Quote Originally Posted by wiseoldmagpie View Post
Clearly not getting close to the match day squad currently and yet he seemed to gain Kewell's favour initially. I think he is quite a talent and I hope that his competitiveness can be sharpened enough to justify a return to the squad. Get him fitter and muscled up!
I don't think he's the kind of player that's going to get built and I actually don't think he needs to. I have been a big fan of his from the start as I think he's the kind of player that can keep the ball, ghost away from other players in tight spots and a really good passer, the issue has been on his opportunities this season he hasn't been doing that consistently. I thought he was going to be an understudy for Vaughan this season i.e. coming on to replace him after 70 mins and replacing him where games stacked up, but that's gone badly wrong in Vaughan can't get in and TBF Alexandra has made that 3 man centre midfield spot his own at the moment.

I do fear him as I think there's a real talent in there but Kewell obviously isn't seeing enough in games or training to convince him otherwise.