If this kid was any good then our previous manager and our current one would be playing him.
Surely it says something when our current and past managment regime havent deemed him good enough?
Well, no, not when it's the current management in question (the past management is only somewhat relative - not picking the 18-year old Pacheco is not the same as not picking the 19-year old Pacheco).
If someone says "Pacheco is quality, and the manager is an idiot for not playing him", replying with "he can't be that good, because if he was the manager would pick him" doesn't address the issue - you're assuming the manager is correct to not pick him. Maybe he isn't. Maybe he's not picking him for the wrong reasons. That's the question.
I have to say, personally, I'm not at all happy with Roy's approach of piling on the pressure through the media, and then blaming the players when things go wrong, especially when it's applied to the young players.