66 | Jahmai Simpson-Pusey - 2024/25

Eeek. Not going to dig the lad out but yeah it's clear he's involved out of neccesity rather than on merit. He properly fucked over Gvardiol with that header into him which forced his error for their first.

Not his fault we decided 6 senior defenders was enough, 2 of which are made from fragile glass when everybody else typically has 8-9 defenders in a squad and on top of that, we sold and loaned out our 2 best defensive academy products too.
 
Comes on at 70 mins, 3 conceded thereafter … WTF were we thinking of getting rid of Harwood-Bellis.

Horrendous v Lincoln City in the Trophy too btw, for those that never saw the 0-5 thrashing.
Well it is not fair to compare him to Harwood-Bellis. Harwood-Bellis had been cast out long before this young lad came up with age group. Pep preferred Eric Garcia to Harwood Bellis at that time and Harwood Bellis had to find himself a place to play professional football. So...
 
Issue is. He’s low down in a long list of centre halves we have. They’re just all injured.

I personally like him. Has a lot of good attributes and if him looking nervous under pressure - when he’s so young and barely had senior game time - is the main slight against him, that’s fine by me.

But that header to Gvardiol last night was ridiculous.
 
We shouldn't be playing these academy players. It's not their fault they are not at the required level, but when they play with the seniors, that's the standard. He is not going to make it with us, but he will have a decent PL career.
 
19 year old kid with 3 senior games under his belt makes error shocker.

The lad might be the best centre back in the world in a decade, or he might be playing for Port Vale.

His career won’t be defined by last night.
Pfft. This is neither the time nor place for cool-headed logic. Bluemoon Commodus has deliberated and decided.
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