I’ll ask you in a few months.
Mate, those who don’t think he needs to do more are delusional.
yes, he’s had little time. Hard life of a guy not in the first choice plans. But he’s done nothing to suggest he deserves a start yet. Will likely have to wait for injuries and severe loss off form to Morelos, Roofe and Defoe to get a start.
Thats not bashing him, it’s not writing him off. It’s just an accurate and honest assessment of the situation.
If you had to assign a probability of each of the strikers starting midweek, Itten would be a distant 4th behind the other 3. What does that tell us.
Now having said that, Gerrard could throw him in because the Poles look very weak relative to the rest of the group and there are indications Gerrard is slightly prioritising the league (benching Davis and bringing in Balogun for Helander to play Standard away, arguably our hardest game of the year, points towards The manager favouring the league) so SG could throw Itten in for a start in a home match against “inferior“ opposition.
But it is clear that currently, I stress currently, Itten is 4th in the striking pecking order and needs to offer more when he comes on to force his way in to the first XI.
He needs to get a lot better and like you I think he will in time.