It’s no big problem keeping McAtee with the squad as club trained he’d be behind Foden and KDB as a 10 so he’ll get minutes without needing to rely on him so a chance to see how he does over a season.Do you think McAtee is capable of playing at this level?
Personally I think the jury is out on McAtee, I'd love to see him succeed at City, I'm sure there's only one way of finding out if he's capable and that's by giving him game time.
It's very hard to judge the lad having loan spells at Sheffield United a team who was very anti football.
Hopefully he's correct.It’s no big problem keeping McAtee with the squad as club trained he’d be behind Foden and KDB as a 10 so he’ll get minutes without needing to rely on him so a chance to see how he does over a season.
@twosips seems to think he’s a player that will rise in level as he plays and trains with better players ,players more suited to his game,and grows in confidence.
I presume you don't look at the which famous person died today thread I've got some really bad news to tell you :(I'm sure sure Sticky Vicky in Benidorm will pass on the news...
Of course there's a need to replace him, we wouldn't have signed him to begin with if we didn't need a backup.No need to replace him
Oscar, Savio & Mcatee will take his minutes
Guessing here but McAtee after 2 years of first team football seems to want to stay at City this year regardless of minutes and hasn’t agitated for another loan or move. Can only assume that Pep has spoken to him and told him he wants him around the team and getting minutes. Just a conclusion I’ve jumped to.Hopefully he's correct.
I'd love to see him getting game time at City especially him being a lad that came through the academy it's always nice to see.
Normally Pep is reluctant to send these lads out on loan for example Phil Foden when he was first coming through and Palmer who he eventually sold as he didn't want him going on loan either. It always seemed Pep would prefer to have the youngsters in and around the first team who thinks is good enough like Foden, Rico, Bobb ect
Maybe I'm wrong and I hope I'm wrong. Hopefully McAtee being in and around the first team will improve his game and it works out well for him. I'm happy enough to see any City kid getting game time.
His opinion is worthless in any regard.If pushed though I bet he says spurs are a bigger club than Atletico.. which makes his opinion worthless
Do you think McAtee is capable of playing at this level?
Personally I think the jury is out on McAtee, I'd love to see him succeed at City, I'm sure there's only one way of finding out if he's capable and that's by giving him game time.
It's very hard to judge the lad having loan spells at Sheffield United a team who was very anti football.
You could well be correct.Guessing here but McAtee after 2 years of first team football seems to want to stay at City this year regardless of minutes and hasn’t agitated for another loan or move. Can only assume that Pep has spoken to him and told him he wants him around the team and getting minutes. Just a conclusion I’ve jumped to.
that would be Foden or SIlva most likely.Of course there's a need to replace him, we wouldn't have signed him to begin with if we didn't need a backup.
If Haaland is out, which one of those 3 is starting upfront for us in say a champions league quarter final?
We play with a striker, we've spent the last 2 windows signing wingers that can compliment that, it would be madness to then go into the season with just one striker.
Well we signed him 2 years ago before Savio, Bobb and even McAtee,not to metion Foden kicking on. So there may or may not be a need but the fact we needed Alvarez 2 years ago has nothing to do with it.Of course there's a need to replace him, we wouldn't have signed him to begin with if we didn't need a backup.
If Haaland is out, which one of those 3 is starting upfront for us in say a champions league quarter final?
We play with a striker, we've spent the last 2 windows signing wingers that can compliment that, it would be madness to then go into the season with just one striker.
I felt Sheffield United was a strange loan move considering the difference in McAtee and Sheffield United style of play although maybe other parts of his game improved being at Sheffield United along with getting first team football.Had a year where the team got promoted a year where they got relegated! That's first team experience ups and downs how hard it is with a poor team/squad
Scored a goal and two assists in preseason against good opposition!
Pep has seen it in him and why he said what he did about him and O'Reily,
Well officially you shouldn't arrange personal terms before the transfer has been accepted as it's classed as tapping upwtf? he pushed for the transfer and didn’t arrange personal stuff with them?