Can only judge on what he's done here. Not writing him off, maybe he'll come good. But safe to say if he'd been putting in the same performances for any other big club and we were then linked for £30m everyone would be furious. Maybe it's literally just the system but I expected more from him.
Um you can judge him by how he has previously played in the premier league for another team under a different system. Why ignore that? Bissouma and Richarlison have had horrible seasons but that doesn't make either of them bad players because they have proven to be very good in the league previously.
It's a different pressure playing for Brighton or Everton compared to a club that's meant to challenge for honours, and regularly has teams sit back and defend against us. Plenty of players who look good as big fish in mid-table, but don't end up doing well when given a chance at the top. Doesn't make them "bad players", does mean I'm not feeling the huge optimism.
And he will be again next season.
The great thing is, I think Bentancur is actually better than Conte allowed him to be
Did you watch him much at Brighton?
As one of the best midfielders outside the top 6?
In his defence he was playing for Watford and Everton, where hitting 20+ would be a miracle
Be careful here though. It was said in the transfer thread that that would equate to 20 goals for a better team. Some of us were shot down for even daring to question that and most of our fears about him are unfortunately becoming reality.
I had a look into strikers, number 9s not wingers/inside forwards, making a move from lower Prem sides to top six sides.
What have we been challenging for exactly?
He must mean that it's been challenging watching them...
We got to a CL final, by a little bit of luck.
Yep. It's the collective logic that sometimes gets passed in here that's just accepted and a million negs to whomever challenges it.
Thing is, you have it the round way round. At Brighton he was in a possession heavy team who played through midfield.
Glad that so many agree with this, I'm really excited about the potential of Bissouma if used correctly next season and think Lo Celso could also save us having to buy tons more CM's, I remember one game under Jose where Lo Celso absolutely ran the show his passing and moving and his dribbling were a joy to watch, proper Spurs type player if used correctly, him, Bissouma and Bentancur in a 3 with someone like Maddison being signed for competion and rotation would be silkysmooth to watch.
