It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

willipp said:
Obviously its my opinion but i've never seen anything of Phillips that suggests he's a DM in the City mold. He is very athletic ill give him that and covers the pitch well, but for me to be a good DM in this City side you need to be able to receive in tight areas, pass the ball forward and very pass forward accurately. Rodri struggled with this hugely when he came to us and Rodri is a far better player than Phillips who in everything i've seen of him is quite limited in that sense.
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This is literally that last thing we need more of. Every single player on our team is already a master of this. Also Phillips can pass.
 


not a great source but this kid on paper looks great. (most comparable to Alphonso Davies but a RB)

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Andrew___K said:
De Jong is a weird player who is neither Pep's 6 nor 8. Gained his reputation at Ajax playing as a 'libero' shifting between defence and midfield. He's basically a 'Pirlo' with a dribbling ability, a deep lying playmaker whose main strength is connecting defence and attack.

As an 8, he hasn't set the world alight at Barca, lacks playmaking instincts in the final 3rd and is currently in the shade of his teammate Pedri. As a lone 6, he isn't positionally disciplined enough, so old and barely running Busi is preferred.

Initially Pep wanted De Jong as a lone pivot material. But now, having fully integrated Rodrigo, we simply don't need such an expensive understudy to him. And don't forget he had chosen Bartomeu's Barcelona over Pep's City project and was happily fucking about in Spain while Rodri worked hard to improve under Pep's guidance. Why would you want such a player in the team?

Besides, you have to take squad planning into account.
We have enough players for two '8' spots - KdB, Grealish, Bernardo, Foden, Gundo. Add Bellingham as a rumoured transfer target next year. What we need is Rodri's capable backup. Reliable, but knowing his place in the hierarchy. Phillips arguably suits it better than glamorous FDJ.
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I don’t understand the people thinking De Jong and Phillips are the same role. They are so different. We already have 25 de jongs in this team.
 
TonyM said:
I guess I mean get Jesus to sign a new contract (use violence if necessary ffs).

Don't offer a new contract to Sterling - if he stays to run down his contract then we can't do much. If someone offers any money it's a bonus.
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I guess the club need to come up with strategies for all possibilities. We seem to have offered them both new contracts that are still left unsigned.

If we can buy like for like replacements for similar cost to what we could get for selling them, then the prudent thing would be to sell both.
 
TonyM said:
I guess I mean get Jesus to sign a new contract (use violence if necessary ffs).

Don't offer a new contract to Sterling - if he stays to run down his contract then we can't do much. If someone offers any money it's a bonus.
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This the reverse is far more likely
 
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