What is going on with....

[Ezzy]

Your idea that we’re signing multiple 18 year olds for the first team. It’s not happening.

Well let's say I am chatting bullshit.

Looking at the age of Pep's outfield signings at City:

2016
Nolito (29)
Ilkay (25)
Stones (22)
Sané (20)
Jesus (19)

2017
Walker (27)
Danilo (26)
Ederson (24)
Bernardo (23)
Mendy (23)
Laporte (23)

2018
Mahrez (27)

2019
Cancelo (25)
Rodri (23)

Back in early January Pep said that we have to do a lot of changes(Build) again, but in an absolutely different way.

And then when you also factor the fact that City will scour Europe this summer looking to snap up young talent that can help the first team...

You can say I'm chatting bullshit. But maybe its not such a baseless claim of mine or "wishful thinking" as you say.


2020
Done
Aouar (22)
Almada (19)
Ait Nouri (19)
Traoré (18)
Yan Couto (18)

Left To Do
Bastoni (21)
Camavinga (18)
Kouassi (18)
Ihattaren (18)

 

[OliMCFC]

Back in early January Pep said that we have to do a lot of changes(Build) again, but in an absolutely different way.


And then when you also factor the fact that City will scour Europe this summer looking to snap up young talent that can help the first team...

You can say I'm chatting bullshit. But maybe its not such a baseless claim of mine or "wishful thinking" as you say.

I mean, fair play to you, you've nailed your reputation to these 8 or so names and going along with what you've been saying it does match up but I just don't see it. I think we'll make some youth signings and maybe fill out the squad with certain names you've mentioned but I definitely cannot imagine a world in which we replace a fair few first teamers with teenagers especially considering the lack of chances we give to our own youth

 

[Ezzy]

I definitely cannot imagine a world in which we replace a fair few first teamers with teenagers especially considering the lack of chances we give to our own youth

First Team players we are Losing:

David Silva(34)

• Is being more then replaced

Leroy Sané(24)

• We spent a full season without him already

John Stones(26)

• Played just 1300 minutes in all competition this season

Oleksandr Zinchenko(23)

• Very Limited as a LB, can only play inverted role

Ilkay Gundogan(30)

• Awful as an 8 and only decent as a 6

Nicolas Otamendi(32)

• The General

 

[Stockport Blues]

First Team players we are Losing:

David Silva(34)

• Is being more then replaced

Leroy Sané(24)

• We spent a full season without him already

John Stones(26)

• Played just 1300 minutes in all competition this season

Oleksandr Zinchenko(23)

• Very Limited as a LB, can only play inverted role

Ilkay Gundogan(30)

• Awful as an 8 and only decent as a 6

Nicolas Otamendi(32)

• The General

I can get the idea of buying these young players, that’s fine and would welcome it. I feel a lot of the departures you mention are guesswork. We need to find a club and agree a fee as well as the player wanting to move to that club. Also didn’t Tolmie mention Stones was to receive a new contract?

 

[Paul1970]

We should not be signing a right back until we move one one. Can you imagine if we do sign semedo and then can’t move cancelo We would have 3 world class right backs and not one decent left back . Before we even think about a right back we have more pressing matters first.

 

[Trautmann's Chiropractor]

Well let's say I am chatting bullshit.

Looking at the age of Pep's outfield signings at City:

2016
Nolito (29)
Ilkay (25)
Stones (22)
Sané (20)
Jesus (19)

2017
Walker (27)
Danilo (26)
Ederson (24)
Bernardo (23)
Mendy (23)
Laporte (23)

2018
Mahrez (27)

2019
Cancelo (25)
Rodri (23)

Back in early January Pep said that we have to do a lot of changes(Build) again, but in an absolutely different way.

And then when you also factor the fact that City will scour Europe this summer looking to snap up young talent that can help the first team...

You can say I'm chatting bullshit. But maybe its not such a baseless claim of mine or "wishful thinking" as you say.


2020
Done
Aouar (22)
Almada (19)
Ait Nouri (19)
Traoré (18)
Yan Couto (18)

Left To Do
Bastoni (21)
Camavinga (18)
Kouassi (18)
Ihattaren (18)[

Was that finally an admission that you’ve been chatting pish this whole time?

I’ve called you out for this at least 4 times now, you’ve been caught out with your Semedo backtracking and now there’s an admission of you trying to read between the lines of an MEN sourced tweet.

You’ve had your attention, now stop claiming your fantasy as fact.

 

[Ezzy]

Was that finally an admission that you’ve been chatting pish this whole time?

