There were flashes last night at London Stadium of what is to come. One gorgeous drift in from the left and a shot curled a foot wide of the post. Another clever interplay leading to a shot blazed over the bar which , next time, will nestle in the top corner I am sure.
The £25 million which West Ham have paid to secure this winger’s signature could well turn out to be as well-spent as the money paid to Ajax for Mohammed Kudus. Amongst a flurry of Summer signings, with others such as Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Jean-Clair Todibo grabbing the headlines, this modest – by today’s PL prices- purchase could turn out to be one very shrewd investment.
West Ham United’s diminutive winger Crysencio Summerville showed brief glimpses last night in the Carabao Cup match against Bournemouth of what is to come from him in the coming season. Just 22, small in stature at 1 .74 meters the young Dutchman looked at times a breath of fresh air and will be very much a confidence player at this level.
Summerville collects his award- a taste of what is to come
Consider for one moment the challenge of moving from scoring freely in the Championship to playing against Premier League level defenders who are younger and fitter.
Add to that the pressures of arriving much – heralded as the ‘Player of The Season’ from the Championship into a West Ham United team with eight new signings, a new Head Coach, new strategy and many players about to depart: It is a challenging time for seasoned pro’s like Kilman and Fullkrug so we need to cut Summerville a bit of slack and allow him the space he needs to grow to the new level required.
On another night, Crysencio could have scored with either of those two efforts and we’d all be lauding him as the great new young talent in claret and blue. The signs are there that he will grow into that, but give him a month or two to acclimatise first. I cannot wait to watch his development.
You can’t judge a player on one game, I know 🙂
However, I am not so sure he has the physical stature to cut it in the premiership having watched him for 70 mins last night. Bournemouth defenders will not be the best he will face this season and he struggled to impose himself – he looked nervous and cut inside and played the safe ball too many times. He won’t often have Wan Bissaka behind him either, but AWB dwelled on the ball too long, he wasn’t given the ball quickly enough when we won it back, meaning when he did have it he had two if not three players around him. To get the best out of Summerville we need to transition quicker up the pitch which doesn’t seem to be the style of play the manager is instilling this season.
The complete contrast with Kudas with the physical ability to take on a defender and hold his own was clear to see, and soon as Kudas came on we were much more dangerous on the attack and our ball retention was far better. Get to the gym son.
The same was said about Lanzini in 2015……and he proved every critic wrong. Summerville will be OK. The only thing I agree with is that he looked nervous.
I will be amazed if ings agrees to move to another club he will be happy just sitting around doing nothing and getting paid a huge wage for doing that if ings won’t accept moving to another club then it will probably be best to pay him off which I believe is what he wants in his head he’s a world class striker the reality is that he is well past his best and heading towards the end of his career he has to accept that he’s a has been that is not good enough to be playing in the premier league
It’s not Danny Ings’ fault that he’s only started ten times. Those games have produced four goals. It’s his prerogative to see out his contract on the bench or not featured at all……but I think he’ll be moving on soon. At 32 he’ll want to play but not for peanuts. Nor would you in his position.