How good can Iheanacho get?

I think Iheanacho has been slowly introduced to the side. The main issue I've always had is that Iheanacho seems to be given too little time... \

He's played 14 Premier League games, but has been brought on in the 84th minute in half of those games and only twice was he given more than half an hour to present himself. I understand using him sparingly but how many times has ManCity been several goals up or despreately searching for a goal, but Iheanacho is only brought on in the final stretch? I'm not advocating starting him every game, but c'mon... would it hurt Pellegrini to sub him on in the 60-70th minute instead of the 85th?
 
jon stakes said:
I think Iheanacho has been slowly introduced to the side. The main issue I've always had is that Iheanacho seems to be given too little time... \

He's played 14 Premier League games, but has been brought on in the 84th minute in half of those games and only twice was he given more than half an hour to present himself. I understand using him sparingly but how many times has ManCity been several goals up or despreately searching for a goal, but Iheanacho is only brought on in the final stretch? I'm not advocating starting him every game, but c'mon... would it hurt Pellegrini to sub him on in the 60-70th minute instead of the 85th?
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could you identify the league games we have been leading by several goals with about thirty to twenty minutes remaining?
Cheers
 
IanBishopsHaircut said:
Has @Neville Kneville commented on this yet?

You happy that the youth are starting to get recognised or do you want more?

Personally I think we are starting to shape up nicely..and when Pep rocks up I think it will really take off
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I think Kelechi is the jewel in the crown, but so far unfortunately we've neglected to polish the rest of the crown. But it was great to see some other kids on at the end & they are more like our own academy products, as opposed to Kelechi who was already a potential genius when we signed him & has played little for our academy sides ( but we can still claim him, like Utd do).

Imo it's a year late with the other kids & Kelechi could bave played more, but at least it appears that the penny is dropping with Pellegrini & he's no longer talking about waiting for a doctor's report about Nasri, before deciding on the Champions League squad.

I'm hoping that Pellegrini noticed how comfortable the other kids were when they came on & knows that there are a bunch of others just as good or better than them, so now he will start using one or two from the bench at times, which will allow him to take off key players when they are at risk from injury.
 
Maybe they looked comfortable because he waited until they were the right players at the right time, instead of a year ago when they weren't ready.
 
blueparrot said:
Maybe they looked comfortable because he waited until they were the right players at the right time, instead of a year ago when they weren't ready.
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No mate, you have it all wrong
Pelligrini is a foc who is sleeping walking into oblivion with little or no clue at being the manager of a top football club
Get with the programme
 
blueparrot said:
Maybe they looked comfortable because he waited until they were the right players at the right time, instead of a year ago when they weren't ready.
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That theory would need a manager who has won a league and cup double and currently has us on course for potentially our greatest ever season knowing what he is doing though mate ;-)
 
blueinsa said:
That theory would need a manager who has won a league and cup double and currently has us on course for potentially our greatest ever season knowing what he is doing though mate ;-)
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I would say, that doesn't work in reality. But Bluemoon is not reality.
Too many here play Fifa and think they know how to do the job.
That is no way aimed at you btw.
 
prestonibbo_mcfc said:
I would say, that doesn't work in reality. But Bluemoon is not reality.
Too many here play Fifa and think they know how to do the job.
That is no way aimed at you btw.
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Or those who have never played FIFA but have taken a keen interest in youth football for 40+ years & don't believe that everything every manager & coach has done in that time has been correct.
 
Neville Kneville said:
Or maybe he didn't.
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Well he did wait, whether he was right or wrong we'll never know for sure but my guess is when we look back in a few years on how we developed our youth and who we kept and let go in hindsight he and Txiki will have been a good judges. Because it's not all down to just the manager our DOF will be just as involved if not more so. Unfortunately for Manuel, Guardiola will probably get all the credit.
 
squirtyflower said:
could you identify the league games we have been leading by several goals with about thirty to twenty minutes remaining?
Cheers
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Newcastle - came on for 15 minutes
Bournemouth - came on for 13 minutes (and scored a wrongly dissallowed goal)
Southampton - did not feature
 
jon stakes said:
Newcastle - came on for 15 minutes
Bournemouth - came on for 13 minutes (and scored a wrongly dissallowed goal)
Southampton - did not feature
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Not too sure what point you're trying to make here?

