Originally Posted by hamstrung
I think he needs managing.
He'll have as many shite games as he does good at the moment, and its best to bring him on gradually.
Start him against some of the shite - today wasn't the time for his full debut.
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Completely disagree. He more than looked the part today.
The only way a young player from a foreign league is going to get used to the Prem is if he plays week in week out from the start. If the manager is worried that a bad game will knock the player's confidence then that's understandable, but Babel looks to me as if he's got bags of confidence and self-belief and wants to show what he can do. If started regularly he can quickly build up a reputation as a player that the opposition should be scared of, and we could do with more players like that in our side.
Babel reminds me a lot of Ronaldo when he signed for the Mancs, and he didn't become the player he is today by being wrapped in cotton wool and used sparingly at the beginning.