Dan Neil has been giving praise to the other two that make up our midfield three that we have seen in a lot of matches this season which is him, Jobe Bellingham and Pierre Ekwah.
JOBE WILL NEED REST EVENTUALLY
“I kind of know that from my first year playing first-team football in League One, although you don’t want to get taken out of the side and want to keep playing, you do get burnt out when you are young and you’re playing.”
PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE
“I think everyone just needs to remember, he’s been brilliant so far this season, but people need to remember he’s 18-years-old and there are not many 18-year-old lads that can get through games week in, week out like he is doing.”
HE’LL BE FINE
“The three games a week, I still find the three games a week tough on the legs and Jobe is three years younger than me. Somebody told me the other day he’s played more minutes this season than he did the whole of last season. He just needs to keep it going, focus on the off the field stuff, the recovery, and I’m sure he’ll be fine.”
EKWAH
“Yeah he’s brilliant. He’s got all the attributes to be a top, top midfielder. Left foot, big, powerful, can strike a ball, scores from the edge of the box like we’ve seen this season.”
POOR TIMING
“The dead leg kind of came at not a good time for him because he was finding his rhythm. He looks back up to speed and looked really, really good against Norwich. I love playing in midfield with him because he’s always looking to fire balls through the lines and if I’m not on he’ll hit the switch and it’s a chance for me to get in the box. We are developing a good partnership, me, him and Jobe and we just need to keep going.”
