I said *defender*
Simple really, when he first arrived he was lightning quick and could make up any lost ground To cover his defensive frailties. Since he's made of the same tissue paper as Webster, he broke, and that, sadly is that.
Or put even simpler than we both stated - he’s not as fast as he used to be and prone to injury
Well, that's one question answered, thanks - contract ends 2025. Big close season for him, I guess - who knows what RDZ will decide (clue: 'who knows' - well, neither you nor I for a start!). Can see potential logic in a loan to a mid/lower mid PL side, to see if he can cut it for a full season. There are questions as to whether he can still be the same player after his injuries, which only he can really answer - a loan might be the way to give him that opportunity.Sorry to jump back to Thread Title - kinda a bit too tired to read back previous posts but Lamptey going on loan has been a real possibility for months. Are we talking about this?
His balance is still good but what made him a highly skilled R FB for us was his exceptional acceleration and sprint speed given De Zerbi’s heavy reliance on FB involvement in our transitional attacking, fast overlapping patterns - however he’s sadly not fully regained his “prior to Hamstring” agility imo - he also has a slightly lazy foot and can pull out of tackles a bit late, gifting free kicks in dangerous areas. (A bit like Dunk does with his long legs but who manages to use it as dark art)
Personally, I don’t think a season out on loan will do him any harm to build up stamina at a slightly less demanding level where he will be less prone to injury and then perhaps see where we are with him at the end of 23/4 before he is out contract in 24/25.
I agree - I also think we all want a deeper bench going into the Europa but the first step will be to loan out players not ready to do 90 mins - Moder may still be an ‘if‘ as well - we need to bloat the bench with asset value youngsters who are already to make starts and older players able to go the distance as anticipated by the summer window - (obviously given the increase in fixtures next season)
I agree I don't think he's bad at all, and is definitely PL standard. I think the biggest difference for him between this year and previous seasons is the change in tactics/formation. We no longer play wing backs or 3 centre backs. So his favoured wing back position is gone, and with one less centre back position, Veltman has moved into the right back slot. So Lamptey is now competing with probably our most consistent player over the last few seasons.
Dedic has played well in recent games as Salzburg won crucial matches to win the Bundesliga. Just realised he’s only 20, I’d have guessed a few years older than that. Chap playing left full back is a CB covering for injury who has grown into the role well over the last month. Name of Bernardo.
That's such a shame. I was relishing a possible trip to Dublin for the Europa League Final.
Enciso.
I'll tell his parents your comments, I'm sure they'll be relieved after all the negativity on here.
