lexicon Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 8 minutes ago, KAZZAM said: Yeh ok. So Chukwuemeka wasn't playing in front of Lindley and Raikhy Lindley, yes, Raikhy no. They both cover a lot of ground and one could and would be more advanced than the other at any given time. He's a CM not a CAM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 (edited) Like I said, if he can become that B2B midfielder in a Yaya mould, amazing. As it stands, his pressing and workrate off the ball isn't good enough to make me feel he would be replacing Luiz or McGinn in Deans midfield this season. As we currently play 4-2-3-1 he would be best suited to sitting infront of those two and linking up the attacking play, driving the ball forward like McGinn did when he used to play that more attacking CM role, but with better link up play on the edge of the box as you would see from most of Chuks highlights in the U23s. If he gets minutes in the AM role this year and then develops over time to become that midfielder he is for the U23s, great but don't feel he just slots in as a marauding #8 from the off. A little like how most youth strikers with some pace generally come through as a winger first rather than the main man, its better for their development to not have so much responsbility from the off. Whether you want to call that a 10, an AM, a B2B or whatever isn't really the point. I just feel like he is going to be best suited infront of the holding two. Also, him playing that central role when Ramsey was out in the final, was kind of exactly what I said before, plays it at times when we aren't fitting both him and Ramsey in. Edited July 21, 2021 by HalfTimePost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dont_do_it_doug. Posted July 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2021 (edited) I mean, he's 17 years old. Pigeon holing him into a set position at this stage would be daft. Edited July 21, 2021 by dont_do_it_doug. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 When Ramsey was out in the final Lindley played as the holding midfielder and Raikhy played further forward as one of the two 8s Chukwuemeka being the other one, Raikhy basically took Ramsey's role, there was no change to the system as such. It's only recently that Raikhy has switched to playing as more of a No.6, previously he was more of an attacking midfielder but when promoted to the U23s he wasn't going to replace either Chukwuemeka or Aaron Ramsey so played a more defensive role and to be fair has become very good and even though he's playing deeper you can still see his attacking qualities, point being that him playing further forward in the final wouldn't have been an alien role to him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrath_5 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Played decently enough last night, showed some good stuff but was a little loose/sloppy in possession a couple of times too. I'm not sure we quite know his best position just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 9 hours ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: I mean, he's 17 years old. Pigeon holing him into a set position at this stage would be daft. Hi buddy, you must be new here. We pigeon hole our players into whatever category we like as soon as we like! This includes position, ability, sexual appeal, you name it. If a player can be pigeon holed, they will be 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrath_5 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 1 minute ago, bobzy said: Hi buddy, you must be new here. We pigeon hole our players into whatever category we like as soon as we like! This includes position, ability, sexual appeal, you name it. If a player can be pigeon holed, they will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Thought his work off the ball was great last night, phase him in gradually and we have a FOC cm replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 I was just watching at home, so I obviously couldn't get the full measure of his impact because it looked to me like one of the quietest games I've seen from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Again tough to make an impact, especially down to 10 men but again glimpses of brilliance, especially when laying off the ball to Bidace at the end. Might need to be patient before he makes the breakthrough properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Anyone know why he was not with the team at Bristol City? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 38 minutes ago, Aston_Villan4 said: Anyone know why he was not with the team at Bristol City? There was closed door game vs Crewe same day as Bristol. He played in that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Need a change from that other thread, is this young man the next superstar to emerge from our academy ? Will he feature more this season or is he likely to go on loan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillz Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 (edited) A New Hope Edited August 4, 2021 by Gillz 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 On 22/07/2021 at 09:30, bobzy said: Hi buddy, you must be new here. We pigeon hole our players into whatever category we like as soon as we like! This includes position, ability, sexual appeal, you name it. If a player can be pigeon holed, they will be We’ll have him suggested as a left back before the season is out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Our Next 100million man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted August 4, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, messi11 said: Our Next 100million man Great, I was looking forward to seeing him progress this year as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpants Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 The King is dead... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Could he be in line to start against Watford? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, messi11 said: Could he be in line to start against Watford? Doubt it mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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