75 | Nico O'Reilly - 2024/25

[Xhavenjoe]

Agreed on McAidoo, a very dangerous player

Unless Pep really changes his selection criteria, I can see very few of the youngsters getting an extended run, which is what they really need.

As Shakespeare once said it may be a case of "McAidoo about nothing"

 

[Dax777]

To be fair the same was said about the last generation - palmer, delap…

It just depends on if they get given a chance or not.

And how they develop. We should not just assume giving them a chance will guarantee success.

The world is full of Lots of.great youth players who fizzled out

 

[dhruvblue]

And how they develop. We should not just assume giving them a chance will guarantee success.

The world is full of Lots of.great youth players who fizzled out

We should also not assume Training ground is measure of players ability and anyway chances is not what our youth players have been afforded. Not extended run anyway

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

He may as well not be on the bench

 

[Brad mcfc]

This lad may aswell find a new team, he has no chance when he can't even get into the team ahead of Gundo

 

[Stelea]

That catalyst to all this mess was the Spurs LC game when in advance Pep said he would be playing the kids. However, we lost Akanji in the warm up, Dias at HT and Stones long term.
Plus other 1st team players unnecessarily played that night
Ironically, our best 2 that night were O Reilly and Wright who haven’t had a sniff since

 

[Stiff Little Wingers]

And how they develop. We should not just assume giving them a chance will guarantee success.

The world is full of Lots of.great youth players who fizzled out

That’s bloody obvious. Some will fail but guess what? Some might do a half decent job. No I don’t mean they have to be sodding world class but come in and do a job. And now look, fucking Morgan Roger’s on 2 occasions ran through the flimsy midfield and defence we had. He has pace, power coupled with his City education.
Why could our management not see this?

 

[oldius]

That’s bloody obvious. Some will fail but guess what? Some might do a half decent job. No I don’t mean they have to be sodding world class but come in and do a job. And now look, fucking Morgan Roger’s on 2 occasions ran through the flimsy midfield and defence we had. He has pace, power coupled with his City education.
Why could our management not see this?

If you watched him regularly for our EDS, he looked a league below. There is no way that someone watching those games regularly would have picked him out as EVER being the level that he is now.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

That catalyst to all this mess was the Spurs LC game when in advance Pep said he would be playing the kids. However, we lost Akanji in the warm up, Dias at HT and Stones long term.
Plus other 1st team players unnecessarily played that night
Ironically, our best 2 that night were O Reilly and Wright who haven’t had a sniff since

Still winds me up this. The fanbase had accepted (after Pep’s comments after the previous round) that we were going there and effectively throwing the competition. I couldn’t believe the strength of that starting XI and it has completely fucked our season.

 

[warringtonblue]

If you watched him regularly for our EDS, he looked a league below. There is no way that someone watching those games regularly would have picked him out as EVER being the level that he is now.

But some people at the club should be doing exactly that

 

[oldius]

But some people at the club should be doing exactly that

No scouting system is infallible. Did you watch him playing for the EDS?

 

[jollylescott]

I’m hoping the fantastic cameo by McAtee will give Pep pause for thought in relation to his approach towards our very talented youth players.

Nico is another player who showed a lot of talent in pre-season and played most of the games at that time. He also showed a lot of ability in the Community Shield game.

I’m hoping that Pep will now give Nico some time against West Ham now that James McAtee has broken through.

Now’s the time for Pep to trust Nico.

 

[WallyA]

I honestly think this guy will be a world class revelation as a #8.

He developed great goal scoring instincts in the academy, combined with all the training Pep has given him as a #6, I feel he can be world class next to a solid player like Rodri or new defensive midfielder (Ederson).

 

[deano ou812]

He’ll be sold or used as leverage in a deal hope I’m wrong but just get that feeling,oh and I think he should have had more minutes this season so far ..

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

He’ll be sold or used as leverage in a deal hope I’m wrong but just get that feeling,oh and I think he should have had more minutes this season so far ..

I'm not sure about sale but it's obvious as we head into the business end of the season and he's not gotten minutes yet.. he's not going to get many in the PL games unless we're up by a lot.

This is about the time when Pep has worked out who he trusts the most for the latter part of the season.

 

[Paul1970]

Not a great advertisement for bringing in future young stars who will thinking we will never get a game here even when players form has nosedived .

 

[oldius]

I hope that Nico has a role in the Salford game along with James McAtee.

 

[merz]

Not a great advertisement for bringing in future young stars who will thinking we will never get a game here even when players form has nosedived .

yeah. one of the biggest gripes I have with pep is not giving youngsters minutes. too risk reverse. give them some minutes when we play a strong team. really dont like the "throw em into these cup games" where our most important players are getting rested anyway.

 

[Stelea]

In the LC game at Spurs which defined fucking up our season after Peps statement that he would be playing the kids (which he didn’t bar a couple), O Reilly (and Wright) we excellent and haven’t been seen since !

 

[jollylescott]

He is all class. Had a terrific game.