Bold statement that.Not a chance I'm afraid of a title challenge.
Doku could be the dark horse this seasonWill Pep revert back to wingers / wide forwards?
Doku on the left with Cherki on the right? Since Mahrez left, we have struggled on the right. Doku has shown enough for me to think he will might deliver.
He could. And Foden might be back to his best. Also Cherki and Reijnders have very high potential.Doku could be the dark horse this season
Try tiddlywinks more suited to your mentalityNo. Wingers aren't good enough and no right back. Needed to get rid of some serious deadwood which we've not managed at all.
Everyone else has massively improved. Hell, even the rags have improved massively by blowing mind blowing money on a new starting 11.
Think we finish 4th. Scousers will win it.
Eh?!Our biggest problem is that we knew we had to replace Stones and Akanji months ago.
We’ve signed 3 centre half’s this year - Bah is playing in France - Reis we are trying to farm out to Girona and Khusanov they have decided is nowhere near up to our standard. All 3 signings really poor that won’t ever play any meaningful games for City. Reis and Bah unlikely to ever make another appearance.
Why, because he doesn’t think we’ll win the league?Try tiddlywinks more suited to your mentality
I think we have matched their spending in quality. Price, yes we got better deals than they did.As for goals from midfield, heres a rough conservative guess. Rodri 6, Gonzalez /Kovacic 6, Cherki 10, Reijnders 8, Foden 12.There are always ways of writing pros and cons that can convince we’ll either win the title or won’t. Some see fantastic young players signed, others see no right back and no goal threat from anyone in midfield. I guess the reality is somewhere in the middle.
Unfortunately I personally believe we haven’t addressed enough of last season’s issues. Liverpool and Arsenal have properly strengthened but for some reason yet again we’ve been reticent to match that level of spending, and that will cost us any trophies this season.
Absolutely not it’s his endearing optimism in his every postWhy, because he doesn’t think we’ll win the league?
I think we have matched their spending in quality. Price, yes we got better deals than they did.
Third again
There are always ways of writing pros and cons that can convince we’ll either win the title or won’t. Some see fantastic young players signed, others see no right back and no goal threat from anyone in midfield. I guess the reality is somewhere in the middle.
Unfortunately I personally believe we haven’t addressed enough of last season’s issues. Liverpool and Arsenal have properly strengthened but for some reason yet again we’ve been reticent to match that level of spending, and that will cost us any trophies this season.
The January window was baffling that we spent that money on players that got nowhere near the first team barring Marmoush. Could the money used on Vitor Reiss have been on this summers budget instead? The official line on Wirtz is that City didn’t sign him because of the money, instead we spent money 6 months earlier on a player that isn’t deemed ready for City yet and will be at Girona for a year.
The Argentinian kid came in January and now he’s being shipped off to Roma. We seem to go after potential now rather than ready made quality like we did when Pep first came with Bernardo, Walker, Mahrez, Sane, Stones etc.
8-}Absolutely not it’s his endearing optimism in his every post
I agree and I think that’s what will cost us this season. Some of the youngsters might make it, but it’s a gamble.
It’s just so disappointing that we bottled spending £100m on Wirtz when all the financial figures and income for the club consistently look so good, and in fact better than those for Liverpool who are spending money like we ought to be, and like we should have done after our last title.
We’ve made some good signings, but not enough, and not addressed some of our shortcomings. Doku and Savinho not good enough. Bernardo, no longer productive. Lewis, nowhere near the level we need. Nunes, not a defender yet forced to play there. Stones, best in the world in his position but injured every three games.