Donal McDermott had talent to burn. I saw his Chesterfield debut at Torquay. He was beating player after player and was almost unplayable.
Unfortunately, it turned out he also had a brain to burn. That's why he never improved.
Mbete may, or may not, have a good receptive brain. Now is the time he, you and Man City will find out. He is just 19. He hasn't played competitive men's football. He has obviously been doing what his coaches told him until now, or he wouldn't have made it this far. He has to learn how to avoid being brushed aside as Theo says, and he has to pick up the pace in anticipating the right place to be at the appropriate moment. And he has to learn to think for himself, rather than relying on coaching staff catering to his every need.
When things go wrong on field your brain fogs up. You panic. You can't do right for doing wrong. It looks like you out there, but that really is as far as it goes.
Look at Martinez for Man Utd against Ivan Toney. He was both bullied and absolutely outplayed. He didn't know whether he wanted a shit, shave or a haircut. His positioning was off. His reading of the game was poor. He looked small and bedraggled. It was Stuart Little against Didier Drogba.
What you are saying at the moment is that Man City, who do deal with a lot of talented youngsters, who both make it and don't, have gauged a loan inappropriate for their player - more suited to Chesterfield than Huddersfield? You are saying your backroom staff and manager have got it very wrong, having seen him play, and that he is nowhere near good enough for you, and probably never will be. You are also saying that those coaching the England set-up have got it wrong (apparently at every level at which he's been selected), so wrong that he is even being selected above his chronological age! You MIGHT be right, because player development is a very inexact science, but the odds are that as you are judging on one shit performance, at a level at which the player has zero experience, where his teammates have already become accustomed to losing, playing in a little stadium known to be capable of creating an intimidating atmosphere. CONCLUSION - your judgement is probably being skewed by the many factors operating against this player performing well.
Mbete may be shite. BUT as he plays for England, is on loan from Man City, and you are struggling at the bottom of the league, what you are seeing may well merely be shite reflected.
He has come to a club to develop. One which did very well just last season. He must have noticed how Colwill's reputation grew last season! There's as much reason to conclude that he is more a victim of what's been happening to you this season than a cause of it.
Unfortunately, it turned out he also had a brain to burn. That's why he never improved.
Mbete may, or may not, have a good receptive brain. Now is the time he, you and Man City will find out. He is just 19. He hasn't played competitive men's football. He has obviously been doing what his coaches told him until now, or he wouldn't have made it this far. He has to learn how to avoid being brushed aside as Theo says, and he has to pick up the pace in anticipating the right place to be at the appropriate moment. And he has to learn to think for himself, rather than relying on coaching staff catering to his every need.
When things go wrong on field your brain fogs up. You panic. You can't do right for doing wrong. It looks like you out there, but that really is as far as it goes.
Look at Martinez for Man Utd against Ivan Toney. He was both bullied and absolutely outplayed. He didn't know whether he wanted a shit, shave or a haircut. His positioning was off. His reading of the game was poor. He looked small and bedraggled. It was Stuart Little against Didier Drogba.
What you are saying at the moment is that Man City, who do deal with a lot of talented youngsters, who both make it and don't, have gauged a loan inappropriate for their player - more suited to Chesterfield than Huddersfield? You are saying your backroom staff and manager have got it very wrong, having seen him play, and that he is nowhere near good enough for you, and probably never will be. You are also saying that those coaching the England set-up have got it wrong (apparently at every level at which he's been selected), so wrong that he is even being selected above his chronological age! You MIGHT be right, because player development is a very inexact science, but the odds are that as you are judging on one shit performance, at a level at which the player has zero experience, where his teammates have already become accustomed to losing, playing in a little stadium known to be capable of creating an intimidating atmosphere. CONCLUSION - your judgement is probably being skewed by the many factors operating against this player performing well.
Mbete may be shite. BUT as he plays for England, is on loan from Man City, and you are struggling at the bottom of the league, what you are seeing may well merely be shite reflected.
He has come to a club to develop. One which did very well just last season. He must have noticed how Colwill's reputation grew last season! There's as much reason to conclude that he is more a victim of what's been happening to you this season than a cause of it.