Hull City have been enjoying a fruitful start to League One since their relegation from the Championship, after a miserable season where the Tigers lost “Star Man” Jarrod Bowen and “Turbo” Kamil Grosicki. Add in the turmoil off the pitch with fans at war with the Allam family who own Hull City. Unfortunately Hull went from being a comfortable mid table side to finishing rock bottom. This gave opportunities to new signing Mallik Wilks who’s become a crucial part of Hull’s side, since the departures of Bowen and Grosicki, it also gave young prospect Keane Lewis-Potter a chance to shine.
The 2019/20 season saw Keane Lewis-Potter slowly integrated into the first team yielding 21 league appearances, scoring twice. A successful season for Lewis-Potter individually. League One would become a blessing in disguise for Keane Lewis-Potter as his great start to the season will suggest. The 19 year old has netted 4 times already this season in 12 games. Lewis-Potter has shown to be a crucial part of a front 3 involving Northern Ireland international, Josh Magennis and Mallik Wilks. Wilks is quickly showing why he’s one of the best players in League One and arguably should still be a Championship player.
Why should Coventry sign him?
Coventry City’s recruitment model is one of development. The model is the club signing younger players who have room to develop, then be sold on for a profit to keep the club stable financially. The model has given young up and coming talent a platform to develop their skills as well as their attributes before moving on to bigger and better things. Coventry have also benefited. A great recruitment team as well as a messiah like manager in Mark Robins has turned a once dying club, now resurgent after a phoenix rose through the ashes. Keane Lewis-Potter in my opinion would benefit hugely at a club like Coventry.
Youth and potential:
Keane Lewis-Potter is still only 19, with well over a decade of football ahead of him to make his mark. KLP’s young age already makes him a potential at Coventry, Lewis-Potter has shown he doesn’t look out of place at Championship level when he was playing for Hull last season in the 2nd tier. Lewis-Potter has already shown he can do okay at that level, and instantly becomes an option. The potential is massive.
Versatility:
One thing Mark Robins likes in his players is for them to be versatile, incase they’re required to play out of their natural position. Sam McCallum is a current example, playing Right Wing Back during Fankaty Dabo’s absence despite being a Left Wing Back. Keane Lewis-Potter has shown to be versatile already, being capable to play on the left wing, as well as being deployed as a striker. This also suits Coventry; this would give Mark Robins plenty of options as to how he would want to utilise the 19 year old. It must be made clear Robins doesn’t play with wingers, he plays with two attacking midfielders behind the striker, but that shouldn’t be a problem for KLP as he would have the freedom to play as an inside forward, or an old fashioned Winger if required. Of course, Lewis-Potter can be used as a striker, too.
An eye for goal:
In his youth and professional career, Keane Lewis-Potter has shown to be the complete forward, despite his lack of size. When being deployed up front, he’s had success playing off the last defender, beating them in a sprint before a nice cold finish to put games out of sight. When deployed wide he’s am so shown an ability to cut in to get shots away, his aim is always to score goals. His best trait is his poaching instincts, a very intelligent finisher for his age due to the positions he gets himself in. This has allowed him to be strong in the air, having the intelligence to lose his marker, as well as feed off second balls from set-peices to grab a goal to turn a game around. The raw attributes are already there for KLP to do great. But the potential to make all of those attributes that much better is endless.
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