Che Adams winger?

[The_Green_Man]

Not sure whether this has been done on here before but just something that I have thought.

Last season Che's goals came from cutting in from a wide right position, he looks very comfortable on the ball and has speed, skill, trickiness and control of a winger. Granted he scored a few in pre season and is handy in front of goal but weighing up the options would it be a bad thing to throw Murphy down one wing and Adams down the other?

Woolford for me hasn't set the world alight as of yet but the potential is there once he has settled, I think the main attribute of the lad are his set piece deliveries? But from open play Che is the ideal candidate for getting the ball down and running at the opposition, he has scared a good few full backs and the fact that he can cut in and get a shot away just as well as he can get to the line and get one in offers variation.

A midfield of Murphy, Basham, Baxter and Adams behind Sharp and whoever partners him could be lethal going forward surely?

 

[Caseh]

I think part of the reason he's being tried as a striker is because the defensive side of his game is non existent.

 

[Alfreton14Blade]

Don't think that Che could be a winger in a 442, both because he wouldn't be good enough defensively & because it would shackle him too much rendering him much less effective. In a 433 though, that's a different story - reckon he could thrive playing wider in that set-up, maybe drifting in.

 

[cal the blade]

I think part of the reason he's being tried as a striker is because the defensive side of his game is non existent.

because he's not a defender... he's a striker

 

[The_Green_Man]

because he's not a defender... he's a striker

Forward / Midfielder. I remember reading when we first signed him that he played in Midfield a god few times for Ilkeston before signing for us.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

A poster boy for raw talent. As others have pointed out at the moment he's a liability defensively and that is part of his job.

Actually thought he did ok against Gillingham and one through ball hit him on the back.

To sort of answer the op I think he's best up front.

Properly coached and managed he should develop into a real asset.

 

[Dkc]

I often wonder how decent players would be in different positions. It rarely happens, but we've had players who have switched position before. But it's normally one step up the park, e.g. attacking midfielder to striker. But if you're decent in one position, isn't there a chance that you'll be decent everywhere except in goal? Leaving aside left-footed / right-footed issues, of course.

For example, could Higdon play in defence? He's certainly got the physical presence we're looking for. Could Brayford play in midfield? He's got the speed and tactical awareness.

 

[The_Green_Man]

A poster boy for raw talent. As others have pointed out at the moment he's a liability defensively and that is part of his job.

Actually thought he did ok against Gillingham and one through ball hit him on the back.

To sort of answer the op I think he's best up front.

Properly coached and managed he should develop into a real asset.

Fair play mate, reasoned answer.

 

[cal the blade]

Forward / Midfielder. I remember reading when we first signed him that he played in Midfield a god few times for Ilkeston before signing for us.

thats non league standard though probebly played there because he has a bit of strength about him but at this standard i cant see any other place but striker the lads a natural finisher wasted on the wings

 

[The_Green_Man]

thats non league standard though probebly played there because he has a bit of strength about him but at this standard i cant see any other place but striker the lads a natural finisher wasted on the wings

He is mate but look where his goals came from against the likes of Spurs, Southampton and Swindon? He played wider, cutting in and putting the ball away from distance which is a luxury to have on the wing. It would also allow us to play two more experienced strikers up top as well whilst keeping a raw talent like Che on the pitch.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

I see his long term future as a centre forward but I think with the likes of Flynn, Done, JCR and Coutts all being out injured and having the option of a Sharp and Sammon partnership, it might be worth playing him on the wing at present to make the best of what we have.

 

[Grecian2000]

I need to see him perform a lot better when he starts than he already has done before he becomes anything but an "impact off the bench" player.

 

[cal the blade]

He is mate but look where his goals came from against the likes of Spurs, Southampton and Swindon? He played wider, cutting in and putting the ball away from distance which is a luxury to have on the wing. It would also allow us to play two more experienced strikers up top as well whilst keeping a raw talent like Che on the pitch.

both his goals against spurs were good finishes from inside the box when people passed to him. ill agree with the swindon one though fantastic turn and finish but i just think honestly u could get 20+ out of him THIS season playing up front i think restricting him to the wing hampers his natural strikerness and overall i dont think he will perform as well because if we play sammon or higdon upfront where gonna want crosses we already have murphy as a cutting in winger so i think we need a tricky winger the other side would whip a load of crosses in in that case. but i do agree he would be a good player on the wing . just no were near as good as him starting upfront imo

 

[The_Green_Man]

I understand where you are coming from mate 100%, I just like to look at the other options and I think we have a couple of players on standby in Sammon and McNulty who with a bit of confidence invested in them could also become a force to be reckoned with up top with Sharp and knowing how useful Adams is out wide I don't think he would be wasted in the process and would still get goals.

 

[cal the blade]

I understand where you are coming from mate 100%, I just like to look at the other options and I think we have a couple of players on standby in Sammon and McNulty who with a bit of confidence invested in them could also become a force to be reckoned with up top with Sharp and knowing how useful Adams is out wide I don't think he would be wasted in the process and would still get goals.

i wouldnt be unhappy with him on the wing as long as the lads playing ( he really needs a full season in the starting XI ) so if adkins decides to play him on the wing fair enough he wont harm the team at all...


still want him up top though

 

[Caseh]

because he's not a defender... he's a striker

But to play out wide you have to have some defensive ability in your game. He doesn't have any of it.

And just in case you see this as some sort of criticism, it isn't. I think he's the most exciting attacking potential we have had in my time as a Blade.

 

[Caseh]

He is mate but look where his goals came from against the likes of Spurs, Southampton and Swindon? He played wider, cutting in and putting the ball away from distance which is a luxury to have on the wing. It would also allow us to play two more experienced strikers up top as well whilst keeping a raw talent like Che on the pitch.

Obviously I'm not comparing the ability of the 2, but that is exactly how Thierry Henry started. It's also how he carried on through his career. He would drift out wide, and a wide player would drift in centrally etc.

 

[jt64]

A midfield of Murphy, Basham, Baxter and Adams behind Sharp and whoever partners him could be lethal going forward surely?

It could be, but there's just two flaws:

1) to be lethal going forward, you need to have the ball
2) that sort of lineup is unable to win the ball

Unless by "whoever partners him" you mean a central midfielder, then it might work