Emilio Izaguirre

[E_9]

[stavrello7]

his d.o.b. is 10/05/1986

[ballack13]

I think technique could go up a few points.

Like most of the Honduran team, he is technically quite good.

[Josh]

Wigan are very close to signing him, according to reports in Honduras.

[Josh]

Signed for Celtic.

[Josh]

He's a little faster than this imo, and AGG could be 83-84.

[no more heros]

His crosses, well passes in general, have more power in them than his current stats have.

[Josh]

Yeah I agree with you, how about:

SPS: 76
LPS: 81-82

[no more heros]

Sure, go for it.

[Paddy]

I'd even have his SPS higher, his passing is intense and it nearly always is hit with pace and a lot of the times with accuracy too.

[Cold_Mac]

Yes, but at first I think his Tech, Def and DA needs to be updated.
He's fecking cool at the back and really composed on the ball.

[Josh]

So what about:

Defence: 69
DA: 81-82, I don't want to put it too high.
Tech: Same as DA

[Jez]

Well, having watched the second half of the match vs Hamilton the other day, I must say these are not what I was expecting. Now obviously I can only base what I'm going to say one this one game, however it seems there are already comments in this thread which match my ideas for him anyway. Firstly, I agree with Paddy. His passing is intense! He clearly needs higher LPS and SPS. His crossing was a bit frustrating from what I could make out (not just the corner which swung out of play ) in the sense that it's not always accurate, but he really does fire them in.

Secondly, what surprised me most when I came to the thread was his speed stats. On and off the ball he looked very quick to me. A lot quicker than these stats make out anyway. It was really his pace and intensity which made him stand out enough for me to come here and track him down, he really stood out when I was watching the game.

His aggression also looks too low, he was easily one of their more dangerous players going forward and I was surprised when I heard the commentator say he was playing left back, he was up and down that left wing like a man posessed.

If I was making a set based on that one game alone, then I'd be looking to raise Speed, Acceleration, Dribble Speed, SPS, LPS, Aggression and Stamina but that's just one game. Unless this was a one off match (which seems unlikely, he seems like one of those players who are quite easy to work out) then I'd definitely consider raising them.

Overall I was impressed by him. He seems athletic, dangerous going forward, and full of energy and attacking intent. Bit frustrating for his team mates as his decision making seemed to be a bit suspect and he looked like he can be a bit greedy at times.

Any thoughts?

(p.s. agree with raising DA and Tech)

[Josh]

I agree with that, I was thinking something along the lines of:
Stamina: 87
TS: 85
ACC: 86-87
DS: 85
SPS: 78-79
LPS: 83-84
AGG: 84, could be higher though

And the DA and tech changes as well, he's been Lennon's best signing I think, really good player.

[Jez]

If I was rating him on this game alone then I'd of said his aggression would be in the high 80's to be honest. But, you'll have seen a lot more of him than me so I can't really say much else

[Vickingo]

Seems that Manchester United wants him:

http://www.goal.com/es/news/21/fichajes/2011/01/24/2321581/mercado-el-manchester-united-posa-sus-ojos-en-un-hondure%C3%B1o

[Cold_Mac]

He is without a doubt the best defender of the SPL this year.
In every game he played in he was under the best 4 on the pitch and only once failed to get into good covering position or/and failed to take the ball away and this was against Hearts.
Don't think the Man Utd interest is too serious

[Josh]

He has been fantastic this season, very astute signing by Lennon. Any thoughts on the stats mate?

[Cold_Mac]

Thb I have got no idea which figures we are heading to but this guy has superior composure on and off the ball, not that great in technique but I assume he is one of the guys who could be drunk as a skunk and still would be composed enough to keep himself up.
He nutmegged a lot of defenders, while defending and attacking, e.g. steal the balls from behind very often just with a simple touch when the forwards tries to cut inside.
The one and only time I saw him exposed was when he played against David Templeton, who was really really on fire that night and maybe would have even raped Ashley Cole. The lack of real pacy winger in the SPL could be a part of that, maybe he would struggle against pacy forwards but at the moment he is the best player at the club besides Hooper and Paddy.

His crossing is quite poor tough
My suggestions, maybe a bit overpowered.

Attack: 72
Defence: 73 - a Hearts supporting mate just called him "the Wall", really really good at anticipation, tackling and positioning.
Stamina: 87-88 - machine, he still runned the whole left side in the 96. minute against Hamilton without any signs of exhaustion!
Response: 84 - as said above, brillant at reacting to new situations, taking the ball away from the defenders which is influenced by the Response value.
Dribble Accuracy: 82-83 - the icicle
Long Pass Accuracy: 75 - quite bad at crossing.
Aggression: 86 - in the last couple of games he was like a third forward, because no one tied him up at the back he stormed the whole game forward.
Mentality: 80 - Not sure about this, never loose composure, never let his confidence drop. I think thats part of the mentality value.

Consistency: 7-8 - one half-bad game out of 20 or something like that.
For cards - I really suggest sliding, ne never actually slides into tackles but his tacklings are very good, think this is influenced by the card.

[Josh]

I agree with all apart from Defence and Response, I'm not saying he doesn't warrant them, but I'm not 100% sure just now.