He's not good enough. Yet. Should be on the bench, not starting.
He's a young player, doing well. This experience will do him the world of good. Of course he's inconsistent at times, that's almost inevitable but he shows some real promise.
I haven’t got a clue what we are trying to do in midfield, absolutely no shape or structure and made worse by our wide men running down cul de sacs whilst our centre forward is being marked out the game.You can hardly blame Ramsey for the malaise.Just before he got pulled we had a break with Ramsey carrying the ball, Watkins made a poor run should have pulled wider, Ramsey passed the ball, Watkins mis- controlled it, shouted at Ramsey and then Smith subbed him.Great way to build a youngsters confidence.
He struggled last night as did pretty much the entire team so I wouldn't single him out.I'm not convinced that loaning him out is the answer - a lot would depend on where he went, the quality of the coaching (and environment) and how he might be used.Keinan Davis needs to play a lot of competitive football in part for his development and in part to allow for a meaningful assessment of what he offers, i.e. how good he will be. With Ramsey, I think it is clear he is going to be a good/very good player so it is more about mapping his development.Being in and around our first team, particularly as we increase the quality through recruitment might well serve him better than playing 40+ games for a Championship side with little constructive coaching. As we know the Championship is: Prepare-Play-Recover (repeat). I'm not sure a season of that is better long-term than being involved in the Villa first team squad.
Quote from: ChicagoLion on March 13, 2021, 09:15:08 AMI haven’t got a clue what we are trying to do in midfield, absolutely no shape or structure and made worse by our wide men running down cul de sacs whilst our centre forward is being marked out the game.You can hardly blame Ramsey for the malaise.Just before he got pulled we had a break with Ramsey carrying the ball, Watkins made a poor run should have pulled wider, Ramsey passed the ball, Watkins mis- controlled it, shouted at Ramsey and then Smith subbed him.Great way to build a youngsters confidence.Yes, I'm a big fan of Watkins but that was poor of him - both his run, that should have been out wide not narrow, and his reaction.
Quote from: Flamingo Lane on March 13, 2021, 02:46:37 PMQuote from: ChicagoLion on March 13, 2021, 09:15:08 AMI haven’t got a clue what we are trying to do in midfield, absolutely no shape or structure and made worse by our wide men running down cul de sacs whilst our centre forward is being marked out the game.You can hardly blame Ramsey for the malaise.Just before he got pulled we had a break with Ramsey carrying the ball, Watkins made a poor run should have pulled wider, Ramsey passed the ball, Watkins mis- controlled it, shouted at Ramsey and then Smith subbed him.Great way to build a youngsters confidence.Yes, I'm a big fan of Watkins but that was poor of him - both his run, that should have been out wide not narrow, and his reaction.Completely disagree. He played a bad pass, around 10 seconds too late.
It’s a common call on here when a young player isn’t quite delivering, loan him out that will fix it.