Yes, he's a few bad finishes away from having half a dozen goals to his name, he was forced to play wing back for a reasonable spell of games, and he's trying to make his mark after his first big move in his career, but he is in a squad with plenty of talented - for the level - forward players. And he's only 22.
He recently played in our win over Premier League leaders, The Arse.
Plenty of reasons to keep patience with him.
Apart from THAT miss, I thought he was excellent and showed he is a genuine option in the 'hole' should Azaz be unavailable.
He has the potential of a really good player.
Yes, I never understood that.
"We can't have him going into his last year so we have to push him out".
Why? It's not a player worth tens of millions walking on a free, it's a manager. The value of a good manager is much higher than a year's worth of comp.
We could have let Koeman continue to build for a year whilst concentrating on succession planning. I doubt anyone believes Ron would have half-arsed dialled it in for a year as he clearly wanted to continue in management.
Azaz is 4th in our squad for minutes played this season (THB, Bree and Manning are the top 3).
I wouldn't be surprised to see Azaz start one on the bench soon.
Likewise Manning, given Wellington is available.