He did a B-tec Bruno x Martial link up with Chongy. Lovely.
Love his arrogance & calmness under pressure in possession, he has really added that natural assertive shithousery to his game like Bruno aswell. Knows he belongs and opponents hate that air of arrogance!
Next loan should be in Spain in all honesty.
Shipping him off again? I don't think it's 100% neccesary mate he could very easily slot into our current midfield roster, Fred is gone soon if we dont renew and Eriksen needs to be rotated more. He is still clearly raw in aspects and can be a little casual at times but he has the athleticism and technical assurity for mens' football already.
He is being bashed about a lot this season which is great in helping to get used to not overreacting. Personally think his "temper" that gets mentioned isn't something to worry much about when you look at other top players in the game that operate at the same intensity but have referee protection. He plays on the edge like most top players do and doesn't like being scythed down with cynical fouls and tugs designed to wind him up, much like Bruno & Grealish who also enjoy a whinge to officials. Opponents got away with it in academy football and he is getting a good schooling this year in the boundaries in senior ball from Deeney and Eustace. He just needs more consistent coaching to improve on-the-ball areas like
@Messier1994 has pointed out earlier.
Mctominay was diabolical in and out of possession with his bad habits on the ball, then not showing well for it and "hiding". ETH got all that bad body balance and awkward footwork out of him in a few weeks and couple of months and improved his metronome decision making massively he went on huge strides even taking his lessons into scotland internationals where he was playing out of his skin.
We should ship Donny Van De Beek off in the summer and let Hannibal bed into the squad taking VDB old sporadic minutes. He can't possibly do worse which was literally nothing to date pretty much. A season of championship football then a season deputising Bruno & Eriksen learning during drills and practice from two top class pass masters and ETH in training every day, picking up 20 minutes here and there to show what he's learnt in the week, whilst starting a handful would be great development.
Just on the basis that ETH will have his system principles installed further by then and whilst another season away from the club at a higher level playing as much as possible would be equally beneficial in a different way of maturing and growing just like it is for any young player, there does always come a point where you weigh if they have enough fundamentals to be useful for you and I feel we can see already he has what it takes, in abundance. We are not stacked with quality in MF and he has that midfield general profile that we do need. Where better to finish his graduation than under the watchful eye & instruction of ETH?