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Nathan Byrne - Signed on a 2 year deal


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23 minutes ago, Ambitious said:

I'm pleasantly surprised by this - I didn't expect us to sign another RB. I think he offers a great option as a RWB more so than RB based on what I've seen.

He looks to be a cheaper version of Bogle, albeit he looks to be a better carrier of the football than Bogle but a weaker defender. Bogle also looks to be the better crosser of the ball out of the two. Byrne is better playing longer passes, Bogle is better with shorter passes. Byrne seems to be a much more aggressive defender too. 

The only real red flag that I've seen with Byrne is that when he's got someone running at him, he only wins the dual 60% of the time. Bogle was over 70% and Lowe over 80%. 

 

You cant just judge players on these sorts of stats though. Much as I liked them both bogle and lowe were extremely frustrating to watch at times last season ( as were many i know). Its just good we are getting a player for that position who his team's fans seem to value

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3 minutes ago, CBRammette said:

You cant just judge players on these sorts of stats though. Much as I liked them both bogle and lowe were extremely frustrating to watch at times last season ( as were many i know). Its just good we are getting a player for that position who his team's fans seem to value

While I think that judgement should be a balance of stats and what you can see, can you explain why they were frustrating though?

Because the stats do seem to contradict that.

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47 minutes ago, gccrowdpleaser said:

Important thing in this one is that he has been Players Player of the year at Wigan in 2 out of the last 3 seasons. That is significant. More important than the accolade of the fans. It's a reflection of his influence, effort, commitment and passion and impact on the people around him.  I want players like that playing for DCFC.

Too much positivity in this post! Remove this individual from the forums immediately!?

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18 minutes ago, CBRammette said:

You cant just judge players on these sorts of stats though. Much as I liked them both bogle and lowe were extremely frustrating to watch at times last season ( as were many i know). Its just good we are getting a player for that position who his team's fans seem to value

Not completely, of course, but you can always use the numbers to take the bias out of any opinion. 

For example: I always found it extremely strange that Lowe was thrown in with Bogle as a good attacking fullback that struggled to defend. Lowe wasn't an attacking fullback in my opinion, other than being tidy on the ball, he wasn't someone who would try and take on a man and get a cross in a box. He's also very dominant in duals when someone is running at him, he wins as many of those duals as Andre Wisdom. He lacked the aerial ability but he was extremely good at winning the ball when the ball was on the floor. The numbers back that opinion up, yet the general opinion is that he's an attacking fullback that struggles to defend. 

I think with Byrne, we will very much get a player with a great engine who won't look out of place. I think there will inevitably be questions over his defensive part of the game. It's just the way it is. If we go five at the back then he's an exceptional option in that role. 

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good player and welcome addition.

I do think we should have a conversation with Wigan about players we could loan them (with a loan fee involved) we must have youngsters that would benefit from being with them as well as others such as Flojo that would help them out.

I do feel a bit of 'there but for the grace of god go I' and feel for them and their fans

 

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4 minutes ago, nottingram said:

Doesn’t seem a huge downgrade on Bogle in the here and now. Clearly Bogle had or has potential to far surpass it but Byrne is an excellent championship RB. Ultimately we have taken two components of an excellent Wigan defence last year for pennies

No disrespect to Bogle but I think its an upgrade 

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