Hallam Hope

Been keeping an eye on this lad in the U17 world cup (on eurosport if anyone's arsed). He's got the no.9 shirt and he looks quite handy.

Scored in his first game, some poor defending from Rawanda but a good pace to beat a defender and a nice cool finish over the keeper. Dropped for the second group game (rested is probably more likely). In the 2-0 win over Uruguay yesterday he held the ball up well and won plenty of headers. His decision making was excellent. The calmness and awareness he showed in setting up the second was everything you don't see in most other english forwards. There was no 'trying to do it all himself' no needless showboating, no trying to beat a man 4 times. When he had a pass on he largely played the right one. He's not ready for the first team, but encouraging stuff. If he keeps progressing we'll be seeing more of him.

So, you are saying there is hope.

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:So, you are saying there is hope.

I like this lad..



James Vaughan but knowing were the net is. From what I have seen more physical. If he gets injured again we have the same player on our hands. He might be it....

Blueyaletdinov wrote:I like this lad..



James Vaughan but knowing were the net is. From what I have seen more physical. If he gets injured again we have the same player on our hands. He might be it....

He doesn't run around as much as vaughany. Well not in the games I've seen. But I suppose it's 40+ degrees C out there so he's probably saving his running. Just remembered he played a lovely dinked ball through to the other striker who was incorrectly flagged offside. It was great awareness. England are playing Argentina (they're not that good) today or tomorrow. Should hopefully see more of him there.

If you want any highlights you can check them out here: http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/highlights/video/index.html

Super wrote:Scored again for the u17's yesterday, but they were knocked out losing 3-2 against Germany at the quarter-final stage.

England had been 3-0 down, but left the comeback to late.

England let down by their defence, really. The goalkeeper (Jordan Pickford) is an absolutle clown when it comes to decision making (They should definitely have picked Mason Springthorpe ) and the centre halves got done pretty easily too.

As for Hallam Hope. The lad looks like he needs to go on a fitness regime. He didn't look very sharp at all and (I know it's a bit of an English mentality thing) but he could have done with running around a lot more than he did. Spent far too long wandering about looking a bit fed up, although he was pretty isolated as a striker. His goal was a tap in, but he was alert to get it. Otherwise, not that impressed, although the germans are a great team. They had a few players who looked like they could play in the premier league now. With us, there was none.