Not to disparrage the great TH but isnt he only right about 60-70% of the timeIf you go by TH there could be a few surprises staying home
I keep on seeing this about other teams strengthening and i asked the question yesterday same as today, out of all the teams around us which ones have signed players that would make or improve us as a team?A disaster in City terms atm would be not making top 4 (feels strange not saying relegation) and the way other teams are strengthening if we remain with such a small squad it could definitely happen.
Although I don't think it will, IMO I think we'll sign 2/3 players or at least I hope.
It is a penny pinch though. For an organisation the size of ours, it's cutting your nose to spite your face. We've taken a principled stance but ultimately, what is that saved £15mil going to be spent on that will benefit us more than a decade of Rice's services would have?£15m isn’t a penny pinch though is it. It buys you an Akanji for example! Successful business’ don't stay at the top by wasting money for the sake of it or because they can.
This argument is exactly why the right people are running our club, look at Barça, they have had your attitude for years and now find they can’t buy who they’d like as they can’t register them. They are also now facing questions from UEFA, something we’d like to avoid.
£1-2m I get, £5m I’d see an argument for, but again that’s not how good business’ run and regardless of how we as fans feel, Manchester City Football Club is a business foremost.
We do it based on our valuation, sometimes we’ll lowball knowing we’ll have to put up or shut up. We deemed Grealish worth a £100m punt and this last season it looks like it was a great call. Rice was never a £100m player though and never will be let alone £105m plus add-one. We also don’t have to push the boat out as you say, we stick to our guns and do our business how we see fit, a treble and 3 titles in a row suggests our model is pretty much spot on and working.If we did it for every player I’d agree with you, or if we paid about £50m over the odds, BUT, look at the income we generate, compared to clubs like Arsenal - and for one player Pep wanted, after such a good season, perhaps sometimes the club need to push the boat out a bit. Given the prices of even average players these days, plus our prize money this season alone, £15m isn’t a huge amount to us I wouldn’t have thought.
ffs. It is pretty clear Rice didn't want to be here. Maybe for a few days he flirted with the idea which is why we put a bid in but its pretty obvious to me that he turned round and said he wants to go to Arsenal and so we pulled out and moved on.It is a penny pinch though. For an organisation the size of ours, it's cutting your nose to spite your face. We've taken a principled stance but ultimately, what is that saved £15mil going to be spent on that will benefit us more than a decade of Rice's services would have?
AyeA disaster in City terms atm would be not making top 4 (feels strange not saying relegation) and the way other teams are strengthening if we remain with such a small squad it could definitely happen.
Although I don't think it will, IMO I think we'll sign 2/3 players or at least I hope.
£15m pays the wages for the staff behind the scenes, pays the women’s team wages, pays the youth players wages etc etc… money saved in one area funds another meaning less outlay all together.It is a penny pinch though. For an organisation the size of ours, it's cutting your nose to spite your face. We've taken a principled stance but ultimately, what is that saved £15mil going to be spent on that will benefit us more than a decade of Rice's services would have?
It's not just about the team it's the squad we're looking at losing another 4 players and linked with absolutely nobody. I'd have signed the 2 midfielders Liverpool bought I'd have signed Rice, Tonali maybe Maddison but I don't see Spurs as a threat.Not to disparrage the great TH but isnt he only right about 60-70% of the time
I keep on seeing this about other teams strengthening and i asked the question yesterday same as today, out of all the teams around us which ones have signed players that would make or improve us as a team?
If you go by TH there could be a few surprises staying home
“Not impressed and disappointed“ is pissed off in my book, but yes he didn’t actually say the exact words “pissed off”Except TH didn't actually say that.
Hence the word “probably”Not necessarily.
the thing is , this whole being linked thing, we werent linked with akanji until about 2 hours before we got him, most of our deals arent protracted and the press just throw aload of crap at a wall and eventually something will stick.It's not just about the team it's the squad we're looking at losing another 4 players and linked with absolutely nobody. I'd have signed the 2 midfielders Liverpool bought I'd have signed Rice, Tonali maybe Maddison but I don't see Spurs as a threat.
Anyway by the end of Sept we'll be sorted this club isn't stupid :)
The only difference between Cancelo and Rice in midfield is that one is better at smiling broadly while signing autographs for kids.
The only difference between Laporte and Gvardiol in defence is that one is younger and has a finely follicled face.
Theonly difference between Kovacic and Gundogan is that one has a handsome new nose.
We are good so far guys.
Ye. Like I said tho I'm not worried, I firmly believe City will get this rite it's not like we're skint :)the thing is , this whole being linked thing, we werent linked with akanji until about 2 hours before we got him, most of our deals arent protracted and the press just throw aload of crap at a wall and eventually something will stick.
Thats the beauty of being in the press , i could link city with 20 players and if one came through the door i could claim to have insider knowledge and the other 19 would be totally forgotten, its the easiest job in the world, in the world you can say we were linked with anybody and then if it didnt work out you just say they couldnt agree a fee, player changed their mind , whatever you like really and then just hang your hat on the one transfer you got right.
You would expect nothing less from Pep in public but in private he won’t always be happy flowers even with those above him. The most I can remember him saying publicly, and this was years ago, was that City needed to learn to close off transfers quicker.I just don't get why people are so desperate for this imaginary scenario of Pep being unhappy with the club and the players they give him or fail to give him, when everything he says at every chance he gets, is clearly the opposite.
Seriously, have you ever watched a single interview or a response to a question he has given? He is pretty much one with the board, and shows it so so often.
Nobody is suggesting we won't if players leave, so no panic.A disaster in City terms atm would be not making top 4 (feels strange not saying relegation) and the way other teams are strengthening if we remain with such a small squad it could definitely happen.
Although I don't think it will, IMO I think we'll sign 2/3 players or at least I hope.