Imagine Bielsa playing an u23 from the start. Pascal only got a start because he was the next in line. Alioski is still Bielsas boy. Dropping roberts would be a statement but will he.
Doc agree mate. I'm not saying every player falls into this category. some just have raw talent or have a wise head at a young age or have been at the club since they were 7-8. but the majority are weened into it examples Mason Mount- Reece James both very good players but had to go out to the champ to learn first. even Nketiah with us. Trent Alexander-Arnold - Declan Rice - Bukayo Saka great players but all come through the ranks from a young age so already settled in and been around the 1st squad for quite a while. Some of our young lads have just come to the club and just met the whole first team set up. I agree with Gelhardt too he's a big boned lad but you can see the talent straight away he also has some Champ experience. he wouldn't get thrown about I'm sure. Angus Kinnear did say in his last podcast that he expects Drameh-Gelhardt-Greenwood all to feature alot more in next season's first team squad. That's why I find it so interesting in where they go from here because they have to be top dollar, now that we are gracing the premier League. They have to go the Pascal Struijk route but up another notch. they don't have the fallback of a season in the championship to get run outs and learn. Their introductions will have to be the Prem with us stepping up. but like you say it's not far away some are already on that Pascal Struijk ladder.
This fella is great entertainment. I latched on to him a few weeks back when he had 10k subscribers. Liked him immediately.
My honest opinion on the kids is this... Gelhardt - looks a fair way ahead of the rest in terms of physical strength, ability and workrate. He needs to get minutes with the first team and quickly. Greenwood - a great set piece taker. A free kick on the edge is almost like having a penalty. However he looks lightweight in open play and often disappears for stretches of a game even at u23 level. Not sure he will make it but I would send him out on loan to a Championship club next season to see if he can handle it. Summerville - he looks like he has a real appetite for work. Is as fast as we have at the club. Has the skills and more importantly has an end product. Very small though but from what I have seen he could be like a Costa but with an end product and a willingness to defend. If we can sell Costa then this guy could end up being a cheap upgrade. Dramah - an athlete. Good pace, good height is physically in great shape. A little bit lightweight but more importantly than that is his decision making. He isn't too clever as far as I can see. Runs inside in to trouble and can be caught out of position too often. Not ready. Another season in the 23's or to the Championship on loan for me. The rest of them are nowhere near at this stage. Keep them in the 23's and see how they do next year in a higher division. A couple of others that need addressing.... Shackleton - 22 this year. Caught in no mans land. Doesn't play 1st team. Doesn't really play much with the 23's. He has had 3 seasons of bielsaball no. He's not learning anything new. Needs to get out and put those skills to use. Get him out on loan in the Championship and let's see him play 40 games or so and find out what he really has. He could easily be replaced by..... McCallmont - shone at Oldham. Not phased by the physicality of senior football. A lad who can back up Klich, Rodrigo and more importantly Phillips. It's a big step up from Oldham but I think he probably deserves to be in front of Shackleton at this point. Gotts - send him to Huddersfield on loan.
Ex-Aston Villa star Dalian Atkinson died after being tasered three times and kicked at least twice to the head by an “angry” police officer, a murder trial jury has heard. The jury at Birmingham Crown Court was told West Mercia Police Constable Benjamin Monk denies the murder and manslaughter of the 48-year-old former footballer, who also played for Ipswich Town and Sheffield Wednesday. Opening the Crown’s case against the 42-year-old officer, who was charged after a three-year inquiry into Mr Atkinson’s death in 2016 in Telford, Shropshire, prosecution counsel Alexandra Healy alleged the ex-footballer was tasered for 33 seconds, more than six times the standard five-second phase. The QC told the court on Tuesday that Mr Atkinson, who had serious health problems including end stage renal failure, moved towards the officers after they were called to a disturbance in Meadow Close, Telford, at about 1.30am. please log in to view this image Outlining the Crown’s case, the prosecutor said the third deployment of a Taser by Monk was “completely effective” and caused Mr Atkinson neuro-muscular incapacitation before he fell forwards onto the road. The barrister told the jury: “The standard default setting of a Taser is a five-second phase, but it is possible to override that by continuing to depress the trigger. “And Pc Monk continued to depress the trigger for over six times the length of a standard five-second phase. “The taser was deployed for 33 seconds.” The prosecution counsel added: “Pc Monk also proceeded to kick Dalian Atkinson. “At least two kicks were delivered by him to Dalian Atkinson’s forehead with enough force to leave the imprints of the pattern of the laces from the top of his boot on two separate areas of Mr Atkinson’s forehead.” please log in to view this image Monk’s