His signing was, in my opinion, the beginning of the scum's hilarious decline. Sheer desperation from Pisscan and one final roll of the dice.One of the main reasons we won the league last year is because Ilkay Gundogan stepped up and delivered more goals than anyone could have expected.
Riyad Mahrez has done the same this year, but will it be enough this time? Particularly when the final standings may well be decided on goal difference or goals scored..
A top level striker like Harry Kane would almost certainly have a significantly higher shot rate, and goals/shots ratio than both Gundogan and Mahrez.
In my opinion, if we don't win the PL this year, it will be down as much to our not paying the necessary for Harry Kane last summer, as it would be to Liverpool's exceptional season.
We dragged our feet in the market last summer. Pep and Txiki will be well aware of that, and that's why they'll go all out to get Haaland, regardless of wage demands etc.
It smacks very much of the Robin Van Persie situation to me. We should have learned from that.
No, you’re guessing. Not all signings succeed, Pep might’ve hoped that Kane would score 30 goals but he hoped Mendy would make a top class left back and Bravo a top keeper. He hoped to sign Messi and Ronaldo too - how would they have worked out??You must be joking.
You do know that Pep Guardiola actually wanted Harry Kane in the summer? You're effectively saying that Pep wanted a player who would disrupt his system. That's absolute nonsense.
Kane would score 30+ a season in the current squad, and Pep knows that. On paper, only Erling Haaland offers more than Kane. We know how good Kane is in the PL, we'll have to wait and see if Haaland delivers when ge gets here.
Not signing Van Persie cost us the title in 12/13.. It would have been worth every penny just for that one season.His signing was, in my opinion, the beginning of the scum's hilarious decline. Sheer desperation from Pisscan and one final roll of the dice.
His knees were fucked and they played him pretty much to death in 12/13. So much so that he was a waste of wages after that.
Set the tone for their gloriously wank transfer policy ever since.
I hope to fuck we never go down that route.
Keep digging son, I can still see you.No, you’re guessing. Not all signings succeed, Pep might’ve hoped that Kane would score 30 goals but he hoped Mendy would make a top class left back and Bravo a top keeper. He hoped to sign Messi and Ronaldo too - how would they have worked out??
Kane’s legs are going and when Txiki didn’t deem it sensible to pay top dollar for a fading, past his best, injury prone striker he did the right thing.
But not being a victim of short termism led to the success of the subsequent years, and so was the right thing.Not signing Van Persie cost us the title in 12/13.. It would have been worth every penny just for that one season.
It certainly did, and winning it 12/13 would have been great.Not signing Van Persie cost us the title in 12/13.. It would have been worth every penny just for that one season.
Ha, who knew?I can see them. Don't click on his profile page. Just click on his name and his total post count will be there.
If you click on that they will all pop up.
I don't think we can pinpoint the rags decline at the Van Persie signing. They were largely 'on track' to rebuild reasonably sensibly post-pisscan until they got impatient and sacked Moyes.It certainly did, and winning it 12/13 would have been great.
But I look rather more fondly at the four we've won since, especially as they've been based on a long-term, sensible transfer and coaching/management philosophy.
How have the rags done post 12/13, by the way?
Bony was on Pellegrini. We had the chance to sign Dybala but he insisted on BonyWilfried Bony and numerous players signed for seven figure sums who went out on loan or have since disappeared from view.
You didn’t used to be abusive. Hindsight’s a wonderful thing.Keep digging son, I can still see you.
Messi was always going to fail outside La Liga.
Ronaldo is scoring goals in a shit team with virtually no decent service.
You're a nutcase.
Short term is 1 year. Its while you bridge a gap between long term spells. Our short term policy after Kun is to do without a true goal scorer. Hopefully our long term Haaland plan will soon kick in.But not being a victim of short termism led to the success of the subsequent years, and so was the right thing.
Behave yourself! The words 'Pellegrini' and 'insisted' don't belong in the same sentence.Bony was on Pellegrini. We had the chance to sign Dybala but he insisted on Bony
I've always thought we should have signed a top class striker. Whether Kane or A N Other, we were taking a risk going into the season without a recognised striker.You didn’t used to be abusive. Hindsight’s a wonderful thing.
Were you screaming from the rooftops that we should’ve signed Kane during our 12 match winning streak when all and sundry were hailing the genius of our system ?
I bet you weren’t ;-)
Sorry if the facts don’t suit your agendaBehave yourself! The words 'Pellegrini' and 'insisted' don't belong in the same sentence.
Good or bad signings, the buck ends with Txiki on transfers.
That's exactly as it should be
Short term is rarely one year. Nobody any good signs a one rear contract, a team is left with fitting them into a squad and wage bill for longer. Any player signing for Pep needs longer than a year.Short term is 1 year. Its while you bridge a gap between long term spells. Our short term policy after Kun is to do without a true goal scorer. Hopefully our long term Haaland plan will soon kick in.
I have no agenda. I just say what I believe.Sorry if the facts don’t suit your agenda
They got addicted to buying older and older strikers.It certainly did, and winning it 12/13 would have been great.
But I look rather more fondly at the four we've won since, especially as they've been based on a long-term, sensible transfer and coaching/management philosophy.
How have the rags done post 12/13, by the way?
Wasn't that simple; we had 4 strikers, Mancini didn't know who to get rid of.Not signing Van Persie cost us the title in 12/13.. It would have been worth every penny just for that one season.
Fair point, but it was Van Persie who made the difference that season. We definitely wanted him, we should have bullied the rags out of the picture.Wasn't that simple; we had 4 strikers, Mancini didn't know who to get rid of.
Until we did we weren't signing Van Persie
Mistakes maybe but serious ones, like what ?I have no agenda. I just say what I believe.
I believe that we wouldn't be where we are now without Pep, and that we wouldn't have Pep without Txiki.
I don't for one minute think that they haven't made serious mistakes, but as I've said in the past, it's a lot easier to gamble with someone else's money.
I suspect that Txiki may leave when Pep goes. That's when the problems start.