Jadon Sancho

[Jacob Smith]

Young lad,hardly broke sweat on Wed,worth a go and give him last 15

I don't disagree but can't see it happening. Would love to be wrong though!

 

[Deepest Blue]

Jadon was still tracking back late in the game on Thursdat and it was already won. He has a good team attitude on top of his amazing skills.

I'm not doubting that he will add this to his skill set but this is big strong men he would be facing against Palace.
They would be smarter than what he's come up against so far too.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Navas offers a fair bit defensively which for all his skills Jadon could not yet match.
We have a realistic chance of going all the way in this competition and now is not the time to make reckless experiments.

Odd I never thought of Navas as a defender, to me he's just a winger who can't cross the ball or score a goal to save his life. He's pinching a living as a premiership footballer. Roberts is a better player yet his face didn't fit sadly. I don't think giving the he lad a spot on the bench or even 15 mins at the end of the game if we are three up would be reckless. But it's all opinions. Sometimes I just think our club don't give the young players a chance they deserve, a manager will play the player the club has spent a fortune on even if he clearly isn't working out, rather than youth. Pellers certainly did with Bony and others, it concerns me that Pep might follow suit. But I agree it's early days and too early to judge.

 

[Deepest Blue]

Odd I never thought of Navas as a defender, to me he's just a winger who can't cross the ball or score a goal to save his life.
He'll be gone at the end of the season but he is a terrier at tracking back. He makes the odd cock up like most forwards do but he's above average at tracking back.He's pinching a living as a premiership footballer.
He's not the player he was but he's had a great career for a little, homesick guy who scores few goals. Ask to see his medals :) Roberts is a better player yet his face didn't fit sadly.
You seem only to see the highlights of a performance not the whole of it or you would know why Roberts is currently on loan. Doing well though and may work his way into our squad but competition is fierce in his position.
don't think giving the he lad a spot on the bench or even 15 mins at the end of the game if we are three up would be reckless.
But it's all opinions. Sometimes I just think our club don't give the young players a chance they deserve, a manager will play the player the club has spent a fortune on even if he clearly isn't working out, rather than youth. Pellers certainly did with Bony and others, it concerns me that Pep might follow suit. But I agree it's early days and too early to judge.
Who recently has excelled who we never gave a chance to?
Lopes, Rekik, Denayer, Roman, Pozo, Boyata and Nedum have all not reached the high expectations we once had for them. Suarez, Sturridge and Schmeichel all wanted to go.
Mee and Trippier have done well but would not be long term starters with us.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

The odd cock up? Surely you must be thinking of a different player. He has no end product whatsoever. He isn't a defender his main job is to put crosses into the box and score goals and in both those respects he is bloody woeful. He isn't in the team to solely track back, I very much doubt he could get in any other top six pl side.

I think pellers was particularly bad at sticking with the same players last season when we had better options such as continually playing Bony instead of Kelechi. And then after the kids did well at the back against Chelsea in the cup , we never saw them again despite Demechellis and kolorov being the main culprits in conceeding our goals. Adarybiyo looks good but he hasn't been given a chance and his contract expires this summer. Pep preferred to stick with the slow kolorov who has one good game every three. Kelechi didn't get a real run or chance when aguero was suspended recently . One poor game and he wasn't even on bench for add puts. pep even chose to not play a striker several tmes when aguero wasn't available and that didn't really work as we were scoring much from midfield. Sure Kelechi needs to improve but he won't do that not playing and his goal ratio is brilliant, he's a great prospect he needs game time. But his chances will be even more limited now Jesus has arrived.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Jadon Sancho - just a reminder

Cheers

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Just watched the U23's on the City FB page.

This is a very special player. Super skills and so much confidence.

 

[blueinsa]

Just watched the U23's on the City FB page.

This is a very special player. Super skills and so much confidence.

Special doesn't quite describe his talent imo.

he really is that good!

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Special doesn't quite describe his talent imo.

he really is that good!

Reminds me of a young Mesi.

He's made the step up to the U23's look easy, but can he hack the Prem? If he does we will have a very special player on our hands.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

He had a better game on Wednesday. Tended to over-elaborate tonight but scored a cracking goal.