Right back options

[Dax777]

I totally disagree with this. I for one wanted Tino at Southampton before the injury, and he’s pushed on and is only going to get better. Rico hasn’t looked anything close to being competent in that position which is exactly why the club and most of us supporters are open to a big money move for him. If Rico was the answer this thread and the clubs obvious interest would not exist. I know you love him, but Rico is not a viable option in that position if we want to compete at the top end again, to my mind he’s never shown anything close to what Tino has shown as a RB.

Fair enough

 

[better dead than red]

He’s a **** and a disrespectful one too, a horrible wankstain of a player at a wankstain of a club

That is fine and I don't necessarily disagree. However, that was not my point.

 

[bhayes]

 

[Skrastins]

Issue with him is AFCON

We would lose 3 player - OEH, RAN and Marmoush for month, for a manager like Pep who loves small squads it is a nightmare

Games also are not the weak ones, and are quite crucial

 

[Nicholas van Whatsisface]

Issue with him is AFCON

We would lose 3 player - OEH, RAN and Marmoush for month, for a manager like Pep who loves small squads it is a nightmare

Games also are not the weak ones, and are quite crucial
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As it stands, he’s never been called up for the first team for Morocco though.

That could change if he signed for City, of course, but as it stands he’s by no means guaranteed to be away at AFCON.

Still - it’s nothing more than a highly speculative and uninformed punt at this stage, and one I can’t see City going for either way.

 

[CΛL]

I think we’ll wait till next season, or January.

Livaremento is a panic buy at more than £70m and we’d only be signing him due to the number of foreign players we have.

We need to balance the books first, lose 4/5 foreign players permanently. That’ll allow us to buy a foreign right back of his quality, at a fraction of the price.

Save the stupid money for English player who is actually worth it.

 

[Mancity1980]

Issue with him is AFCON

We would lose 3 player - OEH, RAN and Marmoush for month, for a manager like Pep who loves small squads it is a nightmare

Games also are not the weak ones, and are quite crucial
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Which of those games are difficult?

 

[Mancity1980]

I think we’ll wait till next season, or January.

Livaremento is a panic buy at more than £70m and we’d only be signing him due to the number of foreign players we have.

We need to balance the books first, lose 4/5 foreign players permanently. That’ll allow us to buy a foreign right back of his quality, at a fraction of the price.

Save the stupid money for English player who is actually worth it.

I think he is worth it. We are assembling a new exciting attack with a weak spot at right back, waiting until next year would only make sense if that wasn’t the case.

 

[CΛL]

I think he is worth it. We are assembling a new exciting attack with a weak spot at right back, waiting until next year would only make sense if that wasn’t the case.

The weak spot at the back is right sided centre half imo

 

[Tugay One Cup]

This isn't happening, is it?

Daft as fuck.

 

[Semper aggressus]

The weak spot at the back is right sided centre half imo

If only the club wanted Marc Guehi.

I guess they must be hoping Stones can stay fit and Dias finds better form.

 

[Dax777]

If only the club wanted Marc Guehi.

I guess they must be hoping Stones can stay fit and Dias finds better form.

Perhaps they trust Uzbekenbauer :)

 

[Calv_from_the_frog]

So, with less than a month left, are we REALLY going to go until next January without having addressed one of the gaping holes in our squad ?

We seem to have addressed most other areas, but - as much progress as Nunes seems to have made - we surely can't go into the season with a non-specialist RB (with the best will in the world, none of Nunes, Stones, Akanji, Khusanov, Lewis can be qualified as such).

It strikes me that we need them to have pace also, as this seems to be a recurring theme with our defence leaking goals.

For me, we can't expect to be in the mix for the PL or CL without one.

 

[simon23]

Perhaps they trust Uzbekenbauer :)

Hopefully - Khunsonov has the physicality to play the 1vs 1 that the right sided centre half will need to have our fullback set up and options

 

[iqjatt]

If John Stones stays fit, I think out of our squad he’d be the one I’d be most comfortable with at right back. If we have to go this season with what we have.

 

[Paul1970]

If John Stones stays fit, I think out of our squad he’d be the one I’d be most comfortable with at right back. If we have to go this season with what we have.

All the recruitment we have done could well be let down by a stupid decision not to get a right back in .

 

[warpig]

There's a few posters on here who consistently regurgitate the same crap with every post. Don't know whether they're just very miserable supporters (out of towners I'd suspect) or it's a clear attempt to wind up other members on the forum.

the irony of your username hits many levels.

 

[King Jay]

Calm down petal... It seems the truth & facts hurt huh?

Some here can’t cope with it if you ain’t biased and turn your brain off or lower it to room temp iq lvls. It’s sad. The „ he can play there „ stuff obviously doesn’t work anymore when you see how often Kovacic got criticized for not being a good Rodri replacement when he never was supposed to be one.

 

[better dead than red]

Never played for Morocco but good enough for us?

Maybe have a look at who plays RB for Morocco and take a moment to consider consider why perhaps he hasn't played for them.

For what it's worth, he has been called up but hasn't played. Morocco is ranked 12 in the world. Their starting RB is generally considered the best in the world. It's probably difficult for the lad to actually break into the team. That he's been named to the team is a start. We have one or two others at City who haven't started for their respective national teams yet either.

I'm not saying El Hilali is the answer but he very well could be. That he hasn't featured ahead of the best RB in the world doesn't mean a damn thing.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Morocco is ranked 12 in the world

What a time to be alive.