And almost all of he's passing going forward. Only a few going sideways and hardly any pass backwards. Requires a really good vision and a fast brain to find those much harder to make forward creative passes. Really impressive to see such players and extremely impressive for such a young player. Hope too see him with Wanayama today.
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Not only does he provide the best passing out of any of our players. (I'm serious)
He does it the fastest as well, turns around really quickly and immediately passes it forward.
Even those difficult passes between opposition players.
So very excited about him since I saw that video of him against Man U's youth last year.
He does it the fastest as well, turns around really quickly and immediately passes it forward.
Even those difficult passes between opposition players.
So very excited about him since I saw that video of him against Man U's youth last year.
To be fair he was very impressive against Juventus and Milan pre-season (our best player IMO) and he does offer something very different to our other deep lying midfielders in terms of passing and moving.
Whether he is ready for big prem games is another matter but we won't know until he is used.
He played in preseason as well.
You could see Kane was our best finisher from training clips and a few minutes here and there in the season before he broke out.
I'll have you know I watched a few videos.
But in all seriousness, I think he does have the skill set needed to make attacks go swiftly.
He turns quickly, has the vision to find the right pass immediately, courage to play the ball and the ability to regularly get it done right along the ground.
I think for Poch to bring him on when he did (at 1-2 and pretty much up against a rejuvenated 'Boro side) spoke volumes about both his trust in Winks, and the players' ability.
It's easy to bring on a youth player when we're 4/5-0 up... you or I could've come on against Gillingham to be fair...
but when we actually NEEDED him to do a job, and not just soak up the atmosphere, he came on, and put in a shift.
That in itself shows what a decent player Winks could turn out to be.
It's easy to bring on a youth player when we're 4/5-0 up... you or I could've come on against Gillingham to be fair...
but when we actually NEEDED him to do a job, and not just soak up the atmosphere, he came on, and put in a shift.
That in itself shows what a decent player Winks could turn out to be.
Poch does that a lot. Several times last season he brought on Onomah with 10-15 to go while we were only 1-0 up. It's showing a lot of trust in these young players and that will only benefit them in the long term.
ochserious2:Think he should get a step up,first team football beckons!
Good in spells today. Think he's once again proved what we already knew and that he's above Carroll in the pecking order. Don't think he's ready to be starting Premier League games though. Perhaps against the Sunderlands of the world who would sit back and we'd have possession in midfield but nothing else, yet.
We probably won't be seeing Winks start another game this season, unless we get a lower league side in the FA Cup.
We probably won't be seeing Winks start another game this season, unless we get a lower league side in the FA Cup.
Unless we have a bad run of midfield injuries it is unlikely Winks or Carroll will play again this season although may get on as Sub. We will need to decide in January whether to send Winks on loan or sell Carroll but not both. Decision will depend on anyone wanting Carroll and Winks wanting to go on loan.
I think Winks will get more game time than Carroll... which won't be much...
I imagine the FA Cup will be treated the same way as the EFL Cup now...
Much as it pains me to take the FA Cup with NOTHING LESS THAN 100% seriousness... I fear that unless we are out of the CL and way off the PL pace by New Year, then Poch will use the 2nd String for the Cup again...
Carroll will hopefully be on loan at someone like Norwich, Newcastle or Villa by that point!
I imagine the FA Cup will be treated the same way as the EFL Cup now...
Much as it pains me to take the FA Cup with NOTHING LESS THAN 100% seriousness... I fear that unless we are out of the CL and way off the PL pace by New Year, then Poch will use the 2nd String for the Cup again...
Carroll will hopefully be on loan at someone like Norwich, Newcastle or Villa by that point!