Sagna was injured in October, Zaba however wasn't and played in both our games that month (international break)
In fact, Zaba wasn't injured at all while Maffeo was not on loan.
Strange you seem to believe sending a 19 year old, that you've just given his first senior appearance, constitutes an attempt to alienate them.
You keep quoting this and I wouldn't mind watching the source to hear exactly what Pep said.
That's the rumour, yes.
Call a spade a spade mate, it isn't "the club", it's Pep who calls the shots.
Your cynicism isn't unfounded but if you think Pep wants to fuck off Maffeo, and it's now or never for a 19 year old fullback then you're barking up the wrong tree.
You claiming I made a snide remark about being more like MK Dons is... well bullshit
if Navas wasn't retained we'd need to purchase a back-up which would eventually curtail Maffeo's development
I'm not familiar with this posting etiquette! I was merely answering your post by comparing the success of Chelsea to the lack of success of Spurs. I also posted that both current Spurs 1st choice fullbacks were out, on loan, until they were over 21. No reason why our loanees can't do the same, I would hope.You replied to a comment I made to someone commenting on MK Dons, if you weren't agreeing with them you probably shouldn't have tried to carry it on.
Or we could do what every single other club in the world does and just play the kid without loaning them out for 5 years.
Re-signing Navas is curtailing Maffeo's development, I can't believe so many people are so wilfully blind.
No, it's not his fault at all. The idea of loaning a youngster to a Dutch title contender was questionable from the start. Even PSV's supporters were amused to get another CAM while there were plenty already - what the club really needed is wingers. The status of a loanee didn't help Alex to get more chances as well. I think it was our club's job to assess the player's abilities, PSV's needs and make right decision. Basicaly the same case as with M.Garcia who sat on the bench under his namesake and Llorente.Zinchenko's case is a terrible example. Just from memory the only person claiming he was promised first team opportunities before signing was his agent (which the lad may have repeated too). And if he can't get a starting place in PSV's team surely that's down to him? No loan team will guarantee game time if the player isn't up to the job, hopefully he's learning from the experience just what he needs to do.
Course I know. The thing is this team suits Odegaard's current abilities and allows him to play more or less regularly. Odegaard is probably not the best example, I actually don't like the modern practice of snatching teenagers by big clubs too early. My focus was on deficiencies of our loaning system, Real's was used just as an example of a more successful, well-planned one.'loan to Eredivisie' ? Is that so much better than loaning to Spains 2nd tier? You know that his team are only 8th in a weak league?
Carvajal, Vallejo, Mayoral - just what first came to mind.'loan to Bundesliga' ? If you're still talking about Odegaard then I can't see any reference to that.
its the same for most of our young players at the moment. tosin, anglino, garcia, gunn, nacho. none of them have really been given a chance and pep seems to want ready made first team players instead, he wont take a 'risk' playing them. tosin the strangest one, considering we've had no centre backs at times this season. until this changes i can't see many if any making it at city.
Not true, look up who played RB at West Brom.
I don't think this sentence is actually English, it certainly doesn't make sense.
Google it, it's incredibly easy to find.
it's more than just a rumour though isn't it, it's come from one of the most reliable City journalists out there, and backed up by Tolmie.
Yeah it is Pep, and yeah, fucking off a 20 year old fullback when he's got no existing competition for a spot is exactly that...fucking them off.
Or we could do what every single other club in the world does and just play the kid without loaning them out for 5 years.
Re-signing Navas is curtailing Maffeo's development, I can't believe so many people are so wilfully blind.
if maffeo isn't deemed quite ready then he isn't quite ready,
if your that passionate about our youth set up, get yourself the correct coaching badges and try and work for city, i actually know one of the youth team coaches,you obviously think you are a better judge of players than our team of youth coaches not to mention pep.getting a job at city will be a piece of piss for you.