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1 hour ago, HaydnNUFC said:

MOTM tonight. Fucking class. Love this lad. Been great this season, so underrated 

 

 

He was fantastic for sure. Big Joe's fantastic assist and great finish seal the deal for me but Little Joe was all over it.

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I'm still not sure how he manages to block the pass, then instantly move the ball away from the defender before Burn scores. Has really quick feet and serious gas, hope he's here for a long time.

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15 minutes ago, Adam said:

I'm still not sure how he manages to block the pass, then instantly move the ball away from the defender before Burn scores. Has really quick feet and serious gas, hope he's here for a long time.

 

Noticed that too! The block and the shield were redic quick 

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On 11/01/2023 at 02:03, nemtizz said:

No greater sight in football than him knocking it on and bursting past the oppo.

 

 

 

 

I've never seen a player so fast, that doesn't look like they're running fast.  Always looks like the defender has him and they're getting up to full speed quicker than him.  Then he just strides away from them.  Looks like he's jogging.  Must be well annoying to play against. 

 

It can be frustrating, at times.  But it is also clever from him that he will check back, pass and keep possession 30-40 yards further up the pitch than where we started.  He doesn't always look to get to the byline or drive to goal.  Usually because nobody else on our team can keep up with him to support :lol: 

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I still don’t know what his best position is. He gets through so much running and is great getting forward on and off the ball. But the same as Longstaff, the quality is often lacking in the final third. 
 

Unlike Longstaff, he doesn’t seem like a typical midfielder. In the sense that he doesn’t put a foot in or have much of a passing game. 
 

The same as Joelinton. He’s just a bit of a hybrid, who really suits Howe’s system. You could replace him and Longstaff in the XI and I think we will in time. But anyone coming in wouldn’t necessarily have the same intangibles or fit in so well with our high intensity game. 
 

I think as the team evolves. Willock and Longstaff will become rotation players and not starting every game. 

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I love him. He’s possibly my favourite player, TBH. But I think whilst he gets about and pressures well. He’s never going to go crunching into tackles and often feels like he shirks challenges at times. 
 

Not even a massive criticism, plenty of players do that from kids football up to the top. 

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Everyone has an opinion and I don’t ever want to be too harsh to anyone as it’s not like we’re dealing with objective truth but I find it odd that anyone could look at this lad and think he’s nothing special. He’s got enormous talent, if he develops more consistency in his final delivery and finishing then he’ll be one of the better wide players / AMs in the league

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1 hour ago, Lush Vlad said:

I love him. He’s possibly my favourite player, TBH. But I think whilst he gets about and pressures well. He’s never going to go crunching into tackles and often feels like he shirks challenges at times. 
 

Not even a massive criticism, plenty of players do that from kids football up to the top. 

He definitely doesn't go crunching into tackles, but now that you mention that, it's just dawned on me that all of our players rarely do that, it's nigh on always standing tackles unless they're really stretched.

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I on the other hand, struggle to understand what the hell it is you guys love about this guy. He offers almost nothing on the field. Watching the first half today and he was literally the only player on the team not participating in play at all.

 

He is not a winger. He is not a creative midfielder. He creates nothing. He doesn't offer anything special defensively either. Like others say, what even is his position? Joelinton is better than him at everything.

 

If we sign another quality midfielder and a winger, does he ever start? No. Ok, then what would his role be? What does he offer?

 

 

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He is a different player to Joelinton though. Carries the ball really well, has serious pace that causes teams problems and gets us up the pitch. Wins the ball and presses very well. You could argue no one today really "created" anything, but thats because we play patient build up football, which Willock is great at. As for if he starts, that depends who we sign, but having him as an option in midfield is a great on to have. I fully expect him to be here for years and keep improving. 

Did you watch on TV or at SJP today? I often watch him when we play at home, his positioning is top class. He also looks like he's not trying as his strides are huge. 

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Genuinely don’t know how to respond to that. He consistently beats his man on the left with pace, he drives inside with his dribbling as well so he takes up really dangerous positions. He drags our team yards forward in seconds, quicker than anyone else because of his pace at running with the ball. His delivery is good but could be better at times, I think his main area to work on is being decisive about whether to take shots on himself or find someone else. He will have a class second half of the season I’m sure of it 

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