There is great satisfaction with the services of Tomáš Souček at West Ham United, and not only the fans, manager David Moyes and the club’s legends, but also his teammates themselves are enthusiastic about the performance of the Czech midfielder.
Darren Randolph is currently following up on the flattering words of Captain Declan Rice, who praised the 25-year-old teammate from the reserve line last month.
An experienced goalkeeper, covering the back of the unequivocal number one Polák Lukasz Fabianský in the current cadre Hammers, spoke about how strongly he was influenced by the former Slavist.
“Tomas runs thirteen or even fourteen kilometers during each match. I’ve never seen anything like it, I’ve never played with anyone who could cover the pitch so much,” said the 33-year-old Ir.
In addition, he gave an insight under the hood of how Souček manifests himself during the training process. The Czech national team does not know anything like a rest after demanding Premier League duels.
“The day after the match, Tomáš comes to training and takes another five or six kilometers around the training field. It’s a machine!” revealed an enthusiastic Irish goalkeeper.
But what Randolph considers the most impressive at Souček is the combination of physical condition with football quality.
“Having such running statistics is one thing, but combining them with quality and ability is unusual. Normally you have either one or the other – football quality and / or a runner who is not so good with the ball. But Tomas has both,” he said. with Randolph’s admiration for this year’s reinforcement.
Randolph also revealed why Souček was a key element of the revolution that the Scottish manager Moyes decided to start in the Hammers team.
“The coach came to the club and found out that West Ham is in one of the last four places in the league in running statistics. It was a huge weakness of the team,” said Randolph, who returned to the club this year after three years in Middlesbrough.
Not only Souček but also the spring coronavirus break helped the hammerheads to improve their overall running performance.
“We all got special training plans, they followed them, and when it came to the tests, our numbers went up a lot. If you look now, the distances that the boys will run in matches are incredible,” Randolph said.
At the end of last season, West Ham managed a challenging task and stayed in the elite competition.
In the current year, he confirms higher ambitions and even the best English teams have problems with his well-organized and physically inflated game. Clarets and Blues have reserves in their creativity, which was fully revealed by the last home duel against Fulham. However, the torment was ended by the tireless Souček with a decisive goal to 1: 0 in the set time.
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