It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

[blueparrot]

Pep needs to trust and use his subs better

Not sure what that has to do with squad size, besides he seems to doing okay with how he uses his squad.

 

[Sir peace frog]

here we go


i have just had a hint who we are going to buy, don't shoot the messenger ,my source riley the cat when i asked him who we are going to sign, he looked at me, went to lick his balls, realised he hasn't had any for years so licked his cock bag,i think its a cockbag,you actually cant see his cock but he has a sort of bag where his cock should be, the only cockbag i could think of is bruno ratface, so we are signing that **** from united.

 

[blueparrot]

think mcrjon was a proper "itk" ,who knows though,TH is an excellent poster as well ,i got the heads up for cancelo,i even got photos of him, that was a real scoop for me, but i wouldn't class myself as an itk, i work at the airport, and know people who work at signature(private jet terminal) so now and again(very rarely) i get to hear things.

also got to meet the team when they came back from istanbul, and got some quite unbelievable photos of me and a certain big eared cup :), which sadly i can't show off

mcrjon certainly was I seem to remember he ended up saying too much once and was in danger of having outed himself deleted the message and stopped posting , hopefully nothing serious.Could be mistaken thats what my memory tells me.

 

[MadchesterCity]

This is Tolmie's musical hint regarding the Brighton business:

were signing Robinho?

 

[MadchesterCity]

Cant be caicedo we have the money but fair play to them they are looking at close to 100m we ain't paying that in my opinion

Hope not, he ain’t worth that

 

[GX Blue]

think mcrjon was a proper "itk" ,who knows though,TH is an excellent poster as well ,i got the heads up for cancelo,i even got photos of him, that was a real scoop for me, but i wouldn't class myself as an itk, i work at the airport, and know people who work at signature(private jet terminal) so now and again(very rarely) i get to hear things.

also got to meet the team when they came back from istanbul, and got some quite unbelievable photos of me and a certain big eared cup :), which sadly i can't show off

See this is the thing. You are exactly who the transfer forum needs. You will get actual real ITK info every now and again. Prob once every couple of years.

However for some odd reason people would then expect you to know about every transfer we do. This is the issue. No one knows about all deals.

Most forum members would get a snippet of info prob once. Like an airport worker, estate agent or maybe a taxi driver… These types are who the forum needs.

Not fake Fabrizios with the ‘I’ve been told‘ bull shit.
Ive been told we are in for striker, midfielder etc… or people who pipe up saying they get updates about all the players the media links us with… These are always just a bollocks post.

Put me down for a post like - ‘I’m an airport worker, heard a private jet might land today from Germany..’
That’s the shit we should focus on! Ha

 

[MadchesterCity]

I don’t know they have a better defence than arsenal when they are all fit and have got a good squad I think they could get be top 4 this season.

And I know they have spent £800m so they should be but Mudryk and nkunku are going to be serious talents in the league this year.

Add Jackson, Enzo and Raheem, Chelsea look strong to me

 

[Jscott94]

In Spain they reckon Ansu fati has been offered for cancelo

 

[Stato]

Or are simply pathetic attention-seeking cunts ?

I think the majority of ITKs are just that tbh

 

[FantasyIreland]

I think the majority of ITKs are just that tbh

Half a dozen have outed and excelled themselves this past few weeks.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

Is this the let's trash the itks thread?. jeez the insider info is what keeps forums like this interesting personally I love the gossip in the close season i would not have it any other way.Some people aren't happy until there whingeing about something.anyway any news on mitoma just read Brighton have said they can't rule out him leaving. I reckon he would be perfect for us.

 

[samuelyeboah]

the one area i look at our team and feel unimpressed by is the wings. and to be honest it wasn't like it was our strong suit last year either. I am not buying the "pep only wants winger who can control" thing. I think he's just yet to find a more "expressive" winger that he likes. But I think we run the risk of being too predictable like that. I mean, you're not getting creativity from the fullbacks since we're now playing all CB's. And If kovacic were to occupy the position next to rodri, add to that grealish & bernardo on the wings, you have 9 players in the team whose role is to recycle possession. It could work if the the 10th and 11th are KDB and haaland, but take one and you get no one who can up the tempo or run a counter with. And I think relying on kevin at his age is too risky.

