KION ETETE:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 10:34 am
MY VIEW:
We should let Etete have a run of 5 starts and finally see if he is a Championship striker??
Kion Etete:
"I've found the Championship a lot more challenging," says Etete, who spent half of last season on loan in League Two with Northampton and the other half in League One with Cheltenham Town.
"The two leagues I was at before, I felt like there wasn't much difference between the two apart from technicality, but I think the strength was worse, harder in League Two.”
"The Championship has been a massive step up in quality and physicality in terms of strength and running we do. It's really fast-paced.
"Last season, I had been on two loans, kept stepping up the leagues and I wanted to keep doing that. This is the way I do it. So I am just going to think about myself. I thought it was time for me to move on from Tottenham as it looked like I would never make the side,”
"I had a few meetings. Morro [Steve Morison] really enticed me. They showed me clips of what they really liked about my game. They also showed me clips of how I can improve. So I thought they put a lot of effort into it and showed me how they could make me better as a player.
"My injury obviously set me back. After the World Cup now it's time to press on. We all need to band together and put the work in."
"Some of the coaches at Spurs, Paul Bracewell the most," he says when asked who his biggest influences at Spurs were. "Under him I developed the most in my game, technically. The rest of the staff out on the pitch as well.”
Kion Etete Striker aged 21
Cardiff City 9 appearances 0 goals
Northampton 18 appearances 3 goals
Cheltenham Town 13 appearances 3 goals
Notts County 4 appearances 0 goals
"A few times I trained with the first team. It was always good to go over there and you see where you aspire to be.”
"It was a joy to watch Harry Kane train. Just take notes of how he is doing stuff. You are always going to lean by watching. You know he is an unreal striker, so you learn from just watching."
Etete, 21, has failed to score in any of his nine competitive appearances for the Bluebirds, all of which have come from the bench.
But Etete scored 2 goals in the friendly against Villa last week.
"It's all about knowing the players you're up against, their strengths, how they want to manage you and then doing the opposite. Make it difficult for them," he s
"If people want to fight, like Tyrone Mings, he is strong, you stand off him. Sometimes give it back. It's about mixing up your play.
"I enjoy stuff like that a lot. I like being challenged. “
"He scored two really good goals in the friendly against Villa, he could have scored another one with a lob. That is something we know he has the potential to do. That's why he is in the club," Mark Hudson said in his Thursday press conference.
"It's one thing against the best, but can he do it every week? That's something we ask every player. It was an exciting game for him, the output was excellent."
One thing is for sure Cardiff need their forwards to start scoring. They are the lowest-scoring team in the division and, Callum Robinson aside, have very few Championship goals in the squad.
Hudson said the club would address the dearth of goals in-house during the World Cup break and Etete has noticed a difference on the training ground in the last few weeks.
With the January transfer window looming, the inevitable clamour for another striker will inevitably rear its head again if the goals continue to dry up. However Etete wants to prove that Cardiff already have a goalscorer in the building and plans to start showing them that sooner rather than later.
"I think it has been addressed in the way we approach training," Etete says of the goalscoring. "The finishing and the objectives of training were changed for the better and there are more goals going in.
"So I think that's how we've changed it, but we will see on Saturday.
"Everyone, all the other strikers I'm with, no one means to miss. We are all trying to score in the first place. It's not through lack of effort. We just need that little bit of luck to get the ball rolling."
We should let Etete have a run of 5 starts and finally see if he is a Championship striker??
Kion Etete:
"I've found the Championship a lot more challenging," says Etete, who spent half of last season on loan in League Two with Northampton and the other half in League One with Cheltenham Town.
"The two leagues I was at before, I felt like there wasn't much difference between the two apart from technicality, but I think the strength was worse, harder in League Two.”
"The Championship has been a massive step up in quality and physicality in terms of strength and running we do. It's really fast-paced.
"Last season, I had been on two loans, kept stepping up the leagues and I wanted to keep doing that. This is the way I do it. So I am just going to think about myself. I thought it was time for me to move on from Tottenham as it looked like I would never make the side,”
"I had a few meetings. Morro [Steve Morison] really enticed me. They showed me clips of what they really liked about my game. They also showed me clips of how I can improve. So I thought they put a lot of effort into it and showed me how they could make me better as a player.
"My injury obviously set me back. After the World Cup now it's time to press on. We all need to band together and put the work in."
"Some of the coaches at Spurs, Paul Bracewell the most," he says when asked who his biggest influences at Spurs were. "Under him I developed the most in my game, technically. The rest of the staff out on the pitch as well.”
