87 | James McAtee - 2024/25

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Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
Not at youth level he wasn’t. I’d argue Mcatee was more highly rated.

The only reason we can see Palmer is class is because he got game time to develop. Mcatee is the same in my opinion.

I don’t think you can really judge how good a young player will be, when they aren’t played at all.

If say Mcatee plays instead of Bernardo do you think we’d be so much worse off?
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As someone who watched their games very frequently, in that team, McAtee was the metronome of that team for sure. Palmer had his moments as well. But the former was red hot for a few seasons before they either went on loan or left the club.

However, how a player develops after youth level is not so easy to gauge or ascertain. Nonetheless, we won’t know how good he can be as some need certain variables - team, set up, tactical instructions, and much more - to flourish. Most especially, luck.

However, at this point in time, it really isn’t so straightforward to be as definitive in that assessment re Bernardo as the team as a whole is not in a good place. Nonetheless, it would be nice to see what he could possibly do even in this period. As they say, pressure makes diamonds. We can’t fully tell if he’s a diamond in the rough or a lacklustre stone to gather dust.
 
funniest thing if McAtee got injured for 2 months Pep would bemoan his injury. but when fit he got 2 minutes of PL football this season.

imagine we had loaned him out to a PL side and he got 2 minutes in 18 rounds of PL. Txiki would be on the phone to complain asking to break up the loan deal.
 
Let's be honest, he sees him every day in training, so it's pretty damning if Pep doesn't think he's worth any minutes given our current form.
 
I'm With Stupid said:
Let's be honest, he sees him every day in training, so it's pretty damning if Pep doesn't think he's worth any minutes given our current form.
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Lets be honest with ourselves.. we've always complained about youth not getting minutes but Palmer got minutes.. maybe not as much as he wanted but he got minutes except down the stretch.

Phil, Rico and Jalen are getting minutes. Even Brahim Diaz and Ferran Torres got minutes. And Eric fucking Garcia got a shit ton of minutes.

Sergio Gomez was Pep's version of the Poznan after he got a red in that CL game.. got minutes but not unless we were 3-0 up.

And last time we were up 3-0 vs Feyenoord.. McAtee lost the ball and it ended up in our net.. we might need to be 5-0 up before he gets another chance.. but when's the last time City were 5-0 up??

Anyone remember??
 
I'm With Stupid said:
Let's be honest, he sees him every day in training, so it's pretty damning if Pep doesn't think he's worth any minutes given our current form.
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I'm not having this.

We have one win in 13. So what is it, the likes of Bernardo and Doku are world beaters in training and just collapse on a game day?

Or does Pep specifically have an issue with the lad, and OReilly and Wright.

If he was so bad in training why does pep reward him with a bench spot, plenty of others he can give that too. Costs us more money to have him on the bench so why we bothering?
 
decmancity said:
I'm not having this.

We have one win in 13. So what is it, the likes of Bernardo and Doku are world beaters in training and just collapse on a game day?

Or does Pep specifically have an issue with the lad, and OReilly and Wright.

If he was so bad in training why does pep reward him with a bench spot, plenty of others he can give that too. Costs us more money to have him on the bench so why we bothering?
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Wouldn't harm to sub him on for the useless Norwegian up front might wake everyone up a bit ?
 
Grealish’s Shinpads said:
McAtee couldn’t do a job for a side that got relegated but yeah Pep must be clueless for not playing him week in week out.
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Blinkered post.

Who brought him back from Sheffield United and said how useful he could be? Was that a clueless act too?

Which posters say play him week in, week out? Not a single one.
 
as expected he wants to move likely, given how he was treated no surprise.

Pep doesnt rate him, now only question if we tell him, stay or be sold but NO LOAN. hope it doesnt turn out Palmer 2.0 and he becomes one of the most interesting PL player in next two seasons somewhere else. wish him all the best of course.
 
Blue_Lightsaber said:
Lets be honest with ourselves.. we've always complained about youth not getting minutes but Palmer got minutes.. maybe not as much as he wanted but he got minutes except down the stretch.

Phil, Rico and Jalen are getting minutes. Even Brahim Diaz and Ferran Torres got minutes. And Eric fucking Garcia got a shit ton of minutes.

Sergio Gomez was Pep's version of the Poznan after he got a red in that CL game.. got minutes but not unless we were 3-0 up.

And last time we were up 3-0 vs Feyenoord.. McAtee lost the ball and it ended up in our net.. we might need to be 5-0 up before he gets another chance.. but when's the last time City were 5-0 up??

Anyone remember??
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Yeah blame McAtee for the Feyenoord collapse when Gvardiol gifted them two goals to get them back into the game.
 
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