Joe Willock: 2019/2020 Performances

[say yes]

Thought he was great against Newcastle.

Don’t expect him to stay in the team once Ceballos and Torreira are match fit, but it’s clear that we’ve got a real talent on our hands here.

 

[celestis]

Got to be number 8 for me, or even deeper. Players like him who can carry the ball through the midfield are rare and can destroy defensive plans.

I think it’s why we see guys like Pogba and KDB play deeper despite their clear attacking talent, City and United both scored goals last weekend that wouldn’t have been possible without their ball carrying from deep.

We got ANM as well

 

[Mark Tobias]

We got ANM as well

Who?

 

[Sniper Mik]

Who?

Ainsley Naitland Miles. Keep up Mark

 

[Mark Tobias]

Ainsley Naitland Miles. Keep up Mark

Silly me.

 

[DasBootist]

Swap the N with the M

 

[Mark Tobias]

Swap the N with the M

 

[celestis]

Who?

Ainsley Niles-Maitland .

 

[Mark Tobias]

Ainsley Niles-Maitland .

Wouldn't mind if we had an AMN and an ANM of equal ability

 

[Aevi]

Are you lot talking about Ainsley Maintained-Tiles?

 

[Ricardinho]

 

[SingmeasongSong]

Got to be number 8 for me, or even deeper. Players like him who can carry the ball through the midfield are rare and can destroy defensive plans.

I think it’s why we see guys like Pogba and KDB play deeper despite their clear attacking talent, City and United both scored goals last weekend that wouldn’t have been possible without their ball carrying from deep.

So much, said it as well, Willock isn't bad as a 10, but it doesn't allow him to exploit all his abilities.

He should sit deep and strive forward when the situation for it arises. He could be somewhat of a Kante, covering everything yet also offering offensives abilities as well.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Fast becoming my favourite player tbh. He'll almost certainly nail down a starting spot, you can tell Emery loves him and it seems like he has the right attitude.

 

[Tourbillion]

Certainly no longer "Woe" Jillock. Keep it up kid.

 

[Trilly]

Fast becoming my favourite player tbh. He'll almost certainly nail down a starting spot, you can tell Emery loves him and it seems like he has the right attitude.

I like him too. Nelson is the golden boy but I’ve felt for a while that Willock is the guy who will play more games and has a better chance of establishing himself.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Are you lot talking about Ainsley Maintained-Tiles?

Maybe it was Gibbs or Oxlade-Chamberlain?

 

[Symbia]

He's certainly a cm with a lot of energy to burn.
I think he is more of a Yaya Toure type of cm too, with impressive game reading ability for his age. Vs Barcelona in the Pre season he broke up a lot of their attacks, intercepted dangerous balls and started attacks himself.

Expecting him to be an import player in the nearest future.

 

[Mark Tobias]

He's certainly a cm with a lot of energy to burn.
I think he is more of a Yaya Toure type of cm too, with impressive game reading ability for his age. Vs Barcelona in the Pre season he broke up a lot of their attacks, intercepted degerous balls and started attacks himself.

Expecting him to be an import player in the nearest future.

This. I simplified it by saying it was a 'mature' performance but this is actually what I saw. That beautiful unteachable natural ability to read the game as it develops. A skill which can be adapted and moulded. I'm personally more excited about Joe than our other youngsters at the moment.

 

[Vinci]

Amazing.

 

[YeahBee]

Kept the midfield together nicely