TRUE BLUE NO1
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Marvin, I'm sure I read on here that 25 squad doesnt need to be registered until Sept 3rd so I dont think Dzeko deal will hold up any deal for De Bruyne....atleast I hope not!;)
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De Bruyne?
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Marvin, I'm sure I read on here that 25 squad doesnt need to be registered until Sept 3rd so I dont think Dzeko deal will hold up any deal for De Bruyne....atleast I hope not!;)
Hope your right and at least he has a bit of premiership experience assuming he does decide to join us.Why does it matter wherever Mourinho wanted him a year ago? It's been shown on a few occasions that he doesn know how to deal with players who are as attacking and direct as the likes of KDB. The fact Mourinho would prefer a team of hardworking clones who give up their right to express themselves on the pitch is his problem. I imagine there'd be no place for the likes of Silva in a Mourinho team.
Being the very best player in the bundesliga is a bit different from some far flung league who nobody pays attention to.
It's not you being cynical, I'd say it's more you haven't watched enough of him and don't see how much he can bring to our team.
We'll pay what's needed to get one of the best young players in the world.
Stoned Rose
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Yes, I agree. This one of the reasons for my impatience!
Think Kelechi might take Sergio's old 16 & Lopes to take 17. I wish someone would take 12 though. No decent player has had my lucky number for ages!
I reckon you have '12' tattood on your forehead.
Marvin, I'm sure I read on here that 25 squad doesnt need to be registered until Sept 3rd so I dont think Dzeko deal will hold up any deal for De Bruyne....atleast I hope not!;)
Yeah,Last season it was a deadline of 5pm on 3rd September.
GaudinoMotors
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You mean it wasn't announced at City Live ;-)Yes I was thinking the same mate!
Fair comment, I've not seen him play since he left Chelsea but he was the player of the year last season. Players improve at different rates, due diligence will have been done. Hopefully he'll prove Jose wrong!
Pogba seems to have developed rather nicely since the reds gave him away...
Neville Kneville
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Where is he going to be played? It seems to be the general consensus that we will go into the season playing 433.
No way have we spent c.£85m on KDB and Sterling for them to rotate- so, our front 3 will be sterling,silva, aguero in most games I think. Which means, KDB will be in a midfield position, alongside yaya and dinho/delph.
Does this solve our midfield issues. Going forward we will be the best team in the league, but does that formation and personnel solve the midfield issue if teams overload their midfield with energy.
I'd imagine 4231 makes us a bit more solid. With KDB, silva and sterling as a 3 behind aguero.
At the start of the window there was the feeling that yaya will play a smaller role in the season than usual - has this changed?
Shouldn't matter at all how much we paid for a player. We pick the best team to win each game. If that means leaving out DeBruyne or Sterling or even Silva in order to balance the team vs certain opposition, then that's what we should do. We will have the option of actually bringing soneone off the bench, who changes the way the team plays.
If we can fit those three plus Aguero & Yaya in the team & batter people, then of course we do it, but if it's too loose, we rotate them.
De brunye 14 looks unlikely now. 9 is a better number anyway!
Numbers can be changed after the lists are revealed can't they?
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NoNumbers can be changed after the lists are revealed can't they?
So if a player leaves between now and September that number can't be taken by someone else? Odd rule.
andyhinch
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So no news then.
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So if a player leaves between now and September that number can't be taken by someone else? Odd rule.
It's to do with disciplinary issues I think.
It's to do with disciplinary issues I think.
Ah, fair enough. I guess it makes it easier in an administrative sense but I would have thought that the name would take precedence.
Not that I think it would but I hope the number issues has very little impact on resolving this transfer.
Tez Tosterone
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So no news then.
None whatsoever.
One of the tabloid comics today has said we will have to pay £45m to get him. Probably made up on the back of a beermat in a pub late last night by a red nosed retainer.
I think it does matter to an extent. I recognise that your strongest 11 will be different for different teams. But my point is we expect both sterling and de bruyne to be starters. So just wondering where it could be.Shouldn't matter at all how much we paid for a player. We pick the best team to win each game. If that means leaving out DeBruyne or Sterling or even Silva in order to balance the team vs certain opposition, then that's what we should do. We will have the option of actually bringing soneone off the bench, who changes the way the team plays.
If we can fit those three plus Aguero & Yaya in the team & batter people, then of course we do it, but if it's too loose, we rotate them.
We never drop silva to balance the team- what makes you think we will start doing it this season. We will have a preferred 11.
kas_tippler
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Pogba seems to have developed rather nicely since the reds gave him away...
Loads of players have left clubs and matured, remember Shearer playing in net for Newcastle when he was a boy! But that was stupidity to be honest.
HamannCheese
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Official site saying Bony no. 14 for new season. Presume these numbers can still be changed before a certain date?
andyhinch
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NoOfficial site saying Bony no. 14 for new season. Presume these numbers can still be changed before a certain date?
Neville Kneville
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I think it does matter to an extent. I recognise that your strongest 11 will be different for different teams. But my point is we expect both sterling and de bruyne to be starters. So just wondering where it could be.
We never drop silva to balance the team- what makes you think we will start doing it this season. We will have a preferred 11.
If it's possible to play Silva, DeBruyne & Sterling in the same team & we beat everyone, then fine. If it isn't, then we shouldn't do it. Unless that team looks balanced, I wouldn't dream of starting it when we get drawn against Barca or Bayern in the Champions League for instance.
I expect we can play all 4 v Bournmouth etc at home, but I would want to see a solid 3 in midfield vs the best teams, then any 2 of Sterling, DeBruyne Silva, with Aguero or Bony. If all 4 prove they can function in the same team, without us being usess when we lose the ball, then that's a different matter. But I would be surprised if that is the case.