Jordon Ibe

[baitman]

welcome home lil' bro

[Gibbo]

We need to be careful not to put too much pressure on this lad now Sterling has gone.

Im not sure he's ready for consistent first team action yet, but there will no doubt be pressure on him to succeed more now.

[Mostar]

welcome home lil' bro

Cheers mate

[SB]

Ibe vs Thai All Star



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Great display & thanks again champ.

[Mostar]

No problem SB

[BigChief]

Thanks Mostar.

The highlights really show how much respect Ibe is given. He always occupied two defenders and sometimes you can clearly see three closely around him. That's why whenever he toe poked the ball to Hendo or Origi they always seemed to have too much space (i.e. perceived bad marking).

Its the fear that Ibe creates, and its the same as I saw when he played for Derby where his Derby teammates were getting credit when really he was the real danger. But some Derby fans labelled him as lacking game intelligence and running down blind alleys. Those same Derby strikers suddenly didn't look so good when he left for Liverpool did they?

[peekay]

Ibe vs Thai All Star



JI33 - YouTube

Thanks Mo

[Norbs]

Ibe vs Thai All Star



JI33 - YouTube

That pitch looked nice to play on

[RedReet]

We need to be careful not to put too much pressure on this lad now Sterling has gone.

Im not sure he's ready for consistent first team action yet, but there will no doubt be pressure on him to succeed more now.

I don't think there will (bar from Big Chief ). Firminho was bought to replace Sterling, so you would expect him to start, then we have Coutinho and Lallana who will be ahead of him in the starting 11, leaving him to compete with Markovic and possibly Origi.

There will be less pressure than last year IMO when everyone expected so much after the Everton and Spurs games.

[Exiled_red]

I don't see Ibe, Markovic or Origi being first choice but they are sufficiently close to the first team that there will probably be times when they will be called on at various points, and that we probably will need one or more of them to put in some good performances.

I would hope that by the end of the season at least one of them will have demonstrated that they are in contention for a first team spot.

[SB]

I don't see Ibe, Markovic or Origi being first choice but they are sufficiently close to the first team that there will probably be times when they will be called on at various points, and that we probably will need one or more of them to put in some good performances.

I would hope that by the end of the season at least one of them will have demonstrated that they are in contention for a first team spot.

Possibly your best post ever.

you'd set the bar pretty low in the past though tbh

[Exiled_red]

Possibly your best post ever.

you'd set the bar pretty low in the past though tbh

[BigChief]

Ibe, Lucas and Sakho were the three major reasons we went on that fantastic run last season. All three are capable of doing it again, in this case age is irrelevant and too many people are getting hung up over it.

[RedReet]

Ibe, Lucas and Sakho were the three major reasons we went on that fantastic run last season. All three are capable of doing it again, in this case age is irrelevant and too many people are getting hung up over it.

Haha, don't be ridiculous Chief.

Our good results started with the win at Burnley on Boxing Day. Ibe didn't play until Everton in February when we dropped 2 points at home. He played 2 more games and got injured. How on earth was he a major reason we went on a fantastic run?

Moving Sterling up top with Coutinho and Lallana behind him was the catalyst and that's when we played our best football until Lallana got injured. We still picked up points after that, but we never looked as fluid going forward IMO.

[danperkins]

IMO Lucas was the main reason we had our fantastic run last season. Brought balance to the side.

Ibe looks a talent but has a long way to go.