87 | James McAtee - 2024/25

[Mike N]

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 done to the player.

 

[sir baconface]

Seems the more a youngster is praised, the less he is played.

 

[decmancity]

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

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.