His attitude and effort are second to none but I’m not convinced he’s quite there for a promotion push starter just yet Real strong play and a slash at the ball that deflects kindly in to Alfie’s path for the first , Kanu even had his head in his hands after that but at least he has a go , you don’t buy a ticket you can’t win the lottery and his goal from Alfie’s pass was well taken eventually but was his second attempt at it cos he’d swiped and missed the first . Hopefully he can keep on improving as he has pushed on loads this season
He’s probably ahead of where we expected him to be in terms of development (I doubt when the season started that we expected him to be a first XI striker before Easter).
Next season will be an interesting one as he’s too good to be loaned out, but as you say I’m not sure we’re ready to put our promotion hopes on him just yet. That being said there’s enough football over a L1 season that we’ll need three or four strikers, all of whom will likely get a decent amount of game time and he can certainly be one of that group.
Turns out he went to Dartford Grammar (where all great people go) and he's best mates with the son of an industry colleague of mine who only thought to tell me yesterday of this fact!
Will try and get to say hello to him at an upcoming game and thank him for his efforts this season!
His attitude and effort are second to none but I’m not convinced he’s quite there for a promotion push starter just yet Real strong play and a slash at the ball that deflects kindly in to Alfie’s path for the first , Kanu even had his head in his hands after that but at least he has a go , you don’t buy a ticket you can’t win the lottery and his goal from Alfie’s pass was well taken eventually but was his second attempt at it cos he’d swiped and missed the first . Hopefully he can keep on improving as he has pushed on loads this season
He’s probably ahead of where we expected him to be in terms of development (I doubt when the season started that we expected him to be a first XI striker before Easter).
Next season will be an interesting one as he’s too good to be loaned out, but as you say I’m not sure we’re ready to put our promotion hopes on him just yet. That being said there’s enough football over a L1 season that we’ll need three or four strikers, all of whom will likely get a decent amount of game time and he can certainly be one of that group.
The amount of pressing our main strikers have been doing under Jones, no way will they be able to play every 90 of every game. There will need to be rotation and good use of the subs bench.
And it's not just about the individual strikers, it's also about the combinations. May and Kanu are working together very well, far better than May and Ladapo for example.
DK 100% stays in this team, on effort alone he has earned his right. He is young has bundles of energy and under NJ he will thrive and show significant improvement. I think he is entering a stage where given the right coaching this young lad is gonna be one hell of a player! This also shows these young players coming through deserve every chance, Kanu and May next year will be massive for us! One really good addition up top will get us into the playoffs, albeit plug the leaky defence. I am very optimistic for next season. Just a footnote keep playing Karoy, he has already shown what he is capable of, with NJ pushing him in the right direct he be the next Aribo or even better.
You would think there is a decent chance he will be even better next season. What he is doing at the moment is establishing himself and I think he is doing that really well. Seems like a really nice lad too.
When you consider the improvement over the last 12 months if he can replicate that over the next 12 he will be one hell of a player and a few clubs will be after him I’m sure
I’m not even sure it is about improvement so much as adjustment.
I would say he has improved. He is bigger and stronger and doesn't get pushed off the ball as easy as before. His intelligence on the pitch has improved and he now makes good runs
He said that his first exposure to football as a child was his dad taking him out to do some exercise instead of playing on the Nintendo Wii all day and I suddenly felt very old.
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Will try and get to say hello to him at an upcoming game and thank him for his efforts this season!
And it's not just about the individual strikers, it's also about the combinations. May and Kanu are working together very well, far better than May and Ladapo for example.
Maybe it is only for subscribers or something.
This also shows these young players coming through deserve every chance, Kanu and May next year will be massive for us! One really good addition up top will get us into the playoffs, albeit plug the leaky defence. I am very optimistic for next season. Just a footnote keep playing Karoy, he has already shown what he is capable of, with NJ pushing him in the right direct he be the next Aribo or even better.
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