87 | James McAtee - 2024/25

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Pep will have been watching him every day on training and he clearly has not impressed enough.

As said above, with our slow midfield and lack of creativity, this should have been perfect for him to show the best coach in the world that he’s worth a start.

Got to be down to the player.
 
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Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
I agree, lots of these players did need loan moves and regular game time. Now they’ve got that it’s clear they are good enough for city, they just needed a chance. I think they were probably always talented enough

I’m not sure I agree with your point about pep playing them if they make it impossible to ignore. Other than foden it’s seemingly impossible for our academy players to become regular first team players. Lewis is on the way, but I reckon if walker was fit, he’d be playing less ( just my view).

I’d argue some of our ex academy players are better than what we currently have. Lavia for example would be brilliant in the middle. I’d take palmer over Doku as well. It’s all ifs and buts rights now.

I do think Mcatee deserves a chance, considering how poor our midfield has been
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They definitely had the talent or they would have never been anywhere near the CFG but getting chances in our team in the past decade is a hell of a lot harder than a loan move to Hull.

Lavia is talented, he gets in the team whilst we are in our current spell of injuries but he would have never stuck around this long to wait for that.
 
decmancity said:
They definitely had the talent or they would have never been anywhere near the CFG but getting chances in our team in the past decade is a hell of a lot harder than a loan move to Hull.

Lavia is talented, he gets in the team whilst we are in our current spell of injuries but he would have never stuck around this long to wait for that.
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I Agree - wrt Lavia i think had Southampton not got relegated before our buy-back clause kicked in then he would have been back with us. As it was no way were we going to match Chelsea's valuation (which i think from memory was £20m more than our buy-back clause which came into place the following season)

In addition people like Rogers, would we have him back now? I dont think so - really pleased to see him doing well at Villa but still dont think he would be close to our team if we came back tomorrow.
 
I have to be honest and say that I am disappointed that he hasn't been given an opportunity in the team, despite having received positive comments from Pep.

And I know that Pep sees him on the training ground, but that is the same for others who do get the opportunity despite not always looking like good fits.

imo of course
 
Colin Bells Boots said:
I have to be honest and say that I am disappointed that he hasn't been given an opportunity in the team, despite having received positive comments from Pep.

And I know that Pep sees him on the training ground, but that is the same for others who do get the opportunity despite not always looking like good fits.

imo of course
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In our current run of form and luck with injuries more than ever, Pep goes to the trusted names and his soldiers on the front line e.g. Gundogan.
He's always been a bit risk averse with youngsters, his track record speaks for itself with those that have come through under him and kicked on with long careers however so we do have to trust to a certain extent.
 
decmancity said:
In our current run of form and luck with injuries more than ever, Pep goes to the trusted names and his soldiers on the front line e.g. Gundogan.
He's always been a bit risk averse with youngsters, his track record speaks for itself with those that have come through under him and kicked on with long careers however so we do have to trust to a certain extent.
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If Pep ran a kindergarten, he'd only accept kids over the age of 25.

Definitely a case of "old dog for the hard road, pup for the path"
 
decmancity said:
In our current run of form and luck with injuries more than ever, Pep goes to the trusted names and his soldiers on the front line e.g. Gundogan.
He's always been a bit risk averse with youngsters, his track record speaks for itself with those that have come through under him and kicked on with long careers however so we do have to trust to a certain extent.
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Of course Pep totally deserves full praise for his judgement and achievements, and there may be a perfectly good reason why McAtee hasn't been picked.

It may be that Pep was giving him a confidence boost ( if needed ) or equally he may think that he isn't good enough in the longer term and was boosting his potential sale fee ?

He obviously is a talented player, and being made captain for England U21's suggests that he has some solid attributes, and I hope that rather than just being sold without being given a chance in our team, that he gets a decent opportunity.
 
dhruvblue said:
Watched Palmer in training too who didn't get minutes and is doing alright for himself at Chelsea. Lavia too eventually will do well when he gets going. Sometimes putting people on pitch is important than testing in trainings
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I’ll pass that nugget on if I ever speak to Pep!
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
He was pretty good against Watford, Bratislava and the community shield. The whole team was pretty poor against spurs

Not really enough to judge him on
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Half the team are dying on their feet but McAtee gets no PL minutes. We have responded to enquiries with a price tag. He is done here, but i don’t really understand why.
 
dhruvblue said:
Watched Palmer in training too who didn't get minutes and is doing alright for himself at Chelsea. Lavia too eventually will do well when he gets going. Sometimes putting people on pitch is important than testing in trainings
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Very true but where do you play him ? Even with our injury problems (especially KDB) we still have attacking midfielders available. Does McAtee get the nod ahead of Gundo, Foden, Bernardo, Nunes or if he plays wide on the right is he ahead of Savinho, Bernardo or Foden.

I’d like to see him getting more time but I’m certain that Pep, who sees him every day in training, knows what he’s doing.

Btw, I still think Palmer would still be struggling to get game time if he’d stayed.
 
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