Confirmed Signing Caleb Yirenkyi

[shmmeee]

He's got all the tools and can use them, just needs to adapt to the league. He's also coming from a lower level than most (Danish league isn't great)

Honest Q. Are you basing this off what you’ve seen at City or stuff you’ve seen of him before? Curious if I’m just missing something.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

At least £200m I say.

 

[robin.starling]

Honest Q. Are you basing this off what you’ve seen at City or stuff you’ve seen of him before? Curious if I’m just missing sosomething.

He/she is guessing. Yirenki obviously has talent, but he needs to settle and start showing it rather than giving away possession in important areas too frequently.

 

[CCFCSteve]

The quality of opposition is the question there really. In real games not friendlies or the equivalent I’m yet to see anything that justifies posts like this tbh:

My point was more you’ve either got vision/can pick a pass and then have ability to execute or not, he’s obviously got it

Does he need settle and be more careful with the ball, yes of course

 

[skybluecam]

Honest Q. Are you basing this off what you’ve seen at City or stuff you’ve seen of him before? Curious if I’m just missing something.

Mostly what I've seen in person. Just think he's got everything. Tackling ability, touch, ball carrying and has the vision and range of passing going forward. Physically has pace and strength too.

It's not quite coming together at times right now, sometimes finds himself out of position and maybe caught out by the pace of the game, but I just think that's natural as a player new to the country/league. And if he can sort that out he'll be incredible.

 

[shmmeee]

Mostly what I've seen in person. Just think he's got everything. Tackling ability, touch, ball carrying and has the vision and range of passing going forward. Physically has pace and strength too.

It's not quite coming together at times right now, sometimes finds himself out of position and maybe caught out by the pace of the game, but I just think that's natural as a player new to the country/league. And if he can sort that out he'll be incredible.

Just watched his highlights from Denmark and there’s clearly a player in there. Just worry is the jump so big to PL it carries over? But as I said at the start he’s 20 and will adapt so not writing him off at all, just curious what others are seeing to predict he’ll be our best player. As I said in another thread I think CM is the position where that PL speed of thought and consistency of action really gets tested the most IMO. If he can step up that would be great because the only other CM we’ve got who can quickly move the ball forward is Hamer and he’s not exactly showing it so far.

 

[David O'Day]

He's a kid coming from the Danish league, once he is used to the increase in speed and quality of opponent he will be great, really fucking great.

 

[Grendel]

I don’t know about the figures quoted but he looks like he could be a stand out player for us

 

[fernandopartridge]

Despite his poor passing today his pass completion is still 85% over his 3 appearances

I think he needs to relax a bit but when he does things well he looks excellent

Onyeka we just disagree on

Where we are in our evolution as a team onyeka is exactly the type of player we need

Onyeka twice got caught sleeping while Enzo Fernandez was running into space behind him, he's got to be more aware of movement around him. He has also got to use the ball better than he did Saturday.

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

He's a kid coming from the Danish league, once he is used to the increase in speed and quality of opponent he will be great, really fucking great.

It’s the sky blue talk local hobo trying to say he isn’t very good mate, take no notice of @shmmeee

 

[Grendel]

It’s the sky blue talk local hobo trying to say he isn’t very good mate, take no notice of @shmmeee

The pound shop Thor is in reality a 50 pence version of Olaffur Ollafson

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Mostly what I've seen in person. Just think he's got everything. Tackling ability, touch, ball carrying and has the vision and range of passing going forward. Physically has pace and strength too.

It's not quite coming together at times right now, sometimes finds himself out of position and maybe caught out by the pace of the game, but I just think that's natural as a player new to the country/league. And if he can sort that out he'll be incredible.

Let’s be honest, if he had it all right now, we wouldn’t have signed him. He’s got talent and he’s in a good environment to develop that here.

All the pieces are there for us to make a massive profit from him. He just needs to tighten up some of his passing a bit and mature which will come naturally imo.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Let’s be honest, if he had it all right now, we wouldn’t have signed him. He’s got talent and he’s in a good environment to develop that here.

