I've been traveling and then busy playing catch up. Could someone provide a list of YA's that might be on TV in upcoming weeks? Adams at Leipzig? Josh at Werder? Is Dest playing at Ajax? Brooks at Wolfsburg? Morales & Steffen at Fortuna?
Reyna at BvB will likely happen Weah at Lille McKennie plus long shot chance Taitague makes debut before end of season Morales Dest should be back when Ajax resumes but some think he may be punished for bailing on Qatar Pulisic Yedlin and the Championship contingent Full list depends on your TV capabilities I guess
Here is the selection of players I try (or hope) to follow when I can and the streaming/TV service I use: Bundesliga (Fox Soccer Match Plus): Adams, Sargent, Brooks, Morales & Stephen, Chandler, Weston (February), Gio*, Taitague** EPL (NBC Gold): Pulisic, Yedlin, Otasowie*, Vassilev* ECL (ESPN+ Select Games): Holmes, Robinson, Miazga Eredivisie (ESPN+ All AJAX and Select Games): Dest, Ledezma** * Likely at some point in the 2nd half ** Less likely in 2nd half
He is totally underrated... likely due to the lack of scoring stats (goals/assists). I have watched 4 full games of his over the last couple of months and along with some all-touch videos I have come away completely mystified as to how he doesn't have more assists. More importantly, for someone his size I am beyond impressed with the way he tackles and the fact that he hasn't been hurt in what is a very physical league. Dude needs to get a serious look on the USMNT. He may not be a starter but he certainly screams roster spot to me. He is a ton better than a couple of clowns GB has run out in the midfield.
Probably not true, but it's nice to see his name out there. Antonee Robinson to AC Milan rumor. https://t.co/Nj7qZbe1j5— USMNT Only (@usmntonly) January 15, 2020
Why would AC Milan be looking at players in the English Championship and on the last-placed team in the Scottish Prem?
Hickey is 17 y/o and has drawn interest from other big clubs. The C'ship is essentially a top-7 league that happens to be the 2nd tier in its country.
FFP has them messed up. They need a cheap buy with a gamble of upside. Both are young. Both are fast. The rest can potentially be taught.
As mentioned Milan has some FFP issues, but there is a shift in what the club wants to do. They want to take risks on younger players who can develop and either sell at a profit or help bring them back to glory days. Theo Hernandez ie the LB going forward and with the team about to sell Ricardo Rodriguez they want a young LB as Theo's backup. Plus with a rumored sale on the horizon the team is cutting as many high wages as they can (and Milan has a lot of unnecessarily high wages
I might be a bit of Homer but to me, I believe Antonee has that next level potential. His mistakes that he made early in his career seemed to be those kind of mistakes you expect young players to make. I.e. getting too far up field and losing track of a mark. But he has elite pace, he’s agile, he has good technique, and he seems to have the right personality. If it were me, I’d take a chance on him; especially considering that he has consistently performed above the level of play that he’s at in the Championship.
This is dead on. I also think some of his problem, and it was Yedlin's too, was that he was so fast. He could always recover from any position as a youth player. I watch him pretty closely, especially that first year at Bolton (Wigan just not in the media or on TV as much). He was great, then he came up against Adama Traoure. As we see in the EPL now, that guy is big and fast and he blew by Antonee in the two games they played. Sandwiched in there was the Douglas Costa play (who never gets around the corner on Robinson but did completely unbalance him). A big wake up call that he needed to think more ahead of time and not take reckless angles. He is one of the leaders in the Championship in interceptions this season, which tells me he is positioning very well, which implies growth in his mental game.
And, I think it's just as likely that he was doing exactly what Sarachan instructed him to do, and he should have had cover. Hard to evaluate a guy for one tactical decision under an interim manager, with a group that was thrown together.
Devils advocate take. He also plays on a bottom of the table team, which gives up a lot of goals.....in other words he has more chances at interceptions since his team is under siege most games. Is the goalkeeper who makes the most saves the goalkeeper of the season? Is he more talented than Lovitz? Yes. Then again talent doesn't always guarantee that a player is better.
Because gossips rags, regardless of country, need something to talk about.......................... No matter how much one likes Antonee Robinson, that doesn't make a lick of sense.
Good point. But i wasn't saying he was good because of the interceptions. Just that, not being able to watch the games live, it hints at good positioning which was possibly a deficiency in his game. Leading the league in saves is probably the keeper on one of the worse teams. But it does suggest some level of competency. There are better measurements, like GA vs xG, but I don't think there is an equivalent for a FB. He has a WS rating of 7 and is graded as Strong in Ball Interception. It does seem to be something he is good at. (FYI he is Very Strong in Dribbling and Weak in Holding the Ball and Passing).
For those thinking this move sounds improbable, it should probably be noted that Milan is currently sitting in 10th place in Serie A and haven't qualified for the Champions League in 7 years now. Neither MIlan nor Serie A are quite the powerhouse that most of us remember, and arguably the team that Robinson signed from before moving to Wigan is stronger than Milan right now.
Robinson also made C'ship team of the month. He and one other player have 27 starts at LB, the most at that position. He is 22. Of the 31 players with at least 8 starts at LB, his WS of 7.0 is tied for 5th. Among that group, he is 2nd in dribbles per game, 4th in intercepts, 4th in clearances, 11th in tackles. He is 16th in key passes, respectable considering his team is last in goals.
Reyna on in the 72nd minute for Dortmund! (and this game is a banger--Dortmund up 4-3 after being 2-0 and 3-1 down)