I’ve called you out for this at least 4 times now, you’ve been caught out with your Semedo backtracking and now there’s an admission of you trying to read between the lines of an MEN sourced tweet.

You’ve had your attention, now stop claiming your fantasy as fact.

Lol stating a hypothetical scenario is me admitting something?

I'm just saying that my claims DO HAVE a basis that is public knowledge, you do not need to be an insider to know.
It's all public knowledge that:

• Guardiola said we have to rebuild in a different way, he said that in Early January

• That City will be "scouring Europe for young talent to help the first team", MEN reported it

So knowing those two things(at minimum), could you please tell me what players City will be Targeting this summer?




What Semedo back tracking? Can you not read sarcasm?(if I'm thinking of the right post your talking about)

 

[Trautmann's Chiropractor]

Lol stating a hypothetical scenario is me admitting something?

I'm just saying that my claims DO HAVE a basis that is public knowledge, you do not need to be an insider to know.
It's all public knowledge that:

• Guardiola said we have to rebuild in a different way, he said that in Early January

• That City will be "scouring Europe for young talent to help the first team", MEN reported it

So knowing those two things(at minimum), could you please tell me what players City will be Targeting this summer?




What Semedo back tracking? Can you not read sarcasm?(if I'm thinking of the right post your talking about)

There we go again, your theories have went from done deals to claims. Based on a laughable two tweets, one from before the pandemic occurred and the other from probably one of the worst outlets for City news. Just because it’s on twitter, doesn’t mean it’s true chief.

As for our actual targets, even the club doesn’t know who we’re going to be making moves for because we’re looking at the most uncertain transfer market in recent history. You very graciously piggybacked on 93.20blue’s info on Aouar and Almada, claiming that as your info. These deals are 100% in the pipeline but I know for a fact that we haven’t even agreed a fee with Lyon yet.

Here’s your posts I was referring to, very kindly collated by @Andrew___K
Click the little arrow beside his username to find them.

I think this pile of schizophrenic BS speaks for itself

Give it up man, it’s pathetic.

 

[Ezzy]

There we go again, your theories have went from done deals to claims. Based on a laughable two tweets, one from before the pandemic occurred and the other from probably one of the worst outlets for City news. Just because it’s on twitter, doesn’t mean it’s true chief.

As for our actual targets, even the club doesn’t know who we’re going to be making moves for because we’re looking at the most uncertain transfer market in recent history. You very graciously piggybacked on 93.20blue’s info on Aouar and Almada, claiming that as your info. These deals are 100% in the pipeline but I know for a fact that we haven’t even agreed a fee with Lyon yet.

Here’s your posts I was referring to, very kindly collated by @Andrew___K
Click the little arrow beside his username to find them.



Give it up man, it’s pathetic.

There we go again, your theories have went from done deals to claims. Based on a laughable two tweets, one from before the pandemic occurred and the other from probably one of the worst outlets for City news. Just because it’s on twitter, doesn’t mean it’s true chief.

As for our actual targets, even the club doesn’t know who we’re going to be making moves for because we’re looking at the most uncertain transfer market in recent history. You very graciously piggybacked on 93.20blue’s info on Aouar and Almada, claiming that as your info. These deals are 100% in the pipeline but I know for a fact that we haven’t even agreed a fee with Lyon yet.

Here’s your posts I was referring to, very kindly collated by @Andrew___K
Click the little arrow beside his username to find them.



Give it up man, it’s pathetic.

There we go again, your theories have went from done deals to claims. <- isn't that saying the same thing? I have been claiming that we have 4 done deals and 4 more targets to chase.

Just because it’s on twitter, doesn’t mean it’s true chief. <- that is true. We are linked to many different players from many different sources. So its very hard to try and guess 8 targets correctly from Twitter information.

You very graciously piggybacked on 93.20blue’s info on Aouar and Almada, claiming that as your info. <-My very first post on this forum, April 18th, was a response to 93.20blue saying

• "2 players who names start with A will be joining ! Already done deals" - April 15th

Thiago Almada
Houssem Aouar

as one magician leaves another joins from Lyon , pep sees him as the new xavi !!

<- April 22nd



My 2nd post in this forum was also on April 18th.
The last time I edited it was on May 5th

So I believe that what our squad needs is an evolution, not a "rebuild" in the way that many people are expecting. As Guardiola himself said in a previous press conference "well yes we need to rebuild, but we will do it another way"

We already saw how he rebuilt the squad in his first two seasons here, so what does he mean when he says we need to do it another way?

