2021/22 Nathan Patterson

[diggerdestroyer]

You’re getting blinkered off the back of a few games. Maybe Kenny at 24 improves under lampard and really raises his game. But you can count on one hand how many good games he’s had in 5yrs.

And Coleman has had a really poor season and was part of the defence that crumbled v Newcastle. Huge gamble going into next season with them 2

No way are either good enough. 2 had excellent performances against leeds but we are complete rubbish for last 4 years due having this standard in the starting 11.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Has anyone seen him play?

Yes

He's got lots of promise and should hopefully develop into a good player for us

What he needs now is to start getting some minutes so he can adapt to the League, even if it's just 10-15 off the bench each week

The ability is there, he just needs to be acclimatised

 

[TheNinja]

You dont learn at FF, you learn in game on a competitive match day.

And in answer to your other question: Coleman is far from decrepit. He's just put in three 90 minute performances in 8 days.

Coleman must be extremely unprofessional then as he's been playing horrendously for the last couple of years and then can suddenly produce 3 'quality' performances out of the blue...

Why do clubs strive for the best coaches if they make no difference to player development?

 

[TheNinja]

Plus... If he goes out on loan next season he'll nearly be 22 when he comes back. Most top clubs young players will already have 50 premier league games under their belt by that age.

As a highly promising full international player that has experience of playing in European club competition (Not to mention the players and managers that have seen him play and train who say he's already excellent at attacking and 'very solid' at defending), I firmly believe he should be with us next season, learning from the coach, manager and better quality of players, both with and against. Coleman is holding us back now, as great a servant as he's been. Teams know we only have attacking strength on one side and as soon as he's pressed he hasn't got the ability on the ball to cope.

 

[Stephenlloyd]

No way are either good enough. 2 had excellent performances against leeds but we are complete rubbish for last 4 years due having this standard in the starting 11.

This is what happens with some of our fans after a good result. Gomes was back to his best, whatever that is after Brentford. That didn’t last long.

Frank will obviously give all the players a chance, but he’s not stupid, there’s a reason this bunch have been mid table for years.

 

[Debunkology]

Coleman must be extremely unprofessional then as he's been playing horrendously for the last couple of years and then can suddenly produce 3 'quality' performances out of the blue...

As we're seen with Gomes, the type of football we're willing to play has a huge influence on getting the best out of players.

 

[davek]

As long as you have the inside track Dave I shall not comment. Keep us informed.

It's not exactly inside track when the manager said it all.

 

[Dublin blue 75]

Lampard managed to unearth a gem in giving Reece James a chance during his tenure at Chelsea (their youngest CL scorer at 20 in that time also so he will back youth when it deserves it). No reason to believe he wont have the same approach resulting in opportunities for one or both of our young full backs over the remainder of this season.

The presence of Ashley Cole on the training ground adds further strength to the view that Lampard assessed the existing squad options on joining, identified two new raw full backs and brought Cole onto his team just after he himself was confirmed.

 

[Stephenlloyd]

As we're seen with Gomes, the type of football we're willing to play has a huge influence on getting the best out of players.

Apart from the Newcastle game

 

[davek]

Coleman must be extremely unprofessional then as he's been playing horrendously for the last couple of years and then can suddenly produce 3 'quality' performances out of the blue...

Why do clubs strive for the best coaches if they make no difference to player development?

Coaches make a difference to players with the tools to do a job. Patterson is going to have to be practically built into a defender. You cant reach this level and not have that ability in place for coaches to refine and tweak. We cant be doing that. His development has to go the way of Coleman, Barkley et al...into the level below and teach him the basics.

 

[davek]

Completely mugged we were for his signature.

Alan Hutton told Football Insider’s Russell Edge: “£12million plus add-ons is huge money for a boy that has come through the academy. It’s excellent it’ll keep them going. “If you go back to previous players, who would have thought that it would have been Nathan Patterson. You think of Morelos, Kent, Kamara, these sort of guys. But Everton put their hand in their pocket and were willing to stump up a massive fee."

That club is a stain on football and we handed them profitability. Unbelievable.

 

[laudo9]

Completely mugged we were for his signature.

Alan Hutton told Football Insider’s Russell Edge: “£12million plus add-ons is huge money for a boy that has come through the academy. It’s excellent it’ll keep them going. “If you go back to previous players, who would have thought that it would have been Nathan Patterson. You think of Morelos, Kent, Kamara, these sort of guys. But Everton put their hand in their pocket and were willing to stump up a massive fee."

That club is a stain on football and we handed them profitability. Unbelievable.

I love that it gets under your skin !!
The Trolls being trolled by a 20 year old Rangers fanatic!!
Karma's a bitch!!... Ehh? ?

 

[Nymzee]

Completely mugged we were for his signature.

Alan Hutton told Football Insider’s Russell Edge: “£12million plus add-ons is huge money for a boy that has come through the academy. It’s excellent it’ll keep them going. “If you go back to previous players, who would have thought that it would have been Nathan Patterson. You think of Morelos, Kent, Kamara, these sort of guys. But Everton put their hand in their pocket and were willing to stump up a massive fee."

That club is a stain on football and we handed them profitability. Unbelievable.

Your hatred for all things Rangers/Scotland/Nathan Patterson is bordering on obsessive. Who gives a toss what Alan Hutton has to say? You know he's ex-Rangers right so thought you'd ignore everything he said.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Completely mugged we were for his signature.

Alan Hutton told Football Insider’s Russell Edge: “£12million plus add-ons is huge money for a boy that has come through the academy. It’s excellent it’ll keep them going. “If you go back to previous players, who would have thought that it would have been Nathan Patterson. You think of Morelos, Kent, Kamara, these sort of guys. But Everton put their hand in their pocket and were willing to stump up a massive fee."

That club is a stain on football and we handed them profitability. Unbelievable.

Weird.

Everton paid a fee which has really helped Rangers out and for that alone, you're absolutely hounding the lad.

Get a grip, dave.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

The awareness of flick.
The pace to get forward.
The pin point cross.

I also really like how in a massive, massive game for Scotland - with nerves jangling - he made it count with a MOTM display to get them to a World Cup play-off place.

Left footed finish for opener;



He then made the assist for the second;



We don't currently have a full back capable of doing all of the above, IMO.

The lad turned 20 a few months back, just moved to the Prem - hasn't kicked a ball for Everton yet and we have people on his case already?! Wtf is that all about...