19 - Lamine Yamal

[companyofcules]

I said this before, but as a winger, you don't want him getting much taller. He's about six foot now and just about to turn 17. You don't want him to grow too much more. His size seems to work for him; if he gets any bigger he might end up too tall for a winger.

I am not saying he will end up this tall, but can we think of many 6 foot 3 or 4 wingers?

But he wasn't a winger all the time

 

[Iniesta Ultra]

That would have been the case if he wasn't able to dribble in small space

But he can manipulate the ball damn well even in tiny space.
This doesn't go away with height

Lower center of gravity and shorter stride/legs is a huge physical advantage for dribbling

Maradona 5' 5"
Messi 5' 7"
Ney 5' 9"

 

[CatalinR10]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1810675280127885475

 

[Messigician]

Said it’s his dream to play in the premier league one day.

Let’s hope release clause is 200m at least

 

[iniestaGOAT]

I said this before, but as a winger, you don't want him getting much taller. He's about six foot now and just about to turn 17. You don't want him to grow too much more. His size seems to work for him; if he gets any bigger he might end up too tall for a winger.

I am not saying he will end up this tall, but can we think of many 6 foot 3 or 4 wingers?

Are you fucking insane? He is not going to be 6'4. He is not growing anymore.

This is it.

He will be as tall as Ronaldinho and CR

 

[Maradona37]

Are you fucking insane? He is not going to be 6'4. He is not growing anymore.

This is it.

He will be as tall as Ronaldinho and CR

First of all, there's no need for the animosity in your first sentence.

As for him 'growing to 6 foot 4', I never said he was. Just saying he's 16 and probably still growing. I was talking from an extremist position.

How do you know he isn't gonna grow anymore? Tell me how you - a stranger to Lamine Yamal, no access to Barcelona or Spain, and presumably not an expert on growth - knows he has stopped growing. You'll probably be proved right but how are you so confident?

Seems baseless considering the boy is only 17 (almost).

Edit - you seem to be implying he will grow another inch or two, he's 5 foot 11 now isn't he (CR is 6 foot 1 I believe)? That's more likely. It's still tall for a wide attacker generally.

 

[Maradona37]

Anyway, it's all irrelevant. As long as he doesn't get any higher than 6 foot 1, his balance and coordination and dribbling will very likely be unaffected.

The post earlier about shorter people being better dribblers is very true of course. But there are exceptions, and Lamine is one.

 

[vegitot]

His dribbling is more of Henry's style.

 

[Maradona37]

His dribbling is more of Henry's style.

Yeah Henry was pretty tall for a LF, and he was a quality dribbler.

Yamal does have that elegant, natural, almost deceptively lazy looking 'glide' that Henry had.

 

[Maradona37]

Lower center of gravity and shorter stride/legs is a huge physical advantage for dribbling

Maradona 5' 5"
Messi 5' 7"
Ney 5' 9"

Garrincha, Best, prime Aguero, Iniesta, David Silva, Mitoma isn't that tall - there's lots of examples.

They have shorter legs and shorter strides, and tend to take closer touches and have greater acceleration - taller people have quicker top speed generally but don't usually have the balance and agility to twist and turn and alter direction as well as shorter guys and girls. Taller people tend to be more powerful, explosive runners eg C Ronaldo. R9 was tall and a mixture of the two - fast and explosive but also took great touches and had great balance and direction changes.

 

[Masetro10]

We should retire the #10, too much pressure.

No. You keep the 10 going so more and more legendary players get the number. Which has happened for 125 yrs. This whole pressure thing means nothing. You don't think Yamal has pressure being 16 starting for Spain in Euro Semi Finals and soon the actual Finals? If anything you give him the 10 because he earned it.

 

[Masetro10]

Yeah Henry was pretty tall for a LF, and he was a quality dribbler.

Yamal does have that elegant, natural, almost deceptively lazy looking 'glide' that Henry had.

Doesn't matter at all though does it? He is killing people out there at 6ft tall in his own way.

 

[companyofcules]

Lamine Ebana deserves the number 10 but hope the Yamal side doesn't ruin his potential.

 

[companyofcules]

Very disappointed with that merengue

 

[Maradona37]

Doesn't matter at all though does it? He is killing people out there at 6ft tall in his own way.

I never said it did - I believe he is brilliant. Just saying you don't want him to get much taller.