87 | James McAtee - 2024/25

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Lavinda Past said:
He was one of their best players... I know that doesn't mean a lot, but he was!
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Im not sure he was you know, he was in and out of the team. Only did 1800 minutes across the season. 3 Goals and 3 Assists(2 of which came against luton and 1 against Burnley) doesnt scream best player to me. He barely played from march on was either a sub and not brought on or got handful of minutes by being brought on. Anytime he did start he was usually taken off.

Its a tricky one with him, he hasnt done alot in his cameos but then again its so hard without any rhythm. I dont know the answer, I think id like another loan for a year playing week in week out in the prem before judging.
 
Dubciteh said:
Im not sure he was you know, he was in and out of the team. Only did 1800 minutes across the season. 3 Goals and 3 Assists(2 of which came against luton and 1 against Burnley) doesnt scream best player to me. He barely played from march on was either a sub and not brought on or got handful of minutes by being brought on. Anytime he did start he was usually taken off.

Its a tricky one with him, he hasnt done alot in his cameos but then again its so hard without any rhythm. I dont know the answer, I think id like another loan for a year playing week in week out in the prem before judging.
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I think a lot of Blues are eager for him to make at it City but so far apart from chipping in a few goals he really hasn't rubber stamped a performance we can all shout about as defining. To be fair he's now had in total more opportunities in the first team & minutes than Palmer ever did at City.

I have a feeling he maybe used as a pawn in enticing Bayer Leverkusen to cash in Wirtz with us. However, if this deal does go through in the summer (I'm not confident) what does it say about City if Leverkusen are willing to let go of Wirtz & go with McAtee. Who know's if McAtee becomes Wirtz's level in a couple of yrs time helped with continuous first team football & experience. We could save ourselves some serious transfer money if this is the case, but I suspect we're not waiting to find out.
 
Dubciteh said:
Im not sure he was you know, he was in and out of the team. Only did 1800 minutes across the season. 3 Goals and 3 Assists(2 of which came against luton and 1 against Burnley) doesnt scream best player to me. He barely played from march on was either a sub and not brought on or got handful of minutes by being brought on. Anytime he did start he was usually taken off.

Its a tricky one with him, he hasnt done alot in his cameos but then again its so hard without any rhythm. I dont know the answer, I think id like another loan for a year playing week in week out in the prem before judging.
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I can't see him wanting to go on loan anywhere. It's not in his or the club's interests to be honest.

Sell for £10m to £15m in the summer, let him build a career of regular football.
 
hammersmithlad said:
I think a lot of Blues are eager for him to make at it City but so far apart from chipping in a few goals he really hasn't rubber stamped a performance we can all shout about as defining. To be fair he's now had in total more opportunities in the first team & minutes than Palmer ever did at City.

I have a feeling he maybe used as a pawn in enticing Bayer Leverkusen to cash in Wirtz with us. However, if this deal does go through in the summer (I'm not confident) what does it say about City if Leverkusen are willing to let go of Wirtz & go with McAtee. Who know's if McAtee becomes Wirtz's level in a couple of yrs time helped with continuous first team football & experience. We could save ourselves some serious transfer money if this is the case, but I suspect we're not waiting to find out.
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I think he
hammersmithlad said:
I think a lot of Blues are eager for him to make at it City but so far apart from chipping in a few goals he really hasn't rubber stamped a performance we can all shout about as defining. To be fair he's now had in total more opportunities in the first team & minutes than Palmer ever did at City.

I have a feeling he maybe used as a pawn in enticing Bayer Leverkusen to cash in Wirtz with us. However, if this deal does go through in the summer (I'm not confident) what does it say about City if Leverkusen are willing to let go of Wirtz & go with McAtee. Who know's if McAtee becomes Wirtz's level in a couple of yrs time helped with continuous first team football & experience. We could save ourselves some serious transfer money if this is the case, but I suspect we're not waiting to find out.
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I'd like to see him show a bit more drive and aggression without the ball. To me he looks like he's so focused on making sure that he's in the right position, that he forgets that he's in game. Would expect that to improve with more game time, if he gets it.
 
played well, was given no service for a long part of the first half but if a chance came he tried to score not pass (something some others don't) didn't always come off but got his goal and deserved it.
 
WallyA said:
Barring all the goals he missed, he finally pulled one back.

He also made some good chances as well.

Happy with that, I think he can have a future here.
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He has great composure and vision with the ball at his feet in the box for someone who hardly gets any minutes.
 
Cobra said:
it’s weird that Marmoush gets away with missing two far bigger chances than McAtee (and that’s not a dig at Marmoush, he was great today). Just seems that our academy players are held to an impossibly high standard at times
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Marmoush had his effort well saved off his weaker foot and was under pressure, McAtee was completely unmarked and skied it with his stronger foot
 
Cobra said:
it’s weird that Marmoush gets away with missing two far bigger chances than McAtee (and that’s not a dig at Marmoush, he was great today). Just seems that our academy players are held to an impossibly high standard at times
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Id say McAtee had easier chances personally.

The stats kinda back that up, McAtee had an xG of 1.21 and Marmoush 0.87
 
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