Quote: Uncle Rico "Thewlis and Ashton are very high benchmarks and i agree that Longstaff is behind those two, as they are the finished article as regular starters, more to come hopefully to take them to international level BUT "night and day" is a bit harsh IMO as I think Longstaff is meeting expectations without damning him with faint praise.
There's no doubting he's got the skill set and from what I've seen a wonderful attitude but a decent run of games this season and couple of stone wouldn't go amiss'"
He's still only 18, loads more to come from him, he's not been incredible when he has played really this season but as we have said on other threads you have to take the rough with the smooth with younger players whilst they develop their game. I think he is potentially a very good player but understandably he has a long way to go.