His progress so far culminating in yesterdays brilliant performance is all that matters and whilst a few can say he should have played earlier, its based on nothing more than sentiment.

We can all play the what if game and what if Pellegrini had brought him on against say Newcastle or Southampton and he had done a knee and not played again all season?

The club as a whole will have a long term plan and strategy for those they believe good enough potentially to make the first team on a regular basis that will be based on training reports and every other department and professional we now employ to nurture and bring out the best in all our young players.

If they are good enough, they will get their chance as yesterday has shown. There is no secret plan behind the scenes to stop these lads making it as some want to believe on here as hat flies in the face of a £200M+ investment as well as common sense, FFP and the good of the first team.
 
blueparrot said:
Well he did wait, whether he was right or wrong we'll never know for sure but my guess is when we look back in a few years on how we developed our youth and who we kept and let go in hindsight he and Txiki will have been a good judges. Because it's not all down to just the manager our DOF will be just as involved if not more so. Unfortunately for Manuel, Guardiola will probably get all the credit.
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Well I don't want to head off down that road in an Iheanacho thread, I was originally answering a question, but imo a player not making it in football, is not neccessarily proof of a lack of neccessary talent, it can be down to the wrong handling at the wrong time.

Personally I don't think Pellegrini deserves any credit for anything he has done re young players & may have lost us one or two at least potential squad players short term, possibly ecent players longer term. I think a better manager would have several as regulars in our squad, that assessment being based on comparing them with City kids who have played Prem football in the past.

But it seems as I said, as if he has got the message re Iheanacho now, as he is claiming credit for bringing him through & trusting him, wheras a week or so ago he was looking into whether a half fit Nasri should be preferred to him in the Champs Lg squad & saying he was willing to wait for the doctor's report til the last day, to see if Nasri could make it.

Good. Let's all hope for more game time for Kelechi & other kids & for Pep to carry that on.

We could have a truly world class player on our hands here & imo he showed in the Nigeria U17s a whole side to his game which City fans haven't seen yet. Just wait til that kicks in!
 
jon stakes said:
Newcastle - came on for 15 minutes
Bournemouth - came on for 13 minutes (and scored a wrongly dissallowed goal)
Southampton - did not feature
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You are wasting your time with some of these mate.

They band together to call the manager an idiot for his team selection or tactics on one thread, then tell us how we have no right to criticise his decisions on another.

I remember that you have watched Kelechi pre City, as I did, & we both know how much more there is to come from him, so it will open a few eyes when it happens , of course it will then be down to the great coaching Pellegrini has given him rather than the fact he could already do it when he was 16 & just needs game time ;)
 
Neville Kneville said:
Well I don't want to head off down that road in an Iheanacho thread, I was originally answering a question, but imo a player not making it in football, is not neccessarily proof of a lack of neccessary talent, it can be down to the wrong handling at the wrong time.

Personally I don't think Pellegrini deserves any credit for anything he has done re young players & may have lost us one or two at least potential squad players short term, possibly ecent players longer term. I think a better manager would have several as regulars in our squad, that assessment being based on comparing them with City kids who have played Prem football in the past.

But it seems as I said, as if he has got the message re Iheanacho now, as he is claiming credit for bringing him through & trusting him, wheras a week or so ago he was looking into whether a half fit Nasri should be preferred to him in the Champs Lg squad & saying he was willing to wait for the doctor's report til the last day, to see if Nasri could make it.

Good. Let's all hope for more game time for Kelechi & other kids & for Pep to carry that on.

We could have a truly world class player on our hands here & imo he showed in the Nigeria U17s a whole side to his game which City fans haven't seen yet. Just wait til that kicks in!
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I agree. People are changing the narrative about Pellegrini's handling of Kelechi. It, if anything, has been all over the place. Sending him on in the 88th minute multiple occasions to salvage something clearly isn't brilliant long-term planning. Coming out and saying he's not a striker after snubbing him for the absense of having any forwards on the pitch isn't trust or awareness of the kid. I think those on the whole 'Pellegrini is managing him perfectly' bandwagon are going to be red-faced when Bony comes back because Bony isn't going to be third-choice striker under Pellegrini.
 
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