Blue Smarties
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Yeah he can.
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Player Thread: Patrick Roberts
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Jesus Christ. Delete this post. The entire thing is aids.
why pay whatever we did to fulham and then loan him out to a lower level football league in scotland ????????? why not leave him at fulham in the championship and let him learn there sometimes it really piss me off that a young talent like roberts is signed knowing he is not going to get a chance in our first team but we needed to sign him to keep him out of the others hands just in case he turns out to be very good its a funny old game
we are now at a level when signing young good talent means more to us sticking them in the 2nd team squad or put them out on loan so the other big clubs don't give them a chance to shine and hit it off and make there name elsewhere. its a dirty game we are playing and stocking up on youth only for the big signings like Yaya and the rest to take the piss like last season
starsandstripes
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he got six months here, it was apparent he wasn't ready here so we loaned him out. He will probably get CL football with celtic, something he wouldn't have gotten with fulhamwhy pay whatever we did to fulham and then loan him out to a lower level football league in scotland ????????? why not leave him at fulham in the championship and let him learn there sometimes it really piss me off that a young talent like roberts is signed knowing he is not going to get a chance in our first team but we needed to sign him to keep him out of the others hands just in case he turns out to be very good its a funny old game
we are now at a level when signing young good talent means more to us sticking them in the 2nd team squad or put them out on loan so the other big clubs don't give them a chance to shine and hit it off and make there name elsewhere. its a dirty game we are playing and stocking up on youth only for the big signings like Yaya and the rest to take the piss like last season
I know this will have been asked before, but say we get drawn against them in the CL, I take it he can play against us?
I think this happened before with Chelsea and and Cudicini. I think UEFA ruled that the player could play.
It happened with Courtois against Chelsea as well, he could play against us.
I've been thinking about this for a little while and after seeing him for Celtic a few times now you can obviously see similarities in playing style with Messi (Obviously not stating the same level but at least the same style). Been thinking, could Pep try him as a false nine like he did with Leo at Barcelona?
Amazing dribbling from Roberts. Getting by players for fun, looks a real talent! Should definitely be in our first team next season.
This is why he should have gone to the Euros. Roy Hodgeson should hang his head in shame - was it that he didn't scout him or that he didn't fancy him. Best English talent I've seen in years. Hope Alardyce has better sense.
Centurions
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You on a real downer at the moment?why pay whatever we did to fulham and then loan him out to a lower level football league in scotland ????????? why not leave him at fulham in the championship and let him learn there sometimes it really piss me off that a young talent like roberts is signed knowing he is not going to get a chance in our first team but we needed to sign him to keep him out of the others hands just in case he turns out to be very good its a funny old game
we are now at a level when signing young good talent means more to us sticking them in the 2nd team squad or put them out on loan so the other big clubs don't give them a chance to shine and hit it off and make there name elsewhere. its a dirty game we are playing and stocking up on youth only for the big signings like Yaya and the rest to take the piss like last season
Why would we leave him at Fulham when they weren't playing him? The plan when he signed was (I believe) to loan him out immediately but Pellegrini wanted to get a good look at him first after seeing him in the flesh. It was decided (possibly by him going off the article I linked earlier) that it would be better for his development if he was playing more regularly which he wouldn't have got with us (and no, he wasn't ready for us then). Where do you get this idea that we're stockpiling all of the decent youth prospects just to stop other clubs getting them? Do you really think none of them will get a chance with us because they're not good enough? If so why the hell would we buy them in the first place.
taleofbluehalves
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Amazing dribbling from Roberts. Getting by players for fun, looks a real talent! Should definitely be in our first team next season.
Some great stuff. One turn left a Barca
defender totally for dead. Although he did over do it and make a few mistakes it amazes me how few mistakes a manager will tolerate from a young player compared to a Bony or Kolorov. Can't wait to see him fight for a City shirt next year. Roberts, Sane, Jesus, Moreno, Nacho, Sterling, Diaz, Sacho are a frighteningly good set of young players.
jollylescott
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Some quality moves against Barca. He is a real top liner in the making. Having said that he is still developing and this season in Scotand will allow him to further develop, as he is still young. So I think it was the right decision to send him somewhere where he can play every week.
Don't know if serious or not but no way he should've gone.This is why he should have gone to the Euros. Roy Hodgeson should hang his head in shame - was it that he didn't scout him or that he didn't fancy him. Best English talent I've seen in years. Hope Alardyce has better sense.