has he actually had a start in a midfield slot?Yeah being a utility player is an asset. What I'm referring to is articles such as the one below, I was expecting the next Steven Gerrard or something.
Archie Gray: What Leeds Wonderkid Will Bring to Tottenham | Opta Analyst
Archie Gray had never played for Leeds a year ago; now he's making a big-money move to Tottenham. Here, we take a detailed look at his game.theanalyst.com
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The last few games of the league season when everyone else was in cotton wool for the EL.
Didn't look great, but the whole team was shit, who knows.
We haven't had a midfield for 1,5 seasons.
Given he has been here for 1 year, then - no, not yet!
Good point, well madeWe haven't had a midfield for 1,5 seasons.
Given he has been here for 1 year, then - no, not yet!
Blimey, tough crowd. He turned 19 in March in his 2nd year of senior football. First half of the season he did pretty well at centre back which he was totally new too. Like everyone else apart from probably Bergvall (who was getting called out first half of the season at 18) the worse we looked from December onwards then unsurprisingly his form fell off. Lets be honest we were a rabble last season, the coaching and tactical acumen were non existent. Gray will be fine.
He was dreadful. Looked good generally at the back, even at left back but f me was so poor in MF
I think he’s going to have a decent career. Nothing yet suggests a superstar but he will be a solid pro.
England U21's also playing him in the backline really does make me wonder why we're all taking the idea of him as a midfielder so seriously.
Why do we care what he was playing in the Leeds academy as a 16 year old? Everything he's shown against professionals (and he's shown a lot), points toward a defender.
Yeah totally agree our younger players will improve massively with Frank
He was a forward until 16’s too apparently
Agree on the defender. Zero 360 vision to play CM, just don’t see it
He has more combined appearances in MF than any other position.
Rb: 39
Cm: 23
Am:14
Dm: 11
48 MF appearances as a senior pro
Sol Campbell started out as a striker before he was transformed into an absolute bellend
Hmm, Leeds moved him around more than I realized, my understanding had been that he was their nailed-on RB all year.
In the play-off semifinals against Norwich Transfermarkt has him down as the #10 in the first leg then right back in the second, that's wild.
He’s just an unbelievable all round talent.
I think that’s why it’s a bit tough for fans to compute what he is just yet because he’s not a specialist anything yet. We all have our opinions on what he will be but he’s still 19.
IMO, he (and Moore TBH) need a loan next season to get playing time.
I reckon he could become a bus driver.
They're recruiting at the moment.
Has he passed his test?
He had a good season all things considered - in particular his age and the Ange farce. But nothing I've seen justifies the £40m price tag. I think we got stung.
We have one of those
Absolutely. Spurs absolutely could have fucked his confidence the way he was bucked in out of position from the get go. He had a few blips in the back but also some excellent performances, but seriously what the fuck do people expect from the guy. We have seasoned pros that are given excuses because they have to play out of position and I don’t mean mid field to back. I mean just not their “preferred position” within midfield. He’s been put in a position that some youngsters would have completely collapsed under. No one at the club has actually seen the real AG yet. I’m actually really impressed with the guy for the age of him and the maturity and bravery he’s shown doing well in what was a completely makeshift back line for so much of the season. He needs a restart and some coaching and some minutes in his real position, get the confidence up and then we can make a proper, you know, like fucking INFORMED decision. Jeez.