Weir is an interesting one. Always really impressed with him and certainly looked a level above the kids. There's a tendency to go 'player A and B had minutes last season so are more likely to play than players Y and Z'. Examples would be Peupion and Ayari. The reason they played was because...
Exactly, nobody is saying he gets a place in the squad but given his skillset, and his reasonably successful loan, of course RDZ is going to want a close look at him over the summer.
Moder would have to be a named player in the squads so it will be a big month or two for him to be afforded that given the number of over 21s we have and that our targets seems slightly older this summer.
Yup. Milner too. And that's without any signings. Kudus will play CM for instance.
It's not a criticism of the younger players but some who featured last year will have to go on loan unless we think a few hundred minutes of football is good enough for their development next term
He also said (maybe Leicester press conference) he wasn't sure if it was better to play lots of games on loan or play fewer games but be at Brighton. Different attitude it seems.
Disagree. Key attributes to play the pivot role in an RDZ team are technical- first touch, short passing and mental- positioning, work rate. Alzate could definitely contribute. That's why Gross has looked so effective there when he has played but struggled as a deep CM under Potter. There's more...