Oliver Skipp Confirmed

[5waller5]

I’ve been impressed with him, looks to be a real all-rounder of a midfielder

[fox_favourite]

I really like him. He's more attacking minded than I thought and can be creative/inventive with his passing at times. Nothing too fancy, but a solid number 8. 

[Mon.is.a.god]

Dare I say it, he’s looking like a bargain. Twice the player of Winks. Thought he was immense yesterday. Lacks in the final third but what an engine.

[Richmondfox]

1 minute ago, Mon.is.a.god said:

Dare I say it, he’s looking like a bargain. Twice the player of Winks. Thought he was immense yesterday. Lacks in the final third but what an engine.

I like how he wants to bomb forward and make something happen. Imagine if he had Mavadidi, Fatawua and one of the new boys attacking with him. 
 

[Collymore]

Looks like an upgrade on KDH for less money dare I say? 

[westernpark]

2 hours ago, Mon.is.a.god said:

Dare I say it, he’s looking like a bargain. Twice the player of Winks. Thought he was immense yesterday. Lacks in the final third but what an engine.

Not sure he’s twice the player of Winks. He’s had one bad game, was very good against Spurs and Fulham.

[DezFox]

Good player. Good purchase. I have been impressed. 

[Pliskin]

He’s excellent. 

[FoxOnWheels]

Think our squad is better than a lot of us thought, a decent manager could make a real effective midfield with likes of him

[honeybradger]

He's a good midfielder for the level of a newly promoted side that expects to lose every game. I'm not so sure that warrants the £20mil price tag.

[Pliskin]

1 minute ago, honeybradger said:

He's a good midfielder for the level of a newly promoted side that expects to lose every game. I'm not so sure that warrants the £20mil price tag.

****ing hell, talk about negative……

[honeybradger]

26 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

****ing hell, talk about negative……

I dont mind him but I dont see him having much about him either. Not his fault that he costed so much but I feel it's a bit premature to call him excellent and a bargain before we've even won a game with him in the side.

[Tielemans63]

Been pleasantly surprised with Skippy, he's a really good player. Wasn't sure he'd be a good signing, but he's a talented boy.

[Deeg67]

For me there's too much overlap between Skipp and Winks for them to be at their best playing together. And Skipp is the better player.

[lcfc_forever]

58 minutes ago, Deeg67 said:

For me there's too much overlap between Skipp and Winks for them to be at their best playing together. And Skipp is the better player.

Fully agree. In the system we play, there's no need for both of them. Ndidi, Skipp, Buononotte/BEK has to be combination. 

[Arriba Los Zorros]

He's good, he got absolutely rave reviews at Norwich, he could be a really good player for us, problem is he's too similar to Winks so you're looking at one from two and they're both hard to drop.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Wonder if he'll stay if/when we're relegated.

[Paninistickers]

Good player. I like him. Might not have paid 20m for him but it's all pretend money anyway so doesn't really matter

[StriderHiryu]

20-25m seems steep, but those are the sort of prices Premier League players go for these days. I think Skipp was good today, and has looked good in almost all the games so far. He looks like he has been working down the coalmine since he was 8 years old, but he's quite mobile, good under pressure and good at carrying the ball forwards. Also decent when tackling too.

 

Hard to believe Winks isn't the first name on the team sheet, and I think that's more down to Cooper than Winks, but in this system, I think Skipp is better than Winks, and he looked better next to Ndidi than Winks in today's game.

 

I see Skipp being an integral part of the team for the next 3-4 seasons.

[Fazzer 7]

On 15/09/2024 at 10:55, Collymore said:

Looks like an upgrade on KDH for less money dare I say? 

Early days but I tend to agree. Surprised me tbh. 

[fox_favourite]

I see him as a steady Eddie in the middle. Decent all rounder, but he won't set the world on fire. He can pass, he can tackle, works hard, he's good under pressure, but he doesn't have flair. And you know what, sometimes that's what you need in the middle. Maybe that's why he wasn't used as much at spurs and they wanted more from a midfielder. But for a standard prem side, he's sometimes what's required 

Edited 6 October 2024 by fox_favourite

[5waller5]

Andy King 2.0? 

[Saxondale]

Reminds me massively of Andy King.

[Kinowe Soorie]

Much better midfielder than Andy King, not anonymous for large parts of the game.

[Devonfox1884]

I was wrong on this one - good signing and will be massively important this season.