Kion Etete Striker aged 21
Cardiff City 9 appearances 0 goals
Northampton 18 appearances 3 goals
Cheltenham Town 13 appearances 3 goals
Notts County 4 appearances 0 goals
"A few times I trained with the first team. It was always good to go over there and you see where you aspire to be.”
"It was a joy to watch Harry Kane train. Just take notes of how he is doing stuff. You are always going to lean by watching. You know he is an unreal striker, so you learn from just watching."
Etete, 21, has failed to score in any of his nine competitive appearances for the Bluebirds, all of which have come from the bench.
But Etete scored 2 goals in the friendly against Villa last week.
"It's all about knowing the players you're up against, their strengths, how they want to manage you and then doing the opposite. Make it difficult for them," he s
"If people want to fight, like Tyrone Mings, he is strong, you stand off him. Sometimes give it back. It's about mixing up your play.
"I enjoy stuff like that a lot. I like being challenged. “
"He scored two really good goals in the friendly against Villa, he could have scored another one with a lob. That is something we know he has the potential to do. That's why he is in the club," Mark Hudson said in his Thursday press conference.
"It's one thing against the best, but can he do it every week? That's something we ask every player. It was an exciting game for him, the output was excellent."
One thing is for sure Cardiff need their forwards to start scoring. They are the lowest-scoring team in the division and, Callum Robinson aside, have very few Championship goals in the squad.
Hudson said the club would address the dearth of goals in-house during the World Cup break and Etete has noticed a difference on the training ground in the last few weeks.
With the January transfer window looming, the inevitable clamour for another striker will inevitably rear its head again if the goals continue to dry up. However Etete wants to prove that Cardiff already have a goalscorer in the building and plans to start showing them that sooner rather than later.
"I think it has been addressed in the way we approach training," Etete says of the goalscoring. "The finishing and the objectives of training were changed for the better and there are more goals going in.
"So I think that's how we've changed it, but we will see on Saturday.
"Everyone, all the other strikers I'm with, no one means to miss. We are all trying to score in the first place. It's not through lack of effort. We just need that little bit of luck to get the ball rolling."
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Re: KION ETETE:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 11:13 am
There's a couple that probably fall into this category, Tanner being another. Morison did say some were bought as projects.It's obvious to me that City are setting a good standard when it comes to preparation and conditioning of players. Anyone with a half ounce of football knowledge will know that it ain't the 70's/80's anymore and players just can't play their way to fitness.
Re: KION ETETE:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 11:19 am
Sneggyblubird wrote:There's a couple that probably fall into this category, Tanner being another. Morison did say some were bought as projects.It's obvious to me that City are setting a good standard when it comes to preparation and conditioning of players. Anyone with a half ounce of football knowledge will know that it ain't the 70's/80's anymore and players just can't play their way to fitness.
I'd certainly put Tanner on the bench. Even if it's just a 15 - 20 min impact player. Surely it'll add to his fitness for first team football.
I'd start Etete and have Robinson as a wing / attacker
Re: KION ETETE:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 11:26 am
Sure start Etete and give him a couple of games and see how it pans out.
It doesn’t mean he’s not a Championship striker if he doesn’t score, it means give him more time. He’s never played any decent level before he came to us so there’s always next season which hopefully he can push on if he can’t push on this season.
It doesn’t mean he’s not a Championship striker if he doesn’t score, it means give him more time. He’s never played any decent level before he came to us so there’s always next season which hopefully he can push on if he can’t push on this season.
Re: KION ETETE:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 11:49 am
Kion Etete when I asked about Cardiff's lack of goals
"It has been addressed in the way we approach training. The finishing and the objectives of training were changed for the better and there are more goals going in."
"It has been addressed in the way we approach training. The finishing and the objectives of training were changed for the better and there are more goals going in."
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Re: KION ETETE:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 1:20 pm
Did he not score 2 against villa so let him build on that confidence rather than go back to sitting on the bench.
Slap him on the back and tell him to go and make a name for yourself
Bit like the young lad for spain ramos who took ronaldo' s place and scored a hatrick
Difference in levels but its all about confidence
Slap him on the back and tell him to go and make a name for yourself
Bit like the young lad for spain ramos who took ronaldo' s place and scored a hatrick
Difference in levels but its all about confidence
Re: KION ETETE:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 1:36 pm
Hope he starts to shine
Re: KION ETETE:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:26 pm
montyblue wrote:Did he not score 2 against villa so let him build on that confidence rather than go back to sitting on the bench.
Slap him on the back and tell him to go and make a name for yourself
Bit like the young lad for spain ramos who took ronaldo' s place and scored a hatrick
Difference in levels but its all about confidence
Let’s start him