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I sincerely hope Carlo know of this. Josh is already being likened to Wilshere (a regular at Arsenal). The boy deserves a Premier League start now!

The sole reason Ancelotti was hired was for the Champions League. The sooner we win that, the sooner the board can find an excellent long-term manager with his new, fresh, squad.

Just started watching now (69minutes gone) Kalou just missed a sitter & Drogba looks to have woken up..

Yeah agree with everything.. His age shouldn't matter now, 17 he may be, but with his talent it is irrelevant.

Josh McEachran? Na, but if it works, it works

Drogba, Kalou & Essien all playing tonight.

Kalou as a playmaker? :mellow:

Oh ok! But isn't that sort of pointless? From what I remember we've got a pretty hectic pre-season this summer, good for him to get experience?

This title is so misleading it's astonishing. He simply means, by history, they're a bigger club. I don't think anyone can argue otherwise, Liverpool are a global brand that's been around for years, courtesy of their triumphs in Europe. He's simply trying to cool the bad blood between the Liverpool fans Exactly!

so true..

This was so worth the 1000th post of this thread

Yeah, exactly what I mean there! No-one expecting him to be a full-time squad player, but something like ^ that couldn't hurt.

Question is, will they work well together? Though if Hiddink is taking over from Arnesen's role, then hopefully we'll see more youth emerge into the first team

Do the Sun think we're fucking Real Madrid?

Yes, good point there. However I fail to write him off. There was, understandably, a lot of hype for him here because he'd demonstrated great skill on the ball and looked like he could walk into the squad. Of course, we can't judge him yet, but yes he hasn't grasped his chances properly as such. However the difference between him and Josh is. Josh has demonstrated he is more than capable when he comes on. So Carlo should use this, right?

No I'm simply addressing those who come in this thread without reading the points first and understanding this isn't knee-jerking. I even thought the notion of sacking Carlo was invalid, but having read the points I see where they're coming from. My point of view depends on when we rebuild the squad. I'd like Carlo to stay until then because when the time comes for rebuilding I'd like our next long-term manager to have his squad. With this squad, I want Carlo here. I actually wasn't fussed about Kalou for Torres by the way But even with the Villa example I don't think anyone would've looked to Josh as being responsible. We would've appreciated him trying something new and positive for the club in the direction we want them to head. I know in hindsight this seems a bit fake, but I genuinely believe this Sigh, no. We are not plastic fans. This thread is proof of this..

I urge you read the points please.

Loan him out where in the summer? All seasons will be finished?

But you must understand his point? Example; Lampard was poor on Sunday, lost the ball a lot and couldn't keep up the pace. Why did Carlo not recognise this and throw on Josh? Especially when we went a goal down. He would've been the most logical replacement. Just imagine he was 19 (since age is a big factor for some people) and take into account his skill and maturity levels

Yeah we heard the scousers more than the home ones :unsure:

Arnesen's policy is always to send them out on loan, never pushing to have them start off in the squad then working up. Like McEachran is. He's been training with the first team for the whole season so he has an understanding with them. To send him out on loan now would be foolish, to say the least.

But why is it referred to as "rushing" if we're running out of ideas in the creative department and we look to someone with a different take to the game for inspiration? No-one's saying he should be a full-time starter, but we're saying perhaps and few starts to let him shine would help. I don't buy the myth anymore that he's too young, after all, it is about quality not quantity (age in this case). There are plenty of players who started their careers at young ages like this, look at Wilshere, Rodwell, Welbeck or even Lampard (who became a regular at 19 for West Ham United). McEachra has shown the skill and quality of someone twice his age, so why not give him the chance to show this on a longer basis. Whatever we're doing now is not working effectively and as mentioned having a thin squad doesn't help. So this urban legend we were going to use the youth might as well come into play now.

Haha I still maintain the KID can play at this level of the game - Especially when he out-does Mikel/Essien

No that's just Wenger's version of the Premier League But that still a pointless argument, we know Josh is more than capable of handling himself out there, he's done it against bigger defenders than him and still come away with the ball. This kid took on Chris Samba

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