Lewis Miley

[Newcastle Fan]

Even in his less than 5 minutes cameo he looked class

[wormy]

7 minutes ago, Newcastle Fan said:

Even in his less than 5 minutes cameo he looked class

 

Just don't see it mate. Needs to up his game. 

[madras]

9 minutes ago, Newcastle Fan said:

Even in his less than 5 minutes cameo he looked class

Really ?

[Mikky]

Say this 4-3-3 v2.0 is the new formation - where does Miley fit? I can’t but think his role in this set up is on the left of the 3 - to compete with J7 and Willock

 

Thats why I think it’s imperative our next midfielder signing be an alternative on the other side 6-8 hybrid  (With Miley maturing in a few years to play all 3 potentially)

[Smal]

On 26/12/2024 at 12:10, Sibierski said:

Depends on his defensive / danger reading ability, but I do feel if he’s naturally got that which can be tapped into, then the deep CM where everything goes through him is his long term position for club and country. 
 

Very comfortable receiving ball with his back to play which is key in that role. But at his age, he’s got plenty of time to grow into that with his technical ability.

I don’t think he’ll ever have the defensive awareness to do that. When I watch him it’s the glaring weakness in his game.

 

Looks like a 10 to me.

[Unbelievable]

7 minutes ago, Smal said:

I don’t think he’ll ever have the defensive awareness to do that. When I watch him it’s the glaring weakness in his game.

 

Looks like a 10 to me.

 

Odd. I wouldn't say he's weaker defensively than offensively. Looks like a pretty well rounded central midfield player to me. Seeing as he's turning into something of a beast physically he should be able to do the Joelinton role pretty well going forward. Also I don't think he's unsuited to doing it on the right either (Bruno's current position).

 

Edit: I went and did a bit of youtube scouting to see if I somehow misremembered. Majority of his highlights are defensive, i.e. taking the ball off an opponent and either driving forward or playing an offensive pass:

 

 

 

 

Edited 9 hours ago by Unbelievable

[Ikon]

When the possibility arrives we should move Willock on. Easier said than done though I assume. 

[Holloway]

100s of academy players displaying this kind of ability eh, I really don't think so. Baffles me the people seemingly blind to his capabilities already

[Lotus]

Has he grown taller too? I can see he’s filling out some..