It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

[Ethan23]

Aye

I posted tge squad as somemhere seem to think we have only.5 players when they panic over anyone possibly leaving

Walker goes we will replace
cancelo has been replaced by lewis
laporte goes - gvadiol
gundo - kovacic
mahrez and berny, I do think McAtee will be promoted to more game time and not a loan, and we will buy a replacement for at least one of them if either goes.

The drama queens though of bluemoon crack me up

I'd love to see a midfield 3 of

Rodri
KDB Mcatee

 

[Coatigan]

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'll still happily go with believing what Pep says in public. Over what BM poster 4 says in response to poster 3 who agrees with Poster 2 who has exaggerated what Poster 1 assumed a side remark of a part of a Tolmie post meant.

 

[RobinHood]

TH

What's that rag twat of a manager got to do with it?

 

[Cobwebcat]

I'll still happily go with believing what Pep says in public. Over what BM poster 4 says in response to poster 3 who agrees with Poster 2 who has exaggerated what Poster 1 assumed a side remark of a part of a Tolmie post meant.

That’s reasonable, but then if we like a bit of behind the scenes gossip, and most do if it’s from a good source, then why not take it on board. What City say and what they do aren’t always the same.

 

[MadchesterCity]

Trying to save that extra £15m and letting Arse get Rice is looking a worse decision every day.

For a club of our resources we don’t half penny pinch at times, it’s seriously frustrating. As Treble winners and with Pep here, this could have been our opportunity to really fuck up our rivals.

Disagree with that

 

[citytill1die84]

Times the flight to Japan? Lol

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

Times the flight to Japan? Lol

tooth hurty? I forget the joke.

 

[Ajm1985]

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.

It was widely reported how pissed off he was that City didn't sign Maguire. Which shows 1) he can & does get pissed off and 2) sometimes it's for the best

 

[Blue and true]

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.

You have to imagine he's pissed off with the Gvardiol situation. We're now jetting off for preseason and he'd have liked him integrated. There's also the matter of losing four top class/world class squad members with barely a murmur of potential replacements.

So I agree, his outward displays aren't necessarily going to be how he feels.

 

[SSL2]

Times the flight to Japan? Lol

had a look on flight radar but can't see anything on there heading to japan.

their plane is normally listed on there for the domestic and european away trips so no idea

 

[foggy1974]

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.

Pep is involved in every transfer discussion & our season ending 2 weeks later than Arsenal, meant that they jumped in quickly for Rice.

 

[BeerIsTheBest]

It was widely reported how pissed off he was that City didn't sign Maguire. Which shows 1) he can & does get pissed off and 2) sometimes it's for the best

I believe Maguire would have been a clever signing. He would have become a legend and as a bonus we would have avoided the cost of a statue by securing him in a concrete base at the front of the ground.

 

[Gaz76]

had a look on flight radar but can't see anything on there heading to japan.

their plane is normally listed on there for the domestic and european away trips so no idea

FFS it's worse than we thought, not enough players left to get a team out in japan

 

[Roachy]

FFS it's worse than we thought, not enough players left to get a team out in japan

Conjured up an image of a WW1 biplane then, lol.

 

[Fordyboy46]

FFS it's worse than we thought, not enough players left to get a team out in japan

Tour cancelled, lol

 

[SSL2]

FFS it's worse than we thought, not enough players left to get a team out in japan

panic over i've found it. due to the lack of first team players we are flying on this over to japan

 

[WesthoughtonJohn]

It will but to be fair we’ll see players come back home and leave the camp, and others fly out to join them. It’s not a new thing and happens every season.
Now if KDB or Haaland are not on the flight then meltdown will ensue.

Would think it very unlikely KDB will be on that flight - we're not expecting him to be playing until mid-September after his injury??

 

[CC1]

I do wonder though if Pep gets pissed off at times having to find solutions for a club that has the resources we do? I`m sure his new contract and meeting with the owner and Khaldoon would have come with certain promises of the desire to back him to go again, refresh and the targets he wanted which according to our best City journos was Bellingham, Gvardiol and Kovacic and anything else was fluid? Bellingham chose elsewhere which is what it is but i`m not sure Pep will be happy on the club not getting Rice and especially losing out to Arsenal as he wont give a shit how much players cost in reality, just who he wants and the plan he had. We are still sorting Gvardiol with no guarantee he comes in still and now has on his first day back seemingly been told by others they want out?

Pep has loads of help. You make it sound as if has made all the decisions & issued all the orders to the board for last 7 years. Obviously not the case which is why he constantly thanks the club & management.

There is definitely no reason to suppose or, indeed, evidence to suggest he is pissed off with anyone.

Why presume such a thing which some folk take as fact.

 

[CC1]

Trying to save that extra £15m and letting Arse get Rice is looking a worse decision every day.

For a club of our resources we don’t half penny pinch at times, it’s seriously frustrating. As Treble winners and with Pep here, this could have been our opportunity to really fuck up our rivals.

You’ve no idea what’s going on so why get yourself so worked up

 

[Coatigan]

That’s reasonable, but then if we like a bit of behind the scenes gossip, and most do if it’s from a good source, then why not take it on board. What City say and what they do aren’t always the same.

There is a bit of background gossip, and then there is running away with an interpretation and then presenting it as the real and quite dour picture of what's 'really' going on at the club. And that's not come from the original post, but a collective snowballing of imagination.