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Josh Acheampong

Maresca has to change his tactics to suit our best players I’m afraid and Josh is currently our best (available) CB.

Tosin is solid but not spectacular.

Chalobah now we’ve all been exposed to him is at his current ceiling, serviceable but by no means a starter for a top side.

Fofana is unreliable, we cannot build/plan around someone who is injured for 90% of a season, which at this point is optimistic.

A future CB partnership of Josh & Levi is easily one of the Top 3 in the league (and it cost us nothing)

 
Maresca specifically doesn't want that though, hence his rant about "CCB" earlier.

The stuff Acheampong is good at - moving the ball quickly into midfield, dribbling to break the lines, short passing, actual defending - doesn't outweigh the tactical things that Maresca actually wants.
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Josh certainly likes to travel with the ball it opens up all sorts of possibilities when executed correctly.

 
I hope he starts to get regular game time now. Feeling like he has a high ceiling and could become a very good layer for us.

Chalobah, Tosin and Fofana are back up players for a top side at best. They should not be ahead of Josh imo.

 
Josh certainly likes to travel with the ball it opens up all sorts of possibilities when executed correctly.
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Yep and it's not particularly risky, it is just him being able to confidently carry the ball closer to goal, suck in a defender or two, and give the midfielders some breathing space. Maresca wants the CBs not to move with the ball and to ping passes, which of course carries its own risks.

 
Deserves praise for yesterday's performance after his so-so cameo against Brighton. He now needs to be playing regular, fingers crossed Maresca will now trust him and give him extra minutes. If not it has to be a loan for him in January.
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He is 19, you don't want him to be playing regularly.

 
He shouldn’t be playing regularly but that’s where we find ourselves.

Best CBs at the club are academy products. But hey, 6 year extension.

 
Imagine we had a Yamal at the club or the Rio Ngumoha who moved from us to Liverpool.
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We don't need to imagine, we have Estevao.

He shouldn’t be playing regularly but that’s where we find ourselves.

Best CBs at the club are academy products. But hey, 6 year extension.
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He should not need to be playing because those directors should have gotten us better depth than we have.

Like Estevao though Joshs talent is starting to shine through, he should get decent minutes to develop.

 
What a talent! Amazing performance. Another coming of age performance and a goal to top it off 👏

 
Just been to the game, sitting in the Forest end. He stood out massively, could be some player. We have to keep hold of him.
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Yep - clear MOTM for me.

 
Watch Maresca sidelining him when Fofana or Badiashille come back.
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With Badiashile back on the injury list there should be plenty of opportunities for all our central defenders. Fofana will get some minutes but his time also has to be managed carefully given his injury history. Maybe Fofana will get a start in the Champions League. But hopefully Josh gets a run of games in the Premier League now, after his last 2 performances.

 
Not sure. Perhaps just some fresh legs to see out the game.
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Agree. I also wondered if a little experience and leadership from Tosin was the reason.

Saying that, Josh has all the attributes to get to the very top. He’s immense - height, speed, strength (and more to come as he fills out a little), great on the ball, reads the game, good technique. Trying not to get carried away, but he may quickly be our best defender. Levi was probably our best CB by end of last season, and Josh could compete with any of the rest today. Id pick him over Fofana and Tosin, and probably even Trev.

 
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Excellent today, it's a real shame we don't get to see him playing alongside Levi for a decent amount of games, they could become a real cb partnership for years to come. Great teams are built in great CB partnerships, this could easily be ours.

 
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