He isn't as poor as when he was starting last season. I think he shows some signs of maturity, but still lacks confidence and the desire to compete with Higuain for the spot on the team. Otherwise Mourinho would be giving him more time than 10-20 minutes per game, excluding one game where he went on for 30 mins and didn't do bad and two starts where he gave weak performances. I really do not know what's up with him. I hope Mourinho gets into his head quicker than later otherwise we will have 1 confident striker choice which isn't good at all.
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We don't have players in Castilla that are good enough to push themselves through the first team squad. Right now we lack depth upfront and if there was any decent striker, Morata, Joselu have been given chances and didn't deliver, then I guess we need to wait for them to go to Getafe and mature over the years. It's a good type of management though, because we get cash and ensure ourselves a backup in the future for relatively small money.
Lately there were no players coming out from Castilla to show their potential to be the backup or possible future force for Madrid. Parejo, Miguel Torres, Alberto Bueno and Mosquera are all decent or half-decent, in some cases not even that eg. Palanca, Acuna, but IMO they are definitely unsufficient options. Only Soldado and Negredo made it out and prove to be slightly better than average, but I don't believe they would be a good backup for Real right now.
