It's just hard to see where he's going to fit in, or do well. You need pace in this game, especially as a wide player. It's all very well having talent but if you haven't got the phyicality or the speed, you're going to struggle as a wide player. Jota was the same, although Buendia is better than him.
I think the perceived lack of 'quickness of thought' is most likely down to a lack of confidence and assuredness in the system he's playing. He's not a 'slow' player. Watching his footage from Norwich, in a team he was very comfortable playing in, you can see that's not a permanent feature of his play. If he's still looking this lost within the formation in 5-6 months, then criticism will be fair enough - just think it'll take a while for him (and the rest of our attacking midfielders) to understand where his creative options will be based on how Gerrard wants to set up. Until this point, we've had no real recognisable patterns of play in how we attack this season - which is not great for trying to integrate several new attacking players.
How is he stronger than he looks? Is he just getting knocked off the ball constantly as a bet then?! 🤷
I don’t think he was that poor on Saturday either and is a useful player but not a £35 million player that’s the problemHis best football was at Norwich in the championship when they came up for that one season he went missing for a year which is a major concern then regained his form back in the championship for themThe coaching team will hopefully make him sharper and quicker in thought and we might get the player we were hoping we bought, I don’t think he will be a outright dismal failure like say N’zogbia McCormack HuttonBut whether he will live up to his pricetag remains to be seen but he will be given every chance I’m sure