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Youth team development

Gurgen

This guy may be the best talent we've ever produced. Obviously so much can go wrong in the next few years, but it's exciting.

Claudius

Klaus Hahaha. I almost put the name Kaka earlier, but decided it might appear too optimistic. But yeah, you've got the gist of it. Other thing to note is he is still growing. He's 15 and 171cm. Between 15 and 18, typical growth spurt is going to be another 5-6 cm, so he should be able to get to 5'9" or thereabouts. But he's had so many games where he is so much better than everyone because of his skill, not in the way that guys like Bellingham and Rooney dominated through size / strength

Pepe LeFrits

Claudius I almost put the name Kaka earlier, but decided it might appear too optimistic.

I asked what kind of player Dowman is like and @DiabyKungFu (I think) said Kaka. I assumed he was taking the mick.

Mirth

I’ve not seen much beyond the odd clip but this certainly feels like the most hyped young player we’ve had since Wilshere

JazzG

Klaus He is being talked of not as one the biggest talents to come through Arsenal but one of the most promising English talents that anyone has seen.

This guy is very pro Chelsea but is always raving about him.

DiabyKungFu

Pepe LeFrits

Oh, no. I was serious. It obviously remains to be seen what he'll do against grown adult professionals but Kaka genuinely is the best stylistic comparison for him.

MistaT

Somewhere between Kaka and Iniesta

Gurgen

A mix of Kaka, Iniesta, Cruyff, Pele and Napoleon.

Klaus

I hope he gets a chance to develop at his own pace. Can't believe the level of control and the sudden changes in acceleration by someone so young. The way he glides forward on the pitch. Smooth criminal.

flobaba

He’s talking about this game if you hadn’t seen it:

Klaus

The dribble run starting at 3:05 😂 He's ending that poor lad's career before it even began. Goes past him three times before he's pulled down and awarded a penalty.

Claudius

Klaus That kid was spinning like a top

banduan

Mikel pretty much has him lined up to be Ode's understudy. Pretty much guaranteed a place in the squad right now.

Tam

banduan The squad’s in a worse state than I thought then.

Asterix

No pressure on the lad then. I guess that's part of the game these days.

flobaba

Tam or ….

Okay, not trying to overhype him or anything… (of course now you know I’m going to do something like that)

But!

Do you or do you not think he is at least as good as Nwaneri when he got his debut?

Burnwinter

https://archive.md/oFsCW

Jordan Campbell of the Athletic has done a "Dowman retrospective" on everyone's favourite 15 year old wunderkind.

banduan

he looks better. Only time will tell, when he plays for senior team.
I still have the feeling Ethan will eventually be sold.

flobaba

banduan re: Ethan, too early to call. Even if he ends up being a one trick pony (which I think is highly unlikely), that one trick (top corner finesse +) is pretty special.

Pepe LeFrits

Dowman looks a fair way off being ready for senior team football from all of the clips I've seen. He's still built like a kid and every video I've seen so far has him holding on to the ball way too long, which he won't get away with at senior level.

flobaba

Naturally, I went to watch some Yamal clips from 2 years back to see how his playing style (and physique) now compares.

I think if Max continues at this rate, and starts dedicating himself to strength and conditioning training, he is good to get into our squad list on a regular basis, and I won't be too surprised if he gets appearances in Cup competitions against "lighter" opponents

Tam

flobaba That's still quite a long way from being Odegaard's understudy. Though re-reading Banduan's post, he maybe wasn't necessarily suggesting that is going to be a short-medium term plan.

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