87 | James McAtee - 2024/25

I feel for the lad.
So do I, but that's not proof he'd be the answer to current form.

For those complaining about Pep bringing on a CB on Thursday ahead of him, Ake isn't fully fit and Pep said to him to let him know if he was fatigued, he did, so SP came on, did anyone think McAtee would be a good replacement for Ake ?
 
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Pep is brilliant at many things but his management of Palmer and now McAtee has been little short of a disgrace.
His management of Palmer was 2 years ago, in a treble winning season (remember that ?), who was he replacing in that team realistically (even from the bench - though he did quite a bit) ?

Palmer subsequently decided he wanted to move on, Pep wanted him to stay, and while he's done pretty well at chelsea, he can sometimes by anonymous, so I'm still to be convinced he will be a super star, I hope he does become that, but at City, he largely failed to impress for me, much as McAtee has.
 
The lad has experience of fighting in a relegation season in this league-seems Pep has seen some reason not to trust him,who knows but for me he should at least get gametime or sell him to Leverkusen or the like and wonder in 2/3 years time why
 
Lewis has been decent.
Not sure why you added him to that list.
Lewis decision making on the pitch makes up for his physical shortcomings.
The first time I watched Mcateer play, I knew he wouldn’t make it in the team simply because of his decision making. He’s very talented but plays for himself most of the time.
Decent ? well I disagree to say the very least.
 
We do. We tried resting Gundogan against Feyenoord, with atrocious consequences.
Again the collapse was not because of the subs, we were in total control well after the subs were made and Feyenoord were content with a 3-0 loss until Gvardiol made two mistakes to get them back into the game.
 
The FA cup game will be on soon.
Watch his performance in the game without any bias and you will understand why Pep prefers to play a 50 year old Gundogan than Jamie.
Well of course, he'll play his first game in months and if he's not brilliant then that will prove Pep right and we won't see him again, it's obvious that's what a lot of people here are wishing for.
 
Again the collapse was not because of the subs, we were in total control well after the subs were made and Feyenoord were content with a 3-0 loss until Gvardiol made two mistakes to get them back into the game.
We’d never have conceded 3 before the subs.

Playing Nunes and McAtee in the middle made our midfield invisible.

It’s no coincidence that McAtee hasn’t featured since.
 

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