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

[simon23]

I expect more of this, dressing room splits etc etc. Chess game ongoing.

the more the merrier as it helps our cause

 

[nmc]

Anderlecht fans are wise enough to know if Kompany proves himself as a manager/coach it would be only a matter of time before we came knocking.

Do not underestimate the feeling Pep and Tixki have for all things Catalonian and Barca.

Apart from Txiki being a Basque !

 

[malg]

I don't know why anyone would call Torres a squad player other than because he cost £20m.

This is Spain's most talented u21 player, he is a youth prospect on the level of Foden, at least as good as Sané was when he joined. A player Spain's big 2 would have loved to sign, but Silva & Pep got us to the front of the queue.

Oh but because we took Valencia to the cleaners as he ran his contract down, he's just a squad player...

All to do with the price tag. If we'd paid £60m for him he'd be up there with the best, but £20m = squad player/Nolito/some kid on Annie Lee Park in Gorton......

 

[Neville Kneville]

He called them shit, old, and hole plugs. you can expand and redirect it, but bottom line, he placed himself above , the team and his fellow players.

Good on him.

 

[RayCTID]

Nothing to do with the price tag at all. Torres is looking like a promsing player but he hasn't kicked a ball for us.

 

[nmc]

Nothing to do with the price tag at all. Torres is looking like a promsing player but he hasn't kicked a ball for us

He's been a good investment - we paid £20m and Sky have bumped it up to £37m !

 

[RayCTID]

He's been a good investment - we paid £20m and Sky have bumped it up to £37m !

He has but at the minute he is a squad player who has got to get to grips with life in England

 

[FCBarca]

My memory is not was it was.
Are you the Barca fan who was adamant that Pep wouldn’t come here?

Not what it was, it was not me

I thought he was coming to City before he went to Bayern - the fact that he ultimately did was always going to happen from my POV. Munich surprised me but I think it surprised many

 

[FCBarca]

@simon23

Yeah, the NT desire has long been mentioned but that was also years ago he said that, it may well have changed - we'll see, I am not expecting him to return next season as some have speculated. I just know he will return, no idea when - I suspect even he is not certain of when exactly

 

[Neville Kneville]

I expect more of this, dressing room splits etc etc. Chess game ongoing.

If they all are best of mates & live in the same house like the Beatles, the Madrid element of the media will just make stuff up to break it all down anyhow.

They really should have seen it as an opportunity to rebuild

 

[Superace]

But it won't be their problem snd they know it. Unless he signs a pre agreement in january. Which is i think a gamble they will take

Seeing as there 700 mill in debt its definitely there problem.

 

[SWP's back]

So the team who's scored the most goals for the past 3 seasons needs another forward to have a shout at the title? I'd have to disagree

Our issue isn’t scoring 100 goals over a season. Our issue is not scoring at 0-0 and 1-1.

I’d rather a few more one goal victories and a couple less 6-0.

 

[kaz7]

Not what it was, it was not me

I thought he was coming to City before he went to Bayern - the fact that he ultimately did was always going to happen from my POV. Munich surprised me but I think it surprised many

Which is why your stance that he will go running back to barca is wrong , his next move might be a complete surprise as well

 

[FCBarca]

Does staying in Barcelona beyond a certain period of time result in developing the same traits as a Salmon?

Whatever helps

 

[skyblues]

Anyone ITK if the club has other CB targets?

 

[FCBarca]

You hang on to that and ignore the fact that messi just tried to force his way out, you are not special anymore
pep is not leaving us , he will have done five years here for a reason, you said he would never come here or extend ,you were wrong

Out

Only one ignoring anything is you. Only thing you listed I have been wrong about is Pep extending. He will indeed return (as will Pep) even after he potentially joins City

You don't have to like it, don't even have to believe it - we'll see

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

I expect more of this, dressing room splits etc etc. Chess game ongoing.

I said this yesterday, using the Chess analogy. Barcelona moved a piece on the board which we would have preferred they hadn't.

However, we've always known they could make that move, and we'll have an alternative strategy for that move.

Playing Chess, you're always weighing up which moves your opponent could make and thinking several steps ahead, should any of those moves be made.

I think City will still want to win the game ... it'll just take a few more moves to corner Barca's King.

 

[FCBarca]

Haha, I think you need to chill out with the whole “I’m a Cule, it means more” shite.

You’re on a forum with fans that have tended to support this club for decades with zero success, following it down to the 3rd division and to the brink of extinction.

In a city with a vastly more successful club and surrounded by people constantly shoving it in your face, but we’ve stuck with City as for most of us, our families have followed the club for generations.

Don’t be naive enough to come on here and assume because you pay your €20 subscription fee to be a “Cule” that it “means more” to you than the average City fan. You have absolutely no idea.

Sounds more like an inferiority complex rooted there with you because you're drawing wild conclusions I have not expressed

 

[Woody135]

Can we stop chatting crap about barca on here.
Dont care about them at all. Take it to the general forum.
Thread bumps 5 pages each time and its all people biting on fcbarcas bait.
City transfer bollocks and cryptic videos please

 

[Neville Kneville]

Our issue isn’t scoring 100 goals over a season. Our issue is not scoring at 0-0 and 1-1.

I’d rather a few more one goal victories and a couple less 6-0.

Me too, but on last season's showing, we would have had to score 3 or more goals to beat Liverpool, Spurs, Utd, Chelsea, Wolves & that's completely unrealistic.

Add in the FA Cup & the Champions League, same again.

We need more games where we only concede 1 goal & make the opposition earn the 1 goal, rather than hand it to them.