So a 7/10 performance every game is exceptional? No, that's the minimum we need from him. I don't give a flock about his age. So tired of people using that as an excuse. A player plays or they don't. If they don't play well then put them on the bench, I don't care how old they are.
That performance was better than a 7/10, solid but unexceptional performance. Again, seasoned professionals throughout the league aren't putting in 7/10 performances every game so to expect a 22 year old to is ridiculous. Schweinsteiger, Schneiderlin, Matic, Fabregas, Coquelin, Cazorla, Henderson, Herrera, Toure, Fernandinho, Dier, etc. aren't putting in 7/10 or better performances EVERY SINGLE GAME. It's not an excuse either. It's a fact. Young players are more likely to be inconsistent. Eventually you hope to reap the rewards of letting a player develop. A player plays or they don't - yep, thanks for pointing that out to me, I was totally unaware of that. If you're never going to be patient with a young player and allow for them to make mistakes and learn, then we'll never develop as a football club and we'll never do anything. We can't compete for the best players in the world so we have to allow players to develop.
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