Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:People seem to forget that he is only just turned 20. You look at his movement up front and you can see he is still tactically pretty naive. He often chases ghosts and then he is exhausted when he needs to make a run. Sometimes he runs to very hard position for our lads to pass to.
Point is this lad has AMAZING ability and he is going to be top notch player eventually. I think Pep is just trying to coach him up. However if you don't work slowly with these guys the parts tha need developing end up being missed. Boy will be better for it given this slower introduction I feel. And it's not like he isn't getting games at all.
12 goals from 19 prem league shots on target for Kelechi is all you need to know about whether he merits a chance.
If we accept the comments from some in this thread about those parts of his game which require improvement then with this return there is little to fear in terms of risk in playing him.
He made a huge difference last night when he came on, typified in his goal and to some extent city's third. Both involved his positional play in getting into or around the 6 yard box and on the end of a low cross, something that we never offered in the first half. It's true to say the game is likely to open up the longer it goes on and some are using this as a counter argument suggesting he can only be used effectively as an impact player and he's not capable of doing the same when he starts a game. Well in answer to this how do we know if he'll score when starting regularly or not if he isn't given a chance? Ok he didn't v Leicester, he did against Celtic a goal inside 10 mins and he was the only bright thing in the 4:2 defeat at soton last season when he bagged a brace. But aguero's suspension presented a good opportunity for us to know the answers to these questions and we've not taken that opportunity, for me this could be a big mistake he's earned the chance but not been offered it, his cameo role yesterday showed once again his goal scoring capabilities and I'm sure that other premier league clubs will be acutely aware and watching with interest.