All the pieces are there for us to make a massive profit from him. He just needs to tighten up some of his passing a bit and mature which will come naturally imo.

I can see why we’ve signed him, I can also see why bigger fish haven’t.

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

I can see why we’ve signed him, I can also see why bigger fish haven’t.

That’s a fair assessment, the bigger clubs would rather pay more for a finished product. Yirenkyi’s game needs refining and we will make a huge profit when it all comes together.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

That’s a fair assessment, the bigger clubs would rather pay more for a finished product. Yirenkyi’s game needs refining and we will make a huge profit when it all comes together.

If he performs well here he gets a big move in the summer. That suits everyone really.

 

[Nonamesonshirts]

I think there was perhaps an overly confident reaction to his initial signing. Coming from the Danish league, and at just 20, there was always some question over how he could transition to the PL and what his ceiling might be. As has been said, there were reasons to sign him and reasons why more established teams didn’t.

From what I’ve seen so far, the position is pretty much unchanged. There are enough positive signs to be hopeful, but the performance levels haven’t been so high to confidently raise expectations.

I think he can probably cope with playing in the PL, whether he will develop at such a rate to become a star player within our team remains to be seen. I think he might, time will tell.

 

[fernandopartridge]

If he performs well here he gets a big move in the summer. That suits everyone really.

He's not going to be here for only a year to move on at big profit

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

He's not going to be here for only a year to move on at big profit

I think he will, same for Amenda.

 

[stupot07]

Let’s be honest, if he had it all right now, we wouldn’t have signed him. He’s got talent and he’s in a good environment to develop that here.

All the pieces are there for us to make a massive profit from him. He just needs to tighten up some of his passing a bit and mature which will come naturally imo.

Agreed, I think some are over hyping him based on the hype that "real Madrid were tracking him" and the fee.

He is a bundle of energy, stron, physical ball winner but very untidy in possession, you can see why bigger fish haven't come in for him. Great flick for the Plymouth goal, the assist against Monaco was as good pass but a pass I would expect 99% professional footballers to make.

He looks like a younger version of Onyeka, a willing runner chasing and harrying, can occasionally carry the ball but very untidy in the basics. He's not a ball player., a pirlo / Anderson who is going to dictate play.

He is 20 and will improve, after watching in in 5 games, I think despite his deficiencies Onyeka is rightly ahead of him as he brings PL experience. I think Yirenkyi will be much better against tired legs too.

He needs to improve massively on the ball if he wants to be a £100m player. To say he's going to be worth £100m next season is just hyperbole.

Even those that know him the best say this is an area for development, especially in a faster paced league where you don't have time on the ball.

Caleb Yirenkyi is Coventry's unique midfield powerhouse tipped by Michael Essien to thrive under Frank Lampard

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Again like Cherif he's here to develop, we need to stop piling on pressure of being POTS, £100m man, etc.

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

The pound shop Thor is in reality a 50 pence version of Olaffur Ollafson

Grown adult calling himself The pound shop Thor, embarrassing wanker

 

[shmmeee]

Grown adult calling himself The pound shop Thor, embarrassing wanker

Why do you all give off such illiterate sex pest vibes? What’s that about? Creeping around the internet bushes digging through virtual bins and misreading everything you find anyway. Proper wronguns the lot of you and still obsessed with me despite ignores and blocks. Genuinely disturbing behaviour. Onto the internet restraining order list with you.

 

[Shannerz]

I think he will, same for Amenda.

If we stay up, then presumably we will look to hang on to players for a year to try and get established.

On first impressions, that may be very difficult with Amenda.

 

[Trueskyblue25]

I think he has looked really good in spells and the potential is huge. He rag dolled Haaland about on Saturday and you can see how physical, strong and fast he is.

