Another transitional season? No.

Next year
Front 5 covered

Bernardo Kev, Foden, Kun
Mahrez. Jesus. Sane, Raheem

CDM covered Rodrigo, Gundog, Dinho

The problem is what to do with defence.

Mendy not fit for purpose. Zinchenko decent back up. So new LB needed.

RB covered.

Otamendi needs to move on.
Stones is the conundrum.
Laporte, Stones, Garcia and a new CB.

So 2 purchases. The rest we already have.
 
robbieh said:
Next year
Front 5 covered

Bernardo Kev, Foden, Kun
Mahrez. Jesus. Sane, Raheem

CDM covered Rodrigo, Gundog, Dinho

The problem is what to do with defence.

Mendy not fit for purpose. Zinchenko decent back up. So new LB needed.

RB covered.

Otamendi needs to move on.
Stones is the conundrum.
Laporte, Stones, Garcia and a new CB.

So 2 purchases. The rest we already have.
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Only on the basis that we’ve spent £110m on right backs. If we look at the actual players, we have Walker who is not fit for purpose and we have Cancelo who looks promising but the jury is still well and truly out on him.

The full back conundrum at the club is quite incredible when you consider the money spent.
 
Damanino said:
Maybe Chelsea is having a transitional season giving lot of playing time to the likes who has no top football experience yet but could be part of their future.
We dont do anything like that.
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Our plan was to continue like last season as we won 14 in a row during the run in. But Laporte got injured, Sane got injured, the aging players are, well, aging...

There won't be any point in continuing to play the older players once we are out of the title challenge. We are not out yet. We have to win both games with Liverpool which would be a hard task, especially without Eric at Anfield. But not impossible.
 
OrigamiNinja said:
Only on the basis that we’ve spent £110m on right backs. If we look at the actual players, we have Walker who is not fit for purpose and we have Cancelo who looks promising but the jury is still well and truly out on him.

The full back conundrum at the club is quite incredible when you consider the money spent.
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I agree but only the old Milan had a defence with no weaknesses.
And given the way we play defensively the CBs need to be brilliant.
 
This is not a transitional season, we signed just two players and pounced on the opportunity to bring one back as insurance, ones started like he’s been here for years and ones beginning to bed in slowly, there’s nothing to transition. this is the season where we are supposed to back up last seasons achievements and dominate on all fronts. We’ve got 3 key players over 30, it’s hardly the entire team. If anything, next season will be a transitional season when we lose our greatest ever player, likely lose Fernandinho who has been a colossus for us and have to start to manage Aguero’s minutes.
 
No chance. We’re unfortunate with injuries at the moment but come Feb/March/April when (fingers crossed) everyone’s fit, we should be focusing on Europe. For now we just need to hang in there with Liverpool, even though I think it’s gone.
 
alexmcity said:
Not sure what's your point. We have enough talent in the team. 3-4 new signings and we are fine. Aguero might still be available as a squad player next season. If we keep Sane, we won't need new attackers. Some of the players loaned out might become a squad player. It's not like Liverpool's squad players are top players. And they're doing quite well.
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Go back...you are now arguing MY POSITION TO ME!!!
 
ChicagoBlue said:
So, we have 11 players and NO ONE to back them up???
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No, we have Bernardo, Foden, DeBruyne, Rodri, Sterling, Sane , Jesus, Mahrez all with 4 plus years ahead of them Probably need cover when Aguero and Fernandinho leaves . Otamendi needs replacing so maybe 2 replacements next summer for Otamendi and Fernandinho, Aguero replacement the summer after.
 
Personally, I think we'll be fantastic once Eric and Sane come back. What's more, I expect that we will play our best football since Pep has joined. It might be late for the title but hopefully we will win the CL this time around.
 
sam 1980 said:
Pep will walk this summer if not the next summer he won’t overhaul this squad again
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Wont be this summer, and if planned properly which it will be nobody should be overhauling the squad 2 or 3 changes each summer at the most. The squad will evolve.
 
Fuck me, thought I’d accidentally wandered onto red cafe when I saw the thread title. This is next level flapping. Yes, we haven’t been great recently and were awful today, but it’s hardly like we’re in the middle of a crisis. We had 5 key players out injured today, 3 of whom will be back soon.

We might not win the league again but I’m sure we will give it a good shot at the very least. Not ideal being 8 points behind in October but we’ve got some great players and have more than enough quality in the squad to be up there at the end of the season.
 
racecar said:
Fuck me, thought I’d accidentally wandered onto red cafe when I saw the thread title. This is next level flapping. Yes, we haven’t been great recently and were awful today, but it’s hardly like we’re in the middle of a crisis. We had 5 key players out injured today, 3 of whom will be back soon.

We might not win the league again but I’m sure we will give it a good shot at the very least. Not ideal being 8 points behind in October but we’ve got some great players and have more than enough quality in the squad to be up there at the end of the season.
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This,people are too busy shouting tosee our injuries and vinny gone,we are not indistructable,they are just men
 
racecar said:
Fuck me, thought I’d accidentally wandered onto red cafe when I saw the thread title. This is next level flapping. Yes, we haven’t been great recently and were awful today, but it’s hardly like we’re in the middle of a crisis. We had 5 key players out injured today, 3 of whom will be back soon.

We might not win the league again but I’m sure we will give it a good shot at the very least. Not ideal being 8 points behind in October but we’ve got some great players and have more than enough quality in the squad to be up there at the end of the season.
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Better than being 8 points behind in October than the new year or spring though:)
 
Sane injured. Laporte injured. De Bruyne injured. Stones injured. Mendy injured (although not much of a loss since he always is).

I'd say that those are more of a significant factor than the fact that some players are a bit older. That means that rather than being in his preferred position, Fernandinho is having to fill in alongside probably the weakest of our senior CBs. And we all saw how we suffered last season when Fern was injured. Rodri's looked great, but there's always the possibility of a lack of understanding leading to goals when a new player comes in in such an important position.

Having said that, Silva has looked more like the Silva from the second half of last season than the first (when people were tipping him to be player of the season). I also find the reluctance to player Bernardo in CM bizarre, given how amazing he was there last year. If you're going to play Silva, then you need an energetic player to complement him, and that's De Bruyne, Bernardo or Foden, not Gundogan.
 
The problem is not that we are 8 pts behind but that we are playing with a makeshift defence and some older legs in midfield are not fresh enough to press with intensity and success so that to help the makeshift defence cope better.

If we had Eric and Leroy available, I'd back us to win it from here. It's still possible but Pep's only human.
 
I'm With Stupid said:
Sane injured. Laporte injured. De Bruyne injured. Stones injured. Mendy injured (although not much of a loss since he always is).

I'd say that those are more of a significant factor than the fact that some players are a bit older. That means that rather than being in his preferred position, Fernandinho is having to fill in alongside probably the weakest of our senior CBs. And we all saw how we suffered last season when Fern was injured. Rodri's looked great, but there's always the possibility of a lack of understanding leading to goals when a new player comes in in such an important position.

Having said that, Silva has looked more like the Silva from the second half of last season than the first (when people were tipping him to be player of the season). I also find the reluctance to player Bernardo in CM bizarre, given how amazing he was there last year. If you're going to play Silva, then you need an energetic player to complement him, and that's De Bruyne, Bernardo or Foden, not Gundogan.
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Last paragraph all day.
 
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