It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[LongsightM13]

The rag media started a racist witch hunt against this lad. No wonder he wants out.

He doesn’t

 

[Legal Alien]

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Agent Raz

The what he's really saying, caption contest:

Harry "I'm signing for The Champions tomorrow"

Raheem "Get the fuck in!"

Both "COME ON CITY!"

 

[BlueDejong]

1st jack gaughan
Now Martin Blackburn
Something is happening with bernado
Crazy summer incoming

This huge..

 

[wolviedinho]

He doesn’t

I hope you are right bud. An absolute gem of a footballer. Seems a decent person off the pitch also. To be incorrectly labelled a racist and executed by social media was a disgrace.

 

[LongsightM13]

I hope you are right bud. An absolute gem of a footballer. Seems a decent person off the pitch also. To be incorrectly labelled a racist and executed by social media was a disgrace.

He will come back from the Euros, time away from his ‘gilded cage’ apartment, an absolute monster. Same with Gundo.
The modern trend is for players to live in city centre penthouses rather than Cheshire mansions but lockdown has left them re-evaluating after a year of essentially being millionaire prisoners, trapped indoors with no outdoor green space.
I can see players going back to buying or renting big estates in the country with loads of land and dogs

 

[LongsightM13]

This huge..

Get a grip ffs

 

[LongsightM13]

Fuck...Jack confirmed

Two very good but now 30-year-olds and two who have hit the absolute ceiling of their talent even after being coached by Pep for 4/5 years. Meh. Show me the money

 

[LongsightM13]

Still annoys me the fact we're only getting 13 million for Jack Harrison.

When you see what those notoriously hard negotiators Norwich City have got for Buendia then we do seem somewhat on the gullible and generous side, yes

 

[MeatHunterrr]

If Sterling goes it will be because of his high wage demands. If he wants £400k a week then its goodbye.

Jesus is being linked to Juventus but I can see him signing new deal as I think he could be happy to be squad player.

Binning the likes of Bernardo, Laporte, Mahrez, Sterling would not be bad thing as long as we get the right money.

Squad refresh to replace players who have won loads with top young players who are hungry would also be a good thing. Basically it would officially the Pep's City 2.0 from next season on.

Lets not forget that we only had great 6 months this season. In the first part of the season it was looking like things have got stale but Pep managed to squeeze one more great season out of this squad thankfully.

 

[kun]

If Sterling stays it will be because of his high wage demands. If he wants £400k a week then no one is gonna sign him.

 

[borassic]

When you see what those notoriously hard negotiators Norwich City have got for Buendia then we do seem somewhat on the gullible and generous side, yes

He will be a steal Buendia

 

[LongsightM13]

He will be a steal Buendia

Excellent player who fetched his true value. Harrison is in a similar bracket but we’ll get a third of the price

 

[Legal Alien]

Two very good but now 30-year-olds and two who have hit the absolute ceiling of their talent even after being coached by Pep for 4/5 years. Meh. Show me the money

I'm hoping and thinking Raheem get's his form back if Kane signs...

I'm also hoping that you're right about Bernie and also that Laporte stays.

It wouldn't surprise me if the others left.

 

[Rebelblue]

Just watching Messi v Columbia. He still didnt sign for Barca did he? I smell a bog one coming on

 

[LongsightM13]

I'm hoping and thinking Raheem get's his form back if Kane signs...

I'm also hoping that you're right about Bernie and also that Laporte stays.

It wouldn't surprise me if the others left.

Bernie only goes if Pep tells him to go. He is a true disciple

 

[MeatHunterrr]

Bernie only goes if Pep tells him to go. He is a true disciple

But already report in the Sun that Pep might want to bin him to sign Grealish.

 

[LongsightM13]

But already report in the Sun that Pep might want to bin him to sign Grealish.

Don’t believe everything you read. Especially in the S*n

 

[MeatHunterrr]

Don’t believe everything you read. Especially in the S*n

Blackburn is reliable apparently.

 

[samarasra]

Not saying he doesn't have it in the bag, but what, 98% of his passes are sideways or backwards? I suppose that's what he's asked to do, so maybe its unfair...but I'd still play fernandinho over him when both are fit and that is exactly the point. Maybe I'm stuck in the past and rate Ferna too highly, but I just don't rate Rodri as much as others do and think there are better players out there (there's already one in this team!).

"98% of his passes are sideways or backwards?" Maybe it wouldn't be "unfair" if you rated him on facts and not based on a cliche adopted within a few weeks of his arrival.

 

[samarasra]

You can’t purely make the Rodri debate about Age. Most fans wanted Fern to start the champions league final. What does that indicate? I would suggest it means we the fans can see his flaws having watched him play 50+ games.

The most important game last season and Pep did not trust him to perform. Due to his lack of pace, ability under pressure and his tendency to play back to the defence when we need him moving the ball forward.

Should we just accept that he is another Javi Garcia? and not admit that although he is a good player for the system pep deploys it exposes his weaknesses?

We need an athletic quarter back IMO.

Good player but not what city need to dominate teams who utilise the counter against us.

Think back over the last 5/6 seasons, how many times did you see fern breaking up the counter? The master is going to be nearly impossible to replace.

"The most important game last season and Pep did not trust him to perform. Due to his lack of pace, ability under pressure and his tendency to play back to the defence when we need him moving the ball forward."
Please post a link to the interview where Pep said this.
There are athletic quarter backs in the NFL and hundreds of athletic and very fast midfielders in the lower leagues. Problem is their footballing ability is not good enough to play in a City midfield unit chasing 4 titles every season. Another problem is "we fans", I would suggest, can see his flaws and every other players flaws, including Ferna's, but we can see with our own eyes their good qualities as well, which IMO greatly outweigh their flaws, as our continued success would appear to indicate.