colleague, Pc Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith, 31, is also facing trial charged with assault. She has pleaded not guilty to a charge alleging she assaulted Mr Atkinson occasioning actual bodily harm before his death on August 15 2016. The court heard that Monk, who has 14 years’ service in uniform, and Bettley-Smith, who joined the force in February 2015, were in a relationship at the time of the incident. Addressing Bettley-Smith’s alleged role, Ms Healy claimed the younger officer had struck Mr Atkinson, whilst he was lying on the ground, a number of times with her baton. The prosecutor added of Monk: “In kicking Dalian Atkinson in the head not once, but on two separate occasions, Pc Monk was not, the prosecution say, acting in self-defence or in defence of another. “He was no doubt angry that he had been put in fear by this man. “He chose to take that anger out on Dalian Atkinson by kicking him in the head. “His training will have taught him, and it is obvious, that the head is a sensitive area. “In kicking Dalian Atkinson to the head Pc Monk can only, the prosecution say, have only intended to cause really serious injury.” please log in to view this image The court heard Mr Atkinson had been a successful professional footballer, playing for Aston Villa between 1991 and 1995. Ms Healy told the court: “In more recent years he had had a number of serious health issues. “He had high blood pressure and in fact had heart disease – hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – a disease in which the heart muscles become abnormally thick, which can make it harder for the heart to pump blood around the body. “He was also suffering from end stage renal failure.” Describing Mr Atkinson’s behaviour at the scene as disturbed and erratic, Ms Healy said: “He was shouting in the street, demanding to be let into his father’s house. “It awoke some of the neighbours, one of whom was so concerned that she phoned the police. “The two defendants were the two police officers who attended the scene in response. “Police Constable Monk was the more experienced officer and was armed with a Taser. He was equipped, as is standard, with three Taser cartridges. Pc Bettley-Smith was armed with an extendable baton.” After knocking at the door of the ex-footballer’s father’s home, Monk attempted to taser Mr Atkinson but it was ineffective, the court heard, possibly because the two probes did not attach properly. please log in to view this image Mr Atkinson then came out of the address and advanced to the end of the drive, prompting Pc Monk to deploy a second Taser cartridge towards Mr Atkinson’s back, which was also ineffective. Ms Healy went on: “Dalian Atkinson then proceeded to punch the glass pane in the top half of the door to his father’s address, causing it to smash. “He did not enter the house and there was a further confrontation between the officers and Dalian Atkinson. “He had come back towards the two officers who were moved backwards away from him in the road.” The Crown allege Mr Atkinson was then the subject of an unlawful attack after a Taser was used for a third time. Ms Healy told the court: “A number of residents living in Meadow Close witnessed this attack. “Their view was that once Dalian Atkinson had fallen to the ground he was unresponsive and still. He was no longer posing any threat to the officers. Nonetheless the two officers set about him. “Pc Monk is charged with murder. You will want to consider that allegation with very great care. A person is guilty of murder if he unlawfully – and by that I mean not acting in self defence – kills another with the intention of killing or the intention of causing grievous bodily harm to that other. “The two officers on that night were on duty responding to an emergency call. On any view, they were confronted with a man who was clearly acting in a disturbed and erratic way. “They were entitled to use reasonable force to defend themselves or protect another. The prosecution do not criticise their conduct prior to the discharge of the third Taser cartridge. “However, when the deployment of that last cartridge was completely effective, causing Dalian Atkinson to experience that neuromuscular incapacitation and fall to the ground, the prosecution say it was not reasonable to continue to depress the Taser for 33 seconds.” The court heard an ambulance was called but Mr Atkinson, who had lost consciousness and was unresponsive, went into cardiac arrest en route to hospital and was pronounced dead at 2.45am. Ms Healy said: “The pathologists and intensive care expert instructed by the prosecution agree that whilst his underlying health conditions meant that Dalian Atkinson was at a greatly increased risk of dying, were it not for the third Taser deployment and the kicks to his head, Dalian Atkinson would not have died that night. “The two defendants claim they were entitled to use force on Dalian Atkinson whilst he was lying on the ground because he was attempting to get up and they feared for their safety. “As you listen to the evidence you will of course consider that with great care.”
Crazy that as I've just been watching this lad. Last one i watched was the one in Leeds with the battered chip butty and battered cream egg. There's one from scotland somewhere as well it was a laugh he got a box of shyt and half of it was uncooked lol. He's from Leeds so I guess his video's pop up for Leeds fans with the "leeds"link. but they are decent to watch if you like that sort of thing.