Let's assess the current squad, starting with the Forwards:

Forwards:

• Leroy Sane (24) - LW (SELL)
  
• Raheem Sterling (25) - LW
  
• Sergio Agüero (32) - ST
• Gabriel Jesus (23) - ST
• Riyad Mahrez (29) - RW
• Bernardo Silva (26) - RW (MOVE TO CAM)

New:

• Jayden Braaf (18) - LW, RW
• Morgan Rogers (18) - LW, RW
• Thiago Almada (19) - CAM, LW, F9, RW
• Mohamed Ihattaren (18) - CM, CAM, LW, F9, RW
• Amad Traoré (18) - LW, RW

SO WE HAVE:

LW

• Raheem Sterling(25) - starter
  
• Jayden Braaf(18)
• Morgan Rogers(18)

ST:

• Sergio Agüero(32) - starter
• Gabriel Jesus(23) - starter
• Thiago Almada(19)

RW:

• Riyad Mahrez(29) - starter
• Mohamed Ihattaren(18)
• Amad Traoré(18)

Midfielders:

• David Silva (34) - LCAM (LEAVE)
• Phil Foden (20) - LCAM
• Fernandinho (35) - CDM (MOVE TO CB)
• Rodri (24) - CDM
  
• Ilkay Gundogan (30) - CM (SELL)
• Kevin De Bruyne (29) - RCAM

New:

• Adrian Bernabé (19) - CM, CAM, LW, F9, RW
• Tommy Doyle (19) - CM, CAM
• Houssem Aouar (22) - CM, CAM, LW, RW
• Eduardo Camavinga (18) - CDM, CM

SO WE HAVE:

LCAM

• Phil Foden(20) - starter
  
• Houssem Aouar(22) - starter
  
• Adrian Bernabé(19)

CDM:

• Rodri(24) - starter
• Eduardo Camavinga(18)

RCAM:

• Kevin de Bruyne(29) - starter
• Bernardo Silva(26) - starter
  
• Tommy Doyle(19)

Overall Transfers:
Out:

• Leroy Sane
• David Silva
• Ilkay Gundogan

In:

• Houssem Aouar(22) - £50M - Lyon
• Thiago Almada(19) - £20M - Vélez
• Amad Traoré(18) - £20M - Atalanta
• Mohamed Ihattaren(18) - £25M - PSV
• Eduardo Camavinga(18) - £60M - Rennes
• Adrian Bernabé(19)
• Jayden Braaf(18)
• Tommy Doyle(19)
• Morgan Rogers(18)

In January re-assess the squad and loan out any youngsters that need one.

My 5th post in this forum was also on April 19th.
The last time I edited it was on May 2nd

Who would be our centre back recruits mate

If you click this arrow you can see the content of my 2nd post in this forum as it was on April 19th.(because Paul 1970 made this post on the 19th, quoting my 2nd post, and never edited his post)

When analyzing most of the centre backs we have been linked with,along with our current situation.

We need a back up to Laporte, the centre back that best fits the bill is Alessandro Bastoni.
21 years old, 1.90m tall, left-footed. He has amazing crossing/long passes, very composed defender. And of course he's playing and trusted by a Top coach in Conte.

So :

• Laporte(26), Stones(26), Fernandinho(35)
• Bastoni(21), Garcia(19)

Eric Garcia and Fernandinho to replace Otamendi. But that is not enough, we need a partner for Bellis.

PSG Center Back, Tanguy Kouassi(18 in june), he is regarded as a world class level CB/DM talent. He's a free agent in July.
He is right footed, 1.89m tall, elegant on the ball, Dominant aerially , basically the same profile as Harwood-Bellis for simplicity sake.

So that gives us 6 Centre Backs + 3 alternative (Fernandinho, Walker, Rodri)

• Laporte(26), Sandler(23), Garcia(19)
• Bastoni(21), Kouassi(18), Harwood-Bellis(18)

Kouassi still has not shown signs of signing his pro with PSG. RB leipzip and us are heavily Linked. RB promised him he would take upamecano's spot and seemed like the favorites to land him, but the latest report said we are very much still in the running to sign him.

So looking at leipzig's CB depth, with dayot gone and adding kouassi, they would have 5 CB.
3 inexperienced teenagers (including kouassi), along with Orban(28, team cpt) & Konaté (21).
So Unless Leipzig want to go a season with only 2 experienced CB(who are both injury prone) and rely on 3 teenagers, they will need to add another CB.

Thus if Kouassi joins RB, they will have 5-6 CB minimum.

But in the case that he was to join us instead, we will be 6 CB(3 experienced, 3 teenagers) + Fernandinho.

So I believe that we still have a great chance to sign Kouassi, as for both teams the amount of CB is roughly the same with a mix of youth & experience. But we have a better Sporting Project then Leipzig.

