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

[balotelli's back pocket]

If we had not had that frankly bizarre result v Leicester people would be a lot more confident. Like we were after Wolves.

People don't like to admit it but that result was an anomaly. Everything went wrong.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Steffan isn't a new signing

he's an addition to the squad though

 

[kaz7]

People don't like to admit it but that result was an anomaly. Everything went wrong.

Three soft pens from oliver , it went very right

 

[TheBlueCat]

I really piss myself laughing when people say Gundo isn't good enough. Pep very obviously thinks he is but posters on here think they know better. He's also a regular for the German national side, under a manger who has won the World Cup.

Gundogan has his faults and, like Mendy, serious injury seems to have taken something from him but he has technique and intelligence of a very high order.

He isn’t good enough. Injuries have limited him. Completely immobile..

 

[Centurions]

Steffan isn't a new signing

Of course not but we did bring him back from his loan as a needed 2nd goalie. And he does look like an upgrade from limited viewing to Bravo.

 

[Homar]

If we had not had that frankly bizarre result v Leicester people would be a lot more confident. Like we were after Wolves.

The signs were there in the Wolves game. We were just fortunate that Wolves failed to finish the number of golden goal-scoring opportunities that they had. We could easily have lost that game. Let's not forget that the same issues were apparent all last season. We just collapsed completely against Leicester. We had no answer to their fast attackers (Vardy, in particular) running through our back-line. I don't think that Dias solves this and so, unless we stop playing such a high-line against teams such as Leicester, we will always be vulnerable to conceding such goals.

 

[abu13]

I feel really upbeat about the transfer window, People forget that we outscored everyone last season. I think im right in saying our goal difference was better than everyone else last season as well. The trouble was we won big and lost badly as well. Laporte was a huge miss for us as was Sane, everyone say's Gundo isn't un to the job but he spent most of the season tring to provide cover for a mixture of Ferny, Otto, Stones and Garcia, Mendy was in and out of the team all season as well. Hopefully we now have a solid base unless Pep decides he needs to tinker with it every week.

---------------------Eddy------------------------
Walker-------Dias-------Laporte-------Mendy
----------------Rodri or Gundo-----------------

 

[mosssideblue]

I'm more than a glass half full thanks. It's been a shit transfer window and imo we're no stronger than we was last season.

Gen Q, how have you arrived at that conclusion?

 

[Dobsy]

People don't like to admit it but that result was an anomaly. Everything went wrong.

I respectfully disagree. We heard this about 10 times last year and it's the same issues being exposed repeatedly.

 

[citytill1die84]

Wrote enough on it already and said I won't be saying anymore, again if you or anyone else thinks we are stronger then good on you.

 

[Great Kompany]

Well good transfer window or not, the onus of the results now lies on Pep Josep Guardiola. Needless to say we have shown some technical naivety from the side and not all can be attributed to individual mistake. Imho the 2017-2018 blueprint won't work because sides have figured that out.
This is a talented pool of players. I would give them a chance. I still feel Pep can be a bit rigid at times and football has evolved in last couple of years. Doesn't look like he has signed a contract extension and another failure would probably would be the end of him at City. Hopefully it won't come to this.

 

[Gumzy97]

I think Ferran Torres will be the surprise of the window. i remember a spanish interview he did while at Valencia where he said he admires Critiano Ronaldo and said that he knows he can be as good as him hes that confident in his own ability hes the Gem of Spanish football alongside Fati I still cant belive we got him for 20 odd million. as you can see from the goal he scored against Burnley his running style and finishing is replicating Ronaldo.

 

[_OVO_]

Comes from big dunc so take it with a pinch of salt

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Duncan Castles claiming we're looking for a forward. Take with pinch of salt

Edit: @bluesingh beat me to it by a second. exact same phrase too, now that's freaky.

 

[Dobsy]

Jovic only potential candidate I see in the market. If true about Gabby, I can understand why he wouldn't want to move to Germany. New language, same shit weather. Always gives his absolute all for us so glad he stayed.

 

[FantasyIreland]

I'd like to know the alleged offer we accepted.Dortmund are hardly big spenders,are they?

 

[blueparrot]

Jovic only potential candidate I see in the market. If true about Gabby, I can understand why he wouldn't want to move to Germany. New language, same shit weather. Always gives his absolute all for us so glad he stayed.

The Jesus bit sounds nonsense, if we wanted to sell him, there would be a few teams trying for him. Don’t think we’ve ever wanted to sell him.

 

[Cityfan]

How do teams never learn from buying their crap players like the famous Jordan ibe, solanke etc. Only ings has turned out decent for southampton

Ibe Mk1 turned out OK

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

I'd like to know the alleged offer we accepted.Dortmund are hardly big spenders,are they?

that part is obvious horseshit which makes me doubt the rest. If we were willing to sell Jesus last summer, it would have been huge money. 100 million ballpark. Dortmund couldn't go near that.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

that part is obvious horseshit which makes me doubt the rest. If we were willing to sell Jesus last summer, it would have been huge money. 100 million ballpark. Dortmund couldn't go near that.

Maybe they offered to swap Haaland with Jesus, who knows ;)