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Josh Acheampong

How will he get game time though? He is 3rd choice RB behind James, Gusto & Caicedo, and 5th choice RCB behind Fofana, Tosin, Chalobah & now Sarr. A season long loan to a West Ham, Coventry or one of the relegated PL teams will be brilliant.

Agree on George but I don’t think it’s a physical issue; if Yamal could hack senior football at 15yr, and Saka who he is a doppelgänger of at 17yrs, there is no reason why he can’t hack it. His problem is a lack of momentum; if the manager persists with him and trusts him, he will figure it out on the pitch.
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According to Maresca, James is a midfielder so don't need to worry about him at least 🤪

 
It’s why I’ve leaned into the camp of we don’t need a CB.

We’ve gotten rid of the liabilities in Disasi and Badiashile (well, demoted to 6th choice), and the CB’s we do have learned to get rid of the individual errors in their game. Bar a few lapses, they’ve been solid for months.

James Fofana Colwill Cucurella

Acheampong Chalobah Tosin Gusto or New LB

 
Fixed it even more
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Now Benson is repeating the nonsense that Andrey Santos is apparently demanding that he should start for Chelsea. Of course it gets a load of " who does he think he is" and " he needs to fight for his place" outrage!

I haven't bothered looking but no doubt it'll be on here too.

 
Thought I'd bump this. Played well today. Couple of times probably wrong position but has plenty of recovery pace. If he continues to play he'll definitely have a few mistakes in him.. but thought he did alright - cant argue with a clean sheet.

 
I doubt anyone ever saw him starting our first league game of the season against Crystal Palace, a pretty strong premier league side.

Made a few mistakes but considering his experience at top level that was a really impressive game from him. Makes you wonder how good he could be after a full season. I’d say he’s earned another start, even if Tosin recovered from injury.

With the Colwill situation, I can see us winning either way. We sign a top class centre back to bolster our back line, or Acheampong get several minutes of experience and improve.

 
Yeah thought he played well - against a very good attack in Palace. give him more game

 
I doubt anyone ever saw him starting our first league game of the season against Crystal Palace, a pretty strong premier league side.

Made a few mistakes but considering his experience at top level that was a really impressive game from him. Makes you wonder how good he could be after a full season. I’d say he’s earned another start, even if Tosin recovered from injury.

With the Colwill situation, I can see us winning either way. We sign a top class centre back to bolster our back line, or Acheampong get several minutes of experience and improve.
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I agree and he is developing well. My only concern is that upon occasion his passing can be poor. Not in technique, not in weight or quality of pass, just his antennae is a bit off. This will naturally improve with more game time. The problem that we have when we play such a defensive based system and at such a slow tempo as we did today, those passes between the lines have to be spot on, all the time. One poor pass like Josh made today (not that he is the only one, mind) and the advancing opposition are upon us immediately and we struggle to recover. I think his quality in the tackle and his general defensive quality, plus his foraging runs with the ball at his feet would be even better highlighted in a team playing at tempo and with an intensity in the atmosphere.

 
Made 1 or 2 bad passes but even experienced players like Colwill and Tosin do the same thing so I’m not going to focus too much on it. It can happen when trying those kind of passes.

More importantly he was very good defensively, looking forward to him getting a good run of games.

 
Made 1 or 2 bad passes but even experienced players like Colwill and Tosin do the same thing so I’m not going to focus too much on it. It can happen when trying those kind of passes.

More importantly he was very good defensively, looking forward to him getting a good run of games.
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Won’t happen. Marisca has already hinted that Fofana is back next game, and I reckon Tosin is also.

Josh is clearly talented when you think of the calibre of teams that were after him before making his first team debut, and his current status isn’t ideal. 3rd choice RB, and 4th choice RCB means he will struggle for mins. According to the press; Bournemouth have made a couple of offers for him this summer but we said no. Why not sell him for £20m, and include a buy back and a sell on clause. That way he goes away and gets regular game time, we can then assess him further down the line.

 
Won’t happen. Marisca has already hinted that Fofana is back next game, and I reckon Tosin is also.

Josh is clearly talented when you think of the calibre of teams that were after him before making his first team debut, and his current status isn’t ideal. 3rd choice RB, and 4th choice RCB means he will struggle for mins. According to the press; Bournemouth have made a couple of offers for him this summer but we said no. Why not sell him for £20m, and include a buy back and a sell on clause. That way he goes away and gets regular game time, we can then assess him further down the line.
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You can’t rely on Fofana being fit and Badishille being…good. There is no need to send Josh out on loan or sell with buy back.

We have plenty of games this season, Josh should be starting every league cup game, every early round FA cup games, half our CL matches that will be against teams we should beat like Olympiacos or whatever and lower sides in prem.

These are just games he should be starting, there’s multiple opportunities for him to come on as a sub. When you tally it up he will get the same if not more, as chances are we will go further in cups, mins here than he would at Bournemouth.

 
I’m more than happy to ride or die with Josh this season, clearly has the makings of a player with the potential to be our best CB for years to come.

A couple of errant passes and got turned once but other than that he kept one of the PL’s best strikers in check all day and made it look rather comfortable.

A future CB partnership of Josh & Levi fills me with nothing but positivity.

 
“Hard to quantify exactly how Josh Acheampong did in the 'Colwill role' in defence.

But he registered 93.5% pass accuracy, had 108 touches and 93 passes in total. He also had the most duels, duels won, aerial duels, aerial duels won and most tackles won yesterday.”

Maybe the club are right to say to Enzo to “use the current squad”?

 
Play the kid and don’t spend on a CB we have too many already unless you can ship out two of them permanently.
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I agree. Really liked what I saw of Acheampong. Sure he will make mistakes but he is 100% better with the ball at his feet than someone like Badiashille and those two tackles he made quickly one after the other were exceptional. I'd be happy to see him start regularly.

 
Won’t happen. Marisca has already hinted that Fofana is back next game, and I reckon Tosin is also.

Josh is clearly talented when you think of the calibre of teams that were after him before making his first team debut, and his current status isn’t ideal. 3rd choice RB, and 4th choice RCB means he will struggle for mins. According to the press; Bournemouth have made a couple of offers for him this summer but we said no. Why not sell him for £20m, and include a buy back and a sell on clause. That way he goes away and gets regular game time, we can then assess him further down the line.
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I kind of think this is kicking the can down the road. We need someone now and why not give him a squad place for the season, rotate him in and out when needed, and use him in cup games and give him minutes in the CL against potentially similar or weaker opponents.

He has demonstrated yesterday he's up for the challenge and can compete against a bully boy striker like Mateta who is no slouch.

Would certainly prefer shipping out Badishile and Disasi before Josh.

 
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