Congratulations Ademola Lookman

Not in the team, or even on the bench tonight...........injured or going ???

Sage said:

golfaddick said:

Not in the team, or even on the bench tonight...........injured or going ???

Yes Golfie, see above mate. And no, he isn’t injured, just not included in the squad at all. Surely has leaving written all over it with how public Leipzig have been about wanting him back.

Everton are saying he has a groin strain, but expect he'll be off by Friday.

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guinnessaddick said:

21 today.

Let's hope he celebrates with a hat trick tomorrow against Palarse !!

Brilliant assist for Evertons first goal.

Great delivery and those two goals poetic justice for Zaha's cheating.

How on earth doesn't he get more minutes.

Changed the game.

Ademola contributed more in 10 minutes than Walcott and Bernard combined achieved in the previous 80.

What does the lad need to do to get more game time ?

In a parallel universe, investment came in after promotion from league 1 with Powell, we went up through the play offs and (arguably) the two best youngsters in the PL - Ade and Joe G - call The Valley home.

And we bought back Shelvey and took Zaha off Palace who we beat in the play offs on the way up

And our away numbers are impressive ....ok I’ve gone a bit too far now

Lookman was class when he came on and needs to be given a chance and I am sure he won’t disappoint. He is better than so many other players his age and really ought to be pushing for an England call up. I am certain he would be if he went to RB Leipzig. If he’s not playing much come January, he needs to leave.

Doomer Jon said:

Sage said:

Lookman was class when he came on and needs to be given a chance and I am sure he won’t disappoint. He is better than so many other players his age and really ought to be pushing for an England call up. I am certain he would be if he went to RB Leipzig. If he’s not playing much come January, he needs to leave.

Agree. Typical foreign Prem Manager - looking to buy rather than look at what he has got. If you can cut it at Bundesliga then can cut it in Prem.

Huddersfield yesterday were a pub team full of two Bob foreigners - easily better players in Championship.

Burnley are a perfect example of the latter part of your comment... they may be struggling at the moment yet the spine of their team that got them into Europe was built on Championship players

Same with Fulham... Struggling at the moment yet listening to BBC Radio London on the way home on Saturday, they couldnt understand how they'd ripped apart their promotion winning team for foreign players who arent much better than what they've already got

ForeverAddickted said:

Doomer Jon said:

Sage said:

Lookman was class when he came on and needs to be given a chance and I am sure he won’t disappoint. He is better than so many other players his age and really ought to be pushing for an England call up. I am certain he would be if he went to RB Leipzig. If he’s not playing much come January, he needs to leave.

Agree. Typical foreign Prem Manager - looking to buy rather than look at what he has got. If you can cut it at Bundesliga then can cut it in Prem.

Huddersfield yesterday were a pub team full of two Bob foreigners - easily better players in Championship.

Burnley are a perfect example of the latter part of your comment... they may be struggling at the moment yet the spine of their team that got them into Europe was built on Championship players

Same with Fulham... Struggling at the moment yet listening to BBC Radio London on the way home on Saturday, they couldnt understand how they'd ripped apart their promotion winning team for foreign players who arent much better than what they've already got

I had high hopes (and a soft spot) for Fulham, but they are getting exposed big style at the minute.

If you are letting in four goals at Cardiff, then you are going to struggle to stay up, as Cardiff look to me like a Derby County style side from 2008ish, who were hopeless.

Like you say, why not stick with the players that got them there? Surely the cohesion and understanding that they have, would work in their favour.

On another note, I hear that Ruben Loftus Cheek is now looking for a loan move in January – what a waste of six months for him. Similar story for him though, in that can anybody really say that Kovavic is that much a better player than him? If he was that good, then Madrid wouldn’t let him out for a year.