Rony Lopes

[geoff clipp]

The academy will hopefully eventually throw up the odd player that will succeed here but we need to be realistic about just how good they'll need to be.

Even very very good players won't necessarily be good enough to succeed at City. Not only that, but the timing has to be right. We need a place in the squad at the same time they come of age (which has meant there's an opportunity for iheanacho).

If we cant bring through all of the more promising players, but can still make 10-20m a year moving some of them on, then the academy will be doing a job.

Id love for some of the academy players to make the grade here, but in truth there is only ever a tiny tiny pool of players good enough to compete at the level we want at any one time. The chances of them having come through our academy are slim.

 

[BadApple]

Can anyone provide a satisfactory answer as to why a kid would get in our team, provide two assists in a cup semi, & never even get even five more minutes in a proper game for City ?

Depends was the Semi Final a major cup against a big club or in a shit cup against a shit team.

 

[pudge]

Oh I see. So when I pointed out how a previous post was intentionally misleading you have now diverted the conversation to something else so as not to have to address the first point. Well done!

Wasn't misleading at all, again it was about ability not length of contract. I was even replying not bringing either up in the first place so your gripe wouldn't be with me.

You're quite a sad little man.

 

[BigOscar]

Can anyone provide a satisfactory answer as to why a kid would get in our team, provide two assists in a cup semi, & never even get even five more minutes in a proper game for City ?

Because some people are much happier seeing squad players put in average performances than risk giving youngsters a chance. For some reason it's much worse for a youngster to have a quiet game than a senior player

 

[Neville Kneville]

Depends was the Semi Final a major cup against a big club or in a shit cup against a shit team.

I don't for one second believe that is a genuine response.

It's unheard of unless a kid breaks his leg, or becomes a piss artist or some other disaster. In all the years I've been watching football, I have never seen a young kid play a game like that & be fucked off out of a club without even getting a sniff of a game. It's ridiculous.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Because some people are much happier seeing squad players put in average performances than risk giving youngsters a chance. For some reason it's much worse for a youngster to have a quiet game than a senior player

You've nailed it there I think.

We have Pizzaro propping up the midfield & 97 year old Frank Lampard can get a game, but a 20 year old kid is a potential disaster, who will lose us the title.

 

[BigOscar]

You've nailed it there I think.

We have Pizzaro propping up the midfield & 97 year old Frank Lampard can get a game, but a 20 year old kid is a potential disaster, who will lose us the title.

Yeah, but can kids really offer the sort of reliablitiy and consistent levels of performance off the bench that you can expect from Edin Dzeko, Jesus Navas, James Milner, Samir Nasri and Stevan Jovetic?

 

[oldius]

I would like to have seen him being given more of an opportunity. The club has no option other than to sell if a player won't sign a new contract though so I hope that the other players who have been promoted to the first team squad are given a genuine chance.

I suspect that the club would have made a greater effort to keep him if they had seen enough at Lille and in training.

 

[yankcitizen76]

Kind of frustrating that you have three academy products on the squad and now two are gone but that's football. I realize that Pellers and co have to think about picking the best side but at some point they need to take a chance on somebody. The academy players have to be able to see the end game.

 

[kun]

Courtois. Who also happens to be the example that shows that you do NOT need to give a player time in your squad to KNOW he is ready to step into the first team. If they are loaned and play at a high enough level our best can walk right into the squad.

Someone who had 41 league apps before Chelsea bought him for £10m. No he doesn't count.