I believe like murph has mentioned, he has been under 3 different managers and if he as as good as people seem to rate him than why hasn't he played regularly? I think alot of the fans are hyping up our youth too much which is sad to see. Time to face the reality that they are not as good when playing in a competitive game.
This is true. I'm becoming rather concerned for Pacheco, myself. He seems to only get onto the bench in games where we can't afford to throw him into the deep end lest we get the wrong result. And yet, at the level we expect to be playing at, "easy" games are as rare as we're discovering - our "easiest" game in Europa since the start of the group phase was the first home game, the rest were tight except for half an hour of brilliance from Steven Gerrard. Yet Pacheco was not getting picked for these games, and the odd time he was on the pitch he muddled around rather than dominated. If the coach can't trust you to go out there and help win a tight game, how much faith does he actually have in you? Rafa tipped Pacheco to be ready to break into the first team this season, but I think it's fair to say that this probably is not going to be the season he breaks through. Compare with how Kelly has performed when given the opportunity this season. If Pacheco does not make it in the next 12 months, I don't think he ever will, and I'm starting to think the first 6 of those 12 months are already written off. He stands to lose out on his chance to play as an AMC in our system with Meireles as first choice and any of Shelvey, Maxi, and even Aurelio seen to be better as backup. Unless he can make himself useful as a replacement for Suarez, I can't seem him in the first side earlier than Sterling (who although much younger has far less competition for his place); and if that is true he may be sold sooner.
