It's Quiet - a new dawn

[nmc]

Someone whose surname starts with 'M'.

Marouane Fellaini !

 

[Daz_Blue]

Someone whose surname starts with 'M'.

One spot left on the subs bench

 

[Neville Kneville]

Marouane Fellaini !

James Milner.

 

[mosssideblue]

They DO impress there.

They always have, even ones who aren't that good. Training is piss easy. Real games are totally different.

It's another nonsense cliché mindlessly spouted on here.

Not being funny, but how are you able to make that claim that they do impress there because there is a certain disconnect with what you are claiming and what is unfolding re playing time for these young lads?

 

[AustinBlue]

There are loads of teams who use kids in their squads.

City & Chelsea have just set a terrible precident by harvesting some of the best kids in the world & not using any of them.

It's not typical in football.

But it is typical for the teams who have dominated the title race this decade and are 1-2 in predictions for this year

He should put two kids in the bench every week, if 3 up or more against the West Ham's and Bournemouth's of the league they should get game time, they should be starting cup games also.
I'd rather see the likes of Diaz, Foden and Roberts get minutes than Delph, Fernando or Bony.

So would I. But I'm not underwriting a billion pounds of expenditures and my reputation as the world's best manager.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Not being funny, but how are you able to make that claim that they do impress there because there is a certain disconnect with what you are claiming and what is unfolding re playing time for these young lads?

No, the disconnect comes from people who assume that if a kid does well in training, the manager picks him.

If the manager is Pellegrini, he brings on Demichelis.

Pep may start to use some of them but most of these kids can impress in training. They are hugely skilled footballers.

 

[Neville Kneville]

But it is typical for the teams who have dominated the title race this decade and are 1-2 in predictions for this year



So would I. But I'm not underwriting a billion pounds of expenditures and my reputation as the world's best manager.

It's typical for Utd & Barca.

 

[kaz7]

Pep: "We have a lot of players with a lot of quality. I’m so grateful what the club has done. We have made the team younger."

 

[oakiecokie]

Pep: "We have a lot of players with a lot of quality. I’m so grateful what the club has done. We have made the team younger."

A fair few toy boys for you to choose from Kaz.

 

[Proy]

I'd imagine both Diaz and Foden will be loaned out.

With both Silva' s there simply isn't a place for them. If Pep had seen something in either of them, he wouldn't have bought Bernado. Spanish Dave still has 2 or 3 season's in him.

There is a disconnect between the level the youth players play at and the first team, in Peps eyes. I believe that is impacting his decision making in some capacity and until there is a step change in said mentality the youth will never feature during his tenure.