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Estevao did not look PL ready to me. That is the first time I have seen him in action but it looked to me like he still needs to fill out and get more of a feel for the game. I would be tempted to send him to France, Germany or Portugal for a year first if he continues like this is the CWC and pre-season. 

Not saying he looks shit of anything but he looks like he will physically be pocketed by a lot of FB/WB's in the PL on today's viewing. 

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1 hour ago, King Kante said:

Estevao did not look PL ready to me. That is the first time I have seen him in action but it looked to me like he still needs to fill out and get more of a feel for the game. I would be tempted to send him to France, Germany or Portugal for a year first if he continues like this is the CWC and pre-season. 

Not saying he looks shit of anything but he looks like he will physically be pocketed by a lot of FB/WB's in the PL on today's viewing. 

Would rather give him the Nwaneri treatment and have him be in the squad, rotate the main RW for a few games 

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1 hour ago, King Kante said:

Estevao did not look PL ready to me. That is the first time I have seen him in action but it looked to me like he still needs to fill out and get more of a feel for the game. I would be tempted to send him to France, Germany or Portugal for a year first if he continues like this is the CWC and pre-season. 

Not saying he looks shit of anything but he looks like he will physically be pocketed by a lot of FB/WB's in the PL on today's viewing. 

There's no chance of that happening considering the amount we paid. My bigger concern is his desire to playing centrally (he voiced that quite recently). It feel like a lose-lose situation as of now unless he hits the ground running.

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Thought he looked fine. 

He knows he is coming here and playing with that level of player against better competiton is difficult as you rely completely on your own brilliance. 

Will look better here, and we need to give him time to grow into the league. 

Don't know what people are expecting... Messi off the bat? Just not realistic. 

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4 hours ago, Thor said:

Thought he looked fine. 

He knows he is coming here and playing with that level of player against better competiton is difficult as you rely completely on your own brilliance. 

Will look better here, and we need to give him time to grow into the league. 

Don't know what people are expecting... Messi off the bat? Just not realistic. 

Not really expecting Messi off the bat - I really did not say that. However, the Porto players where able to deal with him easily from a physical point of view. My concern is he comes here and gets the Reyes treatment and decides England isn't for him if he comes too early more than anything.

As I said, he looks like he needs to work on the physical side of the game still from my limited 60 mins of watching him - additionally I always say I need to see a player for 10 full games before I make a judgement (although I did not reiterate that above tbf) so my above post of heavily caveated with seeing how he goes over the next three games (as I suspect they will get to the last 16) and any preseason games we have(?) 

He is clearly talented. However, minutes to develop are always important at 18-21 years old so it is an important consideration. 

 

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