kenada_blue
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About the same level as playing Kean
thanks for signing tho lad
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About the same level as playing Kean
kenada_blue
Welcome to Barcelonaton FC
Not saying he's no good. But sitting on the bench and not playing doesn't benefit him or us
Blue Shoes
Player Valuation: £10m
He's only 20 though, we paid a big fee in the hope of getting loads of years out of him. At 20 you can still learn a lot from training, coaching and just examining the game.
iamEverton
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Might need a loan spell.
I would love to hear the justification from the fans that want to see this guy permanently sold. You don't sign a promising youth player and then give him one year of occasional playing time to decide that he has no future.
Did you know he only played 834 Premier League minutes last year? That's the equivalent of less than 10 games. So you want to decide that he's no good after only getting 10 games of PL experience? As a 19/20-year-old??
For comparison, DCL's first year getting major minutes was when he was also 19/20 years old, in 2017-18. He got 1,873 league minutes and scored 4 goals - a similar goal return to Kean last year in terms of minutes/goal. The next season (2018-19), he got 1,774 minutes, scoring 6 goals. Then last year, he finally blossomed, getting 2,630 league minutes and scoring 13 goals during the season when he was 22/23 years old. DCL got plenty of time to develop and gain experience, and look how it's paying off.
I would also point out that Kean has had the unfortunate pleasure of getting most of his minutes waiting for chances to be created from teammates likes Tom Davies, Theo Walcott, Gylfi, etc. He deserves to get some real time on the field with James and Richy and our new competent players to see if he can cut it.
(Let me also point out that Tom Davies has gotten more than 6,000 Premier League minutes over the past handful of years, and despite the fact that he's never shown any signs of growth, people still want to give him more time to prove himself.)
If we think Kean's development would be helped by a loan, then I'm all for that. But to sell this guy would be crazy, unless we're talking significant profit. What's the point in making large investments in players with big potential if you don't keep them long enough to prove themselves? Doesn't the fact that Juve want him back tell you something?
I have a suspicion there are other factors at play here in terms of why some of our fans aren't willing to give him a chance. But I don't think it's fair to judge a 20-year-old based on such little playing time in a new league and new country.
Minutes and goals statistics were pulled from transfermarkt.com.
Did you know he only played 834 Premier League minutes last year? That's the equivalent of less than 10 games. So you want to decide that he's no good after only getting 10 games of PL experience? As a 19/20-year-old??
For comparison, DCL's first year getting major minutes was when he was also 19/20 years old, in 2017-18. He got 1,873 league minutes and scored 4 goals - a similar goal return to Kean last year in terms of minutes/goal. The next season (2018-19), he got 1,774 minutes, scoring 6 goals. Then last year, he finally blossomed, getting 2,630 league minutes and scoring 13 goals during the season when he was 22/23 years old. DCL got plenty of time to develop and gain experience, and look how it's paying off.
I would also point out that Kean has had the unfortunate pleasure of getting most of his minutes waiting for chances to be created from teammates likes Tom Davies, Theo Walcott, Gylfi, etc. He deserves to get some real time on the field with James and Richy and our new competent players to see if he can cut it.
(Let me also point out that Tom Davies has gotten more than 6,000 Premier League minutes over the past handful of years, and despite the fact that he's never shown any signs of growth, people still want to give him more time to prove himself.)
If we think Kean's development would be helped by a loan, then I'm all for that. But to sell this guy would be crazy, unless we're talking significant profit. What's the point in making large investments in players with big potential if you don't keep them long enough to prove themselves? Doesn't the fact that Juve want him back tell you something?
I have a suspicion there are other factors at play here in terms of why some of our fans aren't willing to give him a chance. But I don't think it's fair to judge a 20-year-old based on such little playing time in a new league and new country.
Minutes and goals statistics were pulled from transfermarkt.com.
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
Be interesting to see what game times he gets tonight, if its zero i think his days are numbered
kenada_blue
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Trust me...they don't
Kenshin
Player Valuation: £40m
Reckon he starts tbh
Fustrating because I back him a lot but he isn't showing anything to prove that blind faith!
Just one good half , that's all I ask to keep believing
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