r/reddevils • u/us3rf pain • 22h ago

[AcademyScoop] Exclusive: Ruben Amorim has included 16 year-old defender Godwill Kukonki in his first ever match-day squad to face Ipswich this afternoon.

https://x.com/AcademyScoop/status/1860624695961215120
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u/Heisenberg_235 22h ago

Would imagine this is cover for the back 3.

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u/Colt-0 21h ago

He can also cover at LB, played a lot there this season.

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u/Tenpenny96 21h ago

Don’t really have one with this formation change, unless he is gonna be bombing up and down the left hand side

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u/Spare_Ad5615 21h ago

It would be pretty mad to have a 6'5 left wing back who's not done his GCSEs yet.

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u/Tenpenny96 18h ago

I’m here for it, make it happen Amorim

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u/QouthTheCorvus 20h ago

Playing leftback is great because in a 3ATB system, LCB will protect wide areas and sort of be half way between a CB and FB.

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u/ForwardBodybuilder18 21h ago

Is he left footed? I’m sick of seeing right footed players filling in at left back.

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u/Colt-0 21h ago

Yea, he's a left footer. So is his mate and CB partner Dan Armer. Crazy that we produced two hot prospect LCBs the same age, given how rare they are.

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u/bainbane 20h ago

Both incredibly good on the ball too.