Loved watching the young Pacheco play and his progress through the reserves. Unfortunately I think that the signs were there, even back then, that he may not progress how everybody would wish. The last couple of years, well I don't think that he has loked likely to fulfill his early promise, at least not for us.
The loans have not worked out well and while some will disagree, I don't think that his occassional cameo's have showed anything like the early promise. Its not too late for him and hope he ahs the character to come through and become a really succesful player, wherever that may be, just don't really see it being at Anfield, myself.
I think that there is still something in there about him being Rafa's, and, in fact, the player that Rafa took off Barca and no doubt of he were flying like we hoped, i'd be the first to rub it in some Catalan's grid.
All this, we have ruined this lad's career, wel I'm not having that, he was given a great platform and plenty of support. I don't think that gaff's like this constantly over-egging it do anyone any favours. He wn't be the first RAWK superstar to get nowhere near being a first team regular and he won't be the last. Unfortunatey we aren't the most patient crowd and half teh time we seem only too willing to build players up to knock them down. We came blame every Tom, Dick and Harry over Insua, and I do think that there is far more to that particular case, but we did nothing to support him when things got sticky, in fact we did the opposite and turned on him.
Don't know if dani will be about come the weekend and good luck to him wherever he is, just feel that something else is likely the best thing for his progression, if we regret that at some stage in the future, well it happens, remember Dave Watson?