| Isak Alemayehu - A Real Prospect 14:14 - Aug 1 with 4573 views | ParkRoyalR |
First pre-season last night & first time I've seen this lad play,
Lots of great posts about his performance last night on the Match Thread but thought he deserved his own thread,
I get its pre-season, I get it was'nt necessarily Bromley's Starting XI, but Alemayehu absolutely ran the game and there were so many stand-outs in his play,
To keep in context I first saw Chair in a pre-season @ Peterborough and thought a decent prospect (right on that one) and Bettache in a pre-season @ Leyton Orient and thought the same (wrong on that one) but Alemayehu last night showed all the skill-sets needed to play as a Centre Midfielder for the R's, with stand-outs being:
1) Showing & wanting the ball the whole game
2) Non-stop movement to be in a position to receive the ball
3) On receiving the ball knowing what he was going to do with it, quick pass or surge
4) Passing the ball in front of the receiver so they could run onto it and not break stride
6) Passing and moving for the return ball
7) Passing short or long and drilling quick passes into feet in and around their penalty box
8) Getting into good shooting positions on the edge of the box
9) Decent shimmy receiving the ball leaving defenders 2nd guessing direction of half-turn
10) Decent leap on him to challenge for headers
The prospect of Alemayehu playing in the 2 beside a more defensive-minded CDM is one I'd like to see this year, so imo, I hope we don't loan him out but develop him ourselves as turning 20 in a month or so and Morgan proved on arrival no harm being thrown in at the deep-end.
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| Isak Alemayehu - A Real Prospect on 14:20 - Aug 1 with 4514 views | Rsole |
Pretty good overhead goal ? |  |
| Those possessed by devils, try and keep them under control a bit, can't you ?
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| Isak Alemayehu - A Real Prospect on 21:12 - Aug 1 with 3901 views | Myke |
| Isak Alemayehu - A Real Prospect on 14:20 - Aug 1 by Rsole |
Pretty good overhead goal ? |
I think it all depends on how our midfield looks at the end of the window. If we bring in a couple of cm's and he is well down the pecking order then he would probably benefit more from a L1 loan. If we don't strengthen then no harm to have him in and around the first team until January anyway | | | |
| Isak Alemayehu - A Real Prospect on 21:39 - Aug 1 with 3764 views | numptydumpty |
He looks good enough for a decent league one loan, but like with Kolli, its almost tempting to start him occasionally from the bench with ourselves.
I think we will get at least one more centre mid, possibly two, but this guy does seem to have a real chance. Really like what I have seen. |  |
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| Isak Alemayehu - A Real Prospect on 13:03 - Aug 2 with 3051 views | NorthantsHoop |
Looks a good prospect, showed real composure in the centre of midfield. We should intergrate into the first team squad and give him game time from the bench at least and see what happens. |  | | |
| Isak Alemayehu - A Real Prospect on 15:32 - Aug 2 with 2815 views | ParkRoyalR |
| Isak Alemayehu - A Real Prospect on 13:03 - Aug 2 by NorthantsHoop |
Looks a good prospect, showed real composure in the centre of midfield. We should intergrate into the first team squad and give him game time from the bench at least and see what happens. |
Yes it was his composure that really stood,
Just seemed to know when to run with the ball, when to go long and when to 'recycle' it as they say with a few short passes, also possibly only lost possession once in the whole game,
Really dictated the tempo of our game which is an innate ability all really good Centre Midfielders have, I'd like to see him stay and not go on loan as I like Morgan but this lads a similar age without the Premier League club apprenticeship but it all just seemed so natural to him. | | | |
| Isak Alemayehu - A Real Prospect on 15:52 - Aug 2 with 2703 views | DavieQPR |
Must have got him pretty chai as well because his contract run out 2 months before we signed. Obviously didn't want anyone else to get him. |  | | |
| Isak Alemayehu - A Real Prospect on 16:31 - Aug 2 with 2592 views | thehat |
I’d put him in against Millwall to see how he gets on in a competitive game when the tempo and energy is higher. But I agree I think we have a hell of a player on our hands here. | | | |
| Isak Alemayehu - A Real Prospect on 17:18 - Aug 2 with 2444 views | MedwayR |
Let’s not go too overboard, within the first 2mins vs Bromley he was caught in possession which a better team would’ve punished. If he’s the best bet to replace Madsen in a years time then I’d say he needs a loan to get competitive minutes under his belt rather than bits here and there with us. |  |
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| Isak Alemayehu - A Real Prospect on 17:18 - Aug 2 with 2443 views | colinallcars |
And of course, his surname is an anagram of Ale? U May. Help yourself. |  | | |
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