England's Lewis Hall

[Solitude20]

He’s got a high potential, and he needs more playtime at this age to reach that. Now that Botman seems to be out for a long time, is it time to move Burn to a central defender and start playing this lad as an LB? 

 

 

Edited November 3, 2023 by Solitude20

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Possibly cause more problems that it will solve, with how well Schar has been playing (and Lascelles TBF). 

 

 

Edited November 3, 2023 by AyeDubbleYoo

[Mikky]

1 hour ago, Solitude20 said:

He’s got a high potential, and he needs more playtime at this age to reach that. Now that Botman seems to be out for a long time, is it time to move Burn to a central defender and start playing this lad as an LB? 

 

 

 

Think I a more comfortable with the current version of Lascelles playing CB - Burn tends to overpress at times and leaves the occasional gap in behind 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I think that Lascelles is probably a better CB than Burn TBH. Or at least there's very little in it. 

[STM]

40 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

I think that Lascelles is probably a better CB than Burn TBH. Or at least there's very little in it. 

 

Totally agree. It just feels more natural to Lascelles. Lascelles has a better burst of pace and is better in the air.

[huss9]

start this lad at LB against arsenal

[54]

This guy was the only player booked yesterday

[r0cafella]

4 minutes ago, 54 said:

This guy was the only player booked yesterday

For what wasn’t even a foul. Dortmund got away with loads of tactical fouls as well. 

[Shearergol]

1 hour ago, r0cafella said:

For what wasn’t even a foul. Dortmund got away with loads of tactical fouls as well. 

 

Ruined the game, but they knew that. Man City do it all the time too. Needs stamping out somehow.

[MrRaspberryJam]

Don't think he had a bad game, just unfortunate to get a yellow.

[Groundhog63]

Got a shit yellow, was just stronger, off a ref that let them do what they liked. 

Unlucky

[The Prophet]

Wonder if his obligation to buy is conditional or automatic?

 

I like what I've seen so far. Still raw, but there's a very good footballer in there.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Think the lack of yellows in the game shows the ref knew he’d given a really soft one and needed to row back. 
 

Hall was good, he was very unlucky to be sacrificed. 

[r0cafella]

7 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

Wonder if his obligation to buy is conditional or automatic?

 

I like what I've seen so far. Still raw, but there's a very good footballer in there.

Obligation hopefully, He’s going to be top notch. 

[vicente_14]

Booking aside, which was ridiculous! showed some nice touches, going to be a really top player.

[Hanshithispantz]

I think it was a yellow tbh, quite soft for a first offence before the 10th minute but it was a dangerous attack and Hall pulling that big ugly fucker back stopped it.

 

The rest of the game was honestly near enough how I would want a game to be officiated. Dortmund were clever with their fouls but I don't think they ever overstepped the mark.

 

 

Edited November 8, 2023 by Hanshithispantz

[Geordie Ahmed]

He did okay, that yellow really made it difficult for him, meant he was extra cautious with any challenges

 

Considering the lack of bodies we have I would like to see him given a go in midfield if we are really short or even left wing, he played LWB against City in the League Cup last season and he was inverted a lot and he was the best player for Chelsea

[Geordie Ahmed]

1 minute ago, Hanshithispantz said:

I think it was a yellow tbh, quite soft for a first offence before the 10th minute but it was a dangerous attack and Hall pulling that big ugly fucker back stopped it.

 

The rest of the game was honestly near enough how I would want a game to be officiated. Dortmund were clever with there fouls but I don't think they ever overstepped the mark.

 

 

 

 

I'm not so sure about that, the one on Longstaff in particular was from behind, so was both dangerous and stopped a clear attack, that was far worse than what Hall did, which to me looked more like they were both pushing each other

[AyeDubbleYoo]

4 minutes ago, Hanshithispantz said:

I think it was a yellow tbh, quite soft for a first offence before the 10th minute but it was a dangerous attack and Hall pulling that big ugly fucker back stopped it.

 

The rest of the game was honestly near enough how I would want a game to be officiated. Dortmund were clever with their fouls but I don't think they ever overstepped the mark.

 

 

 

He was going to get to the ball first so the striker went down. 

[Hanshithispantz]

8 minutes ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

 

I'm not so sure about that, the one on Longstaff in particular was from behind, so was both dangerous and stopped a clear attack, that was far worse than what Hall did, which to me looked more like they were both pushing each other

Hall pulls him back first to start the tussle, he'd lost the race. The Longstaff challenge was a blatant yellow, aye. Bad call but on reflection of the whole game I don't think there was any bias. I never felt jipped by many of the on field calls and if anything we got slightly more of the 50/50s.

 

 

Edited November 8, 2023 by Hanshithispantz

[Hanshithispantz]

2 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

He was going to get to the ball first so the striker went down. 

Because he'd already pulled him back though. Hall was never winning that battle without the tangle.

[Geordie Ahmed]

Just now, Hanshithispantz said:

Hall pulls him back first to start the tussle, he'd lost the race. The Lingstaff challenge was a blatant yellow, aye. Bad call but on reflection of the whole game I don't think there was any bias. I never felt jipped by many of the on field calls and if anything we got slightly more ofvthe 50/50s.

I agree about the calls he made, felt he did well and he allowed some robust but fair challenges for both sides

 

It's just once he has decided to give Hall a yellow then he needs to be consistent with it and they had at least 2 tackles/fouls (which weren't first offences for those players) that he didn't give a yellow for 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

1 minute ago, Hanshithispantz said:

Because he'd already pulled him back though. Hall was never winning that battle without the tangle.

I just don’t think target men like him want race with a young fullback. He’s looking for a chance to win a free kick. 

[RodneyCisse]

Unlucky with the early yellow, was like Hannibal against us where they have to be so careful/less physical thereafter.

[Upthemags]

Thought he played well given the circumstances. I wish Eddie would have boosted his ego a bit more in the post game conference. Said he was "ok," which was a bit strange from him, as he is almost always very positive on player performances.

 

Kept perhaps the fastest winger in the world relatively uninvolved on a yellow he didn't deserve, no glaring errors. Excited for the lad for the coming fixtures.