I wouldn't be surprised to see him go down the route our former #33 went. He'll do extremely well on-loan in the championship, return to the squad but will be unable to break through to the first eleven often enough (as I expect us to strengthen in his position in the summer with Borini coming back and possibly Kono) then sold to a PL club where he'll do well for himself.
I for one, would be surprised if he followed your route. He may not have set the world alight during his brief appearances, but he's certainly done enough to show he's deserving to be on the squad, certainly when taking into account his relative youth. I think he's shown a lot of promise with individual moments of class and in time will no doubt produce at a far more consistent rate. But the lad's still a teenager.
What is not surprising though, is yet another poster dismissing a promising youth player that has barely featured for us (which is to be expected for someone of his age). It get's a little tiring reading the negativity that sometimes flows through threads on RAWK. Negativity that tends to rarely be associated with the facts.
He's young, let him grow, let him mature, and give him the time to develop. Not every youth player develops at the same rate, plays with the same style, and grows into the type of player that we seem to pigeonhole/compare them to. Ibe doesn't need to be the "next" Sterling, Walcott, or anyone. He just needs to develop into a player that can benefit us with his presence on the pitch. Whomever he ends up resembling in terms of style/goal scoring rate/ chance created rate, or how much of an impact he'll offer us in the future, are issues that we can't determine at this moment. Far too early to determine either way.
In the meantime, have a little patience and try to avoid analysing too much from too little. If you have a lot of energy, or frustrations (it has been a long loong week since the harsh loss to Arsenal), it might be best to focus your energy on other things in life, for the meantime. Take a walk, take your family out for the day, read a book, play some online gaming etc. We have a game on Sunday, hopefully the result will keep us all floating in positive bliss, for another 7 days or so.
