by DD Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:58 pm
The-Frank-Tavern wrote:wots wrong with heitinga? he surely isn´t that bad
In potential good. Not great, good. But he still lives on the credit he got of a great season as fullback three-four years ago(!) as a teen.
The reality now is he's bench player for Ajax. He is decent passer upfront once he gets past the halfline, but every other aspect of his game is lacking to atrocious. He gets selected into the National squad because he's an Ajax boy.
His supposed strength as a build up making fullback are well exagerated and has a habit of running with the ball, reaching the halfway line, then passing the ball backwards (with lots of intercepting danger). He panicks when under presure. One in five passes is a decent one, and he can find a gem once a month. He's also lazy, not particularly fast, and his brain doesn't seem to do a lot of overtime.
His major weaknesses:
defending. You might as well make a poacher defend. Everyone gets past him, and all balls and crosses go past him too. People congratulate him when he blocks a cross.
Positioning. Absolutely abysmal. 'Tis the reason people get past him. And believe it or not, he gets in the way of the other defenders a lot of the time.
he also panicks a lot.
If you want to replace Boulahrouz with Heitinga, like HSV wants to - the thoughest defender out there verging on absolute WC, for a joker of a bench quality fullback. Well... hell, that's like seeing trainwreck happening, only a very funny one.
Heitinga is not even fit to lace the boots of the guy that's laces Boulahrouz's boots.
He could be a good CM thouhg, that's his best role.
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