There was only one man JohnnyTheNic could be lovely about this week and that man is James Maddison.
James Maddison is in the England squad and there’s no doubt that’s the right decision, though he looks like a strong wind will floor him.James Daniel Maddison will be 26 years old on November 23. A 5’ 9” progressive midfielder for Leicester City, he was born in Coventry and spent his youth career with City until signing professional forms in November 2014.
But he was back in Norfolk in January 2017 making his first start in April. In June the club gave him a new four-year contract which was jolly nice of them. Daniel Farke came in, liked the cut of the Maddison jib and played him pretty much every week. 49 games and 15 goals later, he was named Player Of The Season. Yay! Go Jimmy M.
But despite being a consistent performer, he has only played for England once, as a sub against Moldova. But his excellent form of the last year had led to him What he brings to Leicester is a constant goal threat from just behind the strikers, often from late runs into the box, a player who is quick on the transition and can release forwards into space. He’s got great close control and can run at pace with the ball, and when it comes to free-kicks, with 15 dead ball goals, he can put one in the top bin, easy. If that’s not enough, he also loves the outside-of-the-box 20-yard thwacker.
He’s not a physical player. In fact he looks about 10 stone wet through, and at 5’ 9” he’s not going to physically impose himself on the game, maybe Southgate has some doubts about him because of this fact. If the rough boys start with the severe bootings, Maddison could just snap like a twiglet. But there is bound to be a moment in a tight game where he needs someone to change the dynamics of the game and Jimmy M is definitely the player for that task.
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