I'm pleased to hear that Denayer is doing well in Turkey, not so well on Tuesday though when he was subbed during the defeat by Benfica . He's been injured too, just 4 league appearances so far I think. There were fears he was not good enough in the air for a CB and short of pace as a RB so it's good if he's disproving those doubts.Denayer has been fucking exceptional for Galatasaray. At least bother to give a slight interest on the subject rather than just waffling cliches..
No. But I think Denayer & Lopes would be better in their positions, than Kolarov was at left back. He plays every week & drops bollocks every week. Otamendi has dropped plenty too. If experienced players are allowed to make mistakes so should young players be.
Mancini was fucking useless in the Champions League. But mosfor Pellegrini to watch that & still start Yaya in a two, just proves my point imo. He would have come out all guns blazing & finished 5th. Mancini was the right man for the job at the right time, & now we have Pellegrini instead, thank fuck.
If you are 3 0 up to say Newcastle after 70 mins how are you compromising the competition? I am not one for just throwing kids at the team but if we have them on the bench they must be deemed capable, there is a big difference giving the most promising youngster 20 - 30 mins in a game that is won or doing what wenger did and playing a youth team in all league cup ties
Playing one youth player against a Sheffield Wednesday in the league cup or bringing one on in a premier league game already won ain't compromising anything, the youth player must have shown signs he is ready though, you don't do it for the sake of it
We must either be stifling youth at present or they aren't up to scratch
In all his 3 league starts?
Why does it have to be one or the other? Surely it's equally likely that there's a crop of young players the club feel all have the potential to one day play in the first team, but currently aren't good enough. That doesn't mean they'll never be good enough, just not right now. In that scenario, where you believe a kid will one day be good enough but isn't quite there yet, there's nothing wrong with letting them taste the first team by giving them a few minutes at the end of a match or having them on the bench.
I'm also a little bit at a loss as to why this discussion is even taking place. It's not like we're struggling in some department and there's obviously kids being overlooked. Quite the opposite - Pellegrini and the rest of the technical staff have placed a tremendous amount of faith in Kelechi because they believe he's good enough.
Taste of the first team, what absolute cliched tosh, so giving them 3 minutes is good for them but say 20 would be utter madness? I get it now, well done
Yes giving a kid who you think isn't good enough yet to play at first team level 20 minutes in a match, even one your winning comfortably, isn't the brightest of ideas. I realise that a lot of people think that players are in fact robots with no human feelings, but they are very human. The younger they are the more human they are and the more likely they are to be negatively effected by a poor 20 minute showing in a game that's already won. Makes far more sense as I say to give them that little taste without exposing them to something which could end up being counterproductive to their long term development.
I'm not sure why you find this such an incredulous point of view. Especially when it's clearly the point of view of the professionals who are actually charged with making these decisions, and the owners who employ the people who they believe will make decisions based on what is best for both the well being of a single player and also the well being of the team as a whole.
Oh almost forgot kelechi should have played much more this season they certainly haven't shown incredible faith,nearly every supporter on here has been exited about him for ages, more nonsense I'm afraid