Garcia to be sold

[Royal_jimmy]

Just as a follow up on Garcia the winger... he got 1 assist in 39 appearances as an attacking fullback last year.

0.2 shots per game, 0.3 key passes per game. It's not exactly signs of a winger in waiting.

Having him as second/third choice winger maybe.

Interesting stat there. He has some skill about him that could make him a good winger but he is clearly lacking confidence. Something I hope the coaching team can work with him on.

[Hound]

I’m not sure that’s totally fair though. He was thrown in as a 16 year old and the full backs weren’t particularly attacking. We were 4 at the back and esp under Hunt they didn’t get forward that much. Craig’s weren’t massively different stats - though I accept he has no designs on being a winger

He’s 40 games under his belt already - he’ll improve a lot this year I reckon as he gets stronger - he was and looked like a school kid last year

[Royalwaster]

I’m not sure that’s totally fair though. He was thrown in as a 16 year old and the full backs weren’t particularly attacking. We were 4 at the back and esp under Hunt they didn’t get forward that much. Craig’s weren’t massively different stats - though I accept he has no designs on being a winger

He’s 40 games under his belt already - he’ll improve a lot this year I reckon as he gets stronger - he was and looked like a school kid last year

Massively unfair in fact ... for a 16 year old! Most 16 year olds would be nowhere near the first team ...

[Snowflake Royal]

I’m not sure that’s totally fair though. He was thrown in as a 16 year old and the full backs weren’t particularly attacking. We were 4 at the back and esp under Hunt they didn’t get forward that much. Craig’s weren’t massively different stats - though I accept he has no designs on being a winger

He’s 40 games under his belt already - he’ll improve a lot this year I reckon as he gets stronger - he was and looked like a school kid last year

Massively unfair in fact ... for a 16 year old! Most 16 year olds would be nowhere near the first team ...

The old adage is if you're good enough you're old enough.

You can't give him a break because most 16 year olds wouldn’t be playing. He isn’t most 16 year olds, he was playing.

He certainly wasn't a defensive fullback, he got forward plenty and defending was his biggest weakness.

[Brogue]

Can’t help with having WiFi in front of him. If he had, for instance, a player like Jobi, who was prepared to do defensive duties and actually help the full back out, then Garcia might have been a little bit less exposed at lb last season.

[Hound]

I’m not sure that’s totally fair though. He was thrown in as a 16 year old and the full backs weren’t particularly attacking. We were 4 at the back and esp under Hunt they didn’t get forward that much. Craig’s weren’t massively different stats - though I accept he has no designs on being a winger

He’s 40 games under his belt already - he’ll improve a lot this year I reckon as he gets stronger - he was and looked like a school kid last year

Massively unfair in fact ... for a 16 year old! Most 16 year olds would be nowhere near the first team ...

The old adage is if you're good enough you're old enough.

You can't give him a break because most 16 year olds wouldn’t be playing. He isn’t most 16 year olds, he was playing.

He certainly wasn't a defensive fullback, he got forward plenty and defending was his biggest weakness.

Well there’s a bit of both. Happy to accept he wasn’t great last year and probably wasn’t good enough to play as much as he did, whatever age he was. However the learning curve will be extremely quick for someone of that age, along with considerable changes to body strength. As mentioned I think he’ll be massively better this year