McAtee & Delap

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PannickAtTheDisco said:
Rangers would be a terribly pointless loan, EDS level quality.
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Yeah… because Swansea, QPR or Cardiff is gonna be much more beneficial. Same level of league.

He might be looking at the big European tie coming up against Borussia Dortmund. Westfalenstadion and Ibrox on a European night would be a fantastic experience for a young player.
 
SterlingSilvas said:
He's a pure CM though, hes' not a front 3 player like Palmer and Phil were are. Its gonna be a nightmare to see him get game time as an 8 or 10 here in the first team.
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He seems more like a 10 to me, then an 8 second.

We play with a front 5 with two 8/10s anyways, I count those positions as attackers.

KdB and Gundogan are old, he just has to be patient here, the minutes will ramp up.
 
WallyA said:
He seems more like a 10 to me, then an 8 second.

We play with a front 5 with two 8/10s anyways, I count those positions as attackers.

KdB and Gundogan are old, he just has to be patient here, the minutes will ramp up.
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Spot on if he’s patient I’m sure he will get opportunities. The little I’ve seen he looks a real talent.
 
Squidward said:
Yeah… because Swansea, QPR or Cardiff is gonna be much more beneficial. Same level of league.

He might be looking at the big European tie coming up against Borussia Dortmund. Westfalenstadion and Ibrox on a European night would be a fantastic experience for a young player.
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SPL is nowhere near the level of the Championship. Christ. 2 games against Dortmund before being knocked out is hardly compensatory.
 
Squidward said:
Yeah… because Swansea, QPR or Cardiff is gonna be much more beneficial. Same level of league.

He might be looking at the big European tie coming up against Borussia Dortmund. Westfalenstadion and Ibrox on a European night would be a fantastic experience for a young player.
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The championship is a much better league then spl, with difficult fixtures every game and most of the teams are playing for something be it avoiding the drop or sneaking into the playoffs. I honestly don't believe either rangers or celtic with all their resources would get promoted out of that division
 
WallyA said:
He seems more like a 10 to me, then an 8 second.

We play with a front 5 with two 8/10s anyways, I count those positions as attackers.

KdB and Gundogan are old, he just has to be patient here, the minutes will ramp up.
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Yeah i see him there as well, but its not a position easily gotten into without maximum trust for Pep, even in dead rubbers. Barely seen Phil there.
 
bondsman said:
Spot on if he’s patient I’m sure he will get opportunities. The little I’ve seen he looks a real talent.
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Not saying that he won't be patient, but ever since Sancho went to Germany for playing time, the level of expectation amongst young players seems to have increased.

Hopefully he will listen to Pep and our coaches and be given reassurances about playing time, future involvement with the first team etc or a suitable loan arranged.

Signing a new contract would be a good sign imo.
 
SterlingSilvas said:
Yeah i see him there as well, but its not a position easily gotten into without maximum trust for Pep, even in dead rubbers. Barely seen Phil there.
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Yeah I agree it's an important position for Pep, but think it's safer for him to trust youth there than in defense.

I've seen him play Palmer in midfield, but he seems to like the false 9 as a test for players it seems, or just an area to give easy minutes.
 
WallyA said:
Yeah I agree it's an important position for Pep, but think it's safer for him to trust youth there than in defense.

I've seen him play Palmer in midfield, but he seems to like the false 9 as a test for players it seems, or just an area to give easy minutes.
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Palmers played in the front 3 alot in the EDS, McAtee not so much, gonna have to adapt for now to be used there or take a loan where the pressure on perfect on the role aint so much.
 
Bit from Wales Online about Swansea’s interest in McAtee and Wilson-Esbrand and a bit that raised an eyebrow. Wonder if we are looking for anything?

‘The Swans have long been admirers of attacker McAtee and have held talks with the 19-year-old's representatives over a potential deal until the end of the 2021/22 season. They also enquired about left-back Wilson-Esbrand prior to the window. However, a recruitment source has told WalesOnline that the reigning Premier League champions are now likely to keep both McAtee and Wilson-Esbrand in their first team squad for the remainder of the campaign - providing that they do not further strengthen their squad imminently.’

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/double-man-city-updates-emerge-22902304
 
I find our whole stance here to be a bit bewildering. Keeping McAtee for longer while his contract is winding down and he's clearly unhappy at lack of first team football is just a recipe for disaster.

Our aversion to loans/sales with buy backs here doesn't make much sense to me. The priority has to be keeping McAtee at the club long term.
 
itisrising said:
I find our whole stance here to be a bit bewildering. Keeping McAtee for longer while his contract is winding down and he's clearly unhappy at lack of first team football is just a recipe for disaster.

Our aversion to loans/sales with buy backs here doesn't make much sense to me. The priority has to be keeping McAtee at the club long term.
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We only have ourselves to blame. He played 20 mins or so against Swindon in the FA Cup. I would imagine that really pissed him off. Perfect game to give him 90 minutes.
 
itisrising said:
I find our whole stance here to be a bit bewildering. Keeping McAtee for longer while his contract is winding down and he's clearly unhappy at lack of first team football is just a recipe for disaster.

Our aversion to loans/sales with buy backs here doesn't make much sense to me. The priority has to be keeping McAtee at the club long term.
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They'll prob look at sale and buy backs within the last 12 months of his contract, we've sent a few out.
 
vincent said:
We only have ourselves to blame. He played 20 mins or so against Swindon in the FA Cup. I would imagine that really pissed him off. Perfect game to give him 90 minutes.
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Telling young players to be 'patient' is just going to lead to more academy losses. Yes we're a brilliant team but we can't expect young players to want to just train with the first team for 2+ years before getting significant minutes when PL clubs can offer first team football immediately.

We need to take advantage of buyback sales similar to Madrid and Chelsea. It's a system that works.
 
itisrising said:
Telling young players to be 'patient' is just going to lead to more academy losses. Yes we're a brilliant team but we can't expect young players to want to just train with the first team for 2+ years before getting significant minutes when PL clubs can offer first team football immediately.

We need to take advantage of buyback sales similar to Madrid and Chelsea. It's a system that works.
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Who did Chelsea buyback?
 
dachoosen1 said:
The championship is a much better league then spl, with difficult fixtures every game and most of the teams are playing for something be it avoiding the drop or sneaking into the playoffs. I honestly don't believe either rangers or celtic with all their resources would get promoted out of that division
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They would, trust me.

I watch a lot of SPL and Championship. Rangers and Celtic are obviously a step above everything in Scotland but they’re a step above the bottom 8 teams in the EPL easily.

I’ve also seen plenty of players struggle big time in Scotland and romp it down south not just in the Championship but in the EPL.
 
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