I was thinking this after the game too. What could Mcatee do worse than what Doku is serving up, he literally couldnt do anything worse! He would help his LB out more than Doku is doing. It’s like Pep and the board have had a pact to just not use the majority of the academy..it’s fucking bizarre.
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87 | James McAtee - 2024/25
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Tugay One Cup
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I reckon if he leaves in January he'll end up finishing higher than us.
Personally I don’t think he’s good enough but then neither are a lot of the more senior players at present. However, there is absolutely no point in him hanging around at City if he has any ambition as a footballer and wants to play regularly.
If I were of anyone in our youth ranks I’d be banging on the manager’s door in January wanting out because I think it’s a disgrace that not if these players is being trusted to made an appearance whilst this tepid shit bottle less football is being played week in week out. The lack of subs in a game is another one where probably millions of fans are scratching their heads every week wondering wtf is going on in peps mind atm . January isn’t saving our season I’m afraid .
Tugay One Cup
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If I were of anyone in our youth ranks I’d be banging on the manager’s door in January wanting out because I think it’s a disgrace that not if these players is being trusted to made an appearance whilst this tepid shit bottle less football is being played week in week out. The lack of subs in a game is another one where probably millions of fans are scratching their heads every week wondering wtf is going on in peps mind atm . January isn’t saving our season I’m afraid .
Even if you take all the emotion out of it and look at is strictly from a professional point of view, I'd have my shit packed already and wanting a move as soon as the window opens.
If they're not being given an opportunity to impress in the worst City team of the post-takeover era, then what was the point of having them here in the first place? They were never going to be able to make a name for themselves in a functioning side so why have we been wasting anyone's time?
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Give him a run in the team for fucks sake.
And Wright and O'Reilly deserve some game time, they cannot do any worse than those in the starting 11 at the moment.Give him a run in the team for fucks sake.
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The more Dad’s Army play, the more we lose.The less he plays, the more his myth grows....
The more Dad’s Army play, the more we lose.
It's a shame that City fans would resort to using the terms that rival fans are using for our players.
How quickly people have turned on the players who have given us the best success the club has had.
Bizarre given the issues we have that he hasnt had a chance. He came on v Feyenoord and it then went wrong and i remember he was a little sloppy but not actually culpable. Is he really bad in training, is Pep too stubborn to change a view or a Jan deal pretty much done and he is being protected so that completes?
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I have no idea what phrases are being coined by rival fans because I ignore them. Came off social media years ago, never look at rawk or Rag Cafe.It's a shame that City fans would resort to using the terms that rival fans are using for our players.
How quickly people have turned on the players who have given us the best success the club has had.
As a City fan of 41 years I reserve the right to use non-offensive, tongue in cheek gallows humour because for decades that’s what kept our chins up.
Every single time I’ve criticised the likes of Gundo and KDB I’ve added the caveat that they are fucking legends and nothing can change that.
I just think now is the time to try something different. If you don’t, that’s fine. It’s a game of opinions.
I have no idea what phrases are being coined by rival fans because I ignore them. Came off social media years ago, never look at rawk or Rag Cafe.
As a City fan of 41 years I reserve the right to use non-offensive, tongue in cheek gallows humour because for decades that’s what kept our chins up.
Every single time I’ve criticised the likes of Gundo and KDB I’ve added the caveat that they are fucking legends and nothing can change that.
I just think now is the time to try something different. If you don’t, that’s fine. It’s a game of opinions.
I just think it's hard to argue with Pep. He'll know more than us. I wouldnt be against playing McAtee but if he was good enough to play then Pep would play him.
What i would be against is throwing the kids into the fire and destroying their confidence.
You've seen on here the abuse Rico has received.
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While Pep does know more than us, he also does get stuff wrong and is known to have biases. He decided Palmer wasn't good enough,who then goes to Chelsea and becomes the best player in the league, but thought Nunes was a good buy.I just think it's hard to argue with Pep. He'll know more than us. I wouldnt be against playing McAtee but if he was good enough to play then Pep would play him.
What i would be against is throwing the kids into the fire and destroying their confidence.
You've seen on here the abuse Rico has received.
The clamouring for the younger players has increased because we can't keep sending out the same players in the same system to lose every game. Even if the younger players lost every game, at least they would be learning something and hopefully improving.
sir baconface
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Take the blinkers off, mate.I just think it's hard to argue with Pep. He'll know more than us. I wouldnt be against playing McAtee but if he was good enough to play then Pep would play him.
What i would be against is throwing the kids into the fire and destroying their confidence.
You've seen on here the abuse Rico has received.
1. Rinse and repeat isn’t working. Where is the additional risk of easing him in? And I don’t mean coming on in the 89th minute when a game is over.
2. Pep has no track record in dealing with situations like the present. And so far has shown no aptitude. It’s one thing believing he’ll eventually turn the corner (which we all hope) but quite a different one to follow his current mantra blindly.
3. Can you not see the risk of our famed academy system being undermined? Foden only got serious game time when he was literally impossible to ignore. Palmer and others got theirs by leaving the club. McAtee may be a leprous lump of shit for all I know but that’s certainly the message he’ll be getting after being bigged up then discarded.
4. The club is bigger than their manager and always will be.
If he plays and it doesn’t work out then hey, it was worth a try. And you’ll be able to say “I told you so”.
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I think he also sees dropping an experienced pro for a youth player a sign of disrespect. Yes he'll do it for cup games and if we've won the league but never does it for PL or CL games that matter. Always the experienced pro regardless. Which is killing us right now.Pep is risk averse.
He won't change anything unless he has absolutely no other alternative.
sir baconface
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Doesn’t even have to be the rest of the season if it doesn’t work out. Just a fighting chance to show what he can do.He didn't look too convinicing with the starts but should be given another crack for the rest of the season.
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