Lucas Paqueta investigated by FA for alleged betting breaches

Bluearmy said:
Im really unsure on this one. A very good player, almost a Kovacic clone in some ways (including a relatively low goalscorer). Do we need both of them with us crying out for a winger who scores?

Concerned with where the goals are coming from, outside Haaland/Alvarez
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He had 21 goals in two season for Lyon. Gundogan didn't score regularly until the last few years. I expect Paqueta and Kovacic will both improve on their g/a in our squad under Pep.
 
domalino said:
I know this is not exactly great content for a football forum, but this is basically where I fall on everything now.

No signings, play the kids? Trust in Pep.

Random huge signings out of nowhere of players I don’t rate? Pep knows best.

Take 2 months to finish Gvardiol transfer? Txiki knows what he’s doing.


To be honest I feel like the clubs upper management have delivered everything I could have possibly dreamt of and more, and it’s leaving me a little bit lost in the off-season because…what’s the worst that can happen? We follow up the best season ever with an OK one? A disappointing one? Oh well there’s always next year.
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Last season was obviously very special, winning the PL for the 4th consecutive time should be our main target imo.
 
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domalino said:
I know this is not exactly great content for a football forum, but this is basically where I fall on everything now.

No signings, play the kids? Trust in Pep.

Random huge signings out of nowhere of players I don’t rate? Pep knows best.

Take 2 months to finish Gvardiol transfer? Txiki knows what he’s doing.


To be honest I feel like the clubs upper management have delivered everything I could have possibly dreamt of and more, and it’s leaving me a little bit lost in the off-season because…what’s the worst that can happen? We follow up the best season ever with an OK one? A disappointing one? Oh well there’s always next year.
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I feel the same mate.

I have such unwavering trust in the people running our Club that I can’t be arsed getting worked up about the decisions they’re making on our behalf.

The people behind the sporting and commercial operations at our Club right now are genuinely the very best in the business. Their tack record speaks for itself.Our performance both on and off the pitch is an example the the World on how you go about developing a Club.

I may not see the logic behind every decision when it’s taken - but they’ve proved time after time, year after year that they know what they’re doing. And they get it right.

They’ve delivered experiences to me that I never - ever - thought I’d see when I grew up supporting this Club. A single League Title was the stuff of deranged fantasy. We’ve won it seven times since. Seven!

The Treble? That was beyond my wildest dreams.

So if they think Lucas Paqueta is the player we need - I’m on board. Give them whatever they want.

They know a fuck sight more than any of us lot on how to run a football club.

Pep, Txiki, Ferran, Khaldoon, Sheikh Mansour - these guys deserve our unwavering support.

And they’ve got mine, no question.
 
we need to tell Sullivan we helped them out to get more out of Arse for rice with our fake bid, for Arsenal to go from 75m+ never happening bonus of 15m (if Arse wins 3 CL in a row etc) to 100m +5m was due to our bid scared Arse.

so thats about 25m off of Paqueta price in return.
 
Damanino said:
Many said here at the time he will be the missing piece in the jigsaw for Pellegrini. but he was the piece that went missing actually.
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Exactly... only with hindsight can we know who will flop. That said I'm sure I was guilty this time last season expecting the moon out of Philips only to get a lump of rocks.
 
Bluearmy said:
He played the majority of games in an AM role. Easy to check.

He struggled to score in Italy and is a 1 goal in 4.5/5 for Brazil. We’ve lost a lot of goals, my fear is he’s not the player to help replace them. Lets hope im wrong if he does sign!!
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He scored 21 goals in two years for Lyon.
 
domalino said:
I know this is not exactly great content for a football forum, but this is basically where I fall on everything now.

No signings, play the kids? Trust in Pep.

Random huge signings out of nowhere of players I don’t rate? Pep knows best.

Take 2 months to finish Gvardiol transfer? Txiki knows what he’s doing.


To be honest I feel like the clubs upper management have delivered everything I could have possibly dreamt of and more, and it’s leaving me a little bit lost in the off-season because…what’s the worst that can happen? We follow up the best season ever with an OK one? A disappointing one? Oh well there’s always next year.
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Completely in agreement with you. Every single word.

That season we've just witnessed was just an absolute dream to be a City fan.

To be lucky enough to actually be there in Istanbul to witness us winning the European Cup, making history and winning a treble, that is a memory I will cherish for the rest of my life. It's a pinch yourself moment.

Of course we want to win everything again next season, but honestly what's the worst that can happen as you've said? We've already seen everything there is to see. We have reached the absolute pinnacle of football.

Too much toxicity on social media, in particular Twitter with a lot of fans moaning about the transfer business we have done and how slow we have been in the market... Why should some of our fans be so negative about it? We have literally witnessed history this past summer. I'm still not even over what we have achieved and I probably won't be over it half way through next season too.

I'm just very surprised there are fans that literally were over us winning a treble a week after the European Cup final and we're back to moaning about Txiki and transfers again.

If we don't get Paqueta or a wide player, who cares? Pep will always find a way and it just gives an opportunity for one of our younger players to shine.
 
bobom said:
Does Paqueta work hard? I've not watched him enough.
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Very hard worker, not just at West Ham. Wins a lot of tackles for an 'attacking' midfielder, pretty sure he's one of the highest % in the PL for tackles/duels won.

In one game I watched this season he had like 10 tackles won.

Rice had 79 tackles won and Paqueta had 71. More than any City player (granted they don't have the ball a lot)
 
MafeotulBlue said:
Looks like Kalvin Phillips is about to upgrades his season ticket. Platinum + seat, right in the action, you can see the manager, players, and even interact! With unlimited access inside training and half time, as well as travel packages.
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I would love to have Philips' job. Except I would probably be out of breath after the first drill
 
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