Kid Icarus Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Getting torn apart like that is all part of the learning curve for a player that age. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ9 Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Was he that bad? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEFAFWISP Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 No Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonesJones Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 That was quite a step up for him tbf. He's not the answer to any if our current problems but I'd say he's worth a place on the bench and cup games see how he gets on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Shown pretty much nothing in pre-season. Needs a loan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 The chronicle have gave him a 7 rating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Just now, gdm said: The chronicle have gave him a 7 rating. I'd have given him 6 but 7s alright. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Just now, AJ9 said: Was he that bad? Not bad just clearly in a game with an amount of pace that's probably new to him. Didn't have the time and space that he'll be used to so got caught on the ball and wasn't where he needed to be off the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, AJ9 said: Was he that bad? Not bad, just kind of anonymous Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, AJ9 said: Was he that bad? I wasn't paying full attention but was watching and didn't see him touch the ball once. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 He was a 4ish imo, but it's not a criticism of him. I'd have been shocked and completely blown away to see him put in a 6 or 7 performance against a Champions League team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Interesting that Howe hasn't given him a runout as a wide forward at all yet. Quite a lot of responsibility to put a 19-year-old in central midfield who is more attacking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 He needs another loan. I think that's why Eddie started him tonight. Nothing against him, he needs a loan a championship club to progress. It's probably not that easy to go from league 2 to playing an excellent champions league side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Just now, relámpago blanco said: He needs another loan. I think that's why Eddie started him tonight. Nothing against him, he needs a loan a championship club to progress. It's probably not that easy to go from league 2 to playing an excellent champions league side. Thats what I've thought over the couple of games he's played. Obviously the staff have seen at lot more of him but just going off what we've seen, get him a loan in the Championship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Was let down a few times by ASM tonight on that left side, who misplaced a number of passes to him when he was in some space, and could have had a chance to express himself. Tough to judge him on that game, as he didn't really get on the ball much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushimonster85 Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Not sure it's the best thing keeping him here this season. At this point in his development he needs games. Full, regular games. Not the odd 10/15 minute cameos from the bench. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 10 hours ago, Tiotes Witch Doctor said: Shown pretty much nothing in pre-season. Needs a loan. He was class against Mainz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 I think the tempo and pace of the game got to him, and I don’t think he’s a CM, more a wide attacking left or right sided player. What I do like about him is he shows for the ball and looks to get it, turn and look for a forward pass and then shows again for a return, several didn’t come off for him, but that was down to runners misjudging his intentions or just not making the run. Not surprising as he’s basically got zero experience in any form of understanding with his team-mates. I’d send him back out on loan mind! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Difficult one! The step from league two to champions league level is quite a jump. I don´t want to judge him on one performance... and Benfica did play well in the first half, some slick passing and aggressive approach! I would love him to come in and be our "Geordie Maradona" but i just don´t think it is realistic and the expectation could kill the kid. loan him out until christmas to a championship side and if he kills it bring him back and if he struggles let him grow with it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 He'll get the "He's not ready" stuff because he's young but it was Longstaff who was clearly out of his depth. He'll get away with it because he's older though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Longstaff was far more involved in the game than Anderson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, Gallowgate Toon said: Interesting that Howe hasn't given him a runout as a wide forward at all yet. Quite a lot of responsibility to put a 19-year-old in central midfield who is more attacking. I've found this quite interesting too. One thing Wenger always used to do with young creative players coming through is start them out wide - even if it was nominally out of position. They'd earn their stripes there long before they ever got games in the heart of midfield or as a 10. Fabregas was the one real exception to this rule. A midfield three is obviously a bit different to a two but I've been surprised that all of his games have been as a midfielder. It's almost the inverse to the above logic - in that he's wanting to see how he copes in the cut and thrust area of the pitch. Or perhaps it's just indicative of the kind of player he wants out wide in this system. Edited July 27, 2022 by ponsaelius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 12 hours ago, KaKa said: Was let down a few times by ASM tonight on that left side, who misplaced a number of passes to him when he was in some space, and could have had a chance to express himself. Tough to judge him on that game, as he didn't really get on the ball much. Yeah I think it's a bit difficult to judge a player who is trying to bounce plays off ASM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 16 hours ago, SUPERTOON said: Hardly he mad to let a 19 year old with only half a season of league 2 football under his belt go out on loan. It is when he's playing well in pre season and we're struggling to get attackers in No need to make a decision until later in August Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 2 hours ago, xLiaaamx said: He'll get the "He's not ready" stuff because he's young but it was Longstaff who was clearly out of his depth. He'll get away with it because he's older though. This isn't true. Longstaff looked a little slow footed and swamped by their high tempo pressing at times, but he was very much in the game. It is no disrespect to say Anderson really couldn't get involved last night given his limited/non-existent experience at that standard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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