Red Hand Devil
Plan M ish
I like Pearson - he's a right little bollox for the opposition (Small Man Syndrome probably) & his game is good aswell. Would love to see him on tour also..
Compare to our total lack of anything resembling a midfield whatsoever in the first fixture, and I'd say he effected a massive improvement in our presence in the middle of the park. Looked like a decent performance to me, and he didn't have anything particularly to do with our being outplayed in the second half.No, he wasn't. He had a good first 45 but he needs to take his fair share of responsibility for our 2nd half collapse, during which City won the midfield battle too easily.
I opened this after that bump, thinking, "Not sold. Please not sold!"Would like to see him get a game on tour. I really hope he's finally given the opportunity. Such a good little player. Great passing and tackling.
Same! Half expected to see an article stating that he's close to signing with a new teamI opened this after that bump, thinking, "Not sold. Please not sold!"
Exactly. Schweinsteiger probably won't last significantly longer than Carrick (younger, but massively more reliant on energy and stamina). As the pair of them fade out over the next few seasons, Pearson will have plenty of time to fade in.Don't see the problem, Carrick and Schweinsteiger are for the short term. Pearson is only 20 and in 3 years when Carrick and Schweinsteiger have probably moved on, he should be ready for the first team if he's deemed good enough.
This. Being in and around the first team and playing in cup games for the next 2/3 years will do wonders for him anyway. Perhaps a loan spell in the next 3 years to a Prem team as well, assuming he's good enough.Don't see the problem, Carrick and Schweinsteiger are for the short term. Pearson is only 20 and in 3 years when Carrick and Schweinsteiger have probably moved on, he should be ready for the first team if he's deemed good enough.
Exactly, The young midfielders coming through have Carrick and Schweinstiger to learn from!He's got one hell of a group of mentors for the next few years.
Players won't progress to be good enough for the first team that way.This. Being in and around the first team and playing in cup games for the next 2/3 years will do wonders for him anyway. Perhaps a loan spell in the next 3 years to a Prem team as well, assuming he's good enough.
I know where you are coming from but surely that shouldn't stop us from giving him the chance or two if we think the rest of his game is good enough.Blind isn't particularly strong in the air as well.If his chances of making it at United were 10% a week ago, they are now 1%. Personally I've never been convinced due to his lack of height given we aren't particularly strong in the air. Anyway, he would be better off taking the Janko option, as would Rothwell.
He's 20 years old. If he starts training with the first team and playing a few games per season, of course it'll do him good.Players won't progress to be good enough for the first team that way.
I always have doubt about Pearson.Not about his ability but his lack of involvement with the first team on training etc in the past 2 years (while even Rothwell or Weir have trained quite a bit with them) suggest either the manager doesn't think he's good enough or we're waiting for him to mature (his mental age is below of his real age according to what was suggested from Carrington, hence the rashness on his tackles sometimes).
I know where you are coming from but surely that shouldn't stop us from giving him the chance or two if we think the rest of his game is good enough.
Hope this guy's wish comes true someday.Getting this thread in early cause he's gonna be a star
Like all the best bits of Michael Carrick but has some actual self-confidence too.
No it won't be.At his age he needs to play a lot of games per season to progress.He's not 18.That's why we have loans.He's 20 years old. If he starts training with the first team and playing a few games per season, of course it'll do him good.
Your assumption is he will train with Bastian every day.He won't.Reserves player only train with the first team on occasions.Pereira was treated as a first teamer last season, and if LVG doesn't rate him enough to take in on the flight no chance he will get the same treatment.If I'm Ben Pearson tomorrow morning, I'm thinking do I gain more this season from going out on loan, or by staying where I am and training with Bastian fecking Schweinsteiger every day.
This logic that you stand more to gain by somehow "taking notes" from senior players rather than getting practical experience(as long as it's not at a rubbish club) is so beyond retarded it beggars belief. This site is literally the only place where I've seen it being continually spouted and I wonder who was the idiot that started it.If I'm Ben Pearson tomorrow morning, I'm thinking do I gain more this season from going out on loan, or by staying where I am and training with Bastian fecking Schweinsteiger every day.
The most ignorant, unpleasant and unnecessary comment I have ever read on here.This logic that you stand more to gain by somehow "taking notes" from senior players rather than getting practical experience(as long as it's not at a rubbish club) is so beyond retarded it beggars belief. This site is literally the only place where I've seen it being continually spouted and I wonder who was the idiot that started it.
I agree to an extent but there are also reasons that none of these clubs are producing good DMs. If their coaching is sub par then does simply putting a player on a pitch more often actually improve him? I don't see the results consistently.England has the worst DMs of any of the top 10 Euro nations. He should get opportunities to shine on loan. Look at who Leicester and Burnley threw out in that general area apart from Cambiasso last year. Glenn Whelan is considered a decent enough defensive-ish midfielder in the Prem and he's garbage.
