The reason why people cannot tell how good a player can be is because they lack imagination or the framework for appropriate imagination in soccer.
Players, especially if they are young, are not all they appear to be. Things can change. One of the easy routes is physical change.
Players, especially if they are young, are not all they appear to be. Things can change. One of the easy routes is physical change.
https://twitter.com/reggaesthetics/status/1479399827670716422
Tammy Abraham is a 6'3 mobile beanpole but he's not integrated strength into his play. I have no authority to speak on it but he seems to be very capable of putting on more muscle mass than he has and gaining more strength.
Tammy putting on more muscle is a gamechanger for him.
Tammy putting on more muscle is a gamechanger for him.
If you cannot imagine how Tammy's overall game can change and should change from what it previously was, that's not down to me. That's down to your lack of imagination.
For me, I understand how a slight change in conditions can upend old conceptions of what a player can be or do
For me, I understand how a slight change in conditions can upend old conceptions of what a player can be or do
It is why I could predict ESR's growth as a performer long before it happened. Why I can tell what kind of career Broja will have depending on if he can develop his back-to-goal play or not. It is the difference between me and you.
How can you say you can scout players when you
How can you say you can scout players when you
cannot predict/suggest potential growth and think all they currently are is all they can be?
Tammy was not even yet at Roma and posting great creative numbers before I could tell that he could be much better at linking play.
And he's not even exploded physically.
Tammy was not even yet at Roma and posting great creative numbers before I could tell that he could be much better at linking play.
And he's not even exploded physically.
So the suggestion that Tammy cannot be a focal point is absolutely shortsighted and ruinous to performance prediction.
He is going to pack more muscles and God help you trying to contest with him.
He is going to pack more muscles and God help you trying to contest with him.
https://twitter.com/nonewthing/status/1432267484321787904?t=0ArLKU5BJypoRfo3Ee5T2Q&s=19
I think it's a sign of poor insightful knowledge to assume players are all they currently appear to be.
My judgement of players and my recruitment recommendations will always be with potential growth in mind.
At their peaks, Osimhen and Tammy will play very similarly.
My judgement of players and my recruitment recommendations will always be with potential growth in mind.
At their peaks, Osimhen and Tammy will play very similarly.
Another easy route for change in performance and conception is a switch in roles.
If you asked me the best use of Wan Bissaka, I'd suggest an inverted use of him from deep. Let him drive/run from deep into halfspaces instead of outwide. He can do a lot more damage from there.
If you asked me the best use of Wan Bissaka, I'd suggest an inverted use of him from deep. Let him drive/run from deep into halfspaces instead of outwide. He can do a lot more damage from there.
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