by bodacious benny » Tue May 24, 2022 8:13 am
On the defender reviews, of all the players to play regularly (or frequently) this season there is only one that hasn't improved or shown progress under Howe; and that is Lascelles. He has been a good servant to the club through some difficult times, and did have an excellent season or so under Rafa but ultimately we need someone who is better and can develop.
Schar improved massively under Howe, Burn has come in and looked very assured and formed a good understanding with Schar, and even Krafth has come on leaps and bounds whilst Lascelles just kind of stayed exactly the same. It seems nailed on that we'll sign another CB in summer and that will bump Lascelles down to 4th choice (which is fine, if he was happy to not play often) but realistically I doubt he'll want that and it will be time to move on. If Forest come up maybe he could go back there perhaps.
I wouldn't mind if he did stay for another season as 4th choice and play a few cup games etc. but that'd be it I think. I remember watching the Arsenal game and the ball dropped out of the air to him at one point when no Arsenal player was close to him. Even though he had time, he headed it straightaway upfield whereas Schar/Burn would have had to confidence and ability to control the ball and look for the pass rather than just lumping it back forward when not under any pressure and I think that's the difference.
On the defender reviews, of all the players to play regularly (or frequently) this season there is only one that hasn't improved or shown progress under Howe; and that is Lascelles. He has been a good servant to the club through some difficult times, and did have an excellent season or so under Rafa but ultimately we need someone who is better and can develop.
Schar improved massively under Howe, Burn has come in and looked very assured and formed a good understanding with Schar, and even Krafth has come on leaps and bounds whilst Lascelles just kind of stayed exactly the same. It seems nailed on that we'll sign another CB in summer and that will bump Lascelles down to 4th choice (which is fine, if he was happy to not play often) but realistically I doubt he'll want that and it will be time to move on. If Forest come up maybe he could go back there perhaps.
I wouldn't mind if he did stay for another season as 4th choice and play a few cup games etc. but that'd be it I think. I remember watching the Arsenal game and the ball dropped out of the air to him at one point when no Arsenal player was close to him. Even though he had time, he headed it straightaway upfield whereas Schar/Burn would have had to confidence and ability to control the ball and look for the pass rather than just lumping it back forward when not under any pressure and I think that's the difference.
