BillyShears said:
Mancini's record at City of giving youth it's head is shipping Nedum out on the basis that Boyata is better. Boyata then got himself sent off against Arsenal and was never seen again. Other than that - he's done fuck all for the young players coming through at our club. To be fair to him, it may well be that they're all just not good enough. My point is more in relation to the myth which is peddled by those obsessed with Hughes - which goes along the lines of: "Mancini brings through young players. Hughes would never had done that. He sent Hart out on loan, and Mancini recalled him" as if that one act makes him Arsene Wenger...
Mancini has given more first team debuts to Academy prospects than any manager since Kevin Keegan, and he's only a little behind him with Keegan been here for 4 years including in the First Division
Nimley, Cunningham, Boyata, McGivern, Wabara, Ibrahim, Vidal, Mee, Guidetti, Chantler, and Razak all made appearances in the first team under Mancini.
Hughes gave ONE guy his first appearance; Vladi Weiss in the final game of the season for ten minutes when we were already beating Bolton.
Boyata has made 26 appearances under Mancini, 9 of them since his Arsenal sending off. He played against Poznan, Juve, Villa, Reading, Sunderland, Liverpool, Blackburmn, Stoke and Bolton since his Arsenal sending off.
Mancini has literally brought through over
DOUBLE the amount of youth players that Stuart Pearce did, a man who is recognised for this as part of his management.
Honestly Billy, you just keep showing yourself up as a man who has an extreme opinion and is blindly following it irrespective of the facts.