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It seems to me like very often people always think the way young players are being treated is the wrong way it doesn’t matter what it is. If they play all the time like Gordon and Davies did then we’re asking too much of them and putting them under too much pressure people will say we’re throwing them in. If they come in and out of the team like Patterson then they should be playing every week and we don’t trust them enough it’s never just that they aren’t playing well enough the club has to be doing something wrong.
Oh ok I might have got the wrong idea I’m sorry. I also want to say though I don’t just mean whether people think they should play for Everton or not I mean the whole development thing in total so if somebody isn’t playing a lot people say he’ll never get better if he doesn’t play either loan him or play him but if they do play and don’t do well then they say we’ve thrown them in and people are expecting too much and they aren’t getting enough support. It’s just armchair experts I suppose.
I would think we can only talk from a macro view myself I wouldn’t be so bold as to pretend I had any idea what the best way to develop an individual player I’ve never met would be!I get what you’re saying from a macro point of view - I was very critical of how we treated Gordon, i.e. put to much responsibility on him for his developmental needs.
But it more about individual profile, Gordon needed support, not responsibility, he got that at Newcastle and is thriving. That was his developmental need.
Patterson, individually I feel, has ability and tools that if honed and applied, should see him as a very good PL player. Yet there are deficiencies in the nuts and bolts of his game, decision making and systemic defending - I think that only improves with constant repetition in match expierence in a game with jeopardy.
His best run in my opinion was under Lampard at the start of last season, until injury, I saw him grow, game on game - I feel he needs that now he needs that run of games p, he needs the experience, he’s never had it in his career and I fear without it he will just stagnate.
That said, if Dyche is good at anything it’s producing defenders - so hopefully my shout on a loan is wrong!
Overall though, while I take on board your point on development - I do feel you may be generalising from a macro point of view a bit, I think lads developing have different needs and that’s ok, Gordon needed support and less responsibility to develop, Patterson needs more games and experience in my opinion - I think lads can have different needs and they can be judged on individual profile rather then just applying generally.
No that would be making up his weekly wage and add-ons
I hear he's making as much as James Rodriguez and he doesn't even play!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
And claiming after 1000 posts that contradict it that you “like the lad”
"Effing hate him and hope he breaks his legs just cuz he's from the blue team in Glasgow and from Scotland not Ireland, the useless little knobgoblin. Unworthy of kicking a ball despite having quite a few good games now and please give us more pensioners and I insist he should be 1523th choice behind the canteen lady.
