Transfer Rumour Keane Lewis-Potter

[davek]

Remember the old adage: A good biggun' is better than a good littlun'.

 

[Nymzee]

Gordon has played on the right in games and I have seen KLP play there, he can play across the front 3 tbh, he has played as a LB before and did ok.

Yeh but doesn’t mean that’s where we should play them. Both look best coming in off the left. We need to buy round pegs for round holes not sort-of-round just because.

 

[Nymzee]

Generally speaking - and with a good few exceptions that prove the rule - a player small in stature will struggle in this league...especially a forward.

He’s the same height as Aguero one of the finest attackers we’ve ever seen.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Remember the old adage: A good biggun' is better than a good littlun'.

That's just an argument for the hoofball merchants tbh. Look at the likes of Zola or Defoe, neither were the tallest but both did fine as strikers in the PL, Zola was one of the best players to play in the PL.

 

[Nymzee]

That's just an argument for the hoofball merchants tbh. Look at the likes of Zola or Defoe, neither were the tallest but both did fine as strikers in the PL, Zola was one of the best players to play in the PL.

Kevin Phillips same heights as KLP too.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Yeh but doesn’t mean that’s where we should play them. Both look best coming in off the left. We need to buy round pegs for round holes not sort-of-round just because.

Tbh I doubt he will end up here anyway, too much like a sensible transfer, I can see us ending up with Traore or someone like that.

 

[MikeH72]

If he was a keeper I’d be concerned about his stature but he’s not so sign him up and get him floating about the final third doing creative bits and pieces.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

I know the lads short but he scores a high percentage of his goals with his head. Tells you he knows when to make runs into the box in the right areas something we've not had since Cahill left.

Think it helps that he plays out wide too, can ghost in, in between the full back and centre back. From his highlights video his lack of height probably works to his advantage in that regard, stealthy.

 

[Tommy.]

Remember the old adage: A good biggun' is better than a good littlun'.

That archaic viewpoint kind of falls flat on its face when 2 of the greatest forwards of all time are shorter than Lewis-Potter (Messi & Maradona).

 

[Eggs]

Generally speaking - and with a good few exceptions that prove the rule - a player small in stature will struggle in this league...especially a forward.

….I agree that athleticism is increasingly a factor in PL but there are plenty of small attackers who have had an impact at this level. I don’t see this kid as a central striker.

 

[Nymzee]

….I agree that athleticism is increasingly a factor in PL but there are plenty of small attackers who have had an impact at this level.

I’d argue as well that the Championship is a more physical league than ours anyway and he smashed it.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

Remember the old adage: A good biggun' is better than a good littlun'.

I always bridle at this relatively modern tendency to the fetishisation of bulk by some football supporters, the need for all players to be a’unit’.
Some of the finest players I have witnessed (and will continue to witness) have been relatively small or slight players.
In many cases the ‘smaller’player often benefits from a lower centre of gravity or a better turn of speed and agility ,often both.
Perhaps one reason for the ascendancy of association football over the alternative versions is the fact that all shapes and sizes can find a purposeful place in the team.
The deciding factor should always be skill not size.
It is football not Rugby we follow after all.

 

[bluestevon]

Generally speaking - and with a good few exceptions that prove the rule - a player small in stature will struggle in this league...especially a forward.

The guy scores a lot of headers though Dave, but if a Tim Cahill about how he finds that space

 

[Encoder]

This is the kind of signing that would actually get me feeling positive about the future of everton. But also underlines how we need to give Lampard time, with youth comes inconsistency but will bear fruit eventually.

 

[Zatara]

Keane or Kean out and Keane in