41 minutes ago, Bob stark said:

This, I don't want acheampong to start all the time. Player who start their career too quickly tend to have quick burnout

 

As a centre back though? I get what you’re saying, we’ve seen it happen with strikers and midfielders a lot. I don’t recall a defender burning out though?

Is he normally a CB? He looked much better there than RB

57 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Is he normally a CB? He looked much better there than RB

This is what Transfermarkt have as the summary of his career to date (including Youth teams)

Predominantly been a RB

Played mostly at RB as Cobham were over-stocked with decent CBs (Colwill, Humphreys, Gilchrist etc.) around his age group. Pretty common to have players start as wide defenders but play professionally in the centre as managers prefer their best 1v1 defenders in the centre.

On 06/01/2025 at 19:55, dansubrosa said:

As a centre back though? I get what you’re saying, we’ve seen it happen with strikers and midfielders a lot. I don’t recall a defender burning out though?

see Fofana, Wesley or James, Reece 

Looks like Maresca has as good as confirmed Josh will be starting on Tuesday with his selections and subs today.

Hopefully Lavia will be able to do an hour so we can play the same system we used vs Villa.

On 07/01/2025 at 23:11, SydneyChelsea said:

see Fofana, Wesley or James, Reece 

Is that burning out though? I classify burning out as drastic mental fatigue where your development stalls or evaporates completely. 

On 08/01/2025 at 05:11, SydneyChelsea said:

see Fofana, Wesley or James, Reece 

Wasn't it injuries and not " burn out" that affected those players ?

3 hours ago, Argo said:

Looks like Maresca has as good as confirmed Josh will be starting on Tuesday with his selections and subs today.

Hopefully Lavia will be able to do an hour so we can play the same system we used vs Villa.

Think he’s leapfrogged the rest of the CBs barring Colwill and Fofana. Fofana won’t play much so he’s pretty much 1st choice CB now until Fofana is back.

Rumour started by Miguel Delany,

 

We are looking to do a Maatsen/Kellyman with Acheampong/Garnacho....

What the actual f**k? So Josh makes one mistake and is instantly subbed off, never gets played again and potentially sold to a rival, while Sanchez can stink up the place for months and remain a nailed on starter?

He should be starting over Colwill not sold ffs!

36 minutes ago, yaz said:

What the actual f**k? So Josh makes one mistake and is instantly subbed off, never gets played again and potentially sold to a rival, while Sanchez can stink up the place for months and remain a nailed on starter?

Well it is a rumour, will see if it holds any truth but Sanchez cost 25mill and we would make a loss if anyone would take him

Acheampong, like Garnacho, and Maatsen and Kellyman, is all pure profit.

Well you would think they are not crazy enough to do the deal. Issue is though we currently have 8 first team CBs; Colwill, Chalobah, Tosin, Disasi, Fofana, Badiashille, Josh & Anselminho. They need to get rid of all couple before the deadline.

Yep - agree with @ducavis. It's a numbers game. Colwill, Chalobah, Tosin, and Achempong are all pure profit defenders we have on the books as assets to strip out of the club. Colwill, Tosin and Tosin are all more experienced, and therefore more of a known quantity, and therefore less risk.  Josh could become the best player in the world - but its unlikely, so why bet the house on Achempong and lose - when the odds can be managed/reduced.

 

I highly doubt the club is stupid enough to sell Achempong, unless its a ridiculous offer. Nothing rumour. 

1 hour ago, Remodez said:

I highly doubt the club is stupid enough to .....

Let me stop you right there.

A Garnacho/Acheampong swap would have made sense a couple of years ago when the board was spending like mad trying to build a very young squad, taking advantage of all the PSR and FFP loopholes. 

But given our current situation and I mean the urgent need for some world class players, too, not only youngesters with a projected bright future, selling Acheampong, Chalobah and Tosin for pure profit only makes sense if we are to bring in marquee signings. 

Stewart and Winstanley can f**k off out of this club. Pair of c**ts.

If there is any truth to this kind of swap, then the club is really losing its soul/direction with these decisions. 

Basically running out of "pure profit" options very rapidly ...

Assuming Harvey Vale is 99% done (and for no up front fee by the sound of it), then James, Colwill, Chalobah, Acheampong, George, Gilchrist and Humphreys are the only players left on the table now. We could also add Tosin to that, as we got him on a free transfer.

I wonder how many of these will be left in two years time ?

18 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Basically running out of "pure profit" options very rapidly ...

Assuming Harvey Vale is 99% done (and for no up front fee by the sound of it), then James, Colwill, Chalobah, Acheampong, George, Gilchrist and Humphreys are the only players left on the table now. We could also add Tosin to that, as we got him on a free transfer.

I wonder how many of these will be left in two years time ?

Isn't this asset stripping in other businesses? 

Maresca has said he is "in love" with Josh for how good he is and how well he plays many positions.

So how about playing him more then eh?

13 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Maresca has said he is "in love" with Josh for how good he is and how well he plays many positions.

So how about playing him more then eh?

I have a feeling we’ll see him again soon, around October time

2 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

I have a feeling we’ll see him again soon, around October time

Yeah Maresca will likely still be here by then