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Today and Palace in the cup were just a step too far too early for him imo, physically, positionally and even confidence wise he's not quite ready.
He did very well to close down the ball for our second goal though.
100% think of the experience gained, it's going to be good, I can feel it.Think investing in Skipp at this stage will pay dividends in a couple of years , i love seeing Skipp starting in meaningful games
Think investing in Skipp at this stage will pay dividends in a couple of years , i love seeing Skipp starting in meaningful games
Skipp starting today was just as much necessity as Poch wanting to give him minutes. If our midfield was fully fit he would probably be getting the dead leg minutes. But as things stands the boy gets a baptism by fire. And as long as his confidence doesn't get shot and the coaches handle him well he will come out of this a better player.True, but we still have an outside chance of winning the league - there will probably be plenty of games at the very end where he could play in dead rubbers (obvs hope not).
Not sure who should have played in his place today......the mythical 'new signing' I guess
True, but we still have an outside chance of winning the league - there will probably be plenty of games at the very end where he could play in dead rubbers (obvs hope not).
Not sure who should have played in his place today......the mythical 'new signing' I guess
Agree with this.A specific thought on the priceless experience gained by Skipp.
We often, more so than most teams I'd say, have CMs or AM's coming back towards our own end to receive the ball from CB's or the deepest CM; Winks today. With the aim to flick a pass around the corner or turn with the ball into space, if it's available. But also completely okay with just knocking a one-touch back from where it came, if it isn't available.
I loved the comfort with which Skipp did this, and his courage to always want the ball, even if tight quarters. The issue was in the first half, he time and time again was doing it, while specifically asking for the ball (rather than just being an option), and finding that he had no play other than to knock it back again. Possibly because the oppossing players gets to him faster than he's used to at youth level. You see Eriksen, Alli etc. doing this somewhere between very rarely and never. If they're beckoning to get a pass, it's because they've spotted a pass round the corner or know they can turn with the ball.
In the second albeit only for the 15-20 minutes he got, he stopped doing it (except once I think, when he did indeed have space). I think someone, whether Poch, Eriksen or someone else had an arm around his should at HT, and told him to trust Winks to get it to him at the right times, and stop asking for it every time but instead only in good spots.
Given the short time in the second half, it might just be a fluke, but I wouldn't think so, and I loved that detail.
I was there as well.......and Harry scored !! (a tap in from a cross at the near post)I remember being in Dublin at the Shamrock Rovers game. We were so bad we failed to qualify from our group. In that game harry brought on a young lad called Harry Kane . . . . .
yes he is out of his depth at the moment, but its a learning curve, and as long as he doesn't cost us points its ok