It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

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argyle said:
Not panicking at all but I agree with this. From the outside looking in there doesn't seem to be much of a strategy or rush to improve the team. The last minute bid for Rice was bizarre.

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I think thats a fair assessment to be honest, time to sort it but it does seem to be a little disjointed.
 
TrentGrisham said:
He's also played five years in the PL and struggled to make any consistent mark at Chelsea after being deemed not good enough for Madrid. I'm not saying he's a lousy player but IMO it's a disserve to compare him to a City and PL legend in Gundogan.
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Don't talk rubbish so why was most chelsea fans gutted they he had come to us and pep who's the important one wanted him.
 
argyle said:
Not panicking at all but I agree with this. From the outside looking in there doesn't seem to be much of a strategy or rush to improve the team. The last minute bid for Rice was bizarre.

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Yeah it’s not panicking to say you don’t understand. It’s always fine as we have Pep but I didn’t get the last minute Rice thing either.

My guess is we were expecting to get Bellingham and we were also blind sided by Saudi Arabia. As a result our plans went out of the window. Not City’s fault but it is their job to re-evaluate.

Worst thing is to panic and buy players that don’t fit in. There’s a month left so we will see.
 
argyle said:
Not panicking at all but I agree with this. From the outside looking in there doesn't seem to be much of a strategy or rush to improve the team. The last minute bid for Rice was bizarre.

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I don’t think it’s as simple as just getting numbers in. Both Alvarez and Foden need more minutes next season and that has to be taken into account with incomings.

Let’s say we go out and buy a winger who is genuinely better than Mahrez. That’s an £80+ million investment and that player would need more guaranteed playing time than Mahrez got last season. This would then leave Foden and Alvarez in the position of limited minutes again.

Then there’s the problem of signing overvalued squad players when we’ve got a talented academy. Buying Olise for £50 million and selling Palmer has all the hallmarks of another Lavia/Philips scenario.

IMO, the reason why Gvardiol and Kovacic have been sought after is due to their skill set and versatility. Sadly, this means we are looking at a small pool of players who will make a difference to us.

I still think we need a creative midfielder/winger and missed the perfect player in James Maddison.
 
argyle said:
So Doku is the next player people on this thread will get in a frenzy about and will then lose their minds when we don't sign him by next week?

Just a quick point, this transfer board has been an absolute shit show this summer with new posters (though not always) making it an annoying and unpleasant place to be.
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All I'm saying is he better come in a private plane and it better be LIVE on Youtube.
 
argyle said:
So Doku is the next player people on this thread will get in a frenzy about and will then lose their minds when we don't sign him by next week?
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He, or whomever, needs to be signed by September 1st, not next week. I have patience. And I like Doku
 
TrentGrisham said:
He's also played five years in the PL and struggled to make any consistent mark at Chelsea after being deemed not good enough for Madrid. I'm not saying he's a lousy player but IMO it's a disserve to compare him to a City and PL legend in Gundogan.
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bluenova said:
Yes - 70-80% is many.

That last paragraph is a bullshit interpretation of statistics, and I'm pretty sure you know that.

Do you really think Man City fans are uniquely anti-racist, and won't reflect the overall population?
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Let me try one last time then I will give up.

If 70-80% of the population voted for a political party, would you say many people voted for them, or the vast majority of people voted for them?

Yes, my point was bullshit. That was the point. He has no evidence at all to back up his point, either. It makes no sense. It is a poorly thought-out point. If his only evidence is that 20-30% of the population are distrustful of Muslims then that should also clearly apply amongst City fans to Gundogan, for example, and it obviously doesn't.

And finally, I am absolutely sure a % of City fans are racist, a % Islamaphobic, a % homophobic, a % misogynistic and a % everything else. But to claim racism (sorry, not relating) as a reason for fans not warming to Mahrez is disingenuous at best.

You aren't Sam Lee, are you?
 
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