Kelechi Iheanacho

[MangoMagic01]

However, again, you're basing that on fuck all except for an apparent bonk on you have for him.

Not to mention the fact that you're getting worked up like Pozo's your little cousin?

Relax brother.. You're the one being a gronk.. For the record I feel for Pozo he didn't get much quality ball tonight

Im not defending Pozo, i thought he was dire today.

I didnt bring him into the discussion.

If you could contribute something other than personal abuse, it would be welcome.

Sweet brother, I don't think I was anymore personal then you were with that other poster, and don't see why you have to utilise crude language to emphasize your argument, all good!

I genuinely think Kelechi would have more of an impact playing as lone striker and then Pozo.

Based on a) Pre-Season b) Yaya Toure talking about him in an interview, highly rates him, as does Pellegrini c) I just have a feeling about this kid.. He's going to be a superstar, and everyone at the club knows it.. Get on board mate!

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

Not to mention the fact that you're getting worked up like Pozo's your little cousin?

Relax brother.. You're the one being a gronk.. For the record I feel for Pozo he didn't get much quality ball tonight

Im not defending Pozo, i thought he was dire today.

I didnt bring him into the discussion.

If you could contribute something other than personal abuse, it would be welcome.

Sweet brother, I don't think I was anymore personal then you were with that other poster, and don't see why you have to utilise crude language to emphasize your argument, all good!

I genuinely think Kelechi would have more of an impact playing as lone striker and then Pozo.

Based on a) Pre-Season b) Yaya Toure talking about him in an interview, highly rates him, as does Pellegrini c) I just have a feeling about this kid.. He's going to be a superstar, and everyone at the club knows it.. Get on board mate!

 

[pudge]

Not to mention the fact that you're getting worked up like Pozo's your little cousin?

Relax brother.. You're the one being a gronk.. For the record I feel for Pozo he didn't get much quality ball tonight

Im not defending Pozo, i thought he was dire today.

I didnt bring him into the discussion.

If you could contribute something other than personal abuse, it would be welcome.

Sweet brother, I don't think I was anymore personalthen you were with that other poster, and don't see why you have to utilise crude language to emphasize your argument, all good!

I genuinely think Kelechi would have more of an impact playing as lone striker and then Pozo.

Based on a) Pre-Season b) Yaya Toure talking about him in an interview, highly rates him, as does Pellegrini c) I just have a feeling about this kid.. He's going to be a superstar, and everyone at the club knows it.. Get on board mate!

Pretty distinctive difference. However, if condescension is your thing I'll ironically accept that.

He's a prospect of course but to claim, definitively, he would take a chance in the team ahead of another young player, that he would have played in our last two games at least, that he would have scored when another player saw his shot saved is rather unrealistic is it not.

My initial point that those expecting him to be signed and immediately be put into the first team may be disappointed is exactly that. "May be..."

Whereas other say he "would" start, he "would" score, calm yourselvea down.

Pozo was brought in as a comparsion by a fellow poster.

 

[MangoMagic01]

Im not defending Pozo, i thought he was dire today.

I didnt bring him into the discussion.

If you could contribute something other than personal abuse, it would be welcome.

Sweet brother, I don't think I was anymore personalthen you were with that other poster, and don't see why you have to utilise crude language to emphasize your argument, all good!

I genuinely think Kelechi would have more of an impact playing as lone striker and then Pozo.

Based on a) Pre-Season b) Yaya Toure talking about him in an interview, highly rates him, as does Pellegrini c) I just have a feeling about this kid.. He's going to be a superstar, and everyone at the club knows it.. Get on board mate!

Pretty distinctive difference. However, if condescension is your thing I'll ironically accept that.

He's a prospect of course but to claim, definitively, he would take a chance in the team ahead of another young player, that he would have played in our last two games at least, that he would have scored when another player saw his shot saved is rather unrealistic is it not.

My initial point that those expecting him to be signed and immediately be put into the first team may be disappointed is exactly that. "May be..."

