If I'm not mistaken he also started that game at left centre-half or left wing-back even.
You are right though, he needs regular games. His partnership with Willock was very good last season.
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If I'm not mistaken he also started that game at left centre-half or left wing-back even.
You are right though, he needs regular games. His partnership with Willock was very good last season.
It's three years.Lawrence,Hendrie,McCullough hardly played in the first season.
Yeah, think he started at LWB and was shifted to LCB.
Right. When the f*ck will we learn?
Has made a good impression at LB it seems. Definitely has the talent but unlucky with injuries in the last 2 years and once higher rated than Rashford it seems. What's everyone's verdict on the lad as of this moment in time?
I don't know if it's just me, but it's concerning that our once most promising attacker is now being developed as an attacking left back!
Wb is the new winger it seems...
the old wingers are now inside forwards...
the old wingers are now inside forwards...
Why is that concerning? Why be just another young winger with some talent who will ultimately have little chance of making it when he can be one of the best attacking LBs around? If he is capable of getting his defensive game right then it would be concerning why we wouldn't take that opportunity.
Maybe the thinking of the coaches is that he has the best chance of making it as a LB. Be good to get some insight from some members on here who have a bit of information on the academy/U23s.
I'd imagine that is their thinking. He has had some horrible injuries over the last couple years and has barely played. Was playing as a striker early in the season but hardly pulling up trees or anything. Since Riley has left on loan, Demi has been pushed back to LB and looked quite good. So if he is able to adapt he'll have a much better chance of making it there at a high level than up front or even on the wing.
With Mourinho's comment about the balance between two fullbacks it basically kill any chance of Mitchell (not saying he's good enough right now mind).
Didn't harm Paddy's career one bit!
True but has he had the best service this year? The u23s team is pretty poor and i can't remember him playing up top too many games if I recall correctly seems to have mainly been LB. The injuries nevertheless have just been really unfortunate.
Only his last 4 have been at LB, just since Riley left. The 10 before that were mainly up top with a couple on the wing, tbf 4 of those appearances were only off the bench though.
Sure you can say he didn't get the best service but being realistic you just have to look at even the little time he played up top and compare it to what someone like James Wilson or Will Keane did at this level. We've also got Rashford.
I've really liked the look of him at LB so far.
Ah I see. How many goals does he have so far this season? I know there was rumours last summer that he signed a new contract but was there anything official?
Why is this in the TF? Are we signing Demi Mitchell or something?
Danny Rose was once a winger, he's now one of the best wing backs in Europe.
He'll need to test himself against the best to have the tag of best wingback in Europe, maybe playing in Europe, I'm just saying, our once most promising winger in our youth set up is now being converted to a left back, maybe I'm just a moaning git, would just rather see him play where he's most comfortable, I remember Cameron Stewart being converted to a full back from a winger, granted he didn't end up as much of a player, but why not give Mitchell a chance at his natural position.
Obviously there are examples of players making that transition but it has to be difficult to learn a completely different position, specially one as positionally important as a fullback.
That's why I said one of the best wing backs, he's easily one if not the best left wing back in England, surely that automatically makes him one of the best in Europe.
One of the best wingbacks is different to saying best left back, there's a serious lack of left backs about these days, he's one of the best left backs in England yeah, but to be labeled as one of the best wingbacks in Europe (right and left back) then he'd have to test himself in Europe to be considered one, just my opinion like.
Since when has playing a young player in different positions been a disaster? He'll find his place eventually, maybe it's at LB, maybe not. Didn't hurt Steven Gerrard's career playing at RB though, nor did it hurt Gibbs going from a midfielder to a full back. Or Evra, or Cole, or Bale, or any number of players you could name. Even if he doesn't fit there long term it will be a good experience if he wants to be a winger, just like playing up front was.
I didn't say disaster, I said worrying, worrying in talhat we're playing our most promising attacker at left back, it's an indication that we don't have that many top quality players at youth level at our club, or that we don't have cover at certain positions to cover loans/injuries, either way it's a worry, you see our striking position, quite thin for a club of our size.
I don't mind players experiencing different positions, it's a learning process, but to start a new position at what 19/20? Not a great chance of making it at a top club like that.
Why? When did Kieran Gibbs start playing at LB? And he didn't have any horrific injuries at the same age as Mitchell as far as I can remember.
Gerrard only moved away from RB around 19/20 anyway I think:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...even-gerrards-tactical-evolution-at-liverpool
And the standard of our reserves squad is most definitiely not a good indicator of our quality at youth level, if you don't know anything about it please feel free to have a read of the Reserve/youth sub forum in the Manchester United forum.
Wait, he is a left back now? He was a (?) right sided attacker a few years back, wasn't he?
It would be nice to have a left back with such sweet technique though
It would be nice to have a left back with such sweet technique though
Was Gibbs tipped as Arsenal's most promising attacker? No, and I never said it impossible to switch positions, I said it's worrying having our so called stand out attacker converted to a left back, not saying he won't make it, but it's definitely the exception and not the rule, besides Gibbs is cow dunk wherever you put him, positionally he's awful.
Yeah I know there's a sub forum about our reserves/youth, sarcasm is not the best way to put your point across. How many strikers do we have at u23 level btw? I'm probably not as clued up as I was years ago when I watched the youth on Saturdays but I still take a passing interest.
He has no chance of making it here as an attacker. So I don't see what the concern is. Maybe he'll make a good attacking LB
Exactly. They are attempting an anti-Bale.
He's not our most promising attacker. And I wasn't being sarcastic, I was being polite.
U18-23 strikers (can argue about best position of course): Rashford, Martial, Wilson, Mitchell, Burkhart, Bohui, Diedrick-Roberts
Other forwards who can play there: Chong, Buffonge, Barlow, Dearnley, Boonen, Gomes
Plus of course there's a few others who've played there who aren't real prospects like McTominay and Willock.
Not saying we couldn't have another talent on our books but we're really not short there. The U23s are very short, although I think Wilson may have come back now. But realistically there aren't loads of great talents anywhere in that reserve team apart from at the back - a lot of the best ones have been on loan e.g. CBJ, Riley, Wilson, Pereira. If Mitchell isn't looking likely up front then no problem with giving him a go in different roles to see if he finds one where he's got a chance here.
I remember Cameron Stewart, he looked promising to me at the time, he plays some third highest league these days I think. EDIT just checkek and hes a free agent released from ipswich, he looked similar type to demi as well.
For Mitchell I think he has a much bigger chance to make it as converted to fb because Mourinho will definitely want to have an immediate succes here and rashford was a big coincidence even from van gaal, theres just no space for another attacker, well go for big signings in our attacking department.. so fingers crossed would be a huge succes bz him or riley to get a sniff in
Can he get a few PL-minutes? And if he does, can we see a Rashford type of impact, just at lb? His talent was probably just as big a couple of years ago, and his conversion to left back might give him a little chance;
- Easier to succeed at fullback than as an attacker,
- No obvious choice on the left fullback,
- Several injuries on the usual options (Young and Shaw),
- Due to the injury on Rojo we might need Blind as a CB,
- We need to rest players and our chances in the PL is very slim
The circumstances for Rashford was actually a bit similar when LvG gave him a chance.
- Easier to succeed at fullback than as an attacker,
- No obvious choice on the left fullback,
- Several injuries on the usual options (Young and Shaw),
- Due to the injury on Rojo we might need Blind as a CB,
- We need to rest players and our chances in the PL is very slim
The circumstances for Rashford was actually a bit similar when LvG gave him a chance.
Probably way too weak defensively and unstable for Mourinho, he has barely played LB for a year. Dont think it was a smart move either.