West Ham winger Nathan Holland was an in excellent form for the Under 23s last night.
The 20-year-old scored and provided an assist during a 2-2 draw against Derby County in Premier League 2.
Supporters on Twitter would like to see manager Manuel Pellegrini give Holland some opportunities in the first team before the end of the season:
PL debut soon??
— Victor⚒?? (@NHollandinho) 16 April 2019
If Diangana's getting a shot so should Holland
— Josh Patrick (@JoshPatrick96) 16 April 2019
Give the lad a chance ⚒⚒⚒
— Dan (@WesthamDan16) 16 April 2019
Deserves a chance in the first team
— Čūrłēŷ ? (@George__Curley) 16 April 2019
Let him start in Lanzini’s spot against Leicester and let Lanzini recover from that groin pull.
— BayouIronworks (@BayouIronworks) 16 April 2019
Give them a first team chance. They probably will play hard for the badge because they still feel they need to improve to be able to play for the first team. Meanwhile our first team have always hung up their boots for the season. Lets also cheer on the Ladies team! FA cup final!
— Fabian WHUFC ?? (@WHUFC_USA_2008) 16 April 2019
Deserves a shot at some point! The boss has been around enough top players to know when he is ready! ?? I am sure it will be soon COYI
— JB (@BurchettJason) 16 April 2019
Give him a chance in the first team.
— Simon B (@donsimon78) 16 April 2019
Holland has already made his senior debut, after playing the last half hour in the 3-0 win over Bolton in the Carabao Cup last campaign.
Since then, though, the closest he has come to first-team action was being named on the bench for the cup ties against AFC Wimbledon in both the FA Cup and League Cup.
Pellegrini doesn’t shy away from giving youngsters chances as we have already seen. Declan Rice, Grady Diagana and Ben Johnson have all been afforded opportunities by the Chilean.
Has Holland done enough to be the latest academy player to make his breakthrough at senior level? We shall have to wait and see.