Plettentwerp claims we're monitoring Brentford's Kevin Schade, with plans to sign him next summer Always fun when you can literally see the copy a player's agent has handed to them, isn't it?
Gossip circulating that Archie Gray's highly rated, striker kid brother, Harry, has decided that the club of his ancestors (Dirty Leeds) is not for him. Apparently, he's been dropped from LUFC 's recent U21 squads and has removed any mention of the club from his social media. Is lightning about to strike twice? (4 times, if you count McFadden and Boast)...and WTF is wrong at their academy?
I think it's always more difficult to see the benefits of midfielders because their work is about positioning and decisions. What I mean is that at either end of the pitch things come to a head, defensively or attacking. The midfield is where those moves mostly come from. Sorry, this is obvious stuff, but I am trying to explain why it's perhaps more difficult to assess midfielders and their worth to the team. Perhaps this is the way I look at football matches or perhaps it's a general view. I remember for example, it took some concentration on my part to see why Bryan Robson and Roy Keane were so highly rated by their fellow pros. I had to almost just follow them in a game to see what they did so well. I don't see the value of Jordan Henderson as another example, and yet a succession of top managers do. Bentancur is. for me, one of those players. I am a fan, but he often goes under the radar, on TV anyway. Of course, all of this observation is much, much easier if you are watching the game live as opposed to through a TV camera, which is how I see my football these days.
The current issue with Bentancur does tie in to things getting into the Attention Zone, though, given he misplaces passes which either snuff out our attacks or lead to our defence having to earn their weekly paycheque
