Mikkel Damsgaard

Mikkel Damsgaard

Ghost said:
Despite his ability he's always looked more like a twiglet than a footballer.
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Which is one of the reasons we got him I guess. Excellent player. Fingers crossed he stays fit. The fact that we don't need to overplay him will be of benefit to him and to us.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

I feel like one of the big changes that has led to Dams' reduced minutes is Cheif Keif's "highly structured chaos". We're looking to be extremely structured in setup, it seems, with players who play to the system 90% of the time. It looks like chaos, but the reason it works so well is that it's chaos for the opposition, but structured for us.

Jensen is just a better player of structure. Dams is far more of a "wildcard". And I see that working really well against some teams, but most of the time, we're looking for the structure that Jensen can bring.

IMO, of course.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

The momentum of the game shifted when he went off today (along with the second lot of Leeds subs). He knitted the midfield to the forward line superbly.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

TorbayBee said:
Brilliant today!! He is such a player and works so hard.
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Agreed!! Some lovely touches to get us out of tight spaces!!! Backheel at the end of the first half was sublime!!! 😍

I've never subscribed to the criticism that he's too lightweight, as I think he gets more than his fair share of situations where he nicks the ball off the opposition.
But felt he was clearly outmuscled 3 or 4 times today.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

He definitely went backwards in terms of physicality. His IQ and skills are a joy to watch, but seeing him being outmuscled is not. He looks more like the Damsgaard of the first 2 years in that aspect, than the one of the last 2 seasons.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

He was very good yesterday, some of the intricate passing and movement was great.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

The comments about him being outmuscles are boring. Sorry.

His use of the ball and how he links the play is a joy to watch. He hasn't gone backwards and is finding his way into this new squad.

Not all players need to be bruising bullies. Sometimes you have to accept that some players are slight of body, but have a skill set the far outweighs that negative. Dams is one of these.

Funny how we lost control of the ball once he went off.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

He takes the ball close to the oppo player and is always looking forward to pass or move. A very technically gifted player. For sure he will lose the ball sometimes but clearly he is being coached and supported to be brave on the ball and take risks. The game was made for Jansen and his quality final balls long and short but Damms contributed a lot yesterday.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

Isleworth_Bee said:
The comments about him being outmuscles are boring. Sorry.

His use of the ball and how he links the play is a joy to watch. He hasn't gone backwards and is finding his way into this new squad.

Not all players need to be bruising bullies. Sometimes you have to accept that some players are slight of body, but have a skill set the far outweighs that negative. Dams is one of these.

Funny how we lost control of the ball once he went off.
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I'm going to bore you further.

Not only was he outmuscled on the ball 3 times yesterday but he's clearly lost weight from last season too. It's as obvious to anyone that extra time in the gym would help his game, but i'm guessing this is something to do with his condition rather than a choice, surely?

FWIW I thought he was excellent yesterday, but yes his lack of physicality is an issue and a fair one to point out.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

Mikkel Damsgaard

upnorthbee said:
I'm going to bore you further.

Not only was he outmuscled on the ball 3 times yesterday but he's clearly lost weight from last season too. It's as obvious to anyone that extra time in the gym would help his game, but i'm guessing this is something to do with his condition rather than a choice, surely?

FWIW I thought he was excellent yesterday, but yes his lack of physicality is an issue and a fair one to point out.
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I don't think its an issue.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

1st half, He run the game yesterday. Knitted everything together and we kept the ball so well as an away team at Elland Road. Dams was huge part of that. Very encouraging for the rest of the season.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

upnorthbee said:
I'm going to bore you further.

Not only was he outmuscled on the ball 3 times yesterday but he's clearly lost weight from last season too. It's as obvious to anyone that extra time in the gym would help his game, but i'm guessing this is something to do with his condition rather than a choice, surely?

FWIW I thought he was excellent yesterday, but yes his lack of physicality is an issue and a fair one to point out.
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He has been with us for 4 years and barely changed. You don't think our team have considered this?

He doesn't need to look like Adama Traore, because he has a totally different skillset. See also Cole Palmer.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

On the subject of Dams being bullied off the ball yesterday, those big lumps at Leeds would bully the majority of players around if they chose to, so for me not an issue.
Dams ran the midfield 1st half and we lost our way slightly when he went off
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

Different players have different strengths. He may not be as strong/powerful as Jensen, but having an otherwise incredibly physically powerful midfield with Janelt, Sangare, and Yarmoliuk, he doesn't need to be. There is no one with the creativity with the pass that he has, he is still a willing tackler, doesn't shy away from physical contact. On one of Schade's goals last season, Damsgaard took a defender's studs above the knee before he hit a perfect through ball. He's got a different kind of physicality and a high level of battle. He's fine.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

Mikkel Damsgaard

jonny c said:
He has been with us for 4 years and barely changed. You don't think our team have considered this?

