O’Brien was playing on loan at Swindon 2 years ago, left Palace for buttons.
He had an alright season at Lyon, he’s a prospect. Yes he is 23, wasnt Seamus 22/23 when he broke into our team playing right wing because he wasn’t ready?!
Expectations on these kids are waaaaaay too high is my point. They are no better than the players we have there (who are woeful admittedly) except with the added bonus we could destroy their morale and long term development.
My point is we should NOT be in a position where Dixon, O’Brien, Iroegbhunam are being relied on to drag us out of the mire. It’s entirely unrealistic and unfair on them. Stinks of a club in full crisis. Very similar thing happened at Villa in their relegation year and how many of those kids became established premier league stars?
I get people don’t want to see Young, Keane but the kids are no better. The Rashford shout is properly mental, he was incredibly highly rated at United when he broke through. Yes timing was perfect and he took his opportunity but comparing Dixon to him is madness.