It will be interesting.
, and you may well be right that a loan might be the best option. So far FH has ‘trusted’ him enough to bring him on in both PL games, so he must see something.Peupion has now been given first team football by Potter, De Zerbi AND Hurzeler.
This with bells on!
Maybe he will surprise us all and be a Gyokeres. But I suspect he will be a Shamir Fenelon (no insights on whether he'll change his name or not though).
Crucially, Gyokeres predicted his progress. If Peupion has the same attitude/work rate/ability then he'll be fine. That's the X Factor. Right now he looks absolutely useless but nobody knows for certain whether he'll progress because nobody is pretending to know about the lad.
Honestly, I reckon Peupion will end up back in Oz never to be heard of again.
You know your Swedes. Did you see much in Gyokeres in his Albion days? maybe worth a vlog ? (thank me later )
He appears to have an eye for making goals
I said he'd turn into a player for "one of the big five leagues but maybe not PL". Not so much based on his appearances for Brighton, but because he is a super professional with a lot of confidence, and those usually make their way to the top.
The broad point is not to judge a player on a game (although I'll make an exception for Jay Williams). Weir is 22, and isn't going to have a PL career.
Agree - Ayari ran about a lot and didnt impress for me. Seems my view and our new manager's are different, and he is probably the better judge!!
I said when I started this thread in 2023 (which was weirdly merged under your 2020 post announcing his move from Oz!) that he would debut/have match time with the first team last year.
It was obvious to me what qualities he had by watching him play for the U’s but it’s a big step up in terms of pace and intensity from PL2 to the PL as we know.
Well, there you go.
I rather get Fati back for another season under Fab.I said when I started this thread in 2023 (which was weirdly merged under your 2020 post announcing his move from Oz!) that he would debut/have match time with the first team last year.
Three managers (Potter, RDZ and FB) as did Lallana, have now seen his potential (not just in his ‘professionalism’ and commitment but in his football too) and given him time with the first team. (I thought he did ok in Roma btw). His loan to Cheltenham was an abject failure - not least because I think he’s better than 3rd tier football but also Clarke’s changes to Cheltenham after Elliot was sacked, basically froze Peupion out of the starting line ups. It was also a great shame RDZ didn’t release him for the Olympic call up too with the Olyroos - because he was needed to help cover injuries for us at the end of last season - that also would have been great experience.
He’d perhaps benefit from another loan (maybe to Celtic?) or at least one of the European leagues that could toughen/bulk him up a bit.
Not given up on him yet but he’s now 21 so this season could be career defining.
I wouldn’t. Complete waste of money through no real fault of Fati..
