Patrick Roberts - signing confirmed 19/07

[aguero93:20]

Looks a lot like AJ in how he plays there, let's hope he has a better head on his shoulders.

 

[oakiecokie]

Looks a lot like AJ in how he plays there, let's hope he has a better head on his shoulders.

For me he plays like a young Kinky.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

For me he plays like a young Kinky.

Who also couldn't get in a team struggling in the second flight tbf.

 

[aguero93:20]

For me he plays like a young Kinky.

Nah, Kinky wouldn't have needed teammates to get from the halfway line into that shooting position on the second goal.

 

[IanBishopsHaircut]

Who also couldn't get in a team struggling in the second flight tbf.

No seriously

 

[oakiecokie]

Who also couldn't get in a team struggling in the second flight tbf.

To be fair he was playing with a load of crap/mediocre players at the time.

 

[oakiecokie]

Nah, Kinky wouldn't have needed teammates to get from the halfway line into that shooting position on the second goal.

I was there when he scored that goal against Southampton but I did enjoy his goal v West Ham,in the cup IIRC and as you say taking it,as he often did,from the halfway line.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

To be fair he was playing with a load of crap/mediocre players at the time.

Yes just making the point that just because you're at a club struggling near the bottom of the second flight and not getting picked doesn't mean you don't have quality. Just to totally contradict my previous posts.

 

[DerderderPabloZabaleta]

Maybe worry wasn't the right word. He's going to cost little or nothing so there's little or nothing to lose. Just making the point that if he can't get into a team that was struggling to get into mid table in the Championship then it is unlikely he will make much of an impact for us anytime soon. Although as I said I do realise that is a simplistic viewpoint to some extent. Don't think comparisons to Pogba are particularly relevant, united were a title winning/challenging side when he was struggling to get into it. And I will worry a bit of we spend 80 million quid on Pogba.

Why would you worry about that?

 

[Neville Kneville]

When you say fuck all do you mean nothing or relatively?

Relatively.

Maybe worry wasn't the right word. He's going to cost little or nothing so there's little or nothing to lose. Just making the point that if he can't get into a team that was struggling to get into mid table in the Championship then it is unlikely he will make much of an impact for us anytime soon. Although as I said I do realise that is a simplistic viewpoint to some extent. Don't think comparisons to Pogba are particularly relevant, united were a title winning/challenging side when he was struggling to get into it. And I will worry a bit of we spend 80 million quid on Pogba.

He's a kid who likes to run with the ball, not very big, in a side with not many great footballers, fighting relegation/promotion etc.

A bit easier for any of these kids to play for a top 4 Prem team, who has the ball all the time & top players making runs, tackles, around you & might be 3-0 up when you come on.

Not that we get to find out at City so far as we don't give hardly any of them even 5 mins, but hopefully that will change as they get older.

Pogba imo btw, was not quite good enough to be worth a starting place at the swamp, at the time. Certainly not as good as Scholes etc. The mistake they made, is the same one we have made every week last season with our kids, which is not at least getting him involved regularly for a cameo appearence here & there & bringing him through as quickly as possible.

We will lose some possibly top players the same way if we don't start involving them more, even if they are not quite ready. A few minutes in the Premier League can teach them a lot & some will take an instant like to it.