It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

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Keeper! said:
Earlier in the season we looked somewhat broken and tired, it was only when Cancelo was booted and the PL hit us with the charges that the whole club came together again and went on the crazy run and won the lot.

Not sure the squad as it was could possibly do that again or anything like, perfect time for quite a serious squad refresh and as you say that could well keep Pep happy and motivated to stay even after his contract end in two seasons.
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We are a relatively old team, certainly if we want to keep dominating the next couple of seasons?

Stones, Dias, Rodri, Grealish will step up to become the new leaders.

Throw in Rice and Gvardiol to the heady mix of Phil and Erling, and it strikes a very good balance between experience and youth.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
We are a relatively old team, certainly if we want to keep dominating the next couple of seasons?

Stones, Dias, Rodri, Grealish will step up to become the new leaders.

Throw in Rice and Gvardiol to the heady mix of Phil and Erling, and it strikes a very good balance between experience and youth.
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Always exciting to see a new team/squad come together, new heroes are born and all that .....
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
We are a relatively old team, certainly if we want to keep dominating the next couple of seasons?

Stones, Dias, Rodri, Grealish will step up to become the new leaders.

Throw in Rice and Gvardiol to the heady mix of Phil and Erling, and it strikes a very good balance between experience and youth.
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I think those 2 additions,with a couple of academy superstars..... sets us up for years.
 
citytill1die84 said:
Rumours now that Ruben Neves is joining Newcastle on loan hahaha
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The barcodes will be our greatest rival 100%
 
Tugay One Cup said:
I'm holding off until I see who is coming in.

Other clubs seem to be going bigger than us and we've got more quality to replace, so I get the concerns.

That being said, we've completed football and we're about to start a two year victory lap. Some might not see it that way (least of all Pep) but we could replace some of the best players in the world with some scrawny academy kids and I'd still have a good time.
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There will be no victory lap mate, not how Pep or City work.

I don't see clubs going bigger than us, it's still pretty quiet.

If we stand still, we will merge back in to the pack. Some might be okay with this, but we have a perfect opportunity this summer to rule again with the right additions.

We will be the overwhelming favourite to win the Champions League again.

Get it right, and Pep won't be leaving at the end of his present deal.
 
FantasyIreland said:
I think those 2 additions,with a couple of academy superstars..... sets us up for years.
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I think those two are essential, the best in class for what we need and age profiles.

We have the money for the additional fancy window dressing, but those two are monsters for what they can immediately give to us.
 
All good and well refreshing the squad with all the outgoings, but who is actually coming in? With Bernardo and gundo out the door and kdb injured we are extremely light in midfield
 
samuelyeboah said:
All good and well refreshing the squad with all the outgoings, but who is actually coming in? With Bernardo and gundo out the door and kdb injured we are extremely light in midfield
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Kovacic, Gravidol and possibly Rice for starters, and probably several surprises.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
I think those two are essential, the best in class for what we need and age profiles.

We have the money for the additional fancy window dressing, but those two are monsters for what they can immediately give to us.
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Gravidol is an exciting signing as Haaland for me, the guy is already a monster at his age, just imagine what Pep will do with him.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Seems to be a lot of hysteria around the lads we are losing.

Bernie, Gundo, Laporte, Cancelo, poss Walker, all have had one foot out of the door or their contracts are running down.

The average age of those four must be 30 and that's without factoring Mahrez.

The team needs a major refresh and it's probably the difference between Pep staying at least another two years.

Stones is 29, Rodri is 27 today, Kev is 30-odd.

Let's not make the mistake of doing a Liverpool and United, hanging on to players too long.

The cycle reached the ultimate creshendo.
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Yeah I agree its perhaps the time to let these guys move on despite them being great for us over the years. The only one I see us really struggling to replace would be Bernardo (no disrespect to the others). An absolute world class and unique player, and it feels like most alternatives out there would be a significant downgrade. Not many world class wingers being realistic or available this summer, haven't seen one being mentioned with us so far..
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
There will be no victory lap mate, not how Pep or City work.

I don't see clubs going bigger than us, it's still pretty quiet.

If we stand still, we will merge back in to the pack. Some might be okay with this, but we have a perfect opportunity this summer to rule again with the right additions.

We will be the overwhelming favourite to win the Champions League again.

Get it right, and Pep won't be leaving at the end of his present deal.
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i said that yesterday that Pep himself seems to want to have a big overhaul to keep hunger within the squad but also within himself? KDB is missing the start of the season already it seems with his snapped hamstring and unfortunately i think we will have to treat him with a bit more kid gloves going forward so someone like Wirtz could do with coming in now to spend time not only with Pep but also the likes of KDB? I really hope Pep pushes the club to get Rice as well.
 
Probably zero chance but if bayern are serious about walker and cancelo I'd love us to ask the question about musiala (spelling) think this kid is better than Bellingham.
 
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