Ditto

When his contract up?

July ‘22

Ok thanks..I know there’s a few up. Vicente seems to be most urgent. We should be talking now as he will be able to speak with clubs 8-10 weeks.

Why ? Roy clearly trusts Jairo now & I’d put McCarthy next to him but means dropping Macca:frown:

That is the problem, I think Roy will play 2 out of McCarthy. Macca, Luka, so where will he fit in?

I would be surprised if he dropped him while keeping the 4 in midfield; if he went back to a 3 in centre then it wouldn't be such a surprise to see a change in personnel accompany the change in formation.

I like jairo alot and it's obvious he has been brought up the right way at Ajax ..but are we putting a bit to much pressure on him..it shows how poor we are when we have the ball ..how excited everyone is after one good showing from jairo. Saying that if we set up like we do giving the opposition 70%percent of the ball no matter if it's Brighton or Liverpool it's no wonder the players have no confidence when they see the ball..I thought this season our ball retention would improve..but it hasn't at all and again we look happy with two banks of four totally isolating the pair up front.. back to the point IMO jairo is a step forward but he needs someone in the whole(EZE) to link up with then we will have a link between the midfield through to the likes of bats,Zaha how Roy can not see this I don't know the gap between our two center midfield and the strikers is ridiculous

Thing is that the two strikers need to exploit that space. Space is a good thing for forwards, and bad for defenders.

El aguila as I've said before Eze would be perfect for for michy he would thrive on the clever little balls into him in the box ..we should be building a progressive young team with the likes of jairo ,Exe..

Hodgson seems unwilling to play with an attacking midfielder for some reason. Surely the two defensive mids should be able to provide enough protection for the defence.

I would like to see us try either Eze or Jairo instead of Wilf, agreed. But you also need someone who can pass and win the ball in the double pivot, ie behind that player.....

I like Jairo but not sure how comfortable he would look in a midfield two long-term.

Would guess his best role is as a Busquets type, shielding the back four, reading through-balls and threading passes through to the wingers.

We've approached this season clearly intent on playing 4-4-2, but it increasingly looks like our best XI is more suited to a Barcelona/Guardiola-style 4-3-3:


That gives you proper wingers, Bats playing much higher up the pitch, Zaha and Eze in space, and midfield cover. More like how we played under Pulis, I guess.

100% agree that the players we have at our disposal are far better suited to a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1. On the team you have listed I would swap McArthur for Schlupp otherwise that is 3 very defensive central midfielders, pretty much what we ended up playing with after lockdown and it didn’t work. Need Schlupp in there as he offers a goal threat and drives forward from a central area. He also offers support for the left back which enables the left winger to focus more on their attacking duties. I would have McCarthy in there as the enforcer and Jairo as the deeper lying passer. That means McArthur and Townsend drop to the bench but they are brilliant subs to have.

It's pretty much confirmed that he is the player we thought we had in Meyer, and similarly with Cabaye (or at least his replacement).

I really hope he isn't injured, as he looked ridiculously composed. I started to feel uncomfortable with how relaxed a Palace player looked on the ball.

That's because you're used to watching Sakho and his regular FFS moments.

So good to see a midfield player getting into the box and showing composure.

Jairo is the type of player i love to watch. Weighting a pass is an art.

Another impressive performance today and it was quite apparent that he looked a class above Luka today. Shame it looks like injury is going to curtail another run for the lad. But at least it appears Roy has complete trust in him now, with the only downside of that being that Jairos emergence this season is likely to hold back Eze for a bit longer.

Classy again. Shouldn't be dropped again.