The thing that has surprised me is how good his first touch is, I actually think he looked really good playing that Grimes role in the 6 as he seems to get up the pitch much quicker than Grimes.

Where he lets himself down so far is his passing which has been generally poor. He tries to be a bit too risky at times but I'm sure Lampard knows a thing or two about the central midfield role.

Overall, I think once he has settled he is going to be a phenomenal piece of business. Like a lot of oversees signings, we just need to give him a bit of time to settle too.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

If we stay up, then presumably we will look to hang on to players for a year to try and get established.

On first impressions, that may be very difficult with Amenda.

I've no doubt we would try to do that if we stayed up, but I think the big dogs would come in for both players and then really it's nothing to do with our club strategy, the player will want the move.

See what happened with Brennan Johnson at Forest, strong first PL season and was snapped up for £50 million by Spurs off the back of it even though they no doubt wanted to keep him.

 

[SBAndy]

If we stay up, then presumably we will look to hang on to players for a year to try and get established.

On first impressions, that may be very difficult with Amenda.

Hence why I think January we need to look at bringing in Amenda’s successor. Leopold Querfeld will do thank you very much.

 

[Shannerz]

It would also depend on offers being way over value, and what we've actually promised them when they signed.

 

[Lamps]

The pound shop Thor is in reality a 50 pence version of Olaffur Ollafson

Says the 50 pence version of Shmmeee

 

[Captain Dart]

I think its hard to judge any of them when collectively they are misfiring a bit. New players, you could see against Hull there were times there was just confusion on the ball, Grimes yelling at players to make a run, Yirenkyi and Grimes trying to operate in the same space.

Yirenkyi has a touch of class about him, but he's not there yet. Seems to go to ground quite a lot whether he needs proper studs on I don't know, he looks tenacious off the the ball, but on it its a bit harder to protect it and then he looks a little lightweight.

With the new shape Saturday, if we feature this again its 1 less midfielder we will be fielding. So you've got Grimes, Onyeka, Yirenkyi, Torp and Hamer all competing for 2 spaces. Eccles too.

I think we'll revert to a 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 formation at home.

 

[Gustavo38]

His value will possibly double if we stay in the Premier League and he has a good season but nothing more than that. Don't know where this 100 million is coming from. He is miles off that but yeah, shows promise

 

[Cally Fedora]

The reality is he’s exactly the sort of profile we had to sign. Potential, and around the £20m mark. Any higher and we wouldn’t afford the wages.

 

[Porkchophill]

100% got the ability to be an established prem player as has Amenda 2.5 games into his top flight career they are on a steep learning curve

 

[fatso]

I can see why we’ve signed him, I can also see why bigger fish haven’t.

He's only 20, im pleased we have signed him, but concerned we are having to throw him in the deep end so soon.

Its hardly fair on the lad to expect him to be at the level of Arsenal and Man City without having time to adjust to the PL

 

[long way home]

The young signings have all come knowing they wil get minutes hence why they came to us. FL is part of selling the project and assuraning players and the management companies we are the best place. We will be giving them the best and quickest pathway to good careers at top level.

Dont think others didn't try to sell the same, because they did. We will be lucky to keep these players past 2 years and it will not because they are not at the level.

 

[quinn1971]

Signs were there Saturday…we’ve def got a team capable of keeping us up we just need to find it.. normally say give a team 10 games but I don’t think we’ve got that luxury this season.. spine of the teams starting to take shape…just need rushworth to settle down and we’ll be ok…yirenki just needs to settle in and he’ll be some player for us.. trying to cover every blade of grass at the minute.. he hasn’t got a bad manager to learn from..

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

He's only 20, im pleased we have signed him, but concerned we are having to throw him in the deep end so soon.

Its hardly fair on the lad to expect him to be at the level of Arsenal and Man City without having time to adjust to the PL

None of our players are at that level, we’ve been done dirty by the fixture list there.

We have good characters in the dressing room and the manager himself broke through at a young age in the same position. He’s in good hands.