18-07-2021, 09:16 AM
(02-07-2021, 10:22 AM)Mcforest Wrote: Yates is a good championship player that still needs work. Going to do well one day and going to frustrate me the next. Having not actually been his coach i don't know if he has it in him to improve but if one thing I’ve learnt is different coaches can bring out the best in players you didn't think it was possible while others drop down. Having a consistence coach will also help. Can't keep going from one coach wanting him to be a attacking midfielder then a year later to be the deeper midfielder. I cannot stress this enough how important it is for players to become specialists in a position rather than a jack of all trades if the team and that player is going to become something beyond average.
It really is up to him to listen, learn and put the extra hours in to weed out the mistakes that have been amplified due to the team performing poorly.
The next 3 years for him will be the biggest of his career in terms of development and what we can expect from him in the future
Nice balanced post. One thing I know for a fact about Yates is that he has an exemplary attitude, work ethic to improve, is his own biggest critic and will listen and learn at every opportunity.
Ultimately I still think his future will be as an old fashioned box to box midfielder who gets fair share of goals. None of this defensive or attacking MF stuff, a proper midfielder who does his job at both ends of the pitch as well as in the middle......hopefully.
