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I think Pritchard, Alli, Onomah, and Winks look like they'll get minutes having been included in the first team squad. However with a decent sized squad, people who say Walker-Peters, or Carter-Vickers etc. should get minutes in the Europa or league cup are slightly deluded as the squad players are going to have to play.
Kane and Pritchard have played significantly more first team football up and down the divisions. A different quality of experience to youth tournaments.
I can maybe accept people saying that they will just put their trust in Poch but I don't understand this whole loan argument.
This thread is about how to handle them. Not every player needs a loan, why can't someone watch someone play regularly assess their skills and think,'yes this player has serious ability he is more than capable to receive a ball and pass it in a holding role in the league'.
I don't really understand what you want him to do for you to believe he is good enough to play for us.
Do you think he needs to play against men? Men that are really playing to support their family? If so we can send him to League 2 or the Ryman League. How many games do they need, 6 in the Championship isn't enough, so is it 10? a whole season? 2 seasons to prove himself? Does it matter what level? I don't get this obsession of having to always go on loan.
He is a languid positional DM it wouldn't suprise me to see him struggle in leagues where people are just throwing weight around and being physical. The PL is much more technical and would suit him better. He has gone 180mins against a team/attack that would rival the top 6 in the PL and conceded one goal, but people don't believe he can play in the EL. I have never met a person that has watched him a significant amount and not rated him. Do you believe Oxford (a CB) played well at the Emirates with no PL experience? Before that game I would bet that most people would laugh at the suggestion that Oxford, who has looked decent for Eng u17s, was better than Veljkvoic. now all of a sudden people probably think he is better. I'd imagine most people would now believe Oxford (who wasn't good enough for us)is better than all our prospects just because his manager has placed faith in him and he has now shown he can play in the impossible PL. Maybe that jump from u21 league isn't as massive as people believe as I haven't seen many young people flounder making the step up. If they have that is most likely the inconsistency of youth.
What would you have us do with Bentaleb before he came through? more loans?
Seemingly we're never going to agree on how good Veljkovic is but I'd be intersted to hear what exactly it is you want him to do to convince you he is a good player? Or what the bare minimum is? What is the moment where you say, 'ye he is ready to play' Do you think players can ever go straight from youth to league? What do you want us to do with Onomah?
I also generally agree with your last sentence, but if we get rid of Fazio I don't see a problem with CCV or KWP getting minutes in a dead rubber EL match for example like I think Onomah should have got
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