From what I have seen of Suso I think he could be just as useful to the team as Raheem has been, but what the hell do I know. I'm still surprised he hasn't at least featured on the bench.
Can Suso help the team right now as Raheem has done?
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Yeah, he is.
He can also take on players like a winger, a surprising trait for someone, as Macca says, is a string puller.
yeah im not really sure why he's not getting more game time, by all reports though he's just on the fringe of the first team squad. Maybe the club think he needs to fill out a bit? I think thats why raheems started getting more game time, he's certainly got much better core strength than this time last year
I don't think they have discovered a position for him to play.
His long range passing is better suited to playing as a deep lying midfielder but he doesn't have the strength or tackling. His dribbling and play making is suited to playing on the wing, but he doesn't have the strength and he drifts inside too much (you also lose out on his long range passing). I think they have been waiting for him to fill out, and for it to become obvious where to play him. Playing behind the striker is another option, but again you lose his long range passing and he drifts out of the game sometimes. His talents are obvious though...
His long range passing is better suited to playing as a deep lying midfielder but he doesn't have the strength or tackling. His dribbling and play making is suited to playing on the wing, but he doesn't have the strength and he drifts inside too much (you also lose out on his long range passing). I think they have been waiting for him to fill out, and for it to become obvious where to play him. Playing behind the striker is another option, but again you lose his long range passing and he drifts out of the game sometimes. His talents are obvious though...
Good point.
But in fairness the only way he can build a partnership is by getting more game time.
He can surely have more of a impact from the bench rather than Downing.
Bingo. Though it's currently more in the xavi and/or xabi mould.
Suso albeit raw has traits similar to Iniesta hence the comparison. Suso is more mobile and quicker than both Xavi and Xabi.
Oi, I'm agreeing with you!
Which will mean we'll probably lose him before he really makes it.
Sorry, force of habit.
Precisely he's got a year left on his contract.
I think Suso can make an impact this season. Is his tackling any worse than Shelvey's? As for position, I think the Iniesta comparison is a good one.
I think he's the best youth player I've seen play for us in the past 10 years.
I think he's the best youth player I've seen play for us in the past 10 years.
I think he'll get his chance. I also think he'll fuck it up but that's beside the point.
what have YOU done with optimistic Hansern?
I think it's more about his position. Our midfield isn't as solid these days as it was when we could afford someone like Yossi playing in the hole position (which he only did flittingly anyway), so to accomodate him in the role behind the strikers is a tall ask, especially given the competition. Ideally he'd play deeper but that's near impossible with our lack of strength in there as it is.
He's probably still reeling from watching Lilyhammer.
I think that's only half of it and probably does him a disservice. His touch takes players out the game and gives him the extra yard straight away and then there's his awareness. He's not erratic like your typical winger, especially for his age, he's always looking, always knows where his team mates are and knows when to hold up the play, when to play people in and when to take people on. He's quality.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think his pace is the be all and end all, but it plays a massive part in the effectiveness of a forward. Without it, you need to be really really technically good. Suso has got ability but whether it's enough at this stage to make a similar impact as Sterling (given that hes not got that pace) I'm not sure.
We should play him though. As Sterling has shown, these youngsters need all the experience they can get and his performance against Sunderland was far different from previous, as he's started taking more risks in the final third.
We should play him though. As Sterling has shown, these youngsters need all the experience they can get and his performance against Sunderland was far different from previous, as he's started taking more risks in the final third.
He is indeed. Based on his play versus Toronto I thought he was some distance from being ready for the first team however I couldn't have been more wrong.
I just don't see it. At least, not yet.
Admittedly I've seen little of him but even when I saw him live versus Roma at Fenway over the summer he was completely unremarkable.
Admittedly I've seen little of him but even when I saw him live versus Roma at Fenway over the summer he was completely unremarkable.
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