Tony Mowbray is remaining positive about Winter signing Isaac Lihadji. He says we all need to be patient and give him time, much like Amad, who was a talented payer but also needed patience for him flourish.
LIHADJI
"His talent jumps out at you on the training pitch. His left foot, his foot hovers over the ball whether he's going inside or outside, he'll wait for the defender to move then he'll flick his leg and he's away like lightning off a standing start. But it's OK seeing it in possession drills - I need to see it in games."
SIMILAR TO AMAD
"Hopefully at some stage through the process we all think, a bit like Amad Diallo, he didn't come in and start from day one because he's from Manchester United, he had to prove it and show us and do it in training. I think it's the same with Isaac.”
TAKE HIS OPPORTUNITY
"When the opportunity is there he should play and show us. Let's hope at some stage before the end of the season we all think, did we seriously ever pick a team without Isaac in it because how can you not play that talent because it's amazing.!
TALENT
"The talent jumps out at you on the training pitch and yet he doesn't speak the language at all yet. I can't put him out there if he's not sure whether he has to run back, he has to tuck in. And the communication side, the team is more important than the individual. But I'm sure we'll get there, hopefully the talent will be shown to the supporters and hopefully he can impact our team before the season's end."
NO URGENCY
"The team has been doing alright, so there's no urgency to change everything and put them in, but footballers should want to play football. Joe Anderson will come into that category as well, where he'll be playing for the 21s every now and again, but not every game. He's not here to play 21s football, they're here to try and break into the first team. But you can't let weeks and weeks and weeks roll by without any football, so there will be the odd game where we drop them in."
