Jonny Evans

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The slaughtered lamb said:
The thing I'm struggling with is that we're willing to let Mangala go and sign another potentially £20m+ player as 4th choice. I know Pep's decided he doesn't want the Mangler and he needs a better ball player etc. but the same arguments that are being applied to getting Evans in as 4th choice can easily be applied to Mangala. Namely, he's left-sided, he won't play much and there would be more funds for a forward. I don't accept that he wouldn't be at least as good as Evans in a back 3.

I know he isn't that good for Pep's system but surely he's good enough for 4th choice CB/3rd choice LB?

Maybe of more interest is what it says about other players coming in. Does this mean we've backed off Mbappe/Sanchez or were we originally going for a more expensive CB (Van Dijk) and we've settled on Evans to free up funds? Were we content with Mangala but we've managed to get Mbappe/Sanchez cheaper than we thought so we've gone for what Pep considers a better option at CB?
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Maybe Mangala doesn't want to be fourth choice and would rather leave and play somewhere else where he'd feel valued.

Having said that we should be looking at other options though.
 
Cobra said:
He's homegrown, vastly experienced and is a much better passer of the ball than Mangala. That's it really.
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none of that will make any difference when he is one on one with an array of premiership fowards/wide players who will rip him to pieces.......
 
J_MCFC21 said:
Blame Alves for all of this!

Edit - Oh and his wife
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that little prick was supposed to play for us and cost us nothing.....what transpired is he cost us over 20 million and never wore a city top.

i'm not one for wishing ill on anyone, but i hope the next kebab he eats breaks open from the bottom and it all drops onto his lap.....there, i've said it!!!
 
dannyboy91uk said:
Why is everyone going on about the need of a 4th choice CB? We should be targetting a first choice top CB to pair alongside Vincent Kompany. If as expected we go with the formation played in pre-season and the lineup vs Brighton with 3 CB's we need someone better than Evans...

Last season Stones, Otamendi and Kolarov in a 2 were disastrous, would they fair better in a 3? Probably not. As soon as Kompany picks up an injury we are back to square one in a 2 or 3 even with Evans. Relying on Kompany to be fit is a dangerous game. Save that £25m and sign someone else. From links to Laporte, Bonucci, Hernandez to Bloody Evans...

Eagerly awaits the "Who else do we sign for £25m?" Maybe the accountants, management, scouts should have thought long and hard about this matter months ago setting aside more money or targetted other players.

Also It isnt a replacement for Kolarov we need it's a replacement for Kompany. If Pep sticks with the 3 at the back formation Kompany, Otamendi, Stones and another top CB should all get plenty of gametime.
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Who do you suggest?

Do you really think you can sign another world class CB on top what is here already? Otamendi will move next summer with either a world class CB or a potential one coming in.
 
Good responses all, thanks. Ultimately, I suppose we have to believe in the manager to do it his way and get in the players he wants. It hasn't been a bad summer after all.
 
worsleyweb said:
If you were him would you want to come to play maybe 15 games a season?
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If he comes he'll play a lot more than 15 games. Last season Kolarov had 39 appearances, Stones 40, Otamendi 42 and Kompany 14 and that's with us playing 4 at the back most of the team and occasionally 3 but with one centre back and 2 full backs. This season we're likely to play 3 centre backs regularly so our 4th choice will play a lot. City would like to play over 60 matches this season (but with a bare minimum of 46) so there is going to be a lot of games for Evans.
 
pavelsrnicek said:
If he comes he'll play a lot more than 15 games. Last season Kolarov had 39 appearances, Stones 40, Otamendi 42 and Kompany 14 and that's with us playing 4 at the back most of the team and occasionally 3 but with one centre back and 2 full backs. This season we're likely to play 3 centre backs regularly so our 4th choice will play a lot. City would like to play over 60 matches this season (but with a bare minimum of 46) so there is going to be a lot of games for Evans.
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Oh fcuk....
 
J_MCFC21 said:
Otamendi was suppose to go this summer till Kolarov wanted out.
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we only have one world class centre bsck and that is Kompany.....the rest arent even close....if they were as good as him we would win the prem league at a canter
 
simon23 said:
we only have one world class centre bsck and that is Kompany.....the rest arent even close....if they were as good as him we would win the prem league at a canter
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Leicester and Chelsea have both won the league at a canter without a world class centre back.
 
simon23 said:
we only have one world class centre bsck and that is Kompany.....the rest arent even close....if they were as good as him we would win the prem league at a canter
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Think Otamendi has improved and is decent and Stones just need to cut the lacks of concentration out. In a ideal world Otamendi would have gone for what 20m? then we'd have brought in Bertrand and a VVD kinda signing..but suppose we gotta stick with what we have for now.
 
Johnny,
We're sorry,
Won't you come on home
We worry,
Won't you come on
What is wrong in my life
I must get drunk every night
Johnny,
We're sorry

 
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