It's Quiet thread 14 - 'do one' edition

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Cheers Tolm.
SLY Sports had no idea at all last night, and really showed how little they knew in this potential transfer. That’s fine, it’s not their fault. However, I think the low point was when they said the Glazers had real pulling power, and they could sign Messi, because their very own Tampax Bay Buccs signed QB Tom Brady.

Heh heh, everyone knows the greatest QB in the NFL is Drew Brees 9 aka GOAT

It's Rodgers, but I get your gist :)

 

[Chris in London]

They’ve also lost Arthur to Juve

Arthur he does what he pleases, living his life one day at a time

i know it’s crazy, but it’s true

 

[JimmyGrimble10]

If we do hand Messi £50m to buy out his final year (just as PSG did with Neymar) it is a better optic for both him and Barca, rather than us coming to take him away in the purest aggressive sense?

We would still need to hand Messi another £50m as a signing bonus of his own, which is why I considered the back end option and a further signing fee from NYCFC.

But as you say, the MLS went to crazy lengths to accommodate Beckham and this would be on a completely different level altogether.

Perhaps we will have built the New York stadium by then with the SilverLake cash and what a way to christen it with the Lionel Messi?

Perhaps we offer him a stake in the CFG.

All I know is the cash is nowhere near an issue.

The stadium issue in New York is still on going due to the corporate greed of landowners in the city. Apparently it’s run almost mafia like and the club have twice found a plot for the stadium only for it to become entangled in a massive political issue. I keep a close eye on NYCFC stuff and the fans are fit to pull their hair out. Attendances have dropped continuously since their expansion and many are “giving up” until they have a home. A certain someone in three years with the prospect of a home could change that.
Sorry if not relevant just thought I’d share

 

[better dead than red]

It's Rodgers, but I get your gist :)

Not to stray too far off topic, but I am assuming neither of you have ever heard of a fella named Joe Montana? @Captain Apollo

 

[Neville Kneville]

cheers

this one went under the radar a little

According to his stats, he's Wan Bissaka.

 

[domalino]

Can work with any wide runner.

They did it to us & we did it to Manuel, works better than ever v stupid offside traps, which is why I'm even more surprised we have started using one.

Agreed but you need people in the box to bring the fullbacks narrow. The reason Alba has so much space, and Alves before him is that the winger is in the box so the fullback follows them inside and creates that huge space.

Mendy actually is very good at inside runs, so he could take the fullback inside and leave Sterling in the space on the left.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Agreed but you need people in the box to bring the fullbacks narrow. The reason Alba has so much space, and Alves before him is that the winger is in the box so the fullback follows them inside and creates that huge space.

Mendy actually is very good at inside runs, so he could take the fullback inside and leave Sterling in the space on the left.

The Mendy we signed, was terrifyingly good at making those runs outside tbf.

 

[northstandgiveusasong]

If we do hand Messi £50m to buy out his final year (just as PSG did with Neymar) it is a better optic for both him and Barca, rather than us coming to take him away in the purest aggressive sense?

We would still need to hand Messi another £50m as a signing bonus of his own, which is why I considered the back end option and a further signing fee from NYCFC.

But as you say, the MLS went to crazy lengths to accommodate Beckham and this would be on a completely different level altogether.

Perhaps we will have built the New York stadium by then with the SilverLake cash and what a way to christen it with the Lionel Messi?

Perhaps we offer him a stake in the CFG.

All I know is the cash is nowhere near an issue.

So effectively he’d join ADUG for 5 years (3 with City then with an option to go to the MLS for the final 2 years?).

 

[nmc]

It's Rodgers, but I get your gist :)

Doesn't Aaaron Rodgers support City?

 

[Brewster's millions]

Arthur he does what he pleases, living his life one day at a time

i know it’s crazy, but it’s true

Is that the best you can do?

 

[toffee balls]

Arthur he does what he pleases, living his life one day at a time

i know it’s crazy, but it’s true

You could do with updating your user name Mr Cross.

 

[pudge]

Cheers Tolm.
SLY Sports had no idea at all last night, and really showed how little they knew in this potential transfer. That’s fine, it’s not their fault. However, I think the low point was when they said the Glazers had real pulling power, and they could sign Messi, because their very own Tampax Bay Buccs signed QB Tom Brady.

Heh heh, everyone knows the greatest QB in the NFL is Drew Brees 9 aka GOAT

Ban worthy comment

 

[The Colonel]

The fag packet economics have now started across so-called informed sources and outlets, we only need leave any affordability questions to the people who run our club. It was the same with the FFP experts.

Splitting up the offer over five years and including NYCFC in the pot means we can keep Messi's immediate wage costs down, and he can be paid handsomely at the back end and pick up yet another huge signing-on fee.

I have a hunch we will give Messi £50m to buy out his final year's basic salary and then we come to a sweetheart price on Garcia.

The fact that we are better informed on here than any of those ‘professional outlets’ is hilarious and shameful at the same time. They really are not fit for purpose.
Thanks for your info, I love the giddiness that comes with it.
It seems that the stars are aligned for this on many fronts, I’m sure that Messi’s mind is made and that his camp would not want to start pissing around with complex negotiations elsewhere at this late stage. There will be bitter tainted claims that he’s past it but I’d rather find that out with him in a blue shirt than anywhere else. Personally I think that the new challenge and his reuniting with Pep would reinvigorate him.

 

[Captain Apollo]

It's Rodgers, but I get your gist :)

It could’ve been worse, at least you didn’t say it was someone from the Falcons

 

[domalino]

The Mendy we signed, was terrifyingly good at making those runs outside tbf.

Him getting over his knee problems and regaining that form would be as big a signing as Koulibaly. It's surely his last chance season, I hope it happens for him.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

It's Rodgers, but I get your gist :)

ffs, I'd rather have Poch than him.

 

[Sir peace frog]

paid about £4m , loaned him back to the club we bought him from,a RB

caught it on skysports,weve also signed someone called moreno from real madrid i think

juve not real madrid

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Hi Tolm, my giddy excitement is already at 100%, any more news you have that could push it to 200%?

Afraid not, it's not the type of thing I would expect to get rolling updates on to be honest!!

At this stage, I'm just hoping I get a heads-up or, as is more likely, somebody we know speaks for Lionel Messi can put us all out of our misery!

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

Afraid not, it's not the type of thing I would expect to get rolling updates on to be honest!!

At this stage, I'm just hoping I get a heads-up or, as is more likely, somebody we know speaks for Lionel Messi can put us all out of our misery!

A lot will ride on this supposed statement he is meant to be making.

 

[The1nvisibleMan]

Afraid not, it's not the type of thing I would expect to get rolling updates on to be honest!!

At this stage, I'm just hoping I get a heads-up or, as is more likely, somebody we know speaks for Lionel Messi can put us all out of our misery!

Out of our misery? That doesn't sound promising