I think every 11 of us has to have at least 3 players who go more direct, so you either start haaland,kdb&foden or you get a direct winger in.

 

[Tony - MCFC]

Lot of trolling going on. Presume this forum is for transfer talk and gossip so all good. All the ITK stuff just part of fun, no idea why some act so offended, if you don’t like it there is a clear answer.

 

[better dead than red]

I haven’t got a clue what you’ve just said there

It's a verse from LA Cucaracha, a Mexican folk song. Just having some fun with what I assumed was autocorrect turning ala Cucarella into "LA Cucarella."

 

[blueparrot]

the one area i look at our team and feel unimpressed by is the wings. and to be honest it wasn't like it was our strong suit last year either. I am not buying the "pep only wants winger who can control" thing. I think he's just yet to find a more "expressive" winger that he likes. But I think we run the risk of being too predictable like that. I mean, you're not getting creativity from the fullbacks since we're now playing all CB's. And If kovacic were to occupy the position next to rodri, add to that grealish & bernardo on the wings, you have 9 players in the team whose role is to recycle possession. It could work if the the 10th and 11th are KDB and haaland, but take one and you get no one who can up the tempo or run a counter with. And I think relying on kevin at his age is too risky.

I think every 11 of us has to have at least 3 players who go more direct, so you either start haaland,kdb&foden or you get a direct winger in.

We haven’t had a direct winger since Sane, even Sterling was inverted.That’s by design not because we can’t find any. The other thing Pep doesn’t want his wingers doing is losing possession and most direct wingers are susceptible to that too. Add to fact we spend most of the game breaking down a back 6 or 7 sitting deep there is no space for direct wingers.

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

We haven’t had a direct winger since Sane, even Sterling was inverted.That’s by design not because we can’t find any. The other thing Pep doesn’t want his wingers doing is losing possession and most direct wingers are susceptible to that too. Add to fact we spend most of the game breaking down a back 6 or 7 sitting deep there is no space for direct wingers.

We have direct Haaland with his pace.. don't need a direct winger.

Hardest thing seems to be getting balls through to him!

 

[blueparrot]

We have direct Haaland with his pace.. don't need a direct winger.

Hardest thing seems to be getting balls through to him!

Yes, we get few opportunities to get in behind teams but when we do we do need players other than KDB that sees and releases that pass. It isn’t an ability thing though, I‘m sure Grealish, Foden, Kovacic, Bernardo ,Rodri, Stones and Gvardiol all have the ability to make that pass. In fact would have thought all our players including Ederson .

 

[Craig]

We haven’t had a direct winger since Sane, even Sterling was inverted.That’s by design not because we can’t find any. The other thing Pep doesn’t want his wingers doing is losing possession and most direct wingers are susceptible to that too. Add to fact we spend most of the game breaking down a back 6 or 7 sitting deep there is no space for direct wingers.

There is if they’re a great dribbler rather than out and our pace men

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

Yes, we get few opportunities to get in behind teams but when we do we do need players other than KDB that sees and releases that pass. It isn’t an ability thing though, I‘m sure Grealish, Foden, Kovacic, Bernardo ,Rodri, Stones and Gvardiol all have the ability to make that pass. In fact would have thought all our players including Ederson .

Which beggars the question, why aren’t we making those passes, are the lads under instruction?

 

[blueparrot]

Which beggars the question, why aren’t we making those passes, are the lads under instruction?

My guess is first these opportunities are very infrequent,teams rarely leave themselves open to us countering, Liverpool one of the few. So it’s almost ingrained and drilled into them that we build up slowly shifting the opposition around to create an overload and break through that way. To be fair it works well.
I just think KDB is quick enough thinking and brave enough / self confident to play that first time ball through. Others may be too worried about giving away possession and getting a bollocking from Pep. As I say it worked well enough last season so lets see.