Whereas other say he "would" start, he "would" score, calm yourselvea down.

Pozo was brought in as a comparsion by a fellow poster.

Certainly agree that assuming Kelechi would have finished that chance against Everton is ridicilous.

Just thought you were being unnecessarily aggressive that's all champ

 

[Neville Kneville]

Iheanacho is a fantastic prospect.

He is bigger stronger faster & better in the air than Pozo, as well as being just as good or better as a footballer, & looks more likely to score goals too, so of course he would be better in that role. Really stupid how they are using Pozo & very hard for the lad.

I imagine Iheanacho will stay in the first team squad for good once he plays a couple of games. Already miles better than Sturridge was when he got in.

 

[g180aj]

Iheanacho is a fantastic prospect.

He is bigger stronger faster & better in the air than Pozo, as well as being just as good or better as a footballer, & looks more likely to score goals too, so of course he would be better in that role. Really stupid how they are using Pozo & very hard for the lad.

I imagine Iheanacho will stay in the first team squad for good once he plays a couple of games. Already miles better than Sturridge was when he got in.

A couple of pre-season games against mls teams aren't really much in the shape of opposition to base that he would have anything on yet or that he is better than specifically Sturridge. I would also say that yes he does look more powerful and a lot better built than Pozo but as far a technical ability I would disagree as pozo seems to have a better touch aswel as better calmness and awareness than Iheanacho.

Having said all that with our currant situation striker wise if we were to attain a work permit for him could we possibly be granted special circumstances to sign him 2 weeks prior to the window opening like what Newcastle have just tried and failed to do with a goal keeper.

 

[Gundogan's Moustache]

If the kid could come in and have a impact score a few goals he won't be going out on loan anywhere , I think it would give a buzz of having a young prospect being involved in the first team continuesly like Sterling at Liverpool

 

[BigOscar]

Iheanacho is a fantastic prospect.

He is bigger stronger faster & better in the air than Pozo, as well as being just as good or better as a footballer, & looks more likely to score goals too, so of course he would be better in that role. Really stupid how they are using Pozo & very hard for the lad.

I imagine Iheanacho will stay in the first team squad for good once he plays a couple of games. Already miles better than Sturridge was when he got in.

To be fair, we've not actually planned on Pozo playing on either occassion, so I imagine he's just been thrown on and told to try and do the job Aguero was doing/Dzeko was supposed to do. I doubt we had the time to actually change the tactics for the rest of the team, so just asked him to give his best at doing the other players role. I'd hope that if he starts the next game, the team would be set up for him to play a role far more suited to him.

It is a bit unfair to have asked it of him, but we've not really had a choice. I think it's far more unfair that some fans are judging him harshly on his attempts to play unfamiliar roles though.

I do agree that Kelechi would of been more suited to giving those roles a go though, as he's a far more physical player and he's far more suited to playing as an out and out striker.

 

[Kompany is King]

I don't think Iheancho will be going on loan if we get a work permit.

He will be in our squad for this season.

 

[Cobwebcat]

He could hold the fort if we get clearance. Lets face it there's nobody else!

 

[g180aj]

All I keep reading on here is the plan is to register him in January, but shorely as he is under 18 he doesn't have to officially be registered.

 

[Deleted member 58678]

Iheanacho is a fantastic prospect.

He is bigger stronger faster & better in the air than Pozo, as well as being just as good or better as a footballer, & looks more likely to score goals too, so of course he would be better in that role. Really stupid how they are using Pozo & very hard for the lad.

I imagine Iheanacho will stay in the first team squad for good once he plays a couple of games. Already miles better than Sturridge was when he got in.

How can you possibly make that judgement? From pre-season training games you'd think our best experienced defender was Dedryk Boyata and the club's star was Scott Sinclair. So it can't be based on pre-season can it?

 

[crazyadi]

All I keep reading on here is the plan is to register him in January, but shorely as he is under 18 he doesn't have to officially be registered.

he isnt under 18, his 18th birthday was in October.

