I like metaphors but this one has me unsure haha
Well it's a bit like, "The early bird catches the worm"!
I thought we might sign Kane - to partner Foden and Stirling - birds of a feather flock together, and all that. But just as it looked like Kane would fly the coop, Levy wormed his way out of the verbal agreement. In an instant, the deal was as dead as a dodo.
Just shows what can go wrong - if you count your chickens before they've hatched.
The search for a striker has turned into a bit of an albatross for City, but so far on the pitch, it looks like it was all water off a duck's back. It's as well the goals have been flowing this year.
Still, we do surely want a top striker, and top class goalscorers remain rarer than hen's teeth.
The danger is Mino - the wily old hawk. Aware of our interest in Erling, maybe his only intent is to feather his nest. He might coo at us, singing a song about how he'll do a deal... if we wet his beak... only for Real to swoop in and steal our prey at the last minute.
So the argument is, how silly it would be for City to put all their eggs in one basket again. Hence, the suggestion that Dusan could be our bird in the hand.
To all the world, this guy - who no-one knew at the start of the season - looks ready to fly the coop. If there are worries about his inexperience, having someone like Pep to put him under his wing should help him take to life at City like a duck to water.
BRAWWWWK!
