Billy Dean
Player Valuation: £70m
Fully agree. Some players develop later. A good youth development approach should also make room for such players.
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Sorry I don't think you're understanding my point.
I'm not writing him off or saying he won't get England caps, just saying that if he doesn't, I don't think he'll be good enough to even be a squad player for us. Your point was that even if he just turns out to be a bit of a plodder, there's no harm in using him in the squad, I'm saying I disagree entirely.
Sides that win trophies do not have a bench full of Championship level players just because they're local lads, they have squads full of quality. If we want to compete that's what we need to aim for. The key is to try and get local players who are quality, so there's no need to compromise. Hopefully, the reviews that Williams and Dowell are getting are an indication that they may have what it takes to make it at the top.
johnnydawg68
Chairperson, People's Front of Saint Domingo
ah ok. Understood.
Onyekuru benched again. Harboui () and theo will play up top.
Hasn't really gone to plan for any of our summer recruits has it?
Joe Williams starting for Barnsley against Villa, on Sky too. I noticed that Onomah is on the bench for Villa, whom I presume is the Spurs/England u21 international, so should be an interesting comparison with Williams if they on the pitch together.
Armel
Player Valuation: £15m
Hasn't really gone to plan for any of our summer recruits has it?
Tbh in the case of Onyekuru I think people set their expectations too high (low risk low fee gamble). I said it before in his personal topic, he still has to confirm now that he has to play against the bigger teams more often(and in arguably the biggest team). He spent a substantial part of last year playing in Play-off 2, aka known as where football goes to die (half are D1 clubs who want to play their youth players, the other half are D2 clubs). That's why I find the calls of people who want to recall Onyekuru quite absurd since he's even struggling at JPL level.
Ironically Harbaoui, RSCA Niasse, has scored.
FugginGerryn
Player Valuation: £500k
Watching Joe Williams for Barnsley now. Neat and tidy but seemingly terrified of passing the ball forwards.
He'll fit in well with us, then.
hirons11
Player Valuation: £10m
Makes you wonder whether that's what he's been told to do or if it's his natural instinct. The few times he's passed it forward he's found his man well.
Armel
Player Valuation: £15m
And he scored.
Just watched Joe Williams playing for Barnsley , slow-forwarding through bits he's not involved in. He was playing a deep lying midfield role, and in the first half just about everything went to and through him , lots of short, neat passes , covered lots of ground , always making himself available and looking composed. On a few occaisions he was sticking his legs, body, and head in , in the way we know he does, and have to say I enjoyed his first half performance . It was almost the opposite of Dowell playing for Forest, constant involvement but none of the subtle killer passes that Dowell makes, few of Joe's passes opened up the defence but virtually all found his man albeit they were short and often sideways.
If I use the @Eggs criteria of " Would we buy him as a 20 year old Championship midfielder?" I would say probably not, the competition from the likes of Walsh, Davies and Dowell , let alone our so called seasoned midfielders would suggest a tough route to the first team. But this is a great chance this season for him to establish himself as a minimum of being a good Championship player. He was sound today in a team which was defensively inept and with few quality players , I'll await with interest the Barnsley's fans view of him , remembering the fume we generate after a 3-0 home defeat they may not be kind.
If I use the @Eggs criteria of " Would we buy him as a 20 year old Championship midfielder?" I would say probably not, the competition from the likes of Walsh, Davies and Dowell , let alone our so called seasoned midfielders would suggest a tough route to the first team. But this is a great chance this season for him to establish himself as a minimum of being a good Championship player. He was sound today in a team which was defensively inept and with few quality players , I'll await with interest the Barnsley's fans view of him , remembering the fume we generate after a 3-0 home defeat they may not be kind.
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