It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

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Goatmeal said:
I personally think Doku could be a world beater
For his first season and age he did really well last season.
This boy has all the tools to smash it if he stays fit. Could reach Salah level
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I'd love for you to be proven right on Doku, I love the guy he is so exciting to watch, but his erraticness will be so hard to coach out of him.
 
Should be an interesting dynamic when Cancelo shows up for training. I imagine Pep wants him out of the building asap but one can never be sure.
 
blueparrot said:
Yes, not really thinking he stays but allow for a Stones injury and Akanji maybe at right back then we have no other centre back on the bench with 3 or 4 centre backs on the pitch. Don’t expect it but it isn’t a wild idea.
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Don't suggest the idea that Philips might able to stay, it causes alot of people to freak out around here.

I mean there's not even hint that suggest Pep will keep Philips around, yet when he play good enough and some people even Pep himself praises his performance for the last two games. Alot people start to freak out and fear that the idea of Philips staying around is make them sick to the stomach to the point some of them start attacking anyone opinion that just want to compliment he play good enough as CB.

Like the hell, some people likes the idea to keep Philips as butt of jokes and never expecting him to be better than that.
 
Gumzy97 said:
Do you want us to get weaker? Genuine question?

We have to replace Alvarez, no matter what Alvarez stat wise was our third best attacker last season behind Haaland and Foden, Bobb plays right wing Alvarez played As a ten or second striker different positions, we go into the season not replacing Alvarez as an attacker a ten we are weaker than last season. He got 11 goals in the prem for us. You need to replace that output with a proven talent who’s consistent.

Eze for palace has been consistent and getting better 10 goals season before 11 goals last season and 4 assists. The sources linking him to us are very reliable some of palaces best journalists. Finally got to play in an attacking palace team last season and he improved more. Created the most chances for palace per 90. Most key passes etc.

With Eze joining as a Alvarez replacement. His consistent goals and assists means we are replacing Alvarez output last year
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Alvarez > Eze for me, so getting Eze for Alvarez means we are getting weaker.
I would choose to give Oscar Bobb (barely played last season) and Savinho (extra player this season) the minutes as I think the two of them have higher potential than Eze. Unless someone like Musiala is available, of course.
 
Big Joe Corrigan said:
Who would you suggest as the Rodri understudy?
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Based on the links, I say Wharton. He is very young, so we could ease him in, have him start in Cup games, against weaker opposition, maybe occasionally alongside Rodri, and otherwise, let him learn from the masters in Rodri and Pep.
 
Haaland94 said:
Based on the links, I say Wharton. He is very young, so we could ease him in, have him start in Cup games, against weaker opposition, maybe occasionally alongside Rodri, and otherwise, let him learn from the masters in Rodri and Pep.
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Bet the lad would be buzzing for that. His trajectory in the past 18mths has been fantastic and now he is going to join City and spend his life on the bench.

"start in cup games" sounds great until your knocked out in the first round and then your stuck with no game time.
 
decmancity said:
Bet the lad would be buzzing for that. His trajectory in the past 18mths has been fantastic and now he is going to join City and spend his life on the bench.

"start in cup games" sounds great until your knocked out in the first round and then your stuck with no game time.
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Yeah, why would anyone want to leave the likes of Crystal Palace to join the best team in the world, working under the best manager in the world, earning more money, when they could be a nailed on starter in a team that never wins anything? Amazing how we are able to attract any players below Rodri/Haaland/KDB levels, Txiki must be a magician.
 
Vester said:
Yeah, why would anyone want to leave the likes of Crystal Palace to join the best team in the world, working under the best manager in the world, earning more money, when they could be a nailed on starter in a team that never wins anything? Amazing how we are able to attract any players below Rodri/Haaland/KDB levels, Txiki must be a magician.
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It only applies to those competing with Rodri.

Plenty of game time and options going around for everyone else which is why we have signed the likes of Doku, Savinho, Alvarez and so on the in past few seasons.
 
decmancity said:
It only applies to those competing with Rodri.

Plenty of game time and options going around for everyone else which is why we have signed the likes of Doku, Savinho, Alvarez and so on the in past few seasons.
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You are doing the assumption Wharton can only play if Rodri doesn't. Many here assume he would be an alternative that can compete for CM mins next to Rodri as well.
 
decmancity said:
It only applies to those competing with Rodri.

Plenty of game time and options going around for everyone else which is why we have signed the likes of Doku, Savinho, Alvarez and so on the in past few seasons.
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Rodri has been pushed to his limit over the last couple of seasons and he has said many times how he wants his minutes reduced. On top of the cup games (carabao fa cup), we have CL group stages, and a lot of teams in the PL that will come to the Etihad to park the bus. He could easily get around 20-25 starts in his 1st season and maybe some apps off the bench as well. He can play alongside Rodri as well in certain games.
 
Haaland94 said:
Rodri has been pushed to his limit over the last couple of seasons and he has said many times how he wants his minutes reduced. On top of the cup games (carabao fa cup), we have CL group stages, and a lot of teams in the PL that will come to the Etihad to park the bus. He could easily get around 20-25 starts in his 1st season and maybe some apps off the bench as well. He can play alongside Rodri as well in certain games.
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We need that Rodri help this summer without question! Would be a staggering oversight by the board to not sort that
 
richards30 said:
We need that Rodri help this summer without question! Would be a staggering oversight by the board to not sort that
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It already is. Rodri still hasn't started his pre-season. Imagine we signed someone for that position in June. That player would be ready to go now in the Community Shield, against Chelsea, Ipswich. Most likely, we will have to throw Rodri in the deep end again.
 
Haaland94 said:
It already is. Rodri still hasn't started his pre-season. Imagine we signed someone for that position in June. That player would be ready to go now in the Community Shield, against Chelsea, Ipswich. Most likely, we will have to throw Rodri in the deep end again.
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You could throw rodri in the ocean and hed work out how to walk on it.
 
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