Rony Lopes

[mosssideblue]

I love this club with all my heart, and usually give my full backing to almost every decision but I cannot for the life of me understand this deal, and the denayer loan. These are 2 players ready to make the leap without doubt and yet we have let one go permanently and the other we have conned into signing a 5 year deal, to then sign a 30 million pound defender and thus let him leave on loan. How are other youth products going to gain confidence in getting to the first team from this?

Where are you getting this from?

 

[Neville Kneville]

Genuine question. What is your criteria of Rony having done well?

No worse than some of the senior squad players typical contribution level. Which on last season's showing woud be a bit better than total shit, but I'd expect more than that from him.

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

Not too bothered and wish him all the best.

It's a shame but we move on. The club just isn't in a position to put a player's development ahead of results/trophies at the minute and he's nowhere near Sterling's level,

 

[dasblues]

The message this sends out is loud and clear, if you are a youth team player the only chance you will get at city is if you are one the best youth players of your generation....

We will continue to produce very good players at the CFA , as the facilities are light years ahead of any other club. We just won't see them pull on the blue shirt.

We were told at the end of last season that three youth team players would be promoted to the first team squad , Kelechi , Marcos & Jason, two of which have now been lead down the garden path and have left.

Continue down this road for too much longer and this success that we are enjoying now will feel pretty hollow in ten years time

Pathetic

 

[Clevers]

The message this sends out is loud and clear, if you are a youth team player the only chance you will get at city is if you are one the best youth players of your generation....

We will continue to produce very good players at the CFA , as the facilities are light years ahead of any other club. We just won't see them pull on the blue shirt.

We were told at the end of last season that three youth team players would be promoted to the first team squad , Kelechi , Marcos & Jason, two of which have now been lead down the garden path and have left.

Continue down this road for too much longer and this success that we are enjoying now will feel pretty hollow in ten years time

Pathetic

"the only chance you will get at city is if you are one the best youth players of your generation...."

And so it should be.

 

[gomer27]

such doom and gloom...maybe a decision was made that they just arent good enough and ready to play at this level, and to those who think the academy will suffer just isnt the case

 

[dasblues]

"the only chance you will get at city is if you are one the best youth players of your generation...."

And so it should be.

Lopes could turn out to be just that , we don't know , we let him slip away in favour of a shiny new bauble in a position we are already well stocked no less....

The CFA is a £200m PR exercise

 

[twosips]

The amount of tripe and apologist behaviour spouted in this thread defending the club at all costs despite the clear, clear evidence in front of them that we're not handling this youth development thing well at all is mind-boggling.

 

[Clevers]

Lopes could turn out to be just that , we don't know , we let him slip away in favour of a shiny new bauble in a position we are already well stocked no less....

The CFA is a £200m PR exercise

The people who make the decisions about players obviously don't think he's ready.

Better to sell him now for money than let his contract run down and leave for little or nothing.

 

[mosssideblue]

No worse than some of the senior squad players typical contribution level. Which on last season's showing woud be a bit better than total shit, but I'd expect more than that from him.

You really do feel bitter about this and, (correct me if I am wrong) are not a professional footballing coach, yet you try to convince that you have more of an idea of those who are. Rony, with the best will in the world is not at the standard needed by City, otherwise, he would have been given chances. Yes he might thrive in the PL in a mid table team, but he has not shown enough technical competence to convince the ones who matter at City.

If, as someone has just said, Rony was demanding game time in order to sign a contract, I'm pleased we have said no and made a return on the investment.