England's Lewis Hall

[Conjo]

Steven Taylor used to be a striker and Andy Carroll was a winger at youth level. Struggle to see it as a very good point why we should try to shoehorn Hall into a position he hasn't played at a senior level, that he hasn't played in for at least 3 years. Lets just play players in the positions they are trained in and most comfortable playing in?

[The College Dropout]

Fullback is very much a learnt position. Most are failed CBs, CMs and Wingers.  
 

The season before we signed him, he played most of his first team games at LM. And played the most amount of games at CM/DM overall. This idea that he can only be a left back is too early in his development to confirm imo. 
 

I Don’t think Hall has the football IQ of Reece James which might be the difference. But I think he has a similar level of overall footballing ability (touch, dribble). And Transfermakt doesn’t seem to have the games. But I remember James playing in midfield for Chelsea under Tuchel a number of times (perhaps after starting at CB/RB/RWB) and looking seamless. But James is a very clever player and he played a lot at CM in the Championship too.

 

Think James would be a great sitter for England actually. Less work on the knees than RB. 

[Sufi]

Lewis Fucking Hall. What a performance.

[Guybrush]

Kept Saka quiet the whole game. Superb.

[Smal]

[1892er]

Absolutely unreal again. He looks an absolute bargain at £35m at the minute.

[54]

Has to be getting a look in to the England squad surely. Especially given we have no one fit in that position. 

[Kid Icarus]

Wew. Of all the things I expected from a great performance from him, it wasn't the defensive side of his game. Completely dominant.

[ponsaelius]

Speaking very well on his interview with TNT now 

[nemtizz]

Cares more about playing for us than England. My boy.  
 

Should be called up soon. 

 

 

Edited Saturday at 14:45 by nemtizz

[Troll]

His best game in our shirt.

[Bimpy474]

Love how Eddie has handled him, last season sparingly, now he's let him off the lease, and by god this boy is good.

[PauloGeordio]

Watched his interview. Such a humble lovely kid. What a talent. Our talent 

[Gallowgate Toon]

Flawless, man. Developing into an unbelievable player.

[LiquidAK]

20 years old. What a player we've got 

[KaKa]

Terrifying rate of development from this guy at the minute.

 

Shockingly good defensively against both Madueke and now Saka too.

 

The sort that I feared him coming up against before.

 

Crazy.

[Lush Vlad]

Some boy. 

[LordJake]

Top performance, what a talent 

[aussiemag]

Exciting that he is putting together such performances at the age of 20. If we can sign a young pacy RCB. Our back 4 is sorted for 10 years. 

[ToonAbroad]

So pleased for him after the first few months of his spell here, will only get better and better defensively too with experience. Crazy to think his prime is still so many years away.

[Big Geordie]

Top shift, young man.

[RodneyCisse]

Elite.

[KaKa]

Came across so well in his post match interview. Cool kid.

[Ikon]

Easily our player of the season so far. Sky is the limit. He will be even more class once we get better in possession overall. 

[Adam]

Really needs a better song