Time to liven this board up - got a 20 year old released by Chelsea on trial at the moment - can play anywhere in midfield or defence - good player but probably suffered from not nailing down 1 position - feeling is he will probably end up as a full back
Their release list (for somebody with bit of time this morning):
Abu, Derrick Adegoke, Prince Bakayoko, Tiemoue Baxter, Nathan Familia-Castillo, Juan Carlos Fiabema, Bryan Benjamin Haigh, Joe Samuel Lawrence, Henry McClelland, Sam Sterling, Dujon Henriques Thomas Silko, Amari Otieno Wady, Ethan James Wareham, Jayden Darren George
Two loan spells in L1 with AFC Wimbledon and MK Dons, a few England youth caps, turns 22 in September so would definitely be for the first team rather than u21s.
Good to see us looking at players like this, we’ve made use of loans from the top clubs but I don’t remember signing anyone they’ve released to play in our first team. Players like that can potentially develop with the club and be sold for a big profit.
I'm pleased with the little bit of business done so far, Hector is a good signing, again, Jones and Istead look like quality additions, and if these are Holdens choices that's good enough for me. I guess money will be spent (transfer fees) when takeover is completed and then it'll be interesting to see who arrives. Let's stay positive it's been a good start!
Two loan spells in L1 with AFC Wimbledon and MK Dons, a few England youth caps, turns 22 in September so would definitely be for the first team rather than u21s.
Good to see us looking at players like this, we’ve made use of loans from the top clubs but I don’t remember signing anyone they’ve released to play in our first team. Players like that can potentially develop with the club and be sold for a big profit.
Their release list (for somebody with bit of time this morning):
Abu, Derrick Adegoke, Prince Bakayoko, Tiemoue Baxter, Nathan Familia-Castillo, Juan Carlos Fiabema, Bryan Benjamin Haigh, Joe Samuel Lawrence, Henry McClelland, Sam Sterling, Dujon Henriques Thomas Silko, Amari Otieno Wady, Ethan James Wareham, Jayden Darren George
Time to liven this board up - got a 20 year old released by Chelsea on trial at the moment - can play anywhere in midfield or defence - good player but probably suffered from not nailing down 1 position - feeling is he will probably end up as a full back
Henry Lawrence?
If Lawrence is successful I can see him playing in Saudi Arabia !
We will continue to concede from set pieced with the size of our midfield and adding more 5ft7 players!
I doubt we will have a 5'7 defender marking a 6'3 centre back. Just a guess here but I'm assuming our new 6'3 centre back will add aerial presence with a smaller full back being on a post
5 foot 7. be interesting to know who he did in his loans. Good calibre by the looks of it
24 games for Wimbledon and 26 for MK.
I would assume that would mean Sess isn’t returning.
Likely be back up for Egbo, we are still in for Sess but he has a lot of interest
Lawrence is very similar to Sess in that he covers both left and right. I would assume he is our plan B if Sess goes elsewhere
Chelsea supporting mate giving Lawrence good reviews.
can play LB/RB but also decent as a box to box CM. Good on the ball, a real prospect but chose to leave Chelsea to find ‘a home’ rather than just be a perennial loanee!
5 foot 7. be interesting to know who he did in his loans. Good calibre by the looks of it
24 games for Wimbledon and 26 for MK.
I would assume that would mean Sess isn’t returning.
Likely be back up for Egbo, we are still in for Sess but he has a lot of interest
Lawrence is very similar to Sess in that he covers both left and right. I would assume he is our plan B if Sess goes elsewhere
Chelsea supporting mate giving Lawrence good reviews.
can play LB/RB but also decent as a box to box CM. Good on the ball, a real prospect but chose to leave Chelsea to find ‘a home’ rather than just be a perennial loanee!
That sounds like a positive to me, he'll have a point to prove and a drive to establish himself, which will hopefully bring him on.
Anyway my point is that actually we are quite a "big" side in reality, which makes our set pieces all the more worrying last season
Because it’s about more than just size, which is how the CL height test came about. Someone insisted Morrison and Taylor weren’t tall enough despite both being over 6 ft.
A smaller more technical team might give away fewer set pieces. Players like Kirk , CBT etc are tall enough on paper but you wouldn’t want them man marking anyone who’s a decent aerial threat. Youngsters aren’t usually the most effective players in the air or at marking either.
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Abu, Derrick
Adegoke, Prince
Bakayoko, Tiemoue
Baxter, Nathan
Familia-Castillo, Juan Carlos
Fiabema, Bryan Benjamin
Haigh, Joe Samuel
Lawrence, Henry
McClelland, Sam
Sterling, Dujon Henriques
Thomas Silko, Amari Otieno
Wady, Ethan James
Wareham, Jayden Darren George
Good to see us looking at players like this, we’ve made use of loans from the top clubs but I don’t remember signing anyone they’ve released to play in our first team. Players like that can potentially develop with the club and be sold for a big profit.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lawrence_(footballer)
I guess money will be spent (transfer fees) when takeover is completed and then it'll be interesting to see who arrives. Let's stay positive it's been a good start!
I would assume that would mean Sess isn’t returning.
If all our players are considered small then you'd be right but not every footballer is over 6 feet tall.
If Lawrence is successful I can see him playing in Saudi Arabia !
A tall striker like Leaburn is also useful in such scenarios. Indeed I felt this was the only area where we missed Stockley.
Dobson 6'1"
McGrandles 6'1"
Blackett-Taylor 6'
Kirk 6'1"
Thomas 6'3"
Hector 6'4"
Lavelle 6'2"
Ness 6'3"
Leaburn 6'5"
Kanu 6'0"
Mitchell 6'2"
Elewere 6'3"
Maynard-Brewer 6'2"
Isted 6'1"
Aneke 6'3"
3/4 the squad are 6 foot or over...
Egbo 5'11"
Payne 5'4"
Henry 5'8"
Chin 5'10"
Jayesimi 5'11"
Campbell 5'9"
no way.
can play LB/RB but also decent as a box to box CM. Good on the ball, a real prospect but chose to leave Chelsea to find ‘a home’ rather than just be a perennial loanee!
A smaller more technical team might give away fewer set pieces. Players like Kirk , CBT etc are tall enough on paper but you wouldn’t want them man marking anyone who’s a decent aerial threat. Youngsters aren’t usually the most effective players in the air or at marking either.