Is John stones the right person to partner laporte? My personal opinion is No(pep trusted Garcia & Fernandinho more) thus Sell stones to Arsenal and Buy a replacement(if needed)

 

[Trautmann's Chiropractor]

There we go again, your theories have went from done deals to claims. <- isn't that saying the same thing? I have been claiming that we have 4 done deals and 4 more targets to chase.

Just because it’s on twitter, doesn’t mean it’s true chief. <- that is true. We are linked to many different players from many different sources. So its very hard to try and guess 8 targets correctly from Twitter information.

You very graciously piggybacked on 93.20blue’s info on Aouar and Almada, claiming that as your info. <-My very first post on this forum, April 18th, was a response to 93.20blue saying

• "2 players who names start with A will be joining ! Already done deals" - April 15th

<- April 22nd



My 2nd post in this forum was also on April 18th.
The last time I edited it was on May 5th


My 5th post in this forum was also on April 19th.
The last time I edited it was on May 2nd

Well there’s two minutes of my life I’m not getting back.

 

[Trautmann's Chiropractor]

Exactly because you have nothing else to say. Anyways you don't believe so stop wasting your time mate. Just wait till the summer is done and then we'll see who is chatting bullshit or piggybacking off others info.

I have plenty to say, hence why I’ve called you out more times that I should’ve needed. I like how you ignored the part of my post about your Semedo backtracking too.

The window might not even open until September you absolute tool. You are completely clueless.

 

[Ezzy]

Well there’s two minutes of my life I’m not getting back.

Exactly because you have nothing else to say. Anyways you don't believe so stop wasting your time mate.

Just wait till the summer is done and then we'll see who is chatting bullshit or piggybacking off others info.

Who would be our centre back recruits mate

If you click this arrow you can see the content of my 2nd post in this forum as it was on April 19th.(because Paul 1970 made this post on the 19th, quoting my 2nd post, and never edited his post)

 

[blueparrot]

I have plenty to say, hence why I’ve called you out more times that I should’ve needed. I like how you ignored the part of my post about your Semedo backtracking too.

The window might not even open until September you absolute tool. You are completely clueless.

Does it matter. One way or another we’ll find out over the summer. Wouldn’t bother getting worked up about it . He’s been pretty specific so he’ll be right or he’ll be wrong. No room for pretending he was misquoted.

 

[OliMCFC]

Ezzy's committed himself to these 8 names, and if he's right we'll all look like absolute tools. If he's wrong, he'll look an absolute tool as i'm pretty sure many of us will remind him.

 

[blueparrot]

Ezzy's committed himself to these 8 names, and if he's right we'll all look like absolute tools. If he's wrong, he'll look an absolute tool as i'm pretty sure many of us will remind him.

Pretty much my thinking, though think Its possible he could be wrong about the names but right about the direction. Hope he's right with that at least it’s how Id like us to go.Just wait and see.

 

[Ezzy]

I have plenty to say, hence why I’ve called you out more times that I should’ve needed. I like how you ignored the part of my post about your Semedo backtracking too.

It's all fake news. Barcelona are desperate to make it look like He has a buyer. Pep has zero interest in Semedo what so ever.

Cancelo is going nowhere. Only change at RB is wether Couto Will go to Leeds or stay here as 3rd choice.

All the noise this summer is just Mendes trying to help Barcelona & Semedo(who's prob going to Juve). All of the reports are exclusively coming from Barca side for a reason.

Yes Pep wants Semedo. Pep has realized that full backs that can attack but can't defend are not what he needs anymore. <- this is me back tracking? Or are you ignoring/failing to see sarcasm?

Spending the whole of last summer chasing Cancelo instead of Semedo is a mistake City are "Open to do a swap deal" or perhaps just cash deal, in order to rectify it
But they are some big obstacles ahead. Semedo is Very much in demand. <- this is me back tracking? Or are you ignoring/failing to see sarcasm?
https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/goto/post?id=12672147#post-12672147

jack gaughan says the semedo and cancelo talks are ongoing tolm? Surely a top CB at least will come in?

Ezzy:
Yes Pep wants Semedo. Pep has realized that full backs that can attack but can't defend are not what he needs anymore.



Spending the whole of last summer chasing Cancelo instead of Semedo is a mistake City are "Open to do a swap deal" or perhaps just cash deal, in order to rectify it.

But they are some big obstacles ahead. Semedo is Very much in demand.

Semedo is exactly the same type of full-back as Walker. [...] Cancelo Is the prototype of full-backs that Pep wants, the Dani Alves type. Cancelo just has to learn to play that Inverted Role, and once he does, he has the exact skill set required to succeed as a Pep Full-Back.

