England's Lewis Hall

[JLC]

19 minutes ago, Elliottman said:

 

Comes across really well. Measured and level-headed.

 

He's going to be massive for us this season

 

Also, good shout out there for Longstaff. The little things you don't see.

[Shak]

58 minutes ago, KaKa said:

Not sure why the clamour for Hall to start before seeing Kelly play.

 

I mean, Kelly hasn't kicked a ball for us so I'm not sure why he'd be above Hall in the pecking order as of right now either.

 

Agree with your general point though, there's a fair chance Kelly will be seen as as deluxe version of what Burn was at LB, being more capable of holding his own when getting forward but still offering the extra defensive quality that you maybe don't get with Hall there.

 

Could see Eddie maybe viewing Hall as a LCM in his system.

[gbandit]

Just think Hall will be massive for us in transition out of defence and in passing across the face of goal. With Tino bombing forward and Hall dancing into space and picking a great forward pass we’re going to be a completely different team in attack. That is until Trippier and Kelly start

[KaKa]

4 minutes ago, Shak said:

 

I mean, Kelly hasn't kicked a ball for us so I'm not sure why he'd be above Hall in the pecking order as of right now either.

 

Agree with your general point though, there's a fair chance Kelly will be seen as as deluxe version of what Burn was at LB, being more capable of holding his own when getting forward but still offering the extra defensive quality that you maybe don't get with Hall there.

 

Could see Eddie maybe viewing Hall as a LCM in his system.

 

It's just a different level of experience, physicality and athleticism. He's also good on the ball still and gets up and down the line.

 

Also Howe already knows him well and knows exactly what he brings to the table. Kelly vice versa knows exactly what Howe expects of him also.

 

It would be very surprising if Hall starts IMO. I may be wrong though, and so we'll see.

 

The way I see it, Hall is very young and inexperienced. His time will come and he'll still get opportunities to play, as Kelly isn't one you want to be running into the ground anyway.

[PauloGeordio]

 

[PauloGeordio]

Excited to watch this lad develope.

[Ikon]

100% MUST be 1st choice next season. He has shown more than enough for me towards the end of last season, plus glimpses before that. Unless he gets a few games and is poor both on/off the ball then fine, rotate him, but I don’t see it. What he offers on the ball and in general play outweighs his sometimes weaker defensive attributes. Even his defensive side has gotten better and rather quickly. On the ball he is one of our top three players. I have extremely high hopes for both him and Tonali. I think Hall will kick on from last season and continue to grow even further. Wouldn’t surprise me to see him being one of our POTY contenders. 
 

Also want to add to that, he has end product which is massive to have from an “unexpected” position. 

 

 

Edited July 23 by Ikon

[Vaj]

18 minutes ago, Ikon said:

100% MUST be 1st choice next season. He has shown more than enough for me towards the end of last season, plus glimpses before that. Unless he gets a few games and is poor both on/off the ball then fine, rotate him, but I don’t see it. What he offers on the ball and in general play outweighs his sometimes weaker defensive attributes. Even his defensive side has gotten better and rather quickly. On the ball he is one of our top three players. I have extremely high hopes for both him and Tonali. I think Hall will kick on from last season and continue to grow even further. Wouldn’t surprise me to see him being one of our POTY contenders. 
 

Also want to add to that, he has end product which is massive to have from an “unexpected” position. 

 

 

 

Completely agree with all of this. Also think having him behind Gordon will be massively beneficial to AG as well, just having that option on the overlap will give him more space to come inside. 

Although I would love some exciting transfer news, I am still really looking forward to this season and think we can do great things! 

[janpawel]

I agree love his skillet and in theory should really help our ability to keep the ball as we move from defense / midfield 

 

I do wonder if Howe will start with a Burn/Lloyd though, mainly because those 2 are a total different style to Hall

[Kanji]

Hall offers the ball playing Trippier does on the left. He’s got limitles potential if his skillset and pass selection are this advanced at this age. 

[Ikon]

In the video from the Adidas training center a player passed the ball across the swimming pool and Hall’s first touch to control the ball was some tekkers like  One thing doing it on the pitch but standing like that at the edge of the pool looked kind of ridiculous in a good way. Made me think of Foden for some reason. 

[Kanji]

His first instinct to look up and play that killer ball early is what will set him apart from the rest of the pack for years to come. I genuinely think he’s capable of playing international football if he continues to develop. 

[gbandit]

There’s almost no question he’ll play for England at senior level a significant amount unless he has issues with injuries 

[SteV]

3 minutes ago, gbandit said:

There’s almost no question he’ll play for England at senior level a significant amount unless he has issues with injuries 

If he starts the season in the team and performs at a similar level to the back end of last season, I’d say there’s a reasonable chance he’s in squad for the September matches.

[SteV]

https://x.com/bbcnewcastle/status/1815734481925583046?s=46&t=OQLMckSuatbpqWF13Al4mQ

[The Prophet]

Such a lovely player when he's on the ball.

[FloydianMag]

5 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

Such a lovely player when he's on the ball.

POTM today for me.

[Nobody]

Thought he looked absolutely class today tbh. Wonder if Howe might see him as 1st choice LB and first back up to Bruno at CM? 

[Geogaddi]

5 minutes ago, Nobody said:

Thought he looked absolutely class today tbh. Wonder if Howe might see him as 1st choice LB and first back up to Bruno at CM? 

Hall and Tino should definitely be our first choice full backs next season .

[Nobody]

2 minutes ago, Geogaddi said:

Hall and Tino should definitely be our first choice full backs next season .

Yeah definitely agree with that, but he also looks to be the closest we've got to a Bruno replacement, so might see a few games at CM? 

[McDog]

Just now, Nobody said:

Yeah definitely agree with that, but he also looks to be the closest we've got to a Bruno replacement, so might see a few games at CM? 

 

I didn't see the game today but a midfield of Bruno-Hall-Tonali with Kelly at LB and Tino/Tripps at RB seems like it could go pretty far. 

[The Prophet]

You could easily have Hall in the Cancelo-esque, full back stepping into midfield role.

[Joe1984]

3 minutes ago, McDog said:

 

I didn't see the game today but a midfield of Bruno-Hall-Tonali with Kelly at LB and Tino/Tripps at RB seems like it could go pretty far. 

Where does Big Joe go then?

[Myleftboot]

1 minute ago, Joe1984 said:

Where does Big Joe go then?

LW when Gordon goes to Liverpool.😉

[McDog]

Just now, Joe1984 said:

Where does Big Joe go then?

 

 

I would guess Howe won't trot out the same lineup every game plus situationally Big Joe either starts or subs with Hall depending on the game situation. Howe does seem to have options now at Midfield.