handle the hustle & bustle & collisions you cop in the middle), and the engine required to shoulder a balanced workload (in attack & defense). The high-paced tempo & end-to-end nature of the top-flight has caught-out quality ball-players before, when asked to shoulder a balanced workload. Veron is probably the best example. And Viana (a free-roaming playmaker, with no defensive responsiblities, in a 5-man m'field set-up in Portugal) wasn't cut-out for it when SBR incorrectly earmarked as successor in Speed's deep-playmaking position. For us most recently, Guthrie's lack of legs caught him out when deployed in a 2-man central midfield. For Vuckic, it's a similar theme imo.

Blooding him in the deep, left-side slot (of the fluid front 3) looks the best bet, in a full-strenghth line-up. Although it would be a brave decison at the selection table admittedly. The lad has an eye for a pass, and obviously the technical ability to back that up. Cisse, Ba, and HBA (depending on who is used on the day) will actually anticipate an attempted killer ball, and playing alongside those guys will show off his two best attributes while fast-tracking his development. And from a player devolopment angle, he's missed alot of footy & is playing catch-up. Make-or-break season for him now, and plodding alongside thick-as-shite attackers (like Obertan), in a second-tier line-up doesn't help. 

I think his player role model should be someone like Cantona. We'll be extremely lucky if he gets to be half as good though !

Yesterday was the first time I ever saw him and thought "hmm, he might actually turn out decent."

Hopefully this is a breakout year for him

Finally got a glimpse of why he is so highly rated. I agree that he needs work on elements of his game but don't agree that he can't cut it physically.

He may not have the pace but he certainly has the power.

Bigger version of Viana.

 

Technically, lovely footballer with a prodigious left-peg. In central midfield - i don't think he has the physical durability (to handle the hustle & bustle & collisions you cop in the middle), and the engine required to shoulder a balanced workload (in attack & defense). The high-paced tempo & end-to-end nature of the top-flight has caught-out quality ball-players before, when asked to shoulder a balanced workload. Veron is probably the best example. And Viana (a free-roaming playmaker, with no defensive responsiblities, in a 5-man m'field set-up in Portugal) wasn't cut-out for it when SBR incorrectly earmarked as successor in Speed's deep-playmaking position. For us most recently, Guthrie's lack of legs caught him out when deployed in a 2-man central midfield. For Vuckic, it's a similar theme imo.

 

Blooding him in the deep, left-side slot (of the fluid front 3) looks the best bet, in a full-strenghth line-up. Although it would be a brave decison at the selection table admittedly. The lad has an eye for a pass, and obviously the technical ability to back that up. Cisse, Ba, and HBA (depending on who is used on the day) will actually anticipate an attempted killer ball, and playing alongside those guys will show off his two best attributes while fast-tracking his development. And from a player devolopment angle, he's missed alot of footy & is playing catch-up. Make-or-break season for him now, and plodding alongside thick-as-shite attackers (like Obertan), in a second-tier line-up doesn't help. 

Sadly, I pretty much agree with that. I fear his lack of pace will always restrict him.

His decision-making on the ball also seems a bit naive. He's trying very hard to prove himself, so perhaps as a result he's attempting things that aren't really on. He doesn't look relaxed.

I think, like Viana, he'll be more suited to the continental game.

I don't think he can fit into a system. Lack of pace means he can't play up top and lack of energy means midfields a no-no.

I don't think he's good enough lads, weak link tonight....

He's such a nothing player. Neither a forward or a midfielder.

Not holding my breath on this lad.

I don't think he can fit into a system. Lack of pace means he can't play up top and lack of energy means midfields a no-no.

 

I don't think he's good enough lads, weak link tonight....

Think he needs someone quick who moves up front with him rather than Shola. Someone who plays off the shoulder who he can slide passes through to would be ideal

Had a fair few chances now. Never writing him off just yet, but needs to play somewhere where he understands what he can provide on a pitch.

Just vanishes every time he plays for us

Do any of you actually know his age? Fucking hell man, give him a chance.

Do any of you actually know his age? Fucking hell man, give him a chance.

He's had quite a few tbh. How many does he get?

don't know whats good about him,

he's tall and has a great shot on him thats it.

he can't challenge in the air regardless of his height, he doesn't impose himself physically on the field, scared of getting stuck in and his passing has been woeful.

Needs to man the fuck up if he wants to make in England.

Looks like Van Persie when you squint, plays nothing like him though..