Semedo is exactly the same type of full-back as Walker. Zinchenko not being fast is fine, that's not the problem with him. He Can't stay out wide like a full back if our play demands it(like when we can't go thru the middle) and of course he's also not a natural defender.

Cancelo Is the prototype of full-backs that Pep wants, the Dani Alves type. Cancelo just has to learn to play that Inverted Role, and once he does, he has the exact skill set required to succeed as a Pep Full-Back.

But of course it's not easy, especially when the team is so unbalanced and fragile.

3 options for each Position. This is what Josep Guardiola Wants. <- considering we have Kyle Walker, Joao Cancelo, and purchased Yan Couto in the Winter.

Yan Couto: “I had a good conversation with Barcelona - I thought I would go there. But then Manchester City appeared and showed me how things would be there. At first, they wanted to loan me out straight away, but then I spoke with Guardiola...”

Why is your only rebuttal "This is football Manager?" No my friend, open your eyes and look, this is the Transfer market.

3 options for each Position. This is what Josep Guardiola Wants.

Can you take a guess as to how this goal can be realistically accomplished? Hint: Academy & investment in younger players



They didn't extend Fernandinho's Contract just for him to begin the season a Squad Player.

Nor did they decide to extend it at the end of January, just because, when the original plan at the start of season was to wait until March/April.

There is a reason we are only linked with an 18 and 20 year old Right-Footed CB.

Pep trust Dinho as a starter 100%

So Please Inform me in more details where I was back tracking when I said that all the interest In Semedo is entirely from Barcelona & Jorge Mendes? And that City have no interest in him or selling Cancelo?

And why do you waste your time engaging with someone speeking absolute nonsense while sounding so sure of themselves? I don't get it? Especially when you do not provide any informative rebuttal at all? Besides a few insults lol.

If from my very first post on this forum, I have been talking absolute nonsense from just information on Twitter. Would it not be better and easier for you to just ignore me?

And instead engage with Users who you know are much more "connected" and informed compared to me? Someone who just joined less than 2 months ago.

 

[Ashleymcduff]

Yes Pep wants Semedo. Pep has realized that full backs that can attack but can't defend are not what he needs anymore. <- this is me back tracking? Or are you ignoring/failing to see sarcasm?

Spending the whole of last summer chasing Cancelo instead of Semedo is a mistake City are "Open to do a swap deal" or perhaps just cash deal, in order to rectify it
But they are some big obstacles ahead. Semedo is Very much in demand. <- this is me back tracking? Or are you ignoring/failing to see sarcasm?
https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/goto/post?id=12672147#post-12672147




Semedo is exactly the same type of full-back as Walker. [...] Cancelo Is the prototype of full-backs that Pep wants, the Dani Alves type. Cancelo just has to learn to play that Inverted Role, and once he does, he has the exact skill set required to succeed as a Pep Full-Back.





3 options for each Position. This is what Josep Guardiola Wants. <- considering we have Kyle Walker, Joao Cancelo, and purchased Yan Couto in the Winter.

Yan Couto: “I had a good conversation with Barcelona - I thought I would go there. But then Manchester City appeared and showed me how things would be there. At first, they wanted to loan me out straight away, but then I spoke with Guardiola...”



So Please Inform me in more details where I was back tracking when I said that all the interest In Semedo is entirely from Barcelona & Jorge Mendes? And that City have no interest in him or selling Cancelo?

And why do you waste your time engaging with someone speeking absolute nonsense while sounding so sure of themselves? I don't get it? Especially when you do not provide any informative rebuttal at all? Besides a few insults lol.

If from my very first post on this forum, I have been talking absolute nonsense from just information on Twitter. Would it not be better and easier for you to just ignore me?

And instead engage with Users who you know are much more "connected" and informed compared to me? Someone who just joined less than 2 months ago.

ezzy these gezzers would be worshipping At tolmies feet if he was saying this and he’s got a terrible strike rate.

keep up the good work

 

[Sir Joe Aguero]

Now linked with Sergi Roberto...

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Aarons is a decent shout.

I also rate Pereira at Leicester.

 

[g180aj]

Ezzy's committed himself to these 8 names, and if he's right we'll all look like absolute tools. If he's wrong, he'll look an absolute tool as i'm pretty sure many of us will remind him.

The reality is if we sign half of the players he said then I'll be impressed.

The reasons why it's hard to believe are simple, he is talking about us signing around 15 players in 1 window costing upwards of £200 million, pretty much all of them wouldn't get in our starting 11 for anything other than a league cup game.