He doesn't need to look like Adama Traore, because he has a totally different skillset. See also Cole Palmer.
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Disagree, I think he has lost weight. But yes i'm sure our team has considered everything.

Two things can be true, he doesn't need to be Adama Traore, but he could be stronger on the ball.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

upnorthbee said:
I'm going to bore you further.

Not only was he outmuscled on the ball 3 times yesterday but he's clearly lost weight from last season too. It's as obvious to anyone that extra time in the gym would help his game, but i'm guessing this is something to do with his condition rather than a choice, surely?

FWIW I thought he was excellent yesterday, but yes his lack of physicality is an issue and a fair one to point out.
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As you said, he was excellent against Leeds. The rest is irrelevant. It's not a bodybuilding contest.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

cliffbee said:
As you said, he was excellent against Leeds. The rest is irrelevant. It's not a bodybuilding contest.
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It literally doesn't have to be, it's almost as if it has to be one extreme or another on here.

One more time as you missed it, he doesn't need to be Adama Traore, but I believe he'd be a better player with more muscle, so he's harder to shrug off the ball. Anyway, now its boring as i've said the same thing 4 times. Cheers Cliff.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

Isleworth_Bee said:
The comments about him being outmuscles are boring. Sorry.

His use of the ball and how he links the play is a joy to watch. He hasn't gone backwards and is finding his way into this new squad.

Not all players need to be bruising bullies. Sometimes you have to accept that some players are slight of body, but have a skill set the far outweighs that negative. Dams is one of these.

Funny how we lost control of the ball once he went off.
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Yes it seems people forget a guy called Modric
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

cliffbee said:
As you said, he was excellent against Leeds. The rest is irrelevant. It's not a bodybuilding contest.
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It all seems a bit Division 4 to me (remember Ian Evatt?); he's not that tall (1m80 I think), and adding too much weight to his frame would slow him down! There's always going to be Premier League defenders who will barge him over, just as they'd barge over any other player... thinking of Arsenal here.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

upnorthbee said:
It literally doesn't have to be, it's almost as if it has to be one extreme or another on here.

One more time as you missed it, he doesn't need to be Adama Traore, but I believe he'd be a better player with more muscle, so he's harder to shrug off the ball. Anyway, now its boring as i've said the same thing 4 times. Cheers Cliff.
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Problem is bulking up may be to the detriment of other aspects. I would imagine our medical/coaching team are fully aware of his conditioning and muscle denseness and, with no disrespect to your opinion, would go with their opinion 🙂
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

I don't think it's strength, though. Messi had no issue...

It's more that his little flicks and dinks aren't quite coming off right now. He seems a little rushed on the ball, I feel. Part of that is that defenders are crowding him out because of how dangerous he can be. But part of that is him just not being able to find that space well enough. He needs to improve that. He needs to find a way to get more time on the ball.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

stomalomalus said:
I don't think it's strength, though. Messi had no issue...

It's more that his little flicks and dinks aren't quite coming off right now. He seems a little rushed on the ball, I feel. Part of that is that defenders are crowding him out because of how dangerous he can be. But part of that is him just not being able to find that space well enough. He needs to improve that. He needs to find a way to get more time on the ball.
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Mate with respect, Messi's an absolute tank. Has a hell of a lot of muscle mass and therefore is almost impossible to shrug off that ball, all that with a low centre of gravity.

I think you're definitely right tho, teams have sussed he's an attacking threat of ours and probably do crowd him now :sorted:
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

upnorthbee said:
Mate with respect, Messi's an absolute tank. Has a hell of a lot of muscle mass and therefore is almost impossible to shrug off that ball, all that with a low centre of gravity.

I think you're definitely right tho, teams have sussed he's an attacking threat of ours and probably do crowd him now :sorted:
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Yeah, you're right. I didn't qualify myself well enough :D Messi was far from a tank 20 years ago, though, and he was still able to just ride the challenges. Because it was less about strength and more about timing.

I just feel Dams' timing is a little off. Season before last, he was always in the perfect spot at the perfect time. He seems half a second behind that atm. I'm sure there are reasons for it. Mentally maybe he needs a little help, and physically maybe he's not trusting his body...we don't know, but I trust in the Bees team to help him in any way he needs to get back to playing at a world class level.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

In my mind, he’s trying to hard to make an impact.

Today tried to make a quick decisive flick or pass when he had space and time to hold and look up.think we would have done better today in the last 20 if we had held the ball a little longer at times.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

Not quite coming off for him at the moment. Had a golden opp to play Thiago in but fluffed his lines.
 

Mikkel Damsgaard

Even a great player has dips in form. We missed his control in the first half as Yarmo tried to press but was not as effective with finding the front 3.
But for the last 30 he was spinning and turning, but the delivery was not pitch perfect, he looked disappointed at the final whistle.
He can play much better, but we looked a better threat with him on the field than sitting the first 60 minutes watching.
 
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