If this lad gets sold or leaves without even playing him I will be pissed of in the extreme.. With our academy it's the wrong vibe by our manager not to at least have fucking 1 youth player on the bench today!!!
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Neville Kneville
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100% correct, with neon fucking lights on.
Even more diasappointing than the performance & result imo. I expect the usual bunch to let us down on occasion in cup competitions, so losing wasn't a shock. Not seeing even one single kid on the bench however, was shocking.
Even more diasappointing than the performance & result imo. I expect the usual bunch to let us down on occasion in cup competitions, so losing wasn't a shock. Not seeing even one single kid on the bench however, was shocking.
It's like saying 'this is my squad of 20 odd and i'll be fine just using them this season, ta' and just blindly ignoring the kids. Regardless of whatever they do. It's a huge misunderstanding of how footballers develop and its hugely detrimental to the future of the club.
Apart from the three games where we threw in Pozo to run about in a position that wasn't his own as a desperate last gasp measure (okay, the 15 mins in the Carling Cup when we were totally cruising too), not a single youth team player will get a minute on the pitch this season. That's absolutely shocking considering how good our youth set up is.
We won 6 out of 6 in the UYL group stage and battered huge teams with bit reputations, and will most likely reach the very latest stages of the comp, and yet apparently not a single one of them is worthy of a few minutes off the bench.
It was almost a slap in the face not including Evans in the squad today at least today after his performance midweek. He could rightly think 'what more could i have done?' ...It leaves me feeling numb and its made me totally fall out of love with Pellers if im being honest.
Apart from the three games where we threw in Pozo to run about in a position that wasn't his own as a desperate last gasp measure (okay, the 15 mins in the Carling Cup when we were totally cruising too), not a single youth team player will get a minute on the pitch this season. That's absolutely shocking considering how good our youth set up is.
We won 6 out of 6 in the UYL group stage and battered huge teams with bit reputations, and will most likely reach the very latest stages of the comp, and yet apparently not a single one of them is worthy of a few minutes off the bench.
It was almost a slap in the face not including Evans in the squad today at least today after his performance midweek. He could rightly think 'what more could i have done?' ...It leaves me feeling numb and its made me totally fall out of love with Pellers if im being honest.
unexpected item
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Needs a groundswell of fan opinion and action to let the club know that we want the kids to get a look in.
Neville Kneville
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unexpected item said:Needs a groundswell of fan opinion and action to let the club know that we want the kids to get a look in.
A lot of City fans don't give a fuck about that, or style tbh. Would be happy playing like Wimbledon with a team full of pensioners if we won stuff every year. Look at how few post on here.
I think there will be pressure from inside the club to do it next season though. But we have wasted this season as far as the kids are concerned , & it may result in a log jam of players further down the line & us losing some potentially good ones.
One thing you don't see is the question he was asked and to be fair if he was asked if he would like to stay with lille permanently or stay for longer at a club where he has 5 months still to play he is not going to say no! With a lot of our youth players we don't renew there contracts until they have 1 year left so I would assume he will sign a contract when he returns in the summer.
He also has until the end of the season to prove himself worthy of a place in the squad(I do believe he deserves 1 but it doesn't mean pelle does or txiki yet).
He also has until the end of the season to prove himself worthy of a place in the squad(I do believe he deserves 1 but it doesn't mean pelle does or txiki yet).
without a dream
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FantasyIreland said:Comments like this from our best academy talents are concerning,the club needs to address the situation urgently.
Loans are designed to develop a player in order the parent club reaps the benefit and not so the individual gets to sample a more inviting environment elsewhere.
Hardly surprising though, if he takes a look at the chances his mates are getting why would he want to piss away a key year in his development not getting games at City when he's capable of playing first team in a top league. Needs to be way more pressure from Txixi about getting these guys on the bench at least.
Neville Kneville
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g180aj said:One thing you don't see is the question he was asked and to be fair if he was asked if he would like to stay with lille permanently or stay for longer at a club where he has 5 months still to play he is not going to say no! With a lot of our youth players we don't renew there contracts until they have 1 year left so I would assume he will sign a contract when he returns in the summer.
