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Lukas Nmecha

Lukas Nmecha

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Sky Sports just announced the Man City team for tonight. Last person mentioned “... and Lucas Nmecha, the young striker, is on there (bench) as well. ?????
 
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Nope, rewound several times. “Lucas, the young striker.” Felix plays midfield.
 
bigal38;n3411985 said:
Numb nuts is crap
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No he's not.

But he's certainly not a goal threat like we were told on here.

After seeing his performance last week against Forest, I wouldn't be averse to seeing him played on the wing.
 
kingpne;n3411988 said:
No he's not.

But he's certainly not a goal threat like we were told on here.

After seeing his performance last week against Forest, I wouldn't be averse to seeing him played on the wing.
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I felt sorry for him at the end. A better return ball and he'd have buried it.

It's clear the lads around him want him to score which suggests to me he works hard in training.

thought he worked hard tonight without ever really looking a threat
 
Would you keep or send back? There's a player there but he is low on confidence and isn't playing well. Needs to work harder too.
But I'm not sure his best position is number 9, I'd like to see him start wide right and give it a go,
 
mozzchops;n3412020 said:
Would you keep or send back? There's a player there but he is low on confidence and isn't playing well. Needs to work harder too.
But I'm not sure his best position is number 9, I'd like to see him start wide right and give it a go,
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I suspect had Moult not been carrying a knock that would have been where we would have seen him. He has quick feet, pace and is strong as an ox. I think playing as a right sided inside forward is the best for him.
 
mozzchops;n3412020 said:
Would you keep or send back? There's a player there but he is low on confidence and isn't playing well. Needs to work harder too.
But I'm not sure his best position is number 9, I'd like to see him start wide right and give it a go,
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I think we should wish him well and send him back to city at christmas for his own sake. If I was Pep Id loan him to somewhere like Morecambe so that he can see where his future lays if he doesnt knuckle down a bit.
 
paddysr;n3412021 said:
I suspect had Moult not been carrying a knock that would have been where we would have seen him. He has quick feet, pace and is strong as an ox. I think playing as a right sided inside forward is the best for him.
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AN alluded to exactly that in his post match interview paddy:thumbsup:
 
raefil;n3412024 said:
I think we should wish him well and send him back to city at christmas for his own sake. If I was Pep Id loan him to somewhere like Morecambe so that he can see where his future lays if he doesnt knuckle down a bit.
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What's to say he isn't knuckling down now ? Just because he's struggling to score and finds it difficult at times against big, experienced Championship centre halves doesn't mean he isn't trying or means he needs to be sent down the leagues as some sort of punishment. He's just turned 20 years old and this is his first spell in professional football, and at times he has bullied defences at this level.

Neil is on the record as saying he's a good lad who is working hard and improving. That's good enough for me, and imho carries more weight than judgemental comments about his character from some supporters, who seem to have bought into a preconception about young Premier League loan players, thinking he is jumped up and not trying because he's on a good contract and probably drives a nice car.

Certainly makes for an easy target/scapegoat for fans anyway. Maybe the question should be why a very young and inexperienced loan signing was our replacement for a 10-15 goal, physical, experienced Championship striker (Hugill) in the first place ?
 
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I think he is working hard but the 4-2-3-1 system demands a quality, physical, hold the ball up striker. You can't ask a 19 year old fresh from the non contact world of U23 footy to do that. As with Mavididi, Neil wouldn't have chosen this signing. It will do him the world of good to play wide in the 3 and graft. Like at Forest where he was great. Too much to expect at home to lead the line on his own. The Championship is a tough good league to learn your trade in, in an isolated role.
 
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