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2017/18 Ademola Lookman

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yakublue said:
Bolasie got 1 goal and 0 assists in 11 starts this season for everton. Lookman got 5 goals and 3 assists in 11 starts for RB.

Tells you something about how good Walsh/allardyce etc are at spotting talent.

Absolute joke
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Yeah but Bolasie cost 28M...so according to Sam he must be better
 
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There’s an excellent article on Lookman that fills the back page of the Sunday Times. Ok , it’s written by Rod Liddell, but he gets it right a lot, and does so here. I’ll pick out bits .
. Firstly a good description of his goals, assists and involvement in the Hertha Berlin v RB Leipzig games. I’ll assume all are aware of that.
. He’s out on loan because , apparently, he’s not good enough for Everton . But perfectly good enough for a much, much, better team than Everton. ( Hard to disagree with that though one person will.)
. Lookman baulks at Big Sam’s proposal to loan him to Derby, he believes he’s ready for the top level and wants to go to RBL.
. Big Sam is perplexed, far better to be clattered week in week out by Burton and Barnsley defenders, make a man of you son. Lookman goes to Germany . And what happens?
. Five goals from 11 appearances and a cornucopia of assista. Second place to Lewandowskiin terms of goals per minute.
.RBL play Lookman for between 45 min and an hour, time for him to strut his stuff, but accepting, too, that the player is still young and should not be wrecked by playing the full 90.
.RBL want him permantly , reasoning that if Everton are stupid enough to loan him out for half a season they might also be stupid enough to sell him.
. Young players playing in the Championship may not be a proving ground for the exquisitely talented . It may in some cases do more harm than good.
. Leipzig’s approach , (is) a faith in the talent with an understanding of its physical immaturity .

Agree or disagree with him, it’s a good analysis of how RBL have got the best out of Lookman. Lookman, Davies and Dowell are not going to transform our team on their own but if we can adopt a RBL approach of using these players relatively sparingly, letting them play with freedom in their preferred roles then we could have an attacking threat next season which would leave behind the memories of this season’s dire performances.
 
blueloon said:
There’s an excellent article on Lookman that fills the back page of the Sunday Times. Ok , it’s written by Rod Liddell, but he gets it right a lot, and does so here. I’ll pick out bits .
. Firstly a good description of his goals, assists and involvement in the Hertha Berlin v RB Leipzig games. I’ll assume all are aware of that.
. He’s out on loan because , apparently, he’s not good enough for Everton . But perfectly good enough for a much, much, better team than Everton. ( Hard to disagree with that though one person will.)
. Lookman baulks at Big Sam’s proposal to loan him to Derby, he believes he’s ready for the top level and wants to go to RBL.
. Big Sam is perplexed, far better to be clattered week in week out by Burton and Barnsley defenders, make a man of you son. Lookman goes to Germany . And what happens?
. Five goals from 11 appearances and a cornucopia of assista. Second place to Lewandowskiin terms of goals per minute.
.RBL play Lookman for between 45 min and an hour, time for him to strut his stuff, but accepting, too, that the player is still young and should not be wrecked by playing the full 90.
.RBL want him permantly , reasoning that if Everton are stupid enough to loan him out for half a season they might also be stupid enough to sell him.
. Young players playing in the Championship may not be a proving ground for the exquisitely talented . It may in some cases do more harm than good.
. Leipzig’s approach , (is) a faith in the talent with an understanding of its physical immaturity .

Agree or disagree with him, it’s a good analysis of how RBL have got the best out of Lookman. Lookman, Davies and Dowell are not going to transform our team on their own but if we can adopt a RBL approach of using these players relatively sparingly, letting them play with freedom in their preferred roles then we could have an attacking threat next season which would leave behind the memories of this season’s dire performances.
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Just read that. Liddel makes some excellent points.

At least he is still on our books. If he comes back in the summer, full of confidence, could be a great asset next season.
 
roydo said:
Just read that. Liddel makes some excellent points.

At least he is still on our books. If he comes back in the summer, full of confidence, could be a great asset next season.
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New manager, new DOF, no more up and under Allardyce footy, you have to fancy that he`ll want to come back.
 

Didn't we buy him for around 12 to 14million?
Surely we wouldn't entertain anything less than 30 to 40 million?

Bolasie cost 27?!

Really like this Red Bull team but they're in dream land if they think he'd go for peanuts.

Big season for Lookman. He will take us places.
 

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