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George Murray's avatar

A terrific article about a seriously underrated player. I am heartened that you praised the wonderful Kyogo as well. To my mind, few players since Larsson have given me such pleasure week on week, but Daizen is filling the space more than adequately. Let us just hope that he is happy to stay for a while.

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Ross H's avatar

Thanks George, much appreciated.

I think the one thing that gives me a bit of extra hope with Daizen is a few people I speak who are a lot closer to things than I am say that both he and his family love it here. I think having had his move to Portugal earlier in his career may have helped shape his view of things in some ways. Many players who make that move that goes wrong tend to appreciate finding a place they love that little bit extra.

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Pablo Five's avatar

The 38 stops outside my house.

Doesn't stop anywhere close to a football ground though

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Barry W's avatar

Another great article Ross. Kyogo imo was the best since Larsson. He was able to score all types of goals , and important goals as well. Single handedly won us trophies and some vital 3 points and as a support it's gutting we never got to give him a proper send off.

As for Daizen I genuinely think in his current form , he could go on to possibly surpass his Japanese pal who is now in France but probably not for long and dare I say it we should be offering Daizen a new deal in the summer

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Ross H's avatar

Appreciate that Barry.

I'm a big fan of Kyogo, I'm torn on the best since Larsson. He is most certainly the number 1 contender for that title but I had a lot of love for Gary Hooper as well. Kyogo is finding like Hooper did that wanting to move on is one thing, but you have to make sure you give a great deal of thought to where you are going as finding that environment that fits is vital.

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