This is simply not true.Barkley,Ibe,Kane,Pritchard... all improved after their loans.We had Cleverley and Welbeck who were promoted after their performances on loan.Various cases of benefitting on loan despite ended up not making it at their parent clubs as well (Lawrence,Michael Keane from us to name a few).I agree to an extent but there are also reasons that none of these clubs are producing good DMs. If their coaching is sub par then does simply putting a player on a pitch more often actually improve him? I don't see the results consistently.
We have better coaches and better facilities at United. He has the opportunity to train with and learn from, players of a much higher quality than anywhere we can send him on loan.
For the amount of players who are sent out on loan each season by the top Premiership clubs, the number who come back better players is very small.
The number of young players who improve enough to eventually become United quality while staying at their club is also low, especially once you consider that the exceptional players may never need to go on loan.I agree to an extent but there are also reasons that none of these clubs are producing good DMs. If their coaching is sub par then does simply putting a player on a pitch more often actually improve him? I don't see the results consistently.
We have better coaches and better facilities at United. He has the opportunity to train with and learn from, players of a much higher quality than anywhere we can send him on loan.
For the amount of players who are sent out on loan each season by the top Premiership clubs, the number who come back better players is very small.
In the past 10 years, United have sent players out on loan 214 times. The peak was two years ago when we sent 29 players out, most of them for the season.This is simply not true.Barkley,Ibe,Kane,Pritchard... all improved after their loans.We had Cleverley and Welbeck who were promoted after their performances on loan.Various cases of benefitting on loan despite ended up not making it at their parent clubs as well (Lawrence,Michael Keane from us to name a few).
See my point above. Not one of those players you've mentioned is aged over 28 and yet none of them are playing for Manchester United.Matt James, Daniel Drinkwater, Frazier Campbell, Ryan Shawcross, Danny Simpson and Jonny Evans have all benefited from good loan spells too.
There are differences between benefitting from loan spells and making it at United.You're missing the point.If you follow Cleverley's development for example there's no way he could make 50+ United appearances without those loan spells.In the past 10 years, United have sent players out on loan 214 times. The peak was two years ago when we sent 29 players out, most of them for the season.
Do you know how many of those 200 odd players are in our current first team squad? One. Jonny Evans. Cleverley and Welbeck were the only other two to make any sort of meaningful contribution to the first team and I would hardly call them Manchester United success stories.
On the other hand, players like Darren Fletcher, John O'Shea, Rafael and Chris Smalling managed to establish themselves in the team without ever having gone on loan. Januzaj did so and more recently Pereira, McNair and Wilson have made strides without leaving the club for more game time.
I'm not necessarily saying that staying at the club will make a weak player good enough to play for Man Utd, I just don't think going on loan will do so either and the record backs me up.
There are many who would argue he should have nowhere near those 50+ caps because he wasn't a good enough player.There are differences between benefitting from loan spells and making it at United.You're missing the point.If you follow Cleverley's development for example there's no way he could make 50+ United appearances without those loan spells.
O'Shea went on loan and Smalling and Rafael are not from our youth setup with Smalling already being a first team player for Fulham so they are irrelevant.On the other hand, players like Darren Fletcher, John O'Shea, Rafael and Chris Smalling managed to establish themselves in the team without ever having gone on loan.
Smalling was the same age as Pearson is now when he came to United. Rafael was two years younger and had an identical twin who spent considerable time out on loan. By the age of 20, we should know if a player has what it takes for a shot at the first team and shouldn't need to be sending him out on loan to find out. Of course, Pearson might be the one player in 10 years who develops later, but is it truly worth sending 200+ players out on loan to find that one player in 10 years?O'Shea went on loan and Smalling and Rafael are not from our youth setup with Smalling already being a first team player for Fulham so they are irrelevant.
Pereira, Wilson and McNair haven't made it yet and Adnan has taken a step back in the last year by staying at the club. There are cases for all of them having benefited by going on loan and we may even see that in the future.
Just because players go on loan and don't make it here doesn't mean they don't improve. They wouldn't have made it here by not going on loan either. You need the balance of first team football and top training and sticking around playing a few games a season doesn't offer that. There are no players at top clubs who at 21 were on 20 first team appearances, many had over 100+ appearances that gives them the development that training never will.
Not even close to being true. A list of the best players we've developed in the last 10 years - looking at first team impact, international recognition, level of club sold to etc - would probably go something like: Richardson, Bardsley, Rossi, Pique, Evans, Simpson, Gibson, Shawcross, Campbell, Welbeck, Cleverley, Pogba, Januzaj. Even if you want to include Rafael, those who went on loan and benefited hugely outnumber those who didn't/haven't. If you look at the few players to have broken through at any reasonably high level club in this country over a similar sort of timespan, you'll generally see loan spells on their CV as well.The best players we have developed in the last 10 years never went on loan.