Manu Garcia

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Neville Kneville said:
The thing about Manu Garcia imo, is that he probably has to start creating/scoring goals regularly at some point in order to merit a job at a club like City. We have arguments about whether players such as Nasri merit their place. Nasri was a real top talent as a kid & still is now. The question is always about his role in the team & whether he does enough to merit it, rather than his ability. It's unlikely Manu will become a ballwinner & he's small in stature so he has to become a creative mastermind or be a squad player to fill in.

That is the challenge for M Garcia imo. We can already see Diaz for instance, threatening to do all that kind of stuff. Garcia when he first arrived, showed a lot of tricky stuff around the penalty area, so it's in there.
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I get what you're saying but goals and assist stats aren't all that important, It's how the team does with him in it that counts more.

Iniesta, one of the greatest of his generation, if not ever, is the prime example in my mind when people (esp. on twitter) obsess about stats.

Manu didn't get any stat from our goal vs Chelsea, but he was the key architect.

Obviously he has a long way to go and a lot of hard work to put in but if he can become half the player Iniesta has been he'll be an important part of the squad for many years. And he'll save us a ton of money in the process and, as a bonus, feel connected to the club in a way most big money signing are unlikely to
 
Silva_Spell said:
I get what you're saying but goals and assist stats aren't all that important, It's how the team does with him in it that counts more.

Iniesta, one of the greatest of his generation, if not ever, is the prime example in my mind when people (esp. on twitter) obsess about stats.

Manu didn't get any stat from our goal vs Chelsea, but he was the key architect.

Obviously he has a long way to go and a lot of hard work to put in but if he can become half the player Iniesta has been he'll be an important part of the squad for many years. And he'll save us a ton of money in the process and, as a bonus, feel connected to the club in a way most big money signing are unlikely to
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Hopefully so.

But the difference between him starting games as a first choice, or being a squad player or moved on, will imo be down to how much he creates.

Silva for instance, in the form he is in right now, would not be kept on by City as a starter, if that was as far as his capabilities went. Knocking the ball around nicely is not enough, it would have to be special stuff, which is what he does when fit.

We will have access to plenty of skilled clever players, even from our own academy. Some may be 6ft tall, fast, strong & clever at passing. The ones who end up in the first team as starters, will be the ones that have something extra on top of that. I think Manu probably does but what he's doing right now, is not ahead of what others can do.

But any of these kids that make 2nd or 3rd choice for the first team, is success for the academy & Manu certainly looks like he can at least reach that level, as do several more.
 
sporting gijon wants him but he's been told that he won't be loaned out and that he'll spend the preseason with the first team, then a decision about his future will be made
 
Manu, Jack Byrne, seko & aleix should all stay till Jan then go on loan if not required. They all have good to great potential and 6 months being coached by pep and being in and around the 1st team training and minutes here and there would improve them all and then go show their talents in the 2nd half of the season.
 
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