He can't like playing for us. He plays well then gets dropped.

He looked good yesterday, neat and tidy passing in tight areas and didn’t give the ball away. The pass to Bats was a thing of beauty. I really hope he doesn’t get dropped.

I agree. When Milivojevic is up to speed and fully fit that should be our centre mid.

He cannot possibly be dropped after his performance yesterday. It was the one positive to come out of the game.

You are certainly correct, however I fear for his place though. I don't think Roy rates him as much as McCarthy. He's a much better footballer though.

The risk to Jairo is that the central two of McArthur and Jairo didn't really work, coupled with the 442 formation (if that's really what it was considering Wilf was rarely central enough) not working yesterday. If Roy goes back to a central 3 he has historically preferred the box to box of McArthur and the strength of Schluup along side a 'ball winner' which often leaves Jairo as the odd one out.

Yeah, I would like to see something close to a 433 with Jairo and Luka applying the shield with Eze in front of him. Schlupp can provide lots of competition to Townsend.

Potter was keen to take Jairo to Swansea. Hope he enjoyed that performance. :)

He must be on a wedge he can’t get anywhere else, otherwise he’d have been off. The type of footballer that i like to watch. The best passer in the club by a mile.

Kind of, but they didn't really play through us in the middle. Most of their success came from going wide and attacking our full-backs because we always set up to defend narrow.

He's our only midfielder with a bit of composure. Several times he received the ball and didn't immediately look to get rid of it. Instead he looked up and took a second to pick the right pass or move the ball forward himself before releasing a teammate. And he usually made the right decision. Hopefully he keeps his place in the side.

Agree he should keep his place. It was a big match for him and I think he came out of it very well. There were a couple of moments that will be pointed out this week in the reviews that he needs to tighten up on but it was overall very good. Really pleased for him. I have always liked him but TBF I don't think he was worth a starting place until around his left back appearances and he has improved his game significantly. Certainly upped the tempo and impact. I watch the U23 streams whenever available and although you could see he was often the most capable player he didn't make that count. Then, I think he finally heard what was being asked of him and started to boss games and then his LB chance appeared and he took that well.

He has until Xmas to prove himself I reckon.

It’s great news that he’s been given a chance ahead of Luka. Hope he continues to play well because he certainly has more talent and capability on the ball than the Maccas or Luka.

Jairo has been ready for a year. Really hope he gets a run.
Build your team around Jairo, Eze and Zaha.

Totally agree happy Arthur..

He's tremendously entertaining. In short supply.

He is entertaining like watching a boxer who can punch but has a glass jaw !

Every time the ball was played to him in a tight area I feared hed get robbed but he seems to be a bit bulkier than last season and shielded the ball well. He also didnt play quick passes for the sake of playing quick passes which he was guilty of before.

He is entertaining and thats probably why Roy will drop him

I don't think he will. Jairo hasn't shown the ability or that he is better than other options until now. If he continues to then I think he will keep his place.

Agree - all the evidence from pre season was that JW was the chosen CM alongside one or other of the Macs (Luka is clearly out of favour a bit at the moment) but his late injury created the opportunity for both Macs to play, and play well initially.

:p