[Albion] Will Joao Pedro and Simon Adingra be in the first 11 next season?

[BrianSwan]

Well?

Is there room for them to start? seem more like Subs right now.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

At various points throughout the season, yes. Every game? Almost certainly not.

 

[Zeus]

A lot of games to play next season. Everyone deserving will get their chance.

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

Adingra will be a very useful player to rotate with Mitoma by the looks of things, something we’ve really missed this season. I’m sure JP will also have plenty of opportunities

 

[Weststander]

If MacA and Caicedo depart, imho Bloom will bring in quite a few first team ready players. Required for the toll of the two campaigns. In interviews over the last few days, he intimated that the planning to give RDZ what he needs has been moving apace for weeks. I see those two players getting plenty of opportunities.

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Pedro absolutely will be fast tracked by Christmas. Perfect partner for Ferguson. Record signing.

Adingra I expect to play off the bench more but a lot of young competition in his wider positions so have to see.

 

[shibainu]

I expect Adingra (and sometimes Pedro) will provide very good rotating options for Mitoma and March. I believe Mitoma's poor finishing these days are not unrelated to the fact that he's been playing 90 minutes every three or four days. Also think March's injury was due to overwork.

 

[Hugo Rune]

RDZ really likes Welbeck at No.10.

I just see Joao Pedro as a very similar player to Danny. He’ll rotate them.

Same with Adingra and Mitoma.

We’ll have a fantastic squad next season. No doubt at all.

 

[GT49er]

Surely Pedro will play regularly? - I can't see us breaking our transfer record and forking out £30M for us not to play him. Adingra - probably more dependent on who we lose. Probably he'll be in the squad, but maybe there's an outside possibility that the powers that be will decide that a season in the Championship to acclimatise to English football would be beneficial.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

My expectation is that Joao Pedro will be a first choice fairly quickly playing with Ferguson in the two central attacking roles and that Adingra will be a back up/rotation option. But who knows, we could have another wonderkid in the line up by the time August comes round?!

Edit - but actually, last night I was thinking how excited I was about a full season with Ferguson up front and Enciso playing off him so I actually haven't got a clue! What amazing options we will have though!

 

[BadFish]

If Adringa is another left winger who will play right wing with Solly? I thought he was left footed?

Enciso and mitoma on the left and Solly and Adringa on the right surely?

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Sarmiento. Don't forget him

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

And Buonanotte has just made a very strong face for inclusion

 

[JBizzle]

If Adringa is another left winger who will play right wing with Solly? I thought he was left footed?

Enciso and mitoma on the left and Solly and Adringa on the right surely?

I think he's a leftie. Unless I'm missing someone our forward options are quite decent:

LW: Mitoma, Enciso, Adingra, Pedro, Sarmiento
CAM: Mac Allister, Lallana, Gross, Buonanotte, Welbeck, Enciso, Pedro
RW: March, Gross, Pedro, Buonanotte, Enciso
CF: Ferguson, Welbeck, Undav, Pedro, Enciso

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

So the 4 positions. Here's the way I see the pecking order.

Striker - Ferguson, Joao, Undav
Number 10 - Enciso, Lallana, Welbeck, Moder
Left Wing - Mitoma, Sarmiento
Right Wing - March, Buonanotte, Adringa

Clearly they are much more interchangeable than i'm making out and a lot will fill each others positions. I'm also assuming a MacAllister sale, which is very likely but someone's still got to stump up the cash.

What an incredible set of options. RDZ will have a job handling that much talent in his squad.

 

[Washboard Didgets]

If MacA and Caicedo depart, imho Bloom will bring in quite a few first team ready players. Required for the toll of the two campaigns. In interviews over the last few days, he intimated that the planning to give RDZ what he needs has been moving apace for weeks. I see those two players getting plenty of opportunities.

RDZ and Tony have repeatedly stressed they are working on four campaigns in their planning... Premier League, Europa League, FA Cup and League Cup. We're going for the quadruple!

 

[Wozza]

We will have MANY first XIs.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Is there also a chance Adringa will be sold?

Fine prospect, but there have been rumours and RDZ may prefer to bring some of his own players in?

 

[WATFORD zero]

Is there also a chance Adringa will be sold?

Fine prospect, but there have been rumours and RDZ may prefer to bring some of his own players in?

I think the likelihood of RDZ bringing in players who have played with him before is lessening weekly. He bought his own recruitment specialist in with him when he arrived, since then has talked about how good he thinks the existing recruitment method is and recently let 'his' recruitment man go. I think he's sold on 'The Albion way'

*edit*

Found this

https://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/23453910.de-zerbi-gives-green-light-recruitment-expert-leaves/

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

I think the likelihood of RDZ bringing in players who have played with him before is lessening weekly. He bought his own recruitment specialist in with him, since then has talked about how good he thinks the existing recruitment method is and recently let 'his' recruitment man go.

I take the point. But I suppose I was thinking he may want a say over the style of player (rather than the particular player). I'm idly speculating. I don't have any evidence for this, he seems to be getting on with the ones he's inherited very well.

I do wonder though, to what extent the players who come in will be his picks, rather than the moneyball ones the club have been tracking. On the other side, might we see players leave who we might not expect to to make way for these players.