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There is a YouTube vid from 4 weeks ago suggesting that ac Milan are after Charlie ??
Quote from: anton123 on July 05, 2021, 10:11:35 amThere is a YouTube vid from 4 weeks ago suggesting that ac Milan are after Charlie ?? He's been training with Coventry...https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/transfer-news/coventry-city-transfers-charlie-colkett-20548424
Another Trialist started with the team on Monday ball playing defender 22 ex West Ham. Tunji Akinola. The original four are going to be told today if they are required or not. Two more are joining before the game on Saturday.
I got the impression that our attack would be bolstered by the loan market, and it has been said that those players wouldn’t arrive for a while as they have a bit of pre season at their parent clubs first.Do we run trials for loanees.?
Quote from: steve@dcfd on July 07, 2021, 08:25:21 amAnother Trialist started with the team on Monday ball playing defender 22 ex West Ham. Tunji Akinola. The original four are going to be told today if they are required or not. Two more are joining before the game on Saturday.Seems like this new trialist was a bit marmite at Leyton Orient last season - apparently is a good footballer, but doesn't like a tackle... one of the main requirements in a defender. He did play at centre back and right back last term for them. Perhaps a player to develop.Just had a read on this thread that starts with criticism, but many thought he was good and would have signed him...https://lofcforum.boards.net/thread/9375/akinola-vastly-overrated
Quote from: Metalmicky on July 07, 2021, 08:49:41 amQuote from: steve@dcfd on July 07, 2021, 08:25:21 amAnother Trialist started with the team on Monday ball playing defender 22 ex West Ham. Tunji Akinola. The original four are going to be told today if they are required or not. Two more are joining before the game on Saturday.Seems like this new trialist was a bit marmite at Leyton Orient last season - apparently is a good footballer, but doesn't like a tackle... one of the main requirements in a defender. He did play at centre back and right back last term for them. Perhaps a player to develop.Just had a read on this thread that starts with criticism, but many thought he was good and would have signed him...https://lofcforum.boards.net/thread/9375/akinola-vastly-overratedI don't know anything about Akinola, but there are different types of center backs, some of them don't make loads of tackles. You can have the type of defender that is aggressive and will throw himself in to challenges (occasionally recklessly) and blocks passes from getting through, ala Cameron John, but then on the otherside you can have played that like to sit, make interceptions, shot blocks, clearances and make the few calculated challenges here and there, that is more Joe Wright. This may be Akinola too. You can have players that are able to do both, and you can ask a player who is a stopper to play the cover role but he may not do this well due to lack of positional awareness, etc. The Leyton Orient fans may be accustomed to someone more aggressive before Akinola took that role, so if he's making less challenges it'll be noticeable, especially if he's paired with someone else who's more of a stopper.
Quote from: DonnyOsmond on July 07, 2021, 11:02:45 amQuote from: Metalmicky on July 07, 2021, 08:49:41 amQuote from: steve@dcfd on July 07, 2021, 08:25:21 amAnother Trialist started with the team on Monday ball playing defender 22 ex West Ham. Tunji Akinola. The original four are going to be told today if they are required or not. Two more are joining before the game on Saturday.Seems like this new trialist was a bit marmite at Leyton Orient last season - apparently is a good footballer, but doesn't like a tackle... one of the main requirements in a defender. He did play at centre back and right back last term for them. Perhaps a player to develop.Just had a read on this thread that starts with criticism, but many thought he was good and would have signed him...https://lofcforum.boards.net/thread/9375/akinola-vastly-overratedI don't know anything about Akinola, but there are different types of center backs, some of them don't make loads of tackles. You can have the type of defender that is aggressive and will throw himself in to challenges (occasionally recklessly) and blocks passes from getting through, ala Cameron John, but then on the otherside you can have played that like to sit, make interceptions, shot blocks, clearances and make the few calculated challenges here and there, that is more Joe Wright. This may be Akinola too. You can have players that are able to do both, and you can ask a player who is a stopper to play the cover role but he may not do this well due to lack of positional awareness, etc. The Leyton Orient fans may be accustomed to someone more aggressive before Akinola took that role, so if he's making less challenges it'll be noticeable, especially if he's paired with someone else who's more of a stopper.I think it was Bobby Moore who said if he had to make a tackle he'd already made a mistake....or words to that effect
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