Comments on: The Christopher Buchtmann Conspiracy

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:57:58 +0000

I saw his as an attacking full back although (like a young Riise) thought he was playing in midfield to develop his game. Apologies if I’ve misunderstood.

You are right re the competitiveness of the left-hand side.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:55:40 +0000

Thanks Paul. I had seen rumours on RAWK that you had spoken to the boss about Buchtmann but couldn’t find it to reference in my article.

I know what you mean about Mavinga – but honestly it’s too early to say “he’s going to be special”. There was an interesting 5Live piece on the Chelsea development programme recently in which they made the case for not deciding on a player’s capability until 23 years old. Now we may not be able to afford that approach – but we shouldn’t get too excited about any player at such a young age(for the reasons you cite with Lindfield).

I didn’t know about the average age of the first team – thanks Paul.

By: Varmenni

Varmenni — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:08:37 +0000

And I always thought that he was a winger/wide-midfielder. At least that is what he has been playing for the German youth teams. And then the competition for places in the team get even more fierce. Given that we have Kaca, Ince, Eccleston, Amoo and Bruna who can play those positions (and a few more who have the Kwalitee to play there).

My guess is that the player and the administration sat down a had a chat about the his future and that this was decided to be the best for all parties.

By: Bobbers

Bobbers — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:50:41 +0000

Cally for the win!

By: Cally

Cally — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:46:24 +0000

I blame RAWK.