Young players watch

[StevieM]

Mamardashvili is having a mediocre season down in La Liga, apparently - maybe we won’t sell Kelleher just yet…

Or maybe we’ll cash in on Alisson and give Irish Kevin his chance???

 

[peterhague]

So for those who follow our youth teams and loaned out players regularly - who do you think has a genuine chance of making it at LFC? In American sports they analyze every detail in order to rank their “prospects” in terms of draft order - who are our top 5 “prospects” currently?

I don't follow it like I used to but it seems clear that Nyoni is way out ahead as the best prospect. I'd say he's likely to make it.

McConnell and Bajcetic both have half a chance. I think Doak's talented but I'd be surprised if he makes it. He's done well on loan but not been outstandingly brilliant, but the real issue is I'm just not sure where an old-fashioned jinky winger fits in the modern game. Feels like that sort of player is almost better off trying to be a full back these days.

Danns I like but probably isn't agile enough to play at the very top.

The only other one worth mentioning is Ngumoha, who's very highly rated but I'm personally not convinced by. Lots of stepovers and dribbling in circles. He's really skilful though, and has a great shooting technique with hardly any backlift.

 

[StevieM]

I don't follow it like I used to but it seems clear that Nyoni is way out ahead as the best prospect. I'd say he's likely to make it.

McConnell and Bajcetic both have half a chance. I think Doak's talented but I'd be surprised if he makes it. He's done well on loan but not been outstandingly brilliant, but the real issue is I'm just not sure where an old-fashioned jinky winger fits in the modern game. Feels like that sort of player is almost better off trying to be a full back these days.

Danns I like but probably isn't agile enough to play at the very top.

The only other one worth mentioning is Ngumoha, who's very highly rated but I'm personally not convinced by. Lots of stepovers and dribbling in circles. He's really skilful though, and has a great shooting technique with hardly any backlift.

There was or is a theory that football like fashion and music is in the habit regurgitating the past and repeating past trends.

The theory basically used Guardiola as the, lightening rod, I guess, and looked at how he was changing his team setup over the last few years - with him basically being considered the best modern coach and the trendsetter of a lot of how the game is played today. The idea being as soon as everyone else starts copying you, you lose a huge part of your competitive edge, so you need re-invent yourself.

So, from his desire for absolute control and possessions based football to pass [or bore] teams into submission, the introduction of Haaland to his front line suggested a shift in strategy.

He subsequently followed that up by starting to sign “jinky wingers” who ran at people at pace to cross and create opportunities for the central goal scorer, as opposed to inverted wide forwards and a false 9 creating space for them.

I presume the reason being that, in attack, he can increase the ”playing area” and therefore create more space in the centre and half spaces for the CF and midfield runners from deep.

If it works, then it’s more likely that players like Doak, who are fast and good at taking on players out wide will become more relevant as more managers copy Pep’s new style.

Doesn’t mean it’ll work… maybe Pep is a latter day David Bowie - a genius who constantly reinvented himself, but not always in a good way - as anyone who bought a Tin Machine album can attest to.

Also doesn’t mean Slot is going to follow suit - maybe he’s Iggy Pop, has found his groove and is just going to stick to it.

 

[rurikbird]

There was or is a theory that football like fashion and music is in the habit regurgitating the past and repeating past tends.

The theory basically used Guardiola as the, lightening rod, I guess, and looked at how he was changing his team setup over the last few years - with him basically being considered the best modern coach and the trendsetter of a lot of how the game is played today. The idea being as soon as everyone else starts copying you, you lose a huge part of your competitive edge, so you need over-invent yourself.

So, from his desire for absolute control and possessions based football to pass [or bore] teams into submission, the introduction of Haaland to his front line suggested a shift in strategy.

He subsequently followed that up by starting to sign “jinky wingers” who ran at people at pace to cross and create opportunities for the central goal scorer, as opposed to inverted wide forwards and a false 9 creating space for them.

I presume the reason being that, in attack, he can increase the ”playing area” and therefore create more space in the centre and half spaces for the CF and midfield runners from deep.

If it works, then it’s more likely that players like Disk, who are fast and good at taking on players out wide will become more relevant as more managers copy Pep’s new style.

Doesn’t mean it’ll work… maybe Pep is a latter day David Bowie - a genius who constantly reinvented himself, but not always in a good way - as anyone who bought a Tin Machine album can attest to.

Also doesn’t mean Slot is going to follow suit - maybe he’s Iggy Pop, has found his groove and is just going to stick to it.

I just want to say this is an all-around fucking quality post the likes of which you will probably not find anywhere else but SCM. Well done.