I have been calling for Chapman in the starting eleven for a couple of weeks now, even though I had a seed of doubt in my mind over his influence in the game over 90 minutes. The way he plays when he only has 15/20 minutes is explosive, so he would have to adapt his play over 90 mins and pick and choose the moments to take a man on...but I still think (or thought) he'd done enough to show us what he can do from the start, and especially with Conway still out injured.
However...he came onto the pitch with 30 minutes to go vs Gillingham and showed me another side to him that I hadn't previously seen.
1. A well deserved booking for a woeful dive
2. Lucky to escape without a booking inside the 6 yard box when he manhandled his man during a corner in something that wouldn't have looked out of place in a WWE ring!
In my mind, he came onto the pitch with a the wrong attitude. It stunk of self-important or entitlement, something which an 18 yr old should not be displaying when he is still learning the game.
I hope TM saw this and had a word in his ear. If he did see it, he has for sure proven himself right in his decision to not yet start Chapman.
Bags of ability but needs to work on his mental approach.