James McAtee

[FantasyIreland]

He was their best player in the first half and before the catastrophic and inexplicable implosion.....that was a freak game/result,it won't happen again,and I'm sure James will develop just fine.

 

[Cobra]

I just watched 30 minutes of the Fulham Vs Sheff Utd match after he came on today and it was genuinely one of the worst performances I’ve ever seen from a team. I actually think Sheffield Utd were somehow even worse than they were against Newcastle. Every week that goes by is making this loan look even worse.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

I just watched 30 minutes of the Fulham Vs Sheff Utd match after he came on today and it was genuinely one of the worst performances I’ve ever seen from a team. I actually think Sheffield Utd were somehow even worse than they were against Newcastle. Every week that goes by is making this loan look even worse.

Unfortunately there are some very poor teams this year in the Premier league.
We loaned 2 players , Kabore and McAtee, to Premier league teams and Luton and Sheffield United look like relegation candidates.
They aren't going to learn too much there.

 

[NikT]

Recall the loan in Jan and send him to a team that knows how to play football!

 

[Gabriel]

Unfortunately there are some very poor teams this year in the Premier league.
We loaned 2 players , Kabore and McAtee, to Premier league teams and Luton and Sheffield United look like relegation candidates.
They aren't going to learn too much there.

Kabore hadn't played in England, so wherever he went it was always going to be a steep learning curve. It also has to be borne in mind that his time at Marseille was disjointed. He only played 90 minutes four times.

McAtee should never have gone back to Sheffield United, though I can understand why he did. That said, the club also left it rather late in finalising its deals this summer, so there was precious little time left to arrange things with other clubs in the top league. Not blaming anyone, just think it becomes really difficult for players to get it right.

 

[domalino]

Kabore hadn't played in England, so wherever he went it was always going to be a steep learning curve. It also has to be borne in mind that his time at Marseille was disjointed. He only played 90 minutes four times.

McAtee should never have gone back to Sheffield United, though I can understand why he did. That said, the club also left it rather late in finalising its deals this summer, so there was precious little time left to arrange things with other clubs in the top league. Not blaming anyone, just think it becomes really difficult for players to get it right.

Remember people were saying the same thing this time last year, it took him until the second half of the season to be starting most games for them.

Yes he’s at the same team now, same manager, but the level has gone up massively, and this time he’s not the only one adapting to the PL level, everyone in his team are too.

You can’t judge a loan after 8 games of the season.

 

[Bob Hope]

Remember people were saying the same thing this time last year, it took him until the second half of the season to be starting most games for them.

Yes he’s at the same team now, same manager, but the level has gone up massively, and this time he’s not the only one adapting to the PL level, everyone in his team are too.

You can’t judge a loan after 8 games of the season.

Did you watch him play the last 20 minutes

 

[WallyA]

Remember people were saying the same thing this time last year, it took him until the second half of the season to be starting most games for them.

Yes he’s at the same team now, same manager, but the level has gone up massively, and this time he’s not the only one adapting to the PL level, everyone in his team are too.

You can’t judge a loan after 8 games of the season.

This response is very strange.

Last seasom even when McAtee was strugglinf, sheffield werent. They were pretty much constantly doing well so McAtee had to adjust to a winning team.

But now that teams quality is much lower than the opposition, so if he has to adjust again to the opposition PLUS the fact his team is poor, he put himself in the worst situation to develop.

This loan was straight up a bad idea, the club should have insisted on much better options im sure were available.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

This loan was straight up a bad idea, the club should have insisted on much better options im sure were available.

He wasn't going to go to a top premier league team and get regular football.
The current teams in the bottom half are not pulling up any trees
The Evertons, Bournemouths, Brentfords etc. may not have been any better of a fit for McAtee.
I'm guessing the thinking was that he had settled in at Sheffield United and this season was an opportunity to see how he would do with a Premier league team.
He still has 3/4 of a season to show what he can do.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

This response is very strange.

Last seasom even when McAtee was strugglinf, sheffield werent. They were pretty much constantly doing well so McAtee had to adjust to a winning team.

But now that teams quality is much lower than the opposition, so if he has to adjust again to the opposition PLUS the fact his team is poor, he put himself in the worst situation to develop.

This loan was straight up a bad idea, the club should have insisted on much better options im sure were available.

On top of that, when a team is struggling, the loanees are the easiest to drop first.