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Bumble wrote: ↑Fri Feb 06, 2026 9:09 am I think this is key. You want him nowhere near your own goal to eliminate the brain farts but he doesn't offer you anything in the final third either. So he's a potential ball hunting machine in the middle third, which needs stability behind him and creativity ahead of him.

I’m hopeful he’s going to be a young Gana Gueye.

If we have confidence in him need to get him on a new contract this summer. Can’t really be having him enter the last year without a deal.

Bumble wrote: ↑Fri Feb 06, 2026 11:31 am Needs more regular game time to develop intelligence. He'll learn when players are making runs off him given enough minutes to experience it again and again. He'll also develop better distribution if he's in that situation more often.

I worry he won't get enough game time though to iron out the mistakes and when he gets the odd opportunity he'll fall down in these areas, which will give more ammunition to pile on him again.

Yeah I think the game time is what may be a problem for him, because as you say he needs consistent minutes on the pitch to develop the areas he currently struggles with.

It's possible he actually needs a loan next season despite being a bit older than you'd normally be looking to loan someone out. Not quite sure where you'd be best sending him though - not sure a Championship loan would work, almost wonder whether a loan abroad somewhere would do him a world of good. Potentially not a realistic prospect for him though.

I’m back to sell

Not a chance for me.

Don’t think we can command what he could potentially be worth.

For a player with his attributes at his age you’re wanting at least £40m

He should start to phase Gana out from here.

If he was first choice, week in week out I think he’d develop his weaknesses and go for huge money.

Yeah deffo a no for selling from me. Really like him

Should start him instead of Gana against teams where we are expected to dominate possession. His turns and twists helps to create attacks which Gana can't do

Audrey Horne wrote:Yeah deffo a no for selling from me. Really like him

Agreed. He has something and I’d like to see him have more time and be given a chance


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wepull wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 10:20 am Should start him instead of Gana against teams where we are expected to dominate possession. His turns and twists helps to create attacks which Gana can't do

So… against no-one then?

He was our best player last night, for me he starts over any of our other CMs except Garner.

Garner>Tim>Armstrong>Rohl>Gueye.

Gueye has been a great servant but his time starting games at this level is gone

You think gana is our worst cm?

Tim played 3 fairly easy passes last night that were either too hard or too soft and lost us the ball.

However everything else he did was Premier League quality. If you play him those 3 bad passes become 2, then 1... He's not going to iron those things out on the bench, and he's done more than enough in every game (apart from Newcastle) to deserve starting every game from here on in.

He won't ever be a brilliant passer, but he doesn't need to be, as he has plenty of other really high quality aspects to his game.

If he just improves his passing 25% over the next year or two you've got a top class CM that we'll struggle to keep hold of.

Absolutely no excuse for him not to be in the starting 11 from here on in.

Sell

brap2 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 24, 2026 10:24 amSell

Agree, in 2-3 years for £85m

Let Gana go in the summer and bring this lad on and see what he can do. He has the raw materials so let's see if he develops.

No point scouring Europe and overpaying for someone who has similar attributes but with a few more years experience.