Oliver Skipp

[Ed Vanderlay]

Move up a bit im joining you on the loath him bench. I also genuinely think he is past it mind, and did when we were top

No fucking way there is already to many of us squeezed on this bench , however if you promise to sit very still you can sit on my lap, no wriggling in case I get movement

 

[El Magnifico]

Stop making out you’re incredibly astute and understand football on another level. It’s pretty simple you are in love with him and gloss over his faults. I will be honest and admit I loathe him and magnify his faults, that is the reality of our views.

Now you are just being delusional.

If all that drives your thinking are your feelings for Mourinho, that's your prerogative, but please don't project your sentimentality on to others.

 

[Ed Vanderlay]

Now you are just being delusional.

If all that drives your thinking are your feelings for Mourinho, that's your prerogative, but please don't project your sentimentality on to others.

Ok sorry you are totally unbiased in your appraisal of him

 

[El Magnifico]

Whether 3-5-2 or 3-4-3 we need 3 players that can regularly score goals from Son, Kane, Bale, Moura, Lamela & Dele. With 2 wb's that only leaves 2 more midfielders which should be Ndombele or Lo Celso & Holjberg or Skipp. If that happens I cannot see Skipp getting ahead of Holjberg.
If however the present system of 4 at the back I can see him playing much more with 3 out of Skipp, Holjberg, Ndombele & Lo Celso.

In a 3-5-2, we don't have to play any of Bale (probably going back to Madrid), Moura, Dele or Lamela cos that would make it a 3-4-1-2 or 3-4-3

In a 3-5-2 the 3rd role is more suited to a CM than an AM and thus we would be better served with GLC or Ndombele in that role, and that frees up more opportunities for Skipp.

Playing higher up the pitch, both Ndombele and GLC are fully capable of contributing consistently to goals and assists.

 

[El Magnifico]

Ok sorry you are totally unbiased in your appraisal of him

Again with delusions.

I have my biases as I have my preferences on how I think the game should be played, but those biases were developed long ago and are not centered around the person of Mourinho

 

[Marcus Agrippa]

When we see the likes of Declan Rice moving the ball from side to side this summer, Skipp will be quietly thinking he could do better. Hopefully he can rest up and hit preseason with a point to prove.

Let’s not pretend Rice is anything other than a quality player, makes us sound foolish.

He’s had the season Skipp has had in the premier league... clearly a level above for now.

 

[Belgrano]

Let’s not pretend Rice is anything other than a quality player, makes us sound foolish.

He’s had the season Skipp has had in the premier league... clearly a level above for now.

Rice deserves to be there, but I was thinking that in big tournaments England have too often been found out technically using players like him. Players well suited to the EPL, but not so much to slower paced tournament footy. We end up giving up too much possession and chasing shadows. As in WC semi vs Croatia or Holland in Nations League (when Rice played).

Winks is an example of a player that has performed well in an England shirt because he's comfortable on the ball and can move it nicely. Not a better player than Rice, but international footy suits him. Skipp offers most of what Winks can do, plus a bit more bite and drive, so there's a case for him if we want to try some young players. It would take a brave manager to promote him this early of course.

 

[Mbulelo Mabizela]

I pray Jose is gone so he doesn't indoctrinate Skipp or ruin him with his underhanded management tactics. Get a manager who will help him thrive, not turn him into a shy fearful player like Winks.

Winks was shit a long time before Jose arrived...

 

[Nabil Bentaleb]

Just sold him on Fm for 120M to city. Play him Jose

 

[The Swellhead Spur]

 

[bus-conductor]

Who's the pub footballer he totally humiliated?

 

[The Swellhead Spur]

Who's the pub footballer he totally humiliated?

Looks like Sissoko to me

 

[The Swellhead Spur]

I love Jan.

 

[Rocket]

On the bench against Preston at Deepdale today. Hope it’s just a rest for the lad.

 

[Spursidol]

On the bench against Preston at Deepdale today. Hope it’s just a rest for the lad.

Probably rest as Skipp played on Wednesday evening for E u21's - and for previous 2 E u21 matches - so playing on a Friday has resulted in a rest

 

[halothagod]

Can you give 3 instances where his poor play has specifically cost us?
I don't want to sidetrack the Skipp thread but Doc was our 1st choice RB at the start of the season and we were pretty much unbeatable.
He was RB for many of our recent wins with clean sheets and Doc made 2 assists. He has not been poor. We rarely lose when Doc starts.
Our results only began turning sour when Serge Aurier started giving away crazy free kicks and pens.
If a player outdoes a player by skill or speed I can accept that.
But not stupidity.

Give off chap. He’s shite and we’ll need to get rid.

 

[halothagod]

I think we shouldn't mind hyping him a bit as he's ready for it. It's super impressive what he's achieved at Norwich, turning up as a 20 year old kid, and within a few weeks making himself undroppable. Just on a mental level, how many 20 years olds can do that? It speaks volumes about his mentality and toughness. And mentality makes an enormous difference at the top level. Kane is a prime example of that.

England do have some good young midfielders. Curtis Jones, Tom Davies, Rice, Bellingham. But it will be really interesting who emerges as the best of these. I think Skipp will be up there.

If only they have a top top manager.

 

[Sir Archibald Crooks]

Skipp just won a penalty for Norwich with an incredible run from his own half. Norwich sensational, now 6-0.

 

[Doc]

Skipp just won a penalty for Norwich with an incredible run from his own half. Norwich sensational, now 6-0.

So good to cover ground when he sees open space. I've only watched 25 or so mins of the game but he's snuffed out 2/3 possessions in that time. An absolute gem.

 

[Notabadsquad]

Hope Skipp is not another player who is better in perception than reality