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TheRam wrote: Sun Sep 13, 2026 10:54 am
Don’t think we should dismiss the idea that he might actually be a bit shite.
Reminds me of the show pony footballers I see every match at my kid's footy. Great at dribbling, but no end product, no determination to win individual battles and a poor understanding of what's required to be effective in a game.
There's no denying he's got lovely technical and close dribbling ability, but it counts for nothing if the mentality and drive to succeed is light years away from being good enough.
TheRam wrote: Sun Sep 13, 2026 10:54 am
Don’t think we should dismiss the idea that he might actually be a bit shite.
Yeah, a bit shite as in largely ineffective.
But when you have a young player with some great tools and raw materials, and other sides of his game that are poor (similar to Iroegbunam) you need a coach who is going to encourage and harness the great, whilst developing or eradicating the bad
Just another young player who we've spent money on and are failing to develop. Does he even get run outs for the 21s? Not that it's any level but at least he's be getting games.
It would be great to see a journalist have the balls to push Moyes on some of his strange decisions rather than just giving him easy questions all the time
I think Moyes is going to do something ridiculous like start him at striker vs Wolves and then use his poor performance to justify not giving him more minutes
StirlingBlue wrote: Mon Sep 14, 2026 8:01 am
I think Moyes is going to do something ridiculous like start him at striker vs Wolves and then use his poor performance to justify not giving him more minutes
I'm hoping he puts George there and sticks Dibling in the 10, but I reckon there's about a 0.000032% chance of that happening
The comparison with rayan is relevant I think no one knew who rayan was before he arrived at Bournemouth dibling had a big future from his performances at Southampton 2 different managers with 2 different approaches and the results are there to see
I agree with the Bournemouth approach to develop young players over Moyes’s ignore them approach but Rayan is on another level, burst into the Brazilian first team, has unreal pace, strength, height and touch. He was born ready