It's Quiet 32 - enter at own risk

[cjn]

Are you american?

**Rolls eyes**

 

[kaz7]

**Rolls eyes**

I wasn't asking you,as usual

 

[Topbins]

Sterling explained that he had been controlling the ball with the outside of his boot, but Guardiola spotted this and advised against it. The City manager told his player that he was losing a split second by controlling a pass this way, and corrected this tiny flaw in Sterling's game.

"When I used to dribble, I’d be on the wing and I'd control it with the outside of my foot – it slows the ball down," Sterling told reporters on Monday, ahead of England's friendly with Italy at Wembley.

"'If you control it like this,' (Guardiola said to Sterling), 'the ball's stuck under your feet... One touch, open up quicker'. [Guardiola] has switched my brain back on. 'Oh yeah — why aren't I doing that?'"

Pep is on another level.

He is but so was Sterling. That's why we dropped 50 mill on a lad barely out of his 20s.

 

[Topbins]

Very true, he definitely wasn’t a nobody from the second divison. Honestly though, the examples I think are even more impressive are those of Aguero and David Silva. Both world class talents when he arrived they each took a step up and, in my opinion, have each played the best football of their careers at age 30+. I don’t know if thats technical coaching (probably not), the system, man management, or the standards going up, but to make a difference in players like that is amazing

Very true, he definitely wasn’t a nobody from the second divison. Honestly though, the examples I think are even more impressive are those of Aguero and David Silva. Both world class talents when he arrived they each took a step up and, in my opinion, have each played the best football of their careers at age 30+. I don’t know if thats technical coaching (probably not), the system, man management, or the standards going up, but to make a difference in players like that is amazing

It's true. Like I said as well as Pep himself bthere is something about the tactics he implements which give are players an extra 2 or 3 yards.

 

[Fordyboy46]

Well Real aren't holding back in this window, another player signed, Mendy a defender. FFP obviously doesn't apply to these ****s, a squad of thirty five players so far and I hope they're left with them all at the end of the window.

 

[Fordyboy46]

Seems to be quite a few reports popping up saying we won’t be spending much due to FFP? Surely that’s not a problem at the minute??

Don't know why we're so worried about it, PSG and Real Madrid don't give a flying fuck.

 

[Topbins]

Are you american?

Please keep it footy related. Bit of an odd question that. Happy to discuss but please keep it footy related.

 

[blueparrot]

Don't know why we're so worried about it, PSG and Real Madrid don't give a flying fuck.

Don’t they ? Anyway even without FFP our owners want us to be self sustaining and not pour money into transfers.

 

[kaz7]

Please keep it footy related. Bit of an odd question that. Happy to discuss but please keep it footy related.

I just try and see where people are coming from,americans have a detached view,you remind me of cityinwashington,no probs

 

[richards30]

Don't know why we're so worried about it, PSG and Real Madrid don't give a flying fuck.

I was just wondering if we had possibly changed our stance due to the investigations ongoing against the club? Trying to keep a lower profile?

 

[waspish]

Well Real aren't holding back in this window, another player signed, Mendy a defender. FFP obviously doesn't apply to these ****s, a squad of thirty five players so far and I hope they're left with them all at the end of the window.

If they dont sell they Will fall foul of ffp

 

[higgi1p]

Well Tolmie we all hope you had a good holiday, but having read all your comments in the UEFA thread in the Bluemoon forum, I think this window will be nothing like what the club/Pep and we fans were hoping for in regard transfers !!! God I hope I’m wrong

 

[better dead than red]

Well Real aren't holding back in this window, another player signed, Mendy a defender. FFP obviously doesn't apply to these ****s, a squad of thirty five players so far and I hope they're left with them all at the end of the window.

Should have sold them our Mendy.

 

[better dead than red]

I just try and see where people are coming from,americans have a detached view,you remind me of cityinwashington,no probs

He doesn't appear nearly as intoxicated as cityinwashington often did. :)

 

[Trautmann's Chiropractor]

Just sat and read through nine pages of a load of shite, expecting some form of transfer update. It’s definitely too quiet.

 

[City Raider]

Your completely right. Just said in an earlier post, for me it's important that Sterling's ability and hard work prior to city is acknowledged in equal measure to the impact Peps coaching has had on him. Sometimes I feel the media snidily roll out Peps influence on Sterling to make out he was shit beforehand which he weren't. He was an international with over 30 Caps, with much of Europe vying for his signature.

Of course all these players have huge ability, that’s why we bought them. The same as all big signings into our rivals.

The fact remains though that collectively, the development under Guardiola is unparalleled. He is the single most important factor in their improvement. Other managers do not get the same collective levels of progress in other clubs with big signings, maybe Klopp aside but it remains to be seen if this season was a one-off. Guardiola has been doing it season in, season out at 3 different clubs.

Perhaps most importantly there is a line of elite, world class players all of whom attribute their improvement to Guardiola. From Xavi to Lahm.

Yes the talent is there but no other manager gets 100 and 98 points out of that squad in consecutive seasons, no where near.

 

[nmc]

Of course all these players have huge ability, that’s why we bought them. The same as all big signings into our rivals.

The fact remains though that collectively, the development under Guardiola is unparalleled. He is the single most important factor in their improvement. Other managers do not get the same collective levels of progress in other clubs with big signings, maybe Klopp aside but it remains to be seen if this season was a one-off. Guardiola has been doing it season in, season out at 3 different clubs.

Perhaps most importantly there is a line of elite, world class players all of whom attribute their improvement to Guardiola. From Xavi to Lahm.

Yes the talent is there but no other manager gets 100 and 98 points out of that squad in consecutive seasons, no where near.

Here here. Good post.

 

[richards30]

Well Tolmie we all hope you had a good holiday, but having read all your comments in the UEFA thread in the Bluemoon forum, I think this window will be nothing like what the club/Pep and we fans were hoping for in regard transfers !!! God I hope I’m wrong

Yep, seems the positivity has dwindled abit mate?

 

[nmc]

Yep, seems the positivity has dwindled abit mate?

I know it’s shit... it weeks since we’ve won a trophy - the European Transfer window opens in a few days and we haven’t signed anyone and to cap it all there’s purple on the home shirt. I might go back to supporting Arsenal or was Blackburn ; )

 

[richards30]

I know it’s shit... it weeks since we’ve won a trophy - the European Transfer window opens in a few days and we haven’t signed anyone and to cap it all there’s purple on the home shirt. I might go back to supporting Arsenal or was Blackburn ; )

Lol! Think the summer transfer windows always start with a gusto of tolmie videos and clues but then tends to fizzle out fairly quick? The only reason for potentially being a player or two more would be if the ban happens next summer? David Silva, gundogan, Leroy at least could all leave with no way of replacing them.