uwerosler28
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Because he only has 1 year left on his contract, in 11 months he can leave for fuck all.
James McAtee | Agreement with Forest - £30m overall
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By moving on I assume you mean create a new thread for the player in general discussion and moan in it for the next five years
Well, McAtee was in a relegation team the year before last, and then he's had this season where he could barely get a game during our injury crisis...
leighton
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A player is only worth the money a team wants to spend on them. Hate to say it we be doing well to get 30 million for him. Forest don't need him
That McAtear joke has gone over most peoples heads.
You'll have to start adding spoiler alerts.
CΛL
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Enough, I have mates out of Sheffield, I used to go to Uni there, lived next to Bramall Lane and went to odd game with them
Correct. It’s the biggest myth going. People in the media constantly bemoan Pep stopping Grealish from dribbling. They’re getting paid to come out with this shite. You’d think the penny might drop with them if they noticed the player often playing instead of Jack is Doku.
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I think what looks like the whole away end singing his name trumps talking to a few fans.
And we all know how fickle club forums can be. He'll, I'm gonna guess that by December, plenty on here will be ranting about Cherki's low work rate and shouting about him being a luxury player, while others will be eulogising about his mesmerising skills. Anyway, I had a look on the forum you linked and found mostly praise for McAtee...have a look at the attached image, thats one of many such comments.
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I think a lot liked him because he helped them get promotion and then chose to go back to them the next season in the Prem. That kind of thing buys you a bit of leeway.
I can't claim to have seen loads of their games that season - apart from the City games I saw them get battered a few times. Home to Arsenal, 0-5 at HT, and he got subbed. Other games, subbed often around 70 mins.
I just hoped he'd be more important for them, as they were dreadful. Although that also gives him a little bit of mitigation too, because they really were dreadful...
eyalluvitt
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Every PL goal he scores the Greek owner has promised the whole team a Maccies Tea
CΛL
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Alright then mate, this is just my opinion but if he was truly worth £35-40m he’d have played for us more prominently last season, and if he was the superstar you think he was on loan, clubs would have been queuing up to sign for the asking price at the start of the window.
My arguments have been that Hackney is well worth £20m, that McAtee hasn’t proved as much yet we want almost twice as much for him.
It’s obvious (again imo), by the initial interest in him petering away and the offer from Forrest for £25m, that clubs don’t think he’s worth what we’re asking for.
That may change come the end of the window when teams become more desperate.
And I do rate his talent, it’s obvious, but the shirt weighed too heavily on him at City, and for me, his performances on loan at Blades don’t warrant his asking price.
He’s not yet proven he can do it at this level in the prem.
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Matt Diablo
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Has he only 1yr left on his contract
Matt Diablo
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No one that fat can be that happy. Something dodgy going on (eyes emoji)
I think while we all think our Academy is great and full of talented players, sometimes some players don't quite make it when they move to playing against men ten years older and at their peak.
I do think that it is a strategy of ours to sell some of these kids without giving them too much first team game time, because it can show that they aren't quite up to it. It's one reason why we're careful to give game time against lower division teams too.
I dare say that if we'd wanted to sell McAtee before he went out on load to Sheff U, we may have got more for him than we will do selling him now. Possibly.
We'd given teams a few glimpses of him, he clearly has talent, he'd ripped up the youth league, clubs were interested. Now a couple of years later they can also see a few negatives as well perhaps.
Edit - Hackney who's played purely in the Championship hasn't yet had his flaws highlighted. Can he step up (if Ipswich go up)? No idea, but he hasn't yet shown that he can't.
I do think that it is a strategy of ours to sell some of these kids without giving them too much first team game time, because it can show that they aren't quite up to it. It's one reason why we're careful to give game time against lower division teams too.
I dare say that if we'd wanted to sell McAtee before he went out on load to Sheff U, we may have got more for him than we will do selling him now. Possibly.
We'd given teams a few glimpses of him, he clearly has talent, he'd ripped up the youth league, clubs were interested. Now a couple of years later they can also see a few negatives as well perhaps.
Edit - Hackney who's played purely in the Championship hasn't yet had his flaws highlighted. Can he step up (if Ipswich go up)? No idea, but he hasn't yet shown that he can't.
I'm talking about two specific players, one (Grealish) who went from a £100M flair player to a boring wide player; and the other (Palmer) who was allowed to leave despite being a recognised talent at the time.
McAtee similar style to both.
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Looks like Forest have moved onto Luiz and Fernandes for now. Presumably a chance we return to McAtee if either of those don’t work out.
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