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

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Complete passenger today, the players appeared unwilling to pass to him. And - maybe as a result - his confidence was shot to shit. Opted for getting rid of the ball with soft short sideways/backwards passes instead of ever attempting to beat his man. Today will have set him back a bit, sadly

 

[Hornblower]

Undav seems incapable of carrying the ball. When he receives it he immediately looks for a clever lay off which nine times out of ten doesn’t work. Championship at best.

 

[Rookie]

Not the game for him today. They were going to be physical and close the spaces down in an old school way.
The tactic of give the ball to Mitoma so he can ‘cross’ it to the back post didn’t do him any favours though.

 

[Zeus]

Just don’t see him as a wide player at all. Going to make a great central playmaker when he builds strength but I never want to see him out there again.

 

[Littlemo]

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.

 

[Springal]

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.

Agreed - was my thoughts exactly when I saw he was starting. To prove a point to him and the Argentina FA

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

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.

It is a strange one. Clearly a very talented young player, and he is very young, and will hopefully be another star for us. But he’s shown nothing in his performances for us so far that he’s ready to start or even play a big part from the bench.

Surely we should have let him go with Argentina, especially as it’s what he wanted.

 

[Zeberdi]

Just don’t see him as a wide player at all. Going to make a great central playmaker when he builds strength but I never want to see him out there again.

I’ve said repeatedly he is a CAM - he has the similar sort of raw talent Trossard had to get into and manoeuvre in tight central spaces (although not as good yet) and has fantastic acceleration ( great for transitional play from CMF to CAM ) - that is where he will be most useful to us IMO. If we loose Mac Allister in the summer, we will be pleased Facundo has getting match time at least as I believe it was Mac Allister’s position that he was originally signed to eventually grow into.

In his defence - because he seems to be getting a lot of disparaging remarks about his level of football from some NSCers, He is still very young and will only have played half a season in the PL by the end of this season - another reason I don’t like January signings for Players we intend to join the first team squad straight away. Buonanotte filled in for March against Man U on Thursday where I thought his performance was very good and again today because March was fatigued - although today, he didn’t get the balls he needed much of the time in order to make enough impact - it mostly was left to Mitoma. With March now possibly sidelined with a hamstring that will mean we need Buonanotte to help cover in various positions including central attacking midfield.

I do agree with many posters that In RDZs attacking system (where there is a heavy reliance on the wingers to spearhead attacks in the final third), substituting Buonanotte for March’s role is a hell of a lot to put on the shoulders of a PL unseasoned 18 year old but I for one think he is rising to the challenge and improving with each match - and RDZ needs him, especially if March is out with a hamstring.

oop sorry for the long post - but with Facu, I still have the faith he not only will come good by summer but has very much improved on his earlier appearances.

 

[drew]

If he doesn't get the ball je can't do anything. Numerous times he was in space when Webster had the ball bit he clearly never looks to his right, possibly one of the reasons he ws taken off.

 

[amexer]

Hopefully he will come good but it is a very long time since I saw a player so out of his depth as he was today

 

[TottonSeagull]

He will be a great player but think it is a little early for him. Unlike Undav who is never going to be good enough!

 

[Zeus]

Hopefully he will come good but it is a very long time since I saw a player so out of his depth as he was today

He was poor but Enciso v Villa looked much much worse and did you never turn up when Jahanbaksh or Locadia played?

 

[Sirnormangall]

It took quite a while for Macallister to adjust to the speed and physical challenges of the EPL before he became a first choice. Similarly, I think Facundo will take time to come good. He’s probably been thrown in too early.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Just don’t see him as a wide player at all. Going to make a great central playmaker when he builds strength but I never want to see him out there again.

I agree. he'll be a similar player to macallister and will play ina similar position.

It's just that he's 6 years behind him in his development

 

[BUTTERBALL]

He was wide on the right completely unmarked in plenty of space on a number of occasions first half, the players failed to pass the ball to him, always looking through the middle or wide left to Mitoma, a complete waste as Buonanotte showed he can be very effective wide vs Man United.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

to be fair to him Webster seemed to refuse to pass to him, if you don't get the ball you can't do much...

Groß did exactly the same. What gives?

 

[Billy Seagull]

Groß did exactly the same. What gives?

It looks to me that the other players don't trust him (yet) as there was plenty of times he was free and the others passed across the back or middle towards the left. Was the same on Thursday when nearly every attack went down the left side.

 

[amexer]

He was poor but Enciso v Villa looked much much worse and did you never turn up when Jahanbaksh or Locadia played?

No comparison with those. If my memory serves me last player I saw so lost in a game was i think his name was Fenlon Taken of at half time and not seen again

 

[Normandy seagull]

Great potential but should not be starting at the moment.

 

[Littlemo]

He was wide on the right completely unmarked in plenty of space on a number of occasions first half, the players failed to pass the ball to him, always looking through the middle or wide left to Mitoma, a complete waste as Buonanotte showed he can be very effective wide vs Man United.

I don’t know how much of that was against Buonanotte though, I think they wanted to target Patterson on the right, as Mitoma did well against him in the first game. Mitoma wasn’t having the same luck against him last night though.