What i will say is, Roy has said on occasion that we are short in the middle of the park and even said at the end of the campaign that Yohan was playing through the pain to stay involved.

with that in mind and how often I saw Jairo on the bench, listed on match days, and how often he WASNT utilized even as late sub, I do have to question if Roy thinks hes up to it.

This.... he's a good player, needs a good pre-season and a run of games. I think we will see more of him this coming season.

"You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be lead"

Stan Laurel

Thought he looked decent in CM, not so good in defence. Certainly don’t want to get rid, could be an important player over the years, still very young and needs time to adapt which will come with game time.

Depending on the midfield situation at the start of the season, a short term loan to a championship team might be an option

Reasons why a manager might or might not pick a player all that often:

- Injury risk.
- S***e.
- Horses for courses.
- Keeping powder dry / impact sub.
- Still needs to learn the system.
- Developmental considerations.
- Promising but unproven.
- Current form.
- Politics.
- Age / stamina.
- Discipline.
- Personality clash.
- On-field personality, e.g. leadership.
- Contractual / loan terms.
- Fixture pressure / rotation.
- Stupidity.

Not all of those apply in the case of Hodgson, of course.

We can't conclude that not picking the player automatically means Hodgson considers him s***e. We all know he holds Wan-Bissaka in high regard but still saw him explain to him why he was subbing Ward on instead of him.

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Absolutely must play him. He looks a good prospect to me. He has to get serious game time to prove he is the future.

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