Madeinbrazil
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What's done is done with Britt & Fletcher, really enjoyed today , Ikpeazue is a handful, impressed with Crooks & Jones, lots of positives . UTB
Completely agree with this. I don’t think he lacks technical ability at all. In fact I think we’ve got quite a player here potentially.I did not think he lacked fir technical ability.
Since the thread has become a comparison of him and Britt, I thought he showed control and link up play superior to anything I'd seen from Britt.
I think it's easy to fall into the trap of judging a player by his height: he's 6'3'' so he must be a donkey. I don't think that's true: Viduka would be the ultimate rejection of that, but I don't can't to be accused of comparing the two when I'm not.
However, it's quite possible for a player to have all the physical attributes UI showed today, and have some decent skill.
Good post, we could see a different Akpom, wouldn't that be nice & allow us to look at other positionsIt's hard to compere him to Britt. They are totally different. The issue with Britt is he was asked to play the role Uche is playing (as was Akpom).
It simply never made any sense. I mean we went from wanting Moore to signing Akpom. Again completely different but asking Akpom to win headers and hold it up.
We have been crying out for an actual target man for years. I guess we couldn't justify one as we had Rudy / Britt and Fletcher pulling in best part of a 100k a week (stunning).
It just shows that we loving seeing a guy putting a shift in. You would think workrate and a bit of disire would be the very least you'd get from a footballer. Sadly as we've seen it's not.
I'd imagine we may see a bit more of Akpom playing alongside Uche? It's not a giver that he's leaving and if he stays he may improve playing off a big fella. We can't just write him off as we maybe can't move him on.
At times he was holding off 2 players!Another aspect of his game that I liked was that he'd look to turn his man. He wouldn't just hold the ball up and lay it off to a teammate, and when he was able to turn with the ball he was also able to hold off the player using his strength.
I'd love to see a different Akpom.Good post, we could see a different Akpom, wouldn't that be nice & allow us to look at other positions