Kieran Dowell

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Love this kid. Came on and played some nice one touch football and showed strength and determination to shrug off two mk defenders and play a through ball to help set up Besic's goal.
 


mightymoyes said:
the season is a month old!!
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But he's 19 next month, clearly if he doesn't score a hat trick by then he's doomed, oh and Liam Walsh is 19 today so he's younger than him.

We've witnessed his undoubted talent last season with some superb goals not only with his stronger left foot but also with his right. His weakness I think is a tendency to drift out of the game and let it pass him by, a bit like Delofeu at times. Then he does something simple but very effective and he's back in again. This happens to all young players when they step up say to the 1st team , where they can't dominate aspects of a game as they did in a younger age group. It makes it very difficult to get a run in the first team. Davies can be similar but his style of play allows him to charge about , make tackles and interceptions and be more prominent. Dowell is a more subtle player who needs careful nurturing .

If he's played on the right of midfield he doesn't offer the pace and ability to beat a man that Bolasse and Geri give you. But equally that's a strength too in that he can offer something different , something game changing from others we have .

As ever the the reality is that home grown youngsters find it more and more difficult to break into a PL club's squad these days and we are no different . I saw an article somewhere that said in the past 5 years only Rodwell and Barkely have broken into our first team and played for us for more than one season. Not sure if Anichebe also qualifies , but the message is pretty stark , you have to be pretty special to break all the way through these days. Dowell is no Rooney or even Barkley but he has shown something special at u21 level and seems to have the other aspects like desire and mentality to succeed.

The other aspect for me is the club itself. We've talked about developing the best Academy in Europe, brought in Dr Peter Vint etc, so converting the likes of Dowell ( and Davies, Connolly, Kenny, Walsh) into players who are regular squad members at PL level is fundamental to proving we have one of the best youth set ups.
 
blueloon said:
But he's 19 next month, clearly if he doesn't score a hat trick by then he's doomed, oh and Liam Walsh is 19 today so he's younger than him.

We've witnessed his undoubted talent last season with some superb goals not only with his stronger left foot but also with his right. His weakness I think is a tendency to drift out of the game and let it pass him by, a bit like Delofeu at times. Then he does something simple but very effective and he's back in again. This happens to all young players when they step up say to the 1st team , where they can't dominate aspects of a game as they did in a younger age group. It makes it very difficult to get a run in the first team. Davies can be similar but his style of play allows him to charge about , make tackles and interceptions and be more prominent. Dowell is a more subtle player who needs careful nurturing .

If he's played on the right of midfield he doesn't offer the pace and ability to beat a man that Bolasse and Geri give you. But equally that's a strength too in that he can offer something different , something game changing from others we have .

As ever the the reality is that home grown youngsters find it more and more difficult to break into a PL club's squad these days and we are no different . I saw an article somewhere that said in the past 5 years only Rodwell and Barkely have broken into our first team and played for us for more than one season. Not sure if Anichebe also qualifies , but the message is pretty stark , you have to be pretty special to break all the way through these days. Dowell is no Rooney or even Barkley but he has shown something special at u21 level and seems to have the other aspects like desire and mentality to succeed.

The other aspect for me is the club itself. We've talked about developing the best Academy in Europe, brought in Dr Peter Vint etc, so converting the likes of Dowell ( and Davies, Connolly, Kenny, Walsh) into players who are regular squad members at PL level is fundamental to proving we have one of the best youth set ups.
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he made his debut 10 yrs ago now! time flies
 

gaino92 said:
Sambou
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Haha, harsh given the comparative cost of the two, more like the new George Green. Actually Sambou reminds me a bit of Lukaku in his first season. Remember those "Wat da fluck? " moments when he'd get the ball stuck between his feet and fall over with the goal at his mercy? . I'm going to vault this when he scores his first PL goal .....I'm a patient man :)
 

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