He also has until the end of the season to prove himself worthy of a place in the squad(I do believe he deserves 1 but it doesn't mean pelle does or txiki yet).
I would also assume he would sign a new contract with City. But if one or two of the other kids had been given & chance & we gave the impression this season of being remotely serious about promoting kids to the first team, I'd be absolutely certain he'd sign. Why wouldn't he, if he had reason to believe City will bring him through ?
As it is, there is a small chance he will decide to turn it down. If he thinks City aren't going to play him next season, & he believes he is good enough, all he has to do is play one season elsewhere, then he can sign for whoever he wants, wherever he wants & play every week.
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waspish said:If Milner goes we should tell the lad there is a place in the squad for him and he will get 20+ games next season
yep, we shouldnt waste money in buying a Milner replacement. Lopes is ready made IMO, one or two seasons and he will make a better contribution to the squad
waspish said:If Milner goes we should tell the lad there is a place in the squad for him and he will get 20+ games next season
Even if Milner stays, he can have Lampard's spot in the squad. Half a dozen starts and double that in substitute appearances should be more than enough in his first season with the senior team.
Neville Kneville
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domalino said:waspish said:If Milner goes we should tell the lad there is a place in the squad for him and he will get 20+ games next season
Even if Milner stays, he can have Lampard's spot in the squad. Half a dozen starts and double that in substitute appearances should be more than enough in his first season with the senior team.
Lopes does a completely different job to Milner anyway.
sam-caddick
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I would love to see a front three of Reus, Aguero and Lopes with Silva just behind Kun, it would be lightening going forward.
sam-caddick said:I would love to see a front three of Reus, Aguero and Lopes with Silva just behind Kun, it would be lightening going forward.
Be nice that wouldn't it?
I have visions of a couple of years from now it being Barker and Lopes flanking Aguero, that would be a terrifying and direct front three. You never know, if we play it right we could even have those two flanking Kelechi. Big job for our youth development though, as we now have the players to have our own world class academy grown team if we do things right and get the right breaks.sam-caddick said:I would love to see a front three of Reus, Aguero and Lopes with Silva just behind Kun, it would be lightening going forward.
BigOscar said:I have visions of a couple of years from now it being Barker and Lopes flanking Aguero, that would be a terrifying and direct front three. You never know, if we play it right we could even have those two flanking Kelechi. Big job for our youth development though, as we now have the players to have our own world class academy grown team if we do things right and get the right breaks.sam-caddick said:I would love to see a front three of Reus, Aguero and Lopes with Silva just behind Kun, it would be lightening going forward.
Kelechi would be the kind of player who'd play off Aguero. He'd probably want Silva's role eventually if im being honest.
........... Aguero......
Barker Kelechi Lopes
That's the dream isn't it?
I don't know, he's got the physicality to play up on his own, I'd have thought he'd end up playing up top, especially as we have so many potential number 10's coming through. Either way, the club has no excuses anymore, if we don't have 4 or 5 youth team graduates in the first team in 3 or 4 years then they will have done something seriously wrong.twosips said:BigOscar said:I have visions of a couple of years from now it being Barker and Lopes flanking Aguero, that would be a terrifying and direct front three. You never know, if we play it right we could even have those two flanking Kelechi. Big job for our youth development though, as we now have the players to have our own world class academy grown team if we do things right and get the right breaks.sam-caddick said:I would love to see a front three of Reus, Aguero and Lopes with Silva just behind Kun, it would be lightening going forward.
Kelechi would be the kind of player who'd play off Aguero. He'd probably want Silva's role eventually if im being honest.
........... Aguero......
Barker Kelechi Lopes
That's the dream isn't it?
FantasyIreland
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I think Ambrose might be gatecrashing that party.
So might Celina or Boadu, that's what's so exciting. We have so many with so much potential, we're in such a good position with the youth academy at the moment, we have to capitalise.FantasyIreland said:I think Ambrose might be gatecrashing that party.