I’m really concerned by people’s expectations of this kid. He’s a teenage centre half, he has an awful lot to learn and he will make mistakes and people are going to have to be ready for that. I hope he gets lots of game time but people expecting him to come in and be an instant upgrade are going to need to be a bit more patient.
People saying they’ll except mistakes by a CB that lead to defeats are telling lies.
We can’t except that and wouldn’t be fair on him either.
Also no pre season. Don’t see him playing much before Christmas earliest.
Gotta remember Saliba is a kid still. Can get away with playing them in attacking positions, but not at CB. Unless he is utterly years above his age, I can’t see him starting too many games.
If anything he’s on level terms with Holding.
Mustafi, Papa, Luiz and Chambers are better than Saliba at the moment.
No point rushing him in. He’ll get wrecked and potentially cost us points.
Hey. Chambers came back from Fulham a new man. Was awesome in the opening game against Newcastle. Done a job when called upon thereafter. Think he had one average game against Liverpool (?).
But yeah big fan but I think the latest ACL could fuck him up.
Yep, he’s got me bang to rights. Can’t remember when it was exactly, I’ve a feeling it was not long after he came back from injury and wasn’t looking great.
Probably a healthy amount of wanting to wind Calum up in there to be fair