Highbury Hillbilly wrote:Clarkey T wrote:Crystal Palace should come in for him, Pat Vieira seems to get youngsters playing good football and there are probably a few quality players like Reiss who are floating around reserve teams but possibly have the quality to excel if given the chance.
Agreed, I don't think Nelson will get any more time here than what Pepe's gotten. Saka is too good to bench.
We need to be careful about overplaying Saka, we don't want him to get the blight of injuries. We are a big club, next season we will hopefully be fighting on four fronts including the CL, we need quality players in the squad, if we lose Saka we will be screwed.
That said, I don't think Nelson is the answer at all, I mean, look at the quality of opposition he has been scoring/assisting against, AZ Alkmaar, Heracles Almelo, FC Utrecht, Fortuna Sittard. In Europe he got goal contributions against Maccabi Haifa, Partizan Belgrade, Slavia Prague and a sole assist against Marseille. There is nothing there that makes you sit up and take notice.