Transfer Rumour Frank Onyeka (15 Viewers)

KenilworthSkyBlue

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It's not just his athleticism, which is fantastic, but you can tell he mentally sees the game a lot quicker. His anticipation is fantastic and he knows where he needs to put himself. Very intelligent player.

It's funny as even within the first five minutes I thought to myself it was clear he'd played at a much superior level. And I don't think he'd even seen much of the ball at that point. It was just the way he moved off the ball.
 

Jamesimus

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I’m trying not to get too carried away in case he’s crap in the next game, but I was super impressed by him.

edit - just to clarify I thought he’d be good, but he was better in yesterday’s game than I thought he would be.
 

Major Tom

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It's funny as even within the first five minutes I thought to myself it was clear he'd played at a much superior level. And I don't think he'd even seen much of the ball at that point. It was just the way he moved off the ball.
He was holding such high press position at one point almost like a no10, then next move he was winning the ball back in the centre circle.
He’s clearly at a level we’ve needed for some time but we wouldn’t be attracting players like him unless we were top of the league with a good chance of promotion, so a win all round.
 

Major Tom

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Like FL said yesterday...he eats the ground up literally round him. He snuffed out everything.

Before he even won the ball..he was 2 steps ahead and knew what his next pass/ lay off was going to be.

He was here , there everywhere!

This sort of instinct cant be taught.

For a debut! Take a bow son.
And he’s been struggling to start for Brentford. Just show how huge the gulf is between the two leagues.
He stood out last night that he had been playing a level above.
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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And he’s been struggling to start for Brentford. Just show how huge the gulf is between the two leagues.
He stood out last night that he had been playing a level above.
Branford are a top half team to be fair so that gap is almost 2 leagues above.

Onyeka is a physical profile that we need to replicate in multiple positions if we go up. JDS, Grime, Kitching/Lati (probably Thomas too) in the starting 11 would all struggle in terms of physicality.

I’m reasonably confident that EMC could do well physically, and despite my scepticism of Sakamoto as an attacker, could prove useful in the Prem for his off the ball work. In the Prem, games will be more like last night than v Oxford.
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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And he’s been struggling to start for Brentford. Just show how huge the gulf is between the two leagues.
He stood out last night that he had been playing a level above.
That gulf was demonstrated against Ipswich in the cup last season. A largely rotated team for a side that got handsomely relegated was miles ahead of us.
 

DT-R

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It's funny as even within the first five minutes I thought to myself it was clear he'd played at a much superior level. And I don't think he'd even seen much of the ball at that point. It was just the way he moved off the ball.
On the flip side to that, Kalvin Phillips has looked dog shit in his 2 appearances for blades so far. Its one thing coming down from the level above, but to come in and make an instant impact after not playing in a long spell is something else. Props to him!

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Sky Blue Harry H

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We could do with a couple of wins from the next 3. Stoke you would hope would be one, with Albion probably the next best chance. One game at a time, though! A fit (ter) Onyeka will hopefully play a big part. I think we may need to manage his minutes over the next 2 games, though (being Sat/Wed)
 

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