James McAtee

[Manchester_lalala]

I would be more than happy for Pep giving McAtee a chance next season. We’ve won four in a row and already have a stacked squad, why not give him a chance? Selling Palmer is a mistake, we don’t want to make another one.

 

[Ric]

I'm really looking forward to seeing McAtee get a decent run out in pre-season. He's definitely got the ability, just needs to be given game time. Maybe the club are wary of repeating the mistake they made with Cole Palmer.

 

[waspish]

Pep bigging him up because chelsea been sniffing around him if anything we will get 50m for him

 

[blueparrot]

Oddly don't think I've ever seen him play, is he more CM or AM ? How did he do at Sheffield ?

 

[skillman]

Hope he gets a proper chance here next season. I imagine the Palmer loss is now hurting a bit given his value is already likely double what we actually got for him less than a year ago and they don’t want to make the same mistake for another promising academy graduate.

Would love to see Bobb and McAtee getting minutes.

 

[Asa's left peg]

Oddly don't think I've ever seen him play, is he more CM or AM ? How did he do at Sheffield ?

Attacking midfield / alongside/behind the striker. Drifted a little for the Blades. Someone pointed out that Pep loves small left footed midfielders, not that he's Messi but great on the ball and a killer pass, long or short.

Edit. He must be dying to play with players who can compliment him, again. He did well for them, but in the end, they didn't really get or believe in him. The fans loved him. Got his own song.

 

[blueparrot]

Attacking midfield / alongside/behind the striker. Drifted a little for the Blades. Someone pointed out that Pep loves small left footed midfielders, not that he's Messi but great on the ball and a killer pass, long or short.

Edit. He must be dying to play with players who can compliment him, again. He did well for them, but in the end, they didn't really get or believe in him. The fans loved him. Got his own song.

Fodens like ? Could he long term replace KDB, been banging on for a while Foden is the KDB replacement and what we really need is somebody to fill Fodens old role in the squad..

 

[Oli88]

In my opinion, he's the best player I've seen play for the EDS team (Foden skipped EDS football). I'm convinced he can play at the highest level. I love watching him play

 

[Asa's left peg]

Fodens like ? Could he long term replace KDB, been banging on for a while Foden is the KDB replacement and what we really need is somebody to fill Fodens old role in the squad..

Personally, I don't think he replaced Sergio or David, he just found another way. There isn't another like for like for Kev out there. He's capable of lots of Kev like passes imho, but more like David. But we have Phil Oscar Bernie (poss) capable of playing that inside position. If you add him to that, there is no real room for him. But if he were to back up Bernie for Bernie's last season, then take over. Who knows - maybe Bernie will finally run out of charge this season. They talk rightly about Rodri, but Bernie runs 13k every game 3 x per week!

 

[jamesha]

Excited to hear Pep backing McAtee. He made a success of his first loan at Sheffield despite initially looking lost in men's football. Last year was harder but he still worked hard. I have no doubts about his work ethic - he just needs to grab chances when he gets them.