Why do people feel the need to make these wild predictions based on a few good pre season performances?
Obviously you get some OTT predictions, yeah.
But there are some who also base hopes that a certain player might make it here on years of watching them at the U18 and U21 level as well as any senior appearances they make. Not just after seeing them for the first time in pre season friendlies.
I'd seen Savage and Iqbal at youth levels for years, and really didn't rate their chances of making it here, so didn't go along with any of the optimism after their decent pre-season.
But after watching Mainoo at youth levels, he's an all round CM that I really do have some hopes for in terms of establishing himself in the first team squad here in time. So I'm pleased to see him getting some first team opportunities and doing quite well so far.
There's never any guarantee a young prospect like Mainoo will carry on developing to fulfil his potential and then get the opportunities here to establish himself. But he has a better chance than many of the young players coming through, so I think it's OK to be excited about him - but, yeah, some of the comparisons to the best players are obviously OTT at this stage.