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pnewortham said:
Did anyone else see Pearo's warm words of welcome to Gelhardt on Sat ? I think Pearo was the nearest player when the young-un came onto the pitch.

Would love to know how many insults and expletives he managed to get into that 10 seconds.
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Yes I saw that as well. It didn’t do much good though as the lad played really well.
 
edgy said:
With a ball
Barky all day long and back again
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Pearson needs to take a run-up to a sprint! But once he gets going he's rapid

Think he's got great top end speed endurance rather than shorter high intensity sprints

Elite level fitness needed for him to be this good in the premier league, we'll find out next season though in a pne shirt!!!!
 
edgy said:
Not a whole lot of choice though
The % of English keepers is not high?
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That's the thing. England don't have a lot of actual defensive midfielders. You look at the current options who sit deep, Rice, Dier, Winks, Henderson? It's not exactly a deep or inspiring selection. Hence Leeds fans reckon Phillips should be in there. I rate Pearson as a better DM than him.
 
Pearson could step up I think but it’s not easy. Look at who was great for us in the Championship and didn’t really crack it there - Nugent, Mackan, Hugill (ok debatable) and now maybe Robinson. I thought McKenna was fantastic for a couple of years, scored goals as well and he never got the big move. Good luck to him
 
Schofe said:
cant believe Rice gets in the england squad ahead of Ben Pearson or Kalvin Phillips (Leeds) for that CDM role. Im sure there’s other prem players more worth of that position than him also. Rice is so Overrated
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Henderson could maybe play there but Pearson is definitely better than Rice and more so Phillips
 
LancasterRed said:
Henderson could maybe play there but Pearson is definitely better than Rice and more so Phillips
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Henderson has been phenomenal since Fabinho got injured.

Pearson is light years away from him and I bloody love Ben.

He’d do a job in a mid table Prem team, but talk of top 6 / England is a bit silly
 
Sports Trader said:
Henderson has been phenomenal since Fabinho got injured.

Pearson is light years away from him and I bloody love Ben.

He’d do a job in a mid table Prem team, but talk of top 6 / England is a bit silly
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People said the same about Grealish. Many could see he was a top top player in the Championship. Six months later, Pep refers to him as one of the best players in the league.

You may think mid table would be his limit but I genuinely wouldn't surprised if he's in the 2022 World Cup squad.
 
People severely underestimate just how few top class defensive midfielders there are around. Especially ones who are both pretty young and English.

Scott McTominay is considered one of Man U's better players this season, and he doesn't have half of Pearson's ability as a footballer. (Admittedly, he does have size and strength)
 
kingpne said:
People said the same about Grealish. Many could see he was a top top player in the Championship. Six months later, Pep refers to him as one of the best players in the league.

You may think mid table would be his limit but I genuinely wouldn't surprised if he's in the 2022 World Cup squad.
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I’m on about him currently.

I’ve no doubt he’d go onto another level with better coaching / facilities / teammates around him. But talk of him being good enough for England right now is nonsense
 
Sports Trader said:
I’m on about him currently.

I’ve no doubt he’d go onto another level with better coaching / facilities / teammates around him. But talk of him being good enough for England right now is nonsense
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Why? Look at the options in his position. Is he a poorer player than Declan Rice or Eric Dier?
 
Sports Trader said:
Henderson and Winks would be in front of him for that role.

Not sure either of the two you’ve mentioned make the squad
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Rice has pretty regularly made the squad, Southgate likes a defensive player available in that role, even if they don't start every game.

Would you take Pearson over them?
 
HunterLionheart said:
Rice has pretty regularly made the squad, Southgate likes a defensive player available in that role, even if they don't start every game.

Would you take Pearson over them?
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Over Henderson or Winks? Not a chance.

I’d rate him higher than Dier and Rice, yes.
Like I’ve said, on current ability he’s good enough for a mid table side. Rice is in a relegation threatened West Ham team and Dier gets nowhere near the Spurs team these days.
 
I think he is better than Winks too, but I don't rate Winks at all.

Point is, look at the next squad, realise that Rice is in it, and the idea of Pearson playing for England shouldn't be that far off!
 
Just trying to think of midfielders to compare who had a meteoric rise from mid-table Championship to England first-team but who weren’t scooped up at a young age i.e. arrived in Prem around 25/26.

Rob Lee? Boy, can’t really think of many. I suppose in the 00s and early 10s the midfield roles were taken up by some of the best players of their generation and we didn’t suffer from the dearth of options we do now.
 
HunterLionheart said:
I think he is better than Winks too, but I don't rate Winks at all.

Point is, look at the next squad, realise that Rice is in it, and the idea of Pearson playing for England shouldn't be that far off!
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Fair. I rate Winks so that’s one selection in the squad that we would fill separately 😉

England midfield options:
Henderson, Ox, Maddison, Winks, Barkley, Alli, Mount. Maybe even include Grealish (although he’s playing LW these days).

Pearson isn’t quite there yet.
 
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