7_Kewell wrote:hmm, Sissoko one of the best in Europe?
The lads nowhere near the likes of Veira yet....but he has the potential to be so in the future. I agree with what has been said, Sissoko does make some dreadful mistakes with his passing....he was awful against Luton. However, he's only going to improve with more 1st team games and for what he lacks in passing awareness, he makes up for with his ability to shake up the opposition midfield. I like him and think that playing alongside the likes of Gearrad and Alonso, he'lll improve.
Cool Hand Luke wrote:Those are very good points about him learning a sense of authority and playing in the reserves and being used sparing in the first team will not do him any harm, but would it not be better for him to be playing “the real thing”. Sissoko is a long term project, and that why putting him in the reserves is not so farcical, but I believe it is better for his development to have him closer to the first team. Having him start 60/70 % of first team games will help him much more than playing in the reserves, if that was going to happen then it should have happened in the first month or so.
I think Rafa is handling his development about right, I personally don like to see players spending too much time in the reserves, if you watch the games they really are of a low standard, and you can see why 90% of the players don’t make it at Premiership teams.
On the flip side, would we really be in a position not to have him playing in the first team? If he wasn’t we would be missing certain qualities that the others don’t really give us, so from a team point of view it makes sense to play him more regularly.
stmichael wrote:7_Kewell wrote:hmm, Sissoko one of the best in Europe?
The lads nowhere near the likes of Veira yet....but he has the potential to be so in the future. I agree with what has been said, Sissoko does make some dreadful mistakes with his passing....he was awful against Luton. However, he's only going to improve with more 1st team games and for what he lacks in passing awareness, he makes up for with his ability to shake up the opposition midfield. I like him and think that playing alongside the likes of Gearrad and Alonso, he'lll improve.
Exactly. Before we all talk about Momo being the next Vieira, why don't we start with Gerrard being the next Vieira and work from there.
No need to put heeps of pressure on Sissoko, especially as he's only 20 years old. He has the luxury of learning in England next to two of the best, if not the two best central midfielders in the Premiership.
Incidentally who's Gearrad?
dawson99 wrote:actually, its funny how many people asy sissoko is now playing like Viera did in his first season. if u rememebr back viwera was all legs and bad tackles with that edge in his first season, which momo has now got.
im not saying they are the same, but there is a similarity u cant ignore in first seasons comparatively
stu_the_red wrote:Cool Hand Luke wrote:Those are very good points about him learning a sense of authority and playing in the reserves and being used sparing in the first team will not do him any harm, but would it not be better for him to be playing “the real thing”. Sissoko is a long term project, and that why putting him in the reserves is not so farcical, but I believe it is better for his development to have him closer to the first team. Having him start 60/70 % of first team games will help him much more than playing in the reserves, if that was going to happen then it should have happened in the first month or so.
I think Rafa is handling his development about right, I personally don like to see players spending too much time in the reserves, if you watch the games they really are of a low standard, and you can see why 90% of the players don’t make it at Premiership teams.
On the flip side, would we really be in a position not to have him playing in the first team? If he wasn’t we would be missing certain qualities that the others don’t really give us, so from a team point of view it makes sense to play him more regularly.
Listen lad, stop arguing...
No seriously....
The real thing, do you not think that he's more likely to have a poor game in the first team? If he's having a bad game and plays a shocking pass and gives a goal away, Gerrard or Carra scream at him, don't you think that would effect his confidence? I certainly do. He's not a Fowler, Rooney or Owen standard player. He's not one of them who's going to impress everyone 19 times out of 20. He could be better than the likes of Barton and Parker in a few years though and become a really good squad player.
People in general don't mature properly till about twenty-two or twenty-three. For me he should DEFINATELY be around the first team, however i just feel for confidence and full development reasons he shouldn't be a regular as yet.
I'd rather have a better player in there, IE Ballack or Joaquin. As i've said many times, i like him, he's going to be a good player, he's never going to be a Vieira or Gerrard, he's not that good but he's not bad at all.
It makes me laugh though when people say he's amoungst the best in the country.
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