City have applied for a work permit as of a couple of days ago and are using the special talent argument, there is zero chance he will be loaned out if he gets a visa based on him being a special talent.

 

[southstandblue27]

All I keep reading on here is the plan is to register him in January, but shorely as he is under 18 he doesn't have to officially be registered.

he isnt under 18, his 18th birthday was in October.

City have applied for a work permit as of a couple of days ago and are using the special talent argument, there is zero chance he will be loaned out if he gets a visa based on him being a special talent.

The rule is under 21 players don't have to be registered, so as soon as he gets a work permit he can play.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Iheanacho is a fantastic prospect.

He is bigger stronger faster & better in the air than Pozo, as well as being just as good or better as a footballer, & looks more likely to score goals too, so of course he would be better in that role. Really stupid how they are using Pozo & very hard for the lad.

I imagine Iheanacho will stay in the first team squad for good once he plays a couple of games. Already miles better than Sturridge was when he got in.

How can you possibly make that judgement? From pre-season training games you'd think our best experienced defender was Dedryk Boyata and the club's star was Scott Sinclair. So it can't be based on pre-season can it?

No. But if you think Sinclair was better than Iheanacho then we're off to a bad start for this discussion tbh. That's a bit like comparing Aaaron Lennon to David Silva. One of them is a footballer, one runs about. Kelechi was on another planet compared to Sinclair imo.

But it's based on watching Kelech Iheanacho play football against some of the best kids in the world at his age, & being better than pretty much all of them, then making the comparison to watching other young players since about 1967 & judging whether I think they had more talent or not & remembering how they got on in the game.

I think he has more talent than most I've seen & is the kind of player who only appears very rarely.

That doesn't matter if he can't do it in the first team, as some of the best talents haven't made it in the game, but he looked fine in the first team pre season imo, as did Boyata, & Boyata was absolutely fine when we played him in the first team last week (& also could be a good defender for City if he wasn't so nervous at times).


Kelechi is a fantastic talent, & I would be surprised if he's not in our first team squad very soon. Then he has to prove he can do it, & that requires more than just talent. But he's far more suited to the job currently required than Pozo, who should be played deeper imo.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Iheanacho is a fantastic prospect.

He is bigger stronger faster & better in the air than Pozo, as well as being just as good or better as a footballer, & looks more likely to score goals too, so of course he would be better in that role. Really stupid how they are using Pozo & very hard for the lad.

I imagine Iheanacho will stay in the first team squad for good once he plays a couple of games. Already miles better than Sturridge was when he got in.

A couple of pre-season games against mls teams aren't really much in the shape of opposition to base that he would have anything on yet or that he is better than specifically Sturridge.

No it wouldn't.

But it gives a good idea that he can work ok within our team structure.

 

[cupsforcockups]

Iheanacho

I know its a big ask but do we give this guy a go up front as I think he returns to city on 1st jan.Pozo is a bit lightweight at the moment,his time will come.I ehink we must buy a striker in the new year.Just watching Bony at the minute v spurs he would be ideal

 

[blueincy]

Re: Iheanacho - Our 4th Striker?

The news is that they are working on it now, in time for January with no plans to loan out.

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/man-city-loan-nwakali-spanish-club/?

 

[squirtyflower]

Re: Iheanacho - Our 4th Striker?

The news is that they are working on it now, in time for January with no plans to loan out.

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/man-city-loan-nwakali-spanish-club/?

that's not the player the thread is about

 

[pudge]

Re: Iheanacho - Our 4th Striker?

The news is that they are working on it now, in time for January with no plans to loan out.

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/man-city-loan-nwakali-spanish-club/?

that's not the player the thread is about

Partially relevant;

“He will now sign a professional contract with City this month as he will soon be 18. But unlike compatriot Kelechi Iheanacho, City will not apply for a work permit for him in the United Kingdom. Instead, he will go on loan to Spain.”