Exactly this for me. I fear he is going the same way as Rashford. Lots of adulation and admiration, but the core product is just not that good. He could be great though, if he ditches the Rashford/Lingard approach to his career.
….and gets Pep as his manager. He turned us down and may regret it soon enough.
Thats what gets me about him, he is at the moment hugely over rated but has potential. But a player that turns down Pep, a coach who will improve you makes me very suspicious about his attitude.
He rates himself very highly, I imagine. Waistcoat has seen how crap he is three times now. Will he act? Er…..no.
if he was half the player he thinks he is then he would be the best player in the world, unfortunately whats in his head doesnt translate to actual ability and this is not helped by the people he has around him and the press, at the tender age of 20 he has been heralded as the best ever and also been allowed to blame far superior and more talented players for his mistakes and this will ultimately be his downfall, if at 20 you already think you know better than everyone else you are doomed to fail.
He may buckle down and work at it if some wise counsel tells him the truth.
And also if he is prepared to listen to it which doesnt seem to the case right now
www.theguardian.com
There’s a few now saying this. It might do him a favour now he’s not having smoke blown up his arse by every journo who has jumped on the bandwagon.Finally a journalist saying what a lot of us are thinking. (Not convinced Mainoo is "The Answer" though.)
England need to change – and that means dropping Jude Bellingham | Jacob Steinberg
The 20-year-old is England’s future but he is not playing like someone who can help them in the present at Euro 2024
To be fair to him he's far better than rashford as he is completely average at best
I am not so sure. I dont rate either of them as highly as our media do. But there was a (long) time that Rashford was being reported on like this :
www.mirror.co.uk
Even Ian Ladyman at the Mail has been sticking the boot into him today, although let himself down by twice declaring him as England's most talented player. Based on what ffs?!Finally a journalist saying what a lot of us are thinking. (Not convinced Mainoo is "The Answer" though.)
England need to change – and that means dropping Jude Bellingham | Jacob Steinberg
The 20-year-old is England’s future but he is not playing like someone who can help them in the present at Euro 2024
Based on the best PR since Jimmy Savile did a bit of fundraising..
True. Imagine putting a 20 year old in the "senior leadership group". The mind fucking boggles.