Harry Winks - Leicester City

[Gassin's finest]

The lad is proper class. Similar to Dele, the rate he's developed, I see no ceiling for him beyond his own desire. He can be our Xavi.

What's just as exciting is that once he's fully into the England fold, I can see him transforming that potential the national team showed last summer into reality.

 

[Shadydan]

Courtesy MOTD.

Harry Winks v Fulham....Match Rank

Passes............................102........ 1st
Passes in opp. half........72......... 1st
Possessions won........... 11......... 1st
Shots on target.............. 2.......... 1st
Goals............................... 1....... = 1st

Cracking effort.

@Primativ

 

[Locotoro]

The lad is proper class. Similar to Dele, the rate he's developed, I see no ceiling for him beyond his own desire. He can be our Xavi.

What's just as exciting is that once he's fully into the England fold, I can see him transforming that potential the national team showed last summer into reality.

He's definitely wasted in the holding role. I think he needs that license to get forward and move around the pitch.

 

[punkisback]

He's definitely wasted in the holding role. I think he needs that license to get forward and move around the pitch.

Agree, definitely needs to be a no 8 rather than a no 4.

 

[smallsnc]

Agree, definitely needs to be a no 8 rather than a no 4.

But great to know he can play the holding role (a 6 at least in the US) when he is needed to. I think he has done a massive job the last month or so helping negate the damage of our injury crisis.

 

[MichaelPawson]

Obviously he scored a great game-winner yesterday, but Harry also deserves credit for stepping up defensively over the last few games in particular. That kind of effort is exactly what we need now that we're so short in midfield. He's evidently a very quick learner, and I can't wait to see how he surprises us next.

 

[Luka Van der Bale]

Don't see how we can afford to rest him in all honesty.

Skipp and Dier up at Palace potentially?

 

[chinaman]

Well of course, Winks didn’t cost a penny, isn’t from overseas and doesn’t have a stupid haircut, how can he possibly be good enough?

Genuine question: Does he have tattoos? If not, then he is the perfect role model for cleanliness.

 

[TheVoiceofReason]

Love how he is developing!

Would love to see him utilise his incredible passing vision a bit more, playing a few more killer through balls into the box. He's never going to be much of a goal scorer, but when he gets the confidence to play more risky balls, he's going to become an assist machine. Could turn out World Class.

 

[Japhet]

He's definitely wasted in the holding role. I think he needs that license to get forward and move around the pitch.

And I think that will happen when we have a fit DM to play the holding role.

 

[JimmyG2]

I think we need to have an SC whip round and buy him a phone that was made in the 21st century so he can publish posts more than six words wide...

Never took you for
a 'never mind the quality
feel the width' man
Gf

 

[Gassin's finest]

Never took you for
a 'never mind the quality
feel the width' man
Gf

 

[Primativ]

@Primativ

He’s been really good the last two games.

I still think we need better in there, and he’s becoming more like Scott Parker every game. That isn’t a criticism, just an observation. He is so much like Scott Parker.

A great squad / rotation player to have.

 

[JimmyG2]

He’s been really good the last two games.

I still think we need better in there, and he’s becoming more like Scott Parker every game. That isn’t a criticism, just an observation. He is so much like Scott Parker.

A great squad / rotation player to have.

A bit like an oil tanker
but he's coming round.

 

[rsmith]

I think it's easy to see his preferred position from this...
... anywhere there's a blade of grass

 

[glospur]

Great piece on Winks from the always excellent Tifo Football.

https://www.tifofootball.com/features/performance-harry-winks-at-craven-cottage/

 

[spids]

He really needs to improve his game in the last third. I know he's been a holding midfielder for most of this season, but when he has had a shooting chance he has been spectacularly bad! His ability to turn and accelerate through gaps is a real asset and hopefully he can start doing this in the last third! If he can add goals to his game, even 1 in 8 or 9 games (instead of 1 in 57) he'll be the real deal.

 

[southlondonyiddo]

He really needs to improve his game in the last third. I know he's been a holding midfielder for most of this season, but when he has had a shooting chance he has been spectacularly bad! His ability to turn and accelerate through gaps is a real asset and hopefully he can start doing this in the last third! If he can add goals to his game, even 1 in 8 or 9 games (instead of 1 in 57) he'll be the real deal.

Come on mate give HW a little credit, it's 1 in 28.5 and counting....

 

[longtimespur]

I think the goals will come when he's playing alongside a DM and he has the licence to go forward. Up till now he's been the DM with scant allowance to attack. Only happened against Fulham because we were chasing the win at the end.

 

[McFlash]

I keep waiting for your enter key to break so I can actually read one of your posts.

I read them as if I'm reading some kind of high-brow poem that I don't really understand.