The likes of Monaco, Dortmund, Lyon and Leverkusen are currently better. Clubs that are a step down but young players get plenty of games to develop and aren't frozen out.
For academy players, City is a bad place to break through but on the flip side they've brought in quite a fair amount of 23 and under players and the likes of Sterling and Sane had a huge role to play in them winning the title.
We've given young players a fair number of minutes but honestly can't say that any of them have improved this season and they've not been given a run of starts in the league to get the consistency like they would get at the aforementioned clubs. Lingard is 25 so he doesn't count.
For academy players, City is a bad place to break through but on the flip side they've brought in quite a fair amount of 23 and under players and the likes of Sterling and Sane had a huge role to play in them winning the title.
We've given young players a fair number of minutes but honestly can't say that any of them have improved this season and they've not been given a run of starts in the league to get the consistency like they would get at the aforementioned clubs. Lingard is 25 so he doesn't count.
Agreed. All about a balance.We should be able to do all three...we have done in the past.
Bringing players in regularly isn't a problem...bringing 6-7 all in one go will have an negative impact.
People seem to think it's either/or when in fact it's about managing both.