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Current Player Thread Luka Lynch

He looks really strong and ready for league 1 based on that YouTube video.

I'm nervous that he blocks missanga, who I thought, after an extremely nervous start, looked like a really exciting prospect as he ghosted past players and won the ball back a few times too.

Anyway, of all the wingers I think dembele is still bottom of my list as he still flatters to deceive and plays way too many loose passes that can lead to danger.
 
Good luck to the young man, hopefully he is able to make a positive contribution to the team during his time here.
 
OtteryYellow said:
He looks really strong and ready for league 1 based on that YouTube video.

I'm nervous that he blocks missanga, who I thought, after an extremely nervous start, looked like a really exciting prospect as he ghosted past players and won the ball back a few times too.

Anyway, of all the wingers I think dembele is still bottom of my list as he still flatters to deceive and plays way too many loose passes that can lead to danger.
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Mo can't play all game every game though, and it can sometimes be detrimental if you rely on a young player too much too soon (I mean, just look at how Karl used Donks). I think Missanga will feature plenty this season, but I don't think he's ready to be a consistent starter for us week-in, week-out yet, which is where options like Lynch come in
 
Paul Cannell said:
"As soon as I spoke to the Club and heard about the plans for the season, it felt like a really good opportunity for me."

High quality ambiguity, that. Tricky winger indeed.
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Yes standard quote that. We probably gave him a card to read it from 🤣
 
battman said:
Mo can't play all game every game though, and it can sometimes be detrimental if you rely on a young player too much too soon (I mean, just look at how Karl used Donks). I think Missanga will feature plenty this season, but I don't think he's ready to be a consistent starter for us week-in, week-out yet, which is where options like Lynch come in
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Totally agree with that. He has bags of potential but we can’t run him into the ground at such a young age.
 
battman said:
Mo can't play all game every game though, and it can sometimes be detrimental if you rely on a young player too much too soon (I mean, just look at how Karl used Donks). I think Missanga will feature plenty this season, but I don't think he's ready to be a consistent starter for us week-in, week-out yet, which is where options like Lynch come in
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I thought Missanga was good in the second half, but looked shattered later on.
Not sure that he should play 90 minutes every game.
So I suspect that Lynch and Missanga will both get plenty of minutes if playing well.
 
Whingit said:
Been impressed with Harris when he plays behind Donk, too.
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I don’t think it’s a coincidence that every time we’ve done that, it’s changed the game.

I think he’s clever enough to move around behind a striker but weirdly not smart enough to lead a line. There was a period in L1 last time we were here where he turned nasty and he was superb, but that seems to have gone from his game. We’d put the ball in behind and he thrived. He’s a grafter but he seems to lack all belief when the ball comes to him back to goal and that’s a real problem when Ramsey seems to want ball to feet. He’s just gets crushed and his head drops.

The difference in O’Donkor is significant. He’s seems to fancy the duels a lot more and if his touch is off he’s got the physicality to nibble back.

The trouble is we have two strikers so managing their workload when we look a better side with both of them is virtually impossible. But it’s getting tougher to ignore that we score goals when those two are together.
 
Orkney Islands Yellow said:
Similar to this I guess:

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Yes. I guess I'd internalised the "it has to be a permanent outgoing to justify getting a loan in" message some had said on here without ever really checking it was true. Looks like there's more leeway than I'd guessed. Bizarre situation. Glad to have this lad on board.

I'd suggest sponsoring his shirt but don't want to curse the boy
 
Swaby39 said:
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that every time we’ve done that, it’s changed the game.

I think he’s clever enough to move around behind a striker but weirdly not smart enough to lead a line. There was a period in L1 last time we were here where he turned nasty and he was superb, but that seems to have gone from his game. We’d put the ball in behind and he thrived. He’s a grafter but he seems to lack all belief when the ball comes to him back to goal and that’s a real problem when Ramsey seems to want ball to feet. He’s just gets crushed and his head drops.

The difference in O’Donkor is significant. He’s seems to fancy the duels a lot more and if his touch is off he’s got the physicality to nibble back.

The trouble is we have two strikers so managing their workload when we look a better side with both of them is virtually impossible. But it’s getting tougher to ignore that we score goals when those two are together.
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Harris needs players near him. He just doesn’t work as a lone striker . I wonder if we can repurpose one of the young players to do a few stints up front before hopefully signing a striker in January.
 
From my next door neighbour who’s a Villa season ticket holder

Yeah he looks an exciting prospect. Nobody had even heard of him until pre season and he was brilliant in the friendlies. Scored a few too. Thought we might have kept him around
 
George Elek on the dub thinks we may move to a 433 rather than the current 4231 as all our 'wingers' are opposite foot players who like to cut in. Luka seems that type.
 
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