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title: "Dicks: You see Quina has ability"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2016/07/06/dicks-see-quina-ability/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Andy Kostka"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2016-07-06T11:57:19Z"
modified: "2016-07-06T11:57:19Z"
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# Dicks: You see Quina has ability

West Ham’s pre-season got off to a slow start last night as the boys lost 3-0 to MLS outfit Seattle Sounders.

Sounders, midway through their season, were too much for the Hammers, less than half a week into their pre-season schedule.

Maybe we shouldn’t take too much away from the game, the performance and see it purely as a fitness exercise against a superior opposition.

The group now know they’ve got a long way to go with just over three weeks until their Europa League third qualifying round fixture at the end of July.

First-team coach Julian Dicks spoke to ReadWestHam after the game, and praised one of their newest recruits, Domingos Quina on his performance.

The 16-year-old attacking midfielder signed from Chelsea earlier this summer and has been invited along to first-team training to get to know the group and acclimatise to life as a Hammer.

“*I think he’s done okay,*” First Team Coach Julian Dicks said postgame. “*He’s very positive \[…\] He’s just got to know the boys as well, so it’s going to take him a while, but you see he has ability.*”

Quina started as a sub but came on to play on the left-wing in the second half and flashed a few moments of brilliance in what was a largely underwhelming outing for West Ham.