Mate, think we are going to have to agree to disagree. I see MGW as another Kalvin P disaster waiting to happen only at a far greater financial cost and risk. I do think they have lost it, but would absolutely love to be proved wrong and that my genuine concerns are unfounded.No they probably haven’t , maybe and I know this seems maybe after 10 years of winning everything they know a little more about building a winning team that a committee of fans on an internet forum. Perhaps trust the people that have a track record and judge in a few months or a years time . Madness I know.
They've always been combined with quality homegrown players like Walker, Stones, Barry, Sterling, Milner, Ake, Grealish, etc. Like it or not, you have to have a core of homegrown players, so then you have to think about who's the talented young English players.What happened to us being able sign players like the 2 Silvas KDB etc. The money being talked about for this guy is insane whilst adding another average player. Surely if we are going to gamble why not gamble on an EDS player
Why would they have lost it and do you not think Pep or Txiki or Viana or even Khaldoon may have noticed if they had. It's a baseless thought with nothing to back it up.Mate, think we are going to have to agree to disagree. I see MGW as another Kalvin P disaster waiting to happen only at a far greater financial cost and risk. I do think they have lost it, but would absolutely love to be proved wrong and that my genuine concerns are unfounded.
Feels mate, feels. No evidence yet I agree. And as for baseless thoughts I am a bit too old for all that.... :-)Why would they have lost it and do you not think Pep or Txiki or Viana or even Khaldoon may have noticed if they had. It's a baseless thought with nothing to back it up.
Well if he talent spotted KDB back then and Phillips much later you might assume he's loosing his judgementAnd ?
Managers, Sporting Directors and Scouts are not infallible. We just don't need this guy.Are they the same scouts who came up with Phillips?
Is there only one scout, how do you know its the same one.Well if he talent spotted KDB back then and Phillips much later you might assume he's loosing his judgement
Tell you who else aren’t infallible, posters on the internet that’s who, and they are a lot more fallible that City's sporting directors, manager and scouts.Managers, Sporting Directors and Scouts are not infallible. We just don't need this guy.
That sentence is paradoxical.Tell you who else aren’t infallible, posters on the internet that’s who, and they are a lot more fallible that City's sporting directors, manager and scouts.
He was on paternity leave when Phillips was scouted.Well if he talent spotted KDB back then and Phillips much later you might assume he's loosing his judgement
135m and McAtee for this lad. Madness
nothing we been making up prices and getting mad all thread it seems. Just thought id play as I was bored.Wtf did I miss?!
They've always been combined with quality homegrown players like Walker, Stones, Barry, Sterling, Milner, Ake, Grealish, etc. Like it or not, you have to have a core of homegrown players, so then you have to think about who's the talented young English players.
There are a few options for returning players - Delap, Trafford and Rogers - but I don't think any of those would come to spend most of their time on the bench. Palmer's the other one, but that's not happening.
Then you have the ones where there's no chance, namely Saka and Bellingham.
The you have players that potentially could be good enough, but aren't in positions we need right now, like Guehi and Branthwaite.
So you're left with, by my count, four potential targets: Wharton, Eze, Livramento, and Gibbs-White. Of those, Eze is 27 by the summer, and I reckon Newcastle are unlikely to sell Livramento.
They might genuinely have just figured he's the best homegrown player that's available in a position we need. I think the problem will emerge if he's all we bring in to replace someone like KDB, rather than being brought in alongside someone like Wirtz.
Read the thread. I did not know but was told by another posterIs there only one scout, how do you know its the same one.
now that is in depth knowledge. Bit unusual for a player for a player to be scouted just over a 2 week period and then signedHe was on paternity leave when Phillips was scouted.
Phillips says hiClearly our scouts, Pep, Viana, and analytics people don't feel he is an average player. Time will tell if they are right.
It’s mad isn’t itIt really is. Have the clubs recruitment (and retention) team lost their marbles? I mean seriously wtaf. A load of money for this ne'er do well, no proven record, whilst simultaneously letting KDB go.
I despair, I really do.
100%Mate, think we are going to have to agree to disagree. I see MGW as another Kalvin P disaster waiting to happen only at a far greater financial cost and risk. I do think they have lost it, but would absolutely love to be proved wrong and that my genuine concerns are unfounded.
The fact that you can only name Phillips proves my point. He has been an outlier for a club that has gotten the overwhelming majority of its transfers right over the last decade.Phillips says hi
No he’s the most recent Santa Cruz says hiThe fact that you can only name Phillips proves my point. He has been an outlier for a club that has gotten the overwhelming majority of its transfers right over the last decade.