Ryan Yates

[zicorice]

I love Yatesy and have defended him in dark days gone by. I believe I stated he will definitely be a Prem player and I hoped it would be with us...so far so good.

BUT: Everyone who has followed his development from Barrow loan to Prem will be aware, Yatesy has always taken a little time to settle into each level he has stepped up to. Hopefully after bossing Arsenal, Leicester and holding his own v Scousepool it will be a seamless stepping up, especially with Cooper's influence.
What I dread is the doom mongerers going all "He's a Championship player"  "Not good enough to be challenging in Prem"  etc (remember those comments but replacing Championship with Lesgue 1 and Prem with playoffs?)

One thing we should all know by now is that Yatesy will make the step up sooner or later and be absolutely key in our progression as a club.

You've beaten me to it Zico. Yatesy has stepped up to every new challenge he's faced so far in his career and every one of the managers he's worked under have been lapping him up. Who knows where his high bar is.

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