[Albion] Alexis Mac Allister - *** New Contract Until 2025 ***

[BadFish]

That will be tricky with only two CBs available today!

Yes true, I thought we were crying out for it today though.

Hopefully when Duffy and/or Burn are back we will switch.

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[lawros left foot]

Welcome the Scottish Messi, This is good news.

If we go back to 3 at the back I will start to feel a bit more optimistic.

I thought he was a number 10, not a centre back.

Oh well, must be Dunks replacement.

 

[LamieRobertson]

WOW! Really enthusiastic comments on Football Focus!

What was said?

 

[BadFish]

I thought he was a number 10, not a centre back.

Oh well, must be Dunks replacement.

We can turn him into a centre back.

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[BensGrandad]

Wonder if he was interested in us enough to watch our game on a dodgy stream in Argentina.

 

[dazzer6666]

Wonder if he was interested in us enough to watch our game on a dodgy stream in Argentina.

Probably televised live - it's only the uk that doesn't show Sat 3pm games.....

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Wonder if he was interested in us enough to watch our game on a dodgy stream in Argentina.

I would imagine he’d be preparing for the game he’s got tomorrow against Uruguay rather than watching our game. In fact as he’s a professional footballer I’d be disappointed if his focus right now was on anything other than the 3 games he’s got in the next week for Argentina.

Plenty of time for him to watch videos of how we play when he arrives at Lancing.

 

[Seasider78]

Tim Vickery talking about him here on football focus. Makes an interesting observation about where we need play him which suggests he needs to operator behind the striker rather than out wide


https://twitter.com/bbcmotd/status/1223581215715942401?s=21

 

[sparkie]

Wonder if he was interested in us enough to watch our game on a dodgy stream in Argentina.

Unlikely, as he is in Colombia with the U23s.

 

[vagabond]

Tim Vickery talking about him here on football focus. Makes an interesting observation about where we need play him which suggests he needs to operator behind the striker rather than out wide


https://twitter.com/bbcmotd/status/1223581215715942401?s=21

Thanks for the link, very encouraging to hear.

We have something special on our hands with Alexis. Hopefully he can use this end of the season to be ready to hit the ground running the next.

 

[B-right-on]

Tim Vickery talking about him here on football focus. Makes an interesting observation about where we need play him which suggests he needs to operator behind the striker rather than out wide


https://twitter.com/bbcmotd/status/1223581215715942401?s=21

Very exciting.

$1m to get him out of his Boca loan. Wow.

 

[BensGrandad]

I would imagine he’d be preparing for the game he’s got tomorrow against Uruguay rather than watching our game. In fact as he’s a professional footballer I’d be disappointed if his focus right now was on anything other than the 3 games he’s got in the next week for Argentina.

Plenty of time for him to watch videos of how we play when he arrives at Lancing.

Not sure of time differences etc but if not actually training in Columbia and the game is being shown on TV live I would think that it is natural to want to watch who you were going to play with soon without it having any affect on what you are actually doing at the moment.

 

[Don Tmatter]

Will GP play him in his preferred position though? Who would be best option for the No.9 role if he plays in a No.10 position?

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Will GP play him in his preferred position though? Who would be best option for the No.9 role if he plays in a No.10 position?

We'll settle on Left Back then

 

[The Optimist]

Very exciting.

$1m to get him out of his Boca loan. Wow.

They paid something like a $2m loan fee for the season, so to recall him we obviously have to refund some of that.

 

[Knotty]

Not sure of time differences etc but if not actually training in Columbia and the game is being shown on TV live I would think that it is natural to want to watch who you were going to play with soon without it having any affect on what you are actually doing at the moment.

Why the need to watch it live? It was 1000 Colombia time. As has been said his focus at the moment should be totally on playing for his country in that tournament, and the coaches will have set a strict schedule of training, gym, meals and rest. He’ll have many, many opportunities to watch a recording of that match and dozens of past ones too.

 

[sparkie]

We'll never know what Mac Allister watched on TV.

What a daft thing to worry about.

 

[Bob!]

Should be back way before the 16th, Argentina’s final game in the Olympic Qualifiers is on Feb 9th. It’s not going to take a week to get back to England. He will arrive during our winter break so plenty of time for him to get to know the squad etc. Chance to become an instant hero on the 29th.

What's the format of the competition?

It looks like Argentina won their group, so are they playing Uruguay as a semi-final, or is it now a group consisting of the winners and runners up of both groups?

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

What's the format of the competition?

It looks like Argentina won their group, so are they playing Uruguay as a semi-final, or is it now a group consisting of the winners and runners up of both groups?

Another group stage between the winners and runners up from each group. So Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia. They all play each other once and the top two qualify for the Olympic Games. Games are being played on the 3rd, 6th and 9th of Feb.

 

[crookie]

Vickery called him McAllister, as in Gary, I was under the impression it was more like MacAlleester. Anyone know for sure ?

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