How long do you give a new player..

[Neil Young]

Ironically enough Meireles is the only player who performed better for Hodgson (when picked in the middle) than he has for Kenny.
I think at times he is just trying too hard for the little killer reverse ball rather than a simple pass 5 yards in the other direction.

Don't you think three matches is too small a sample on which to make a judgement?

Has he even played in the middle in all three games? I can't remember.

[RichC]

Ronaldo was ****e for 2 seasons..............
Nani was even worse for at least 2 seasons..........
Bale was almost sold by Spurs last Jan (I think it was in the Jan window)
Walcott has been at Arsenal 4 years - has he really produced week in week out.
Nasri was average for 2 seasons now should win player of the season.


The answer to your question though is - It depends on how successful the team the player is playing for are being against their 'target' or 'level'.
I.E. the players I listed above have all been allowed plently of time to adapt and settle in because the clubs they were playing for were achiveing enough 'success' or making enough 'progress'.

Our problem is that the expectations are so high a lot of fans and parts of the media don't allow any of our signings time to adapt because we need the new signings to have an immediate impact to improve our fortunes


Edit my own post - don't get me started on Berbatov costing £30m and being atrocious for the first 2 years before coming into some form this season yet all the media saying he was a great buy

end of discussion with that!