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Nathan Asiimwe (new contract & season loan to Wimbledon p11)
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Actually I’m not so sure he favours coming inside to bolster the midfield. He joined the academy U13s as a winger and was soon converted to wing back and coached accordingly up through the age groups. By his own admission he didn’t like it at first as he enjoyed attacking but settled gradually into the roll. It’s all in this article by Rich Cawley;
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/sport/in-depth-with-charlton-defender-nathan-asiimwe-how-pal-karoy-anderson-acts-as-role-model-and-position-switch-paid-off/
Maybe it’s just how the U21 coach wants him to play at the moment to strengthen the midfield with an extra body.2 -
I mean, you just have to watch him play to see that he clearly does come inside naturally. The article says that he 'was playing in a forward role, as a winger and even sometimes in midfield' so it's not like he was some touchline hugging winger until he was dragged back, he's a player who all through his youth career has played in wide and central roles. This season he's rarely stayed exclusively wide when he's played, which is something that Holden liked in his wingbacks when we started off the season. The modern trend in full backs is to play more narrow and provide extra bodies in midfield so it's possible that's been coached or he picked it up himself, either way I'm sure he can adapt to stay widerRedChaser said:Actually I’m not so sure he favours coming inside to bolster the midfield. He joined the academy U13s as a winger and was soon converted to wing back and coached accordingly up through the age groups. By his own admission he didn’t like it at first as he enjoyed attacking but settled gradually into the roll. It’s all in this article by Rich Cawley;
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/sport/in-depth-with-charlton-defender-nathan-asiimwe-how-pal-karoy-anderson-acts-as-role-model-and-position-switch-paid-off/
Maybe it’s just how the U21 coach wants him to play at the moment to strengthen the midfield with an extra body.
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I’ve watched him a few times in U21 games and pre season before he broke into the first team and he stayed more out wide than not. However in the recent U21 game v Cardiff I agree he was tucking into midfield a lot. He’s still learning and if he can play narrow or wide then it augers well for his and the clubs future0
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Given the impact/improvements made by Kanu and Anderson (and the understanding they have from the Academy), that the back 3 will already be unsettled by Jones' absence, and assuming Watson (T) is injured, I was kind of expecting/hoping we'd see him start tomorrow rather than move REG out of the back three, but I guess not is he played today. Maybe Watson is ok to play.0
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Radio silence on T Watson’s injury and I get the impression that NJ doesn’t believe in giving too much away on the injury front and I don’t blame him as it keeps the opposition guessing.4
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Ive been so impressed by Asiimwe thus far, in what has been a difficult season to make your first impact on a squad. Spectacular error against Port Vale at home that you could see hurt him but I think the boy will go a long way in the game personally3
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Called up to the Uganda national team. Congrats Nathan
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Are Uganda playing again?follett said:Called up to the Uganda national team. Congrats Nathan
Thought they'd been suspended by FIFA or AFF1 -
Our kids are being snapped up for international football, and it's straight into first teams too.
Yes it's "lesser" countries, but feels a bit weird having youngsters with only 20-40 senior appearances going straight into adult international football.2 -
Are we now going to have Ugandan discussions?3
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L-R: Toby Sibbick, Nathan Asiimwe and Travis Mutyaba have joined the Uganda Cranes camp in Marrakech, Morocco.
Not sure if that defensive wall is a good idea30 -
I can safely say that Travis Mutyaba fails the Charlton Life height test5
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A reworking of the John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett sketch about class.Henry Irving said:
L-R: Toby Sibbick, Nathan Asiimwe and Travis Mutyaba have joined the Uganda Cranes camp in Marrakech, Morocco.
Not sure if that defensive wall is a good idea18 -
Was thinking exactly the same @Orpingtony
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Great news for the lad, and a proud moment for the family.0
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Best of luck Nathan.0
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Makes sense and gives him first team football and a chance to gain experience.3
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Long distance move.
Good luck to him.2 -
Always interesting when these loans don’t have lengths attached to them. Is he there for a month or until January? Or somewhere in between? Regardless, he needs some games so should be a good move for him1
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Guess it doesn’t matter much either way, works out well and we don’t need him back then it can be extended. If it doesn’t work out expect we’ll have the option to recall him after the first month (I think that’s how these type of loans worked in the past such as Kanu’s).fenaddick said:Always interesting when these loans don’t have lengths attached to them. Is he there for a month or until January? Or somewhere in between? Regardless, he needs some games so should be a good move for him3 -
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Interesting that they describe him as a winger who can "even" play full back, which isn't how we would describe him.8
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Looks really pleased0
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I'm disappointed that he didn't dress up as a Smurf for the unveiling.5
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He's very shy (in front of the media), might not be with his friends, family and team mates.Cafcmunich said:Looks really pleased0 -
It's always noticeable when he's interviewed that he tends to start off quite serious, but gets more smiley as he settles into the conversation. By the time he gets to the 3 min mark he looks fine.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ezmF5o8pwg
