I’m sure this subject must be posted elsewhere, but I thought Rak-Sakyi looked pretty composed and threatening when he came on against Arse. That speaks volumes to me about his ability to handle the EPL. I would keep him. What am I missing?

Why hold him back.... neither him nor Ahamada looked out of place... let’s give him the opportunity...

I don’t think a season with a decent Championship side , could be called holding him back so surely patience is the best option for him and the club
If he failed to progress , that would hold him back,, but we would know then that he wasn’t ready for us, and maybe won’t be . Personally my feeling is there is every chance just a bit more time to mature and he could well have made a mark good enough for a regular squad place with Palace.

It’s not holding him back, he’s just obviously not believed to be good enough, he only featured the other night because of Olises injury and our lack of players.
As I’ve said many times before, if he was going to be good enough to make it big time in the premier league with us it would’ve happened by now, he made his debut two years ago. They give it all this about his development sending him out on loan to lower league teams, but young players who do make it big time with us as in Wilf, AWB and Mitchell don’t get sent out on loan first

I'm very wary of the 'next Pele/Maradona/Rooney/Iniesta/Wilf/AWB' sentiments people express about youngsters, all seems very adrift from reality to me.

Agree he did not look out of place but a very brief cameo, against a 10-man so sitting behind the ball Arsenal too, is not enough to rule him out or in IMHO.

Would like to see a bit more of JRS in any instance but certainly before further commentary. At the very least he has yet to disgrace himself.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

I wish I had a fiver for every promising young star over the years who’ve had a brief little spell coming off the bench in the first team for a game or two and everyone’s got excited about them, but after a string of loans end up signing for a lower or non league team. The latest example that springs to mind is Brandon Pierrick who came on as sub against Norwich three years ago, now playing for Croydon Athletic!!

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I'm inclined to agree witht the argument that JRS needs a yesr in the Championship playing 90 minutes week in week out to consolidate his development. That's not a setback for him or a lack of belief; the trajectory would be close enough to - for instance - Conor Gallagher's. Having said that, once he'd settled on Monday night - which understandably took time - he started to show signs of more than 'not looking out of place'. If neither Olise nor Franca are likely to be in contention before October, JRS wouldn't be missing too much football if he didn't go on loan till January; that of course is assuming he'd play fairly regularly till Olise's return. Although we didn't see enough against Arsenal to feel confident of that, I think we saw enough to suppose it's far from impossible. A more extended outing against Brentford could give a clearer picture while still giving time to arrange a loan if that still looked the best option. If on the other hand he did well, the club get a more balanced attack for the next few games and transfer emphasis can go on a desperately needed no. 9 rather than an extra wide player. JRS gets some invaluable experience and maybe proves he already belongs in Palace's first team squad. Could be win win and well worth a longer look in my opinion.

The thing is, I can't see him walking into a good championship side, and I can see him struggling in a bad one.

While he has the skills for the former, I doubt he will be head and shoulders above what they have. In the latter, does he have the necessary physicality in a side playing back-foot football?

As such, I think his development is best served by being on the fringe of the first team and given minutes at carefully selected times.

Or we sell him to a good championship side with a buyback. They would need to be invested in his success.

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I think much depends on the rest of the window.

If we are still as light as we are now, he should probably stay and will get some game time, but if we sign another wide man, a season in the champs is probably best

I don't doubt many clubs will take him. The issue is which will play him and allow him to showcase his talent and develop.

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