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Patrick Bamford - should he get a chance?

Xfaxtor said:
has he even played for any of the academy teams?
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Spent some short time with the Under 21's I believe, from memory I think we signed him in a January transfer window and he spent his first 6 months with the club with the youth team. 

Then the start of the following season he went to MK Dons, then Derby and now Boro. 

 
So far so good. Just need him to really kick on now. Would love to see him remain with us next season and be an option - behind Costa and one other (get a feeling that Drogba and Remy will not be in our strike force next season).

 
I've always said he'll score goals wherever he goes because he's such an intelligent player. He doesn't rely on pace or strength, simply pops up in the right place and has nice technical skills. At his best he's a new Teddy Sheringham although Kane seems to have taken that mantle.

Think I'm right in saying that he outscored Kane at the lower levels as well. Very smart young man as well and I think he turned down Harvard University to play football. Think he could be the type of high-calibre character Jose likes in his squads.

 
Certainly looks like he is a man on a mission, also he is letting his skill & technique do all his talking.

Hopes he makes into the squad next season.          

 
I don't pretend to know that much about him but from what I know, the thing that impresses me (apart from his obvious potential) is his personality - he seems so level headed and modest, prepared to bide his time and prove himself.  I really hope he makes it here.

 
Boro need to start sticking him in the middle a lot more. Whenever I've seen him play it's been from right midfield for some bizarre reason. He clearly knows where the net is so hopefully he gets more game time up top.

 
Boro manager Karanka left out Bamford, so naturally they lost with out their top scorer, Kalas started had a good game.

 
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No injury EB, came on 66th min play ok but would have benifitted if he started.

 
Good on the lad. No idea why they benched him the other day after he had scored several in not many games.

 
RichardCFC said:
Good on the lad. No idea why they benched him the other day after he had scored several in not many games.
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Rested him along with a few others I think,mainly due to the terrible pitch.

 
1905. said:
Boro need to start sticking him in the middle a lot more. Whenever I've seen him play it's been from right midfield for some bizarre reason. He clearly knows where the net is so hopefully he gets more game time up top.
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Makes more sense than starting him on the left I suppose, he's quite left-footed, can't cross particularly well and I can't really imagine them dropping Kike to accommodate him. Not entirely unlike the role Sturridge played for us under AVB.

 
Seriously this kid needs to be given a chance as backup to COsta next year. He's awesome.

 
Zeta Orionis said:
Seriously this kid needs to be given a chance as backup to COsta next year. He's awesome.
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Be interesting to see how we handle this and I hope we don't f**k it up like we did with Sturridge.

Sturridge did everything asked of him at Bolton then came back and hardly got a look in. Goes to Liverpool and other than his injury problems he has been a roaring success. If we do get Bamford back for next season, he of course isn't going to start ahead of Costa but he will need game time. I don't want to see him loaned out again even if it was to a PL club, but equally I don't want him coming back and not getting a chance - it just wouldn't be fair on the lad.

 
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