You can tell Josh will be a powerful player just like Kane in respect that they need / needed time to grow into their frames and control it.
Not at all saying Josh is Kane or anything of the sort , I look at Onomah and think this guy could be frightening once and IF he/can take control.
So desperate to see him given a chance here in central midfield.
Every time I see him now it just becomes all the more frustrating
Technically and physically, he has absolutely everything he needs to become a top class CM. I have little doubt about that.
If you layer over Makalele's tactical understanding/discipline into him, he's themost ideal long term Dembele replacement we could ever want, but that's the piece that seems to be missing, and he's in this very awkward catch 22 situation:
He needs to play there, to get the experience and grow into the role, but seemingly the managers that he's been under don't think he's ready to perform that role at the level required.
I'm not sure how you that break that cycle, or certainly not in a team like ours where, other than early League Cup rounds, every game is a must win.
Tricky
I would argue the opposite, he has been a reasonably sized player who had a growth spurt in his first year iircOnomah has always looked physically dominant and confident against the same age groups. It's when he's up against men that he struggles.
Until he learns to use his physicality in mens football and ups his work rate and discipline off the ball I don't think he will ever be trusted in a deep central midfield role for us
If only we played games in between seasons when playing him there couldn't cost us anything....
A very interesting video where you can clearly see his confidence growing as you watch the video, the last two clips playing for England and then Villa really show what a great player he could be for us. I specially like is vision/passing ability.
Unfortunately that was all from the first 1/4 of the season probably and he hasn't done much since. He started out as the Villa love child and now loathed. His physical abilities have never been in question. All comes down to application.
One would think that seeing your U-21 mate Cook get his first Cap for England would spark a bit of urgency. We shall see and it is all up to the kid now.
But I do wonder. Would a coach like Pep motivate this kid? You can hate all you want on Pep as a person, but players seem to love playing for him and I don't think many would have envisioned Sterling's output.
What, because a few pre-season friendlies are going to give him the top level experience at the intensity he needs?
I don't think Pep would play Onomah as AM or LM, so in that aspect, Pep would get the best out of Onomah.
Unfortunately that was all from the first 1/4 of the season probably and he hasn't done much since. He started out as the Villa love child and now loathed. His physical abilities have never been in question. All comes down to application.
One would think that seeing your U-21 mate Cook get his first Cap for England would spark a bit of urgency. We shall see and it is all up to the kid now.
But I do wonder. Would a coach like Pep motivate this kid? You can hate all you want on Pep as a person, but players seem to love playing for him and I don't think many would have envisioned Sterling's output.