Kylian Mbappé | Real Madrid Player (pg620)

[Deleted member 87819]

It will be mice to sign Both, Mbappe & Haaland

Would be insane but I’d almost trade that for Mbappe staying at PSG instead of going to Madrid, just to hold them back. unfortunately it won’t happen

 

[city2]

I would prefer Mbappe to Haaland because he’s the finished article with a little tweak from pep.

 

[Chi-town blues]

It will be mice to sign Both, Mbappe & Haaland

Piss boiling will kill all rodents at old toilet :)

 

[halfcenturyup]

Juan?

... flew over the cuckoo's nest.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

I would prefer Mbappe to Haaland because he’s the finished article with a little tweak from pep.

I definitely prefer Mbappe to Haaland, but I wouldn’t mind either!

 

[Semper aggressus]

As long as he doesn’t go to one of our rivals I’m not arsed.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

As long as he doesn’t go to one of our rivals I’m not arsed.

Just curious, the Champions League is one of the two most important competitions we play. If a player like him goes to Real Madrid and makes them stronger, you don’t think that impacts us? I ask because in Spain they certainly care what their Champions League rivals do in the market

 

[Semper aggressus]

Just curious, the Champions League is one of the two most important competitions we play. If a player like him goes to Real Madrid and makes them stronger, you don’t think that impacts us? I ask because in Spain they certainly care what their Champions League rivals do in the market

I do but I don’t hate any of the foreign sides, whereas I utterly despise Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea and want City to be seen as the best and biggest team in England.

Also I think we’re strong enough to beat any of the continental teams if we play well enough, whereas for some reason bad luck and shit officials seem to constantly handicap us when playing another English team in the CL.

 

[razman]

I would prefer Mbappe to Haaland because he’s the finished article with a little tweak from pep.

Would like that as well , but I remmeber Tolmie (or maybe some other ITK) saying that mbappe is not interested to come to city - fair play to him that his dream move is Madrid and he wants to move there only

 

[JDV]

I love Mbappe but I don't think he solves our striker problem. He is great alongside a top striker.

For that reason I feel Haaland is the perfect fit.

But I wouldn't say no haha

 

[Deleted member 87819]

He is great alongside a top striker.

Who is the top striker at PSG?

 

[Nicholas van Whatsisface]

Just curious, the Champions League is one of the two most important competitions we play. If a player like him goes to Real Madrid and makes them stronger, you don’t think that impacts us? I ask because in Spain they certainly care what their Champions League rivals do in the market

It’s an interesting question - and I guess the answer is very subjective, as it comes down to the difference between sporting rivalry and something that runs deeper. It’s where the tribalism really surfaces.

We have sporting rivalries with most teams we play against - CL rivals included - which surface when we’re playing them, but essentially disappear when we’re not. What they do outside of the occasions we’re playing them doesn’t really register.

Madrid would fall into that category for most on here.

How we feel about certain National rivals spills into something much deeper, more tribal and less rational, where we find seeing them enjoy any success at all impossible to stomach.

United and Liverpool fall into that category for most (Munich for me too, personally), so seeing him join one of those clubs would hit at something deep within us.

Plus because the PL has so many strong teams, we have a genuine rivalry with a far greater number of clubs. In Spain, there’s such a gulf from the big two to the rest (Ateltico sitting somewhere in between) that the sense of proper competition isn’t as strong. So they probably care more about their CL rivals than we do.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

We have sporting rivalries with most teams we play against - CL rivals included - which surface when we’re playing them, but essentially disappear when we’re not. What they do outside of the occasions we’re playing them doesn’t really register.

Madrid would fall into that category for most on here.

The point I was making was more simple. A team like Madrid is already quite strong and has a tendency to do well in the Champions League. They will get even stronger with Mbappe, which will make our hopes of winning that title (which is a major target of our season efforts) harder. That’s irrespective of any historical rivalry

 

[Nicholas van Whatsisface]

The point I was making was more simple. A team like Madrid is already quite strong and has a tendency to do well in the Champions League. They will get even stronger with Mbappe, which will make our hopes of winning that title (which is a major target of our season efforts) harder. That’s irrespective of any historical rivalry

Yeah - I get your point, and I don’t disagree.

But the point I was making is more about how much energy your average City fan can be bothered to put into what Madrid are doing as compared to our biggest National rivals.

Madrid will always buy good players - and for the most part, it’s difficult to care that much. Apart from when we play them, when the fact they have Mbappe in their side will become important to us.

Outside of that, personally it’s just not something I can be bothered to assign any energy to.

It’s practical point vs an emotional point, and our reactions are dictated by which of those camps a team falls into.

 

[JDV]

Who is the top striker at PSG?

I don't rate PSG and their set-up.

When he goes to Madrid he won't be their main striker, just like he isn't in French team.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

I don't rate PSG and their set-up.

When he goes to Madrid he won't be their main striker, just like he isn't in French team.

I do think he does extremely well at PSG regardless of how the team operates as a whole. But in a more organized team, the sky is the limit

 

[Daz_Blue]

It will be mice to sign Both, Mbappe & Haaland

As long as they are not blind .....

 

[JDV]

I do think he does extremely well at PSG regardless of how the team operates as a whole. But in a more organized team, the sky is the limit

100% agree Gus. He is an unbelievable player. In my opinion a level above Haaland at this stage of his career.

But I do think Haaland will suit us better in the PL and under Pep will grow a lot.

 

[M Gaudino]

I’m gonna say something i know is comical but here goes.

From about 2017-2021 i thought Mbappe was left footed. I think this is because whenever i saw him shoot with his right….it kinda looked like he was using his wrong foot

Aguero, Ronaldo (o.g.), Rooney, Trezeguet, Batistuta, Van Nistelrooy. When they fucking hit it they absolutely twatted it and it looked natural and like a bomb had gone off that the ball was rocketing off from.

Mbappe just….doesn't. He caresses it in with deliberate technique and 50% of me thinks his whole game is just pace.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

I’m gonna say something i know is comical but here goes.

From about 2017-2021 i thought Mbappe was left footed. I think this is because whenever i saw him shoot with his right….it kinda looked like he was using his wrong foot

Aguero, Ronaldo (o.g.), Rooney, Trezeguet, Batistuta, Van Nistelrooy. When they fucking hit it they absolutely twatted it and it looked natural and like a bomb had gone off that the ball was rocketing off from.

Mbappe just….doesn't. He caresses it in with deliberate technique and 50% of me thinks his whole game is just pace.

Prefer haalands pace and strength to mbun !:))