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Has done nothing more than Jose did whilst here. In fact he has proven when it comes to the crunch hes has leaned more to towards experience even when said experience players have been rubbish. (Young, Sanchez etc)
Fairly sure we’ve had youngsters more frequently on the bench since Ole took over. Plus first team debuts for Greenwood and Chong.
He did say after the summer pre season that it was unlikely that we were going to see them again. That depressed me no end
I'm hopeful Ole will do a lot better. Jose also gave debuts though and have a few youngsters on the bench was more my point. Roll on next season hope to see a few more consistent appearances especially in cups, or if we are in Europa League
With these kind of players you really need them to play for a team who employs a fluid system, like City's. The less likely the team is to engage in physical duels across the field, the less likely he will struggle. You've just got to give talented players the right environment to express themselves.
The League Cup thing is not that controversial when you think about it. People can say ‘if the kids can’t even play in the LC...’, but the reality is there will always be senior squad players who regularly feature in and around the squad who should be ahead to start before them. If we go Smalling/Lindelöf in the league more often than not, naturally Bailly and Jones would be next in line, and I’d be furious if I was them and still didn’t get picked in the League Cup. There are others in a similar bracket like whichever two have been missing out in attack. That could be players like Anthony Martial and Alexis Sanchez in reality - more proven players who haven’t been starting. A couple of younger players should get in, but they are still relying on injuries to start I reckon.
Exactly. And most importantly it allows the senior squad players to get match fitness.
Just to say Wenger was interested in Modric, but thought he was too small to play CM in the premier league. Thats obviously not just his 5'8 height but also his slight build.
At some point, you would think it became irrelevant. If you can play there at 5’6 or 5’4, why not 5’3?
Little pisstaker. Hilariously talented.
Worked for McTominay!He's still growing though, so don't be surprised if he's six foot before long..
Exactly. There is no reason why his size will have a big impact on his game when his style is so geared towards not putting himself in those physical situations. It's the same reason why I feel someone like Chong will struggle with the physical game more so than Gomes despite being taller.
I'd play him in a double pivot.
I assume this is long term, rather than against Huddersfield and Cardiff? In the youth teams does he dribble a lot? Due to his size he'll have to learn to play a two touch game I think.
Bloody hell, that's some Ronaldinho-level tricks and Scholes-level passing going on, albeit at youth level.
His game is basically one or two touch and his dribbling is also very good but he knows how to mix it up. A very aesthetically pleasing player to watch.
Yep no chance, not against Long ballers like them.
You could say the same about Scholes.
Scholes was more physical and had more aggression in him.
That doesn't really refute the point that Scholes puts more pressure on his partner to win headers.
I do agree, and I would love to see Gomes get his chance. I seen him play several times for the Youths and he has the skill to win a game for you. I would like to see him play in the Modric role.
