The are we allowed the "it's quiet" thread yet? thread.

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I must say that last summer I questioned Txiki's ability to recruit players and was vilified by the elite fans on here, now the club seem to be doing so...
 
Forzacitizens said:
I must say that last summer I questioned Txiki's ability to recruit players and was vilified by the elite fans on here, now the club seem to be doing so...
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The mirror now involved at boardroom level? I must start buying it again if this is the case.
 
TRUE BLUE NO1 said:
I know it's the mirror, but wouldn't surprise me if some of this is true. Txiki needs to hit on his transfers this summer.....and we still have a lot of work to do

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A decision was made not to change order, but it is clear Begiristain has no excuses now that he is working with Guardiola again. [Mirror]

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Michael Reschke, the Bayern Munich technical director who identified players for Guardiola, was one name mentioned. [Mirror]

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City have even contemplated bringing in another recruitment specialist to work alongside him due to his poor record. [Mirror]

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City director of football Txiki Begiristain is facing a make-or-break season after his poor record with transfers. [Mirror]
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Hmmm. So the weekend of Pep's unveiling to the press the narrative across the tabloids is that Txiki's under pressure and going to lose his job.

Funny that. Also funny that the narrative across the road at rag central is that they're now "back" because MooMoo's in charge over there.

Personally I think this is another transparent attempt to pour cold water on the set up at City because it pains people just how much better run a club we are than the rags.

Wonder what the narrative would be if WE were going to spunk 120 million on a player who's probably worth about half that and were about to destroy the current premier league wage ceiling.
 
Forzacitizens said:
I must say that last summer I questioned Txiki's ability to recruit players and was vilified by the elite fans on here, now the club seem to be doing so...
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Its a sad existence having such a downer on your own club and its employees and desperately wanting them to fail so you can come on the internet and say i told you so.
 
BillyShears said:
Hmmm. So the weekend of Pep's unveiling to the press the narrative across the tabloids is that Txiki's under pressure and going to lose his job.

Funny that. Also funny that the narrative across the road at rag central is that they're now "back" because MooMoo's in charge over there.

Personally I think this is another transparent attempt to pour cold water on the set up at City because it pains people just how much better run a club we are than the rags.

Wonder what the narrative would be if WE were going to spunk 120 million on a player who's probably worth about half that and were about to destroy the current premier league wage ceiling.
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Bang on the money - story with no basis it's spread by the rags who deep down know that they are papering over the cracks in a vein attempt to be seen to keep up. You forgot to mention (as do the press) that United are (or more likely not) planning to spunk circa £200m on a player they formally owned. In all this Pogba hype coming out of OT has no one stopped to consider whether the GPC might have a view of his legacy and reputation being exposed by such a move.
 
BillyShears said:
Hmmm. So the weