Christiffa25
Player Valuation: £35m
Sorry if I'm missing something that's obvious, Christiffa, but how would moving Heitinga on and bringing Alcaraz in enable us to
get Duffy out on loan? And, more to the point, why would you want to?
I like Duffy and I'm hoping our new boss gives him the game time he deserves. We only saw him briefly, but he did OK, imo.
Erm...well maybe my few words didn't explain properly. Basically ment....
Heitinga out - Duffy out on loan
Alcaraz in squad - plus a replacement in for distin (lescott)
Duffy needs games. A good run of them to properly judge him. He's not going to be ahead of jags and distin. We like all others need 4 CB's in the squad. The 4th choice ain't gonna feature much.
Duffy played 3/4 games and looked promising, good in the air and in the tackle, but slow, poor positioning, and needed heitinga telling him what to do, where to be etc. He's not ready for the PL just yet, and after a run of games with us could prove not good enough coming up against quality players. That's not having a go at the lad, it would be a big step.... He needs a 6month/1yr loan playing at a high standard to really access him properly.
People really do jump on our youngsters way to much, how many 20 yr old CB's are there that have broke thru to PL standard? Not many, any that have our top top class ones, which I'm sorry I don't think is Duffy currently.