Caspar Jander

[mikee]

There was one particular tackle where he just positioned himself in front of the oppo player to win the ball - gave me Morgan Schneiderlin vibes!

[lambtiss]

1 hour ago, Bakovnetski said:

Downes is sick (again) so we may get our wish

Let's see what Jander and Charles are like together.

Downes and Charles together just seem to slow everything down to a standstill. Out of the two, I much prefer Charles, at the moment. 

I have taken against Downes for being a perennial, sickly, whinger.

Edited September 18 by lambtiss

[Lighthouse]

Outstanding player. Runs the show.

[benjii]

Just now, Lighthouse said:

Outstanding player. Runs the show.

Definite Prem potential.

 

[Toadhall Saint]

Quality from the first time he touched the ball you could see he was a bit good.

[saintant]

For me he is our best signing. He's the vital cog, the metronome, the conductor. We've missed this type of player for so long and he'll no doubt soon be on the radar of bigger clubs.   

[RedArmy]

He is class. 
 

With Charles to come back, Romeu to come into the mix and Bragg showing he’s worthy of minutes it is time to move Downes on in January because it’ll be tough for him to get minutes over those above and his style of play doesn’t really suit the way we play if we’re going to continue to be direct with the ball. 

Edited November 25 by RedArmy

[S-Clarke]

He was always class, got bogged down a bit in the later days of Stills tenure - but even his short cameos right at the start, even against the Skates, you can see his has agility on the ball and a real knack of arriving in and around the box. He's an upgrade on Will Smallbone and Downes in one player, him and Romeu could strike up something pretty special. What a player to learn from.

[benjii]

Good job he missed that sitter against Swansea, or we might still have Still.

[Dusic]

Worth trying to add a year to his contract already.

[Spoonman]

Let’s appreciate him while we can, this lad has bags of potential 

[Convict Colony]

Posted in match thread but...

Jander is elite and chasing a man down and recovering the ball from behind him and then using his body to shield the ball as he gets up and gets us going forward again 

 

[saintant]

This guy gets better and better. He does everything well and with efficiency. Others may get the plaudits but Caspar is the one who makes the team tick.

[S-Clarke]

40 minutes ago, saintant said:

This guy gets better and better. He does everything well and with efficiency. Others may get the plaudits but Caspar is the one who makes the team tick.

Credit where it's due, this may be the first window where we have actually seen a legitimate return in SR transfers.

Jander

Leo

Fellows

Azaz

Those 4 have lifted the level of the team in key areas.

There are still a couple of oddities in our transfers from the summer, but that's not really unusual. No team ever gets it right 100%, but for the first time I can remember we've got it right more than we've got it wrong. Positives to cling to, maybe.

[saintant]

Just now, S-Clarke said:

Credit where it's due, this may be the first window where we have actually seen a legitimate return in SR transfers.

Jander

Leo

Fellows

Azaz

Those 4 have lifted the level of the team in key areas.

There are still a couple of oddities in our transfers from the summer, but that's not really unusual. No team ever gets it right 100%, but for the first time I can remember we've got it right more than we've got it wrong. Positives to cling to, maybe.

Yes and much credit to Tonda for the way he's set us up to get the maximum out of our flair players. I always believed they would prove good signings but it's taken a new coach to assess how they should be utilised and to make things tick. The football recently is some of the best we've produced in ages. Because things have been so bad it is hard to make yourself believe it's not going to suddenly go pear shaped again but I'm beginning to let my guard down and hope we are truly at the start of a golden period under Eckert.

[stfrancisofbenali]

2 hours ago, saintant said:

This guy gets better and better. He does everything well and with efficiency. Others may get the plaudits but Caspar is the one who makes the team tick.

Rolls Royce of a player. Scienza deservedly gets the headlines but Jander is the beating heart.

[spyinthesky]

1 hour ago, S-Clarke said:

Credit where it's due, this may be the first window where we have actually seen a legitimate return in SR transfers.

Jander

Leo

Fellows

Azaz

Those 4 have lifted the level of the team in key areas.

There are still a couple of oddities in our transfers from the summer, but that's not really unusual. No team ever gets it right 100%, but for the first time I can remember we've got it right more than we've got it wrong. Positives to cling to, maybe.

Just think the 4 players mentioned have added quite a lot to the team's performance albeit at Championship level.

The money from the Dibling deal has more or less paid for the players although the combined wage cost of the 4 newcomers will be significantly more than Dibling was paid.
Much as though I was sad to see young Dibling go, he would not have added any where near as much to the team as have the aforementioned players.