kiss the crest
Player Valuation: £35m
Has to start tomorrow
Hmm, not sure - whilst both are severely lacking when it comes to the attacking side of the game, they do at least make the effort to progress the ball. Patterson was just playing it straight back to Tarkowski.
Maybe, but I can think of multiple times where, with the opportunity to progress, Jake OBrien has recieved the ball wide, with space in front of him and opted to pass backwards.
Can't remember what game specifically, Brentford maybe, where the crowd collectively groaned when he stopped a promising attack dead.
I don't dislike JOB nor do I think Patterson is a RB I want long term, but I really struggle to see what about his performance this season means he doesn't get any minutes - especially considering we seem reluctant to sell him.
Yeah the apparent refusal to sell him/loan him out in previous windows was strange if he's literally seen as an absolute last resort for Moyes to play - although I believe that in the most recent transfer window it was Patterson's choice to stay here and fight for his place, which would seem quite a strange stance for him given how unenthused Moyes sounds whenever he talks about Patterson. I guess we may find out what's gone on behind the scenes one day but people have been asking the same questions throughout his time here.
Ultimately you'd think it'd be best for all parties to let him move and try to get his career trajectory reset, he's just stagnating here which isn't good for him as a player or a person, although as others have said, he's being paid quite handsomely to do so.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Might this David be of assistance here....?
How do you drop someone that isn’t starting
A clean break in the Summer is looking more and more like the best outcome for all parties. You can't go crying to the media every time you're unhappy, it's damaging to the club's reputation.
These stories are wonderful aren't they, let the world know that you're about to strutt your stuff and go banging down the managers door..
I can just see it now, Patto standing up to the Coffee slurp.
He'll be washing Moyes car for the next 3 months..
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
We'll *for sure* get a RB in the summer.
Patterson will have one year left on his contract. The danger is that he digs in and takes the wage and refuses to move on when (theoretically) he can get a decent signing on fee the following summer.
His agency is co-owned by Paul Dalglish. That feller was an utter bluffer nepo-child who took a load of clubs to the cleaners after he left the likes of Newcastle and Liverpool. He knows the ropes and how to work them to a players benefit at the expense of the club's they're at.
Is he our 3rd or 4th choice rightback at this stage?
