gbandit Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Ronson already shut me down on the pace. I was talking about his ability to drive forward with the ball at pace which I think is strong. Ronson mentioned that his actual sprint pace is not great though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 He looks a technical CM to me. Lovely weight of passing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonesJones Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Just now, The College Dropout said: He looks a technical CM to me. Lovely weight of passing. Was just about to post asking if anyone else thought he might be more of a CM down the line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 6 minutes ago, BonesJones said: Was just about to post asking if anyone else thought he might be more of a CM down the line. Think he prefers that role Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 15 minutes ago, Shearergol said: Think he prefers that role He was being deployed in midfield a lot at Chelsea wasn't he? I'd be interested to see if he could do one of those hybrid LB/DM type positions. Letting someone like Willock release in front of him and then he slots into LCM area instead of rushing out wide to hug the touchline like more traditional full backs usually do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 In his Chelsea YT comps - he played in midfield mostly at youth level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 3 hours ago, Ronson333 said: He definitely doesn’t have great pace I agree. My initial concern about him was this and also (but less so) his strength and height. He’s quite quick with the ball but not much quicker without it seems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverThere Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 I think we should try him in the MF, given that's the weakest link right now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Surprised again not to see him. Don't know what the issue but there definitely is one. If he can't come on for 20 mins when we're 0-2 up against a mid table Champ side he's place in the squad seems purely ornamental. Leave him out of the squad and put Alex Murphy in his place. Something! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Hope we don’t have to sign him and spend that money if we don’t believe he is good enough to play a part this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Depends if he's good enough to play a part in the coming seasons too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1 minute ago, The Prophet said: Depends if he's good enough to play a part in the coming seasons too. Well it would be quite the jump if he’s a regular next season. Considering that he hasn’t got any game time at all barely. Despite our crisis. Personally I’d rather see us go for a proper 1st choice LB for the money. He might prove to be class next season. Really hope so if we plan to spend 30m on him in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 This was the right game for Burn and it was token minutes at the end so I don’t care. I would like to see him get some proper minutes soon though, as much for his development as anything else. Would be good to see him start in the next round Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny1403 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1 hour ago, Lotus said: Surprised again not to see him. Don't know what the issue but there definitely is one. If he can't come on for 20 mins when we're 0-2 up against a mid table Champ side he's place in the squad seems purely ornamental. Leave him out of the squad and put Alex Murphy in his place. Something! We only made one sub until the 92nd minute tbf. Howe was desperate to win. Livramento played a minute. I wouldn’t read too much into it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1 hour ago, jonny1403 said: We only made one sub until the 92nd minute tbf. Howe was desperate to win. Livramento played a minute. I wouldn’t read too much into it. That’s my read on it. Weeks recovery to City, time on the training pitches, might see more of him now particularly if we get a kinder draw Monday evening (Maidstone at home). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 I still think he's going to finish this season strongly, or at least much better than we've seen to date. Howe has mentioned a few times that we've simply not had training time as a squad - that isn't conducive to a good environment for a young player learning a new position/system and fully explains the lack of trust, so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Thought he looked lively when he came on. Could have done with him on earlier Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt1892 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 I don’t know why we don’t mould him in to the defensive midfielder we are crying out for. He played centre midfield until he broke in to Chelsea’s first team and has also played as a centre back, he has some great distribution on the ball so no reason why he shouldn’t be able to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myleftboot Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Was saying in the boozer he needs to come on on 60 minutes for miley and Longstaff move to right of midfield after KDB came on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Positive that he's graduated to first sub Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 2 hours ago, gbandit said: Thought he looked lively when he came on. Could have done with him on earlier When Isak is out of gas by 60 mins there is no reason we don’t get him on for a bit on the wing earlier. Hopefully we see it more if we don’t get any bodies back soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 I do wonder what our plan is for this lad? I assumed we brought him in to play left back but he recently he hasn’t been playing lb at all. I do reckon we are having buyers remorse mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BShearer Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Burn looked at the sideline when sub was done hoping it was him as he looked dead tired lol to keep up with walker runs, bit of Bernardo moving to right then Foden / KDB too took up some right wind positions... overall not sure either if we will make it permanent with Hall. sounded like a must buy option built into the loan but maybe only triggered if he plays X amount of games for us which he may not as he did not start many games so far and dont expect him to be either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Don't think it's a coincidence that he's starting to get more minutes as the schedule has begun to ease and the squad is getting more time to train. He'll start to feature more prominently moving forwards, I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaksbigrightfoot Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Im Not sure about this lad to be honest. Hes not really next level. 30m could be spent better elsewhere I think. Just my own thoughts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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