[Albion] Facundo Buonanotte **On Loan To Leicester 10/08/24**

[Seagull58]

pleased he did something Like Enrisco Is it known what is his best position. Certainly never looked like or even tried to go past FB

Was Enrisco another secret Houghton signing?

 

[amexer]

The standard is set so high with many other quality players that it's only natural that some others will not hit those heights. So I think it's a little unfair that FB is seemingly being almost written off by some posters.

Also, quite why there are posts about Undav's performances in a thread that's nothing to do with him is a little odd, too. No, he's not the most technically gifted player in the squad and is obviously a confidence player, but people (mostly in the ground last night, to be fair) blaming him for EVERYTHING that went wrong last night – even after he'd been subbed! – was just pathetic. Get behind ALL the players in the squad FFS!

Agree about Undav. Have to accept he is an out and out striker that his past shows he can put a large % of chances away. Through no fault of his no chances created in first half and thought unlucky to be subbed. Problem and in hindsight an error by manager to play him and Welbeck and of course without March little coming from right. Sure he sat on bench thinking wish had created the chances they did in 2nd half.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

RDZ deemed Buonanotte worthy of a start. As such, there's no way that senior players such as Webster and Groß should 'of' taken it upon themselves to cut him out of the game

 

[portslade seagull]

Did Undav and Welbeck ever get the ball passed to them in the 1st half

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Think players ignoring someone picked by the manager is fundamentally wrong.

It noticeably happened with Van Hecke away to Leicester too.

 

[arewethereyet?]

He’s off to Ibiza today with Mac and Estupina.

 

[JBizzle]

I think it's impossible to judge him too harshly last night. We were awful, but conceding so early meant that we had to play into Everton's hands from the literal first minute. As a result, Everton sat back, challenged us to break them down and picked us off on the break. We've been notorious for years for being unable to break down a low block, with or without Buonanotte in the side.

You may question his readiness, but in conceding so early he was up against a swamped final 25 yards throughout. I had less of a problem with Buonanotte than I did Mitoma repeatedly cutting back and lofting a weak cross onto the heads of their 6ft+ defenders. It was all very Potter 2021.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

He’s off to Ibiza today with Mac and Estupina.

Ummmm, game at the weekend and 3 weeks till the end of the season?

 

[arewethereyet?]

Ummmm, game at the weekend and 3 weeks till the end of the season?

My thoughts too.

 

[Mancgull]

A couple of days rest will do the squad no harm IMHO.

 

[albionalex]

He’s off to Ibiza today with Mac and Estupina.

Source?

 

[arewethereyet?]

A couple of days rest will do the squad no harm IMHO.

Could be not featuring in the squad this weekend, rotation etc with games thick and fast

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

A couple of days rest will do the squad no harm IMHO.

Ibiza, footballers and rest, don't normally go together.

I caveat that heavily, with the fact that I don't know they are actually there

 

[arewethereyet?]

Source?

Seen at Gatwick this afternoon, BA flight to Ibiza.

 

[arewethereyet?]

Ibiza, footballers and rest, don't normally go together.

I caveat that heavily, with the fact that I don't know they are actually there

They are at 35000 feet and left 30 minutes ago

 

[GT49er]

Looks like he'll be an excellent player. Great ball control and some intricate passing in tight spaces. Learning the ropes out on the right but he'll play centrally as his main position. Not quite got the turn of speed/directness for a winger. Don't get me wrong he'll be a great option on the wing, particularly next season after he's bulked up and spent more time here, but obvious to me he's not quite comfortable.

Cue another debate argument on NSC abourt whether he needs to go out on loan to get used to starting 30+ matches a season, getting used to 'English' football, and bulking up - or whether he can be managed to do that with limited game time with us next season.

He's still young - a year on loan wouldn't take too much out of his ongoing career. Personally, I rather like the idea of loans as a means of learning and development, but I recognise it will be more appropriate for some than others. I wonder what those that matter at the club will be thinking for him for next year.

 

[Wardy's twin]

It noticeably happened with Van Hecke away to Leicester too.

It did and it doesn't give the players any confidence being ignored and in the case of attackers it basically means they might as well not been picked.

 

[Wardy's twin]

My worry is that this thing with the Argentina U21s (or whatever it was) is going to hamper us a bit. We really should play him to justify being stubborn and not letting him go, but he isn’t really ready and we really ought to have just let him go.

We have to play him as we don't have a lot of other options - he needs to respond in a manner any other Argentinian number 10 does

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

He needs a bit of self belief and start taking people on. There was a very effective gross turn in the first half but need to see more of this.

Doesn’t help when your own teammates don’t seem to square when in acres of space (could well be tactical and focus on the left wing)

I’m sure he will sign up to Ty Paul’s (PT) strength classes like Biss, Cucurella and Enciso and will be noticeably stronger on the ball next season

 

[KZNSeagull]

Ali Mac made it clear in his interview the other night that he was mentoring the younger South Americans. A couple of days away with Mac and Perv will do Facu the world of good I reckon. We have asked a lot of him in a short space of time, playing in an unfamiliar position in an unfamiliar league.
Re the loan option, we only really do this when the player is highly unlikely to feature in the first team. Facu and Ayari are clearly seen as an integral part of the first team squad and RDZ will be keen to keep them around to bring them on under his own tutelage, as he/the club has done with Enciso and Sarmiento.