Romaine Esse

[MancunianEagle]

Esse is SO far off the pace it’s untrue. From everything I’ve seen of him, at Palace and on loan at Coventry, there is nothing to suggest he will have an impact at anything above Championship level and even then only fleetingly. Disappointing as he cost us a lot of money and I had hoped he was the real deal.

Had a good laugh reading that mate

 

[MancunianEagle]

The issue is that in one of his earlier games he did an unexpected play that completely bamboozled the defenders and put a teammate through on goal with a great - not taken - chance of scoring. Not sure why it is fine for Wharton having a low pass completion because the ones that get through are so effective but Esse gets stick for a similar approach

Agreed

 

[Phil’s Barber]

Had a good laugh reading that mate

Interesting.

 

[TheBigToePunt]

The issue is that in one of his earlier games he did an unexpected play that completely bamboozled the defenders and put a teammate through on goal with a great - not taken - chance of scoring. Not sure why it is fine for Wharton having a low pass completion because the ones that get through are so effective but Esse gets stick for a similar approach

Surely you appreciate that it's because overall Wharton is miles better? I presume you aren't seriously comparing Esse to Wharton generally?

Wharton has frustrated many of us lately but that's only because he is falling short here and there of what he has already shown he is capable of.

I know it's all paper talk about Wharton moving for big money until it actually happens, but I doubt all the papers have it wrong and it's actually Esse that both Manchester clubs, Liverpool, Real Madrid etc are interested in.

Of course different degrees of tolerance will apply to mistakes when one player has run games for us time and again and the other has done all but nothing so far.

 

[RubinsCube]

Surely you appreciate that it's because overall Wharton is miles better? I presume you aren't seriously comparing Esse to Wharton generally?

Wharton has frustrated many of us lately but that's only because he is falling short here and there of what he has already shown he is capable of.

I know it's all paper talk about Wharton moving for big money until it actually happens, but I doubt all the papers have it wrong and it's actually Esse that both Manchester clubs, Liverpool, Real Madrid etc are interested in.

Of course different degrees of tolerance will apply to mistakes when one player has run games for us time and again and the other has done all but nothing so far.

Wharton and Esse are similar ages but as footballers they are totally different (and no I do not mean one is great and one is awful before anyone says).

You wouldn't say Batistuta was awful at tracking back and positional awareness at defensive set pieces, but he and Cafu are similar ages so Cafu was great and Gabby Goal was two bob. I think it is hard to compare Esse and Wharton directly.

Wharton is in my view a generational talent as someone already said. The way he sees patterns and his distribution are hard to coach: he just seems to have it, and seems still to have it the higher the standard of the opposition. This has got him where he is so far. I remember seeing a young Andrea Pirlo play for Inter Milan in the late 1990s. He was a slight, spindly type who looked lightweight and didn't score any goals. He turned out ok and I think AW will as well (although maybe not in England - players like him seem to be more valued in Italy and Spain).

The jury is out on Esse - raw, real, dangerous when running at people, poor judgement and decision making at present. Improve on that and we'll have a real player on our hands. Fail to and he'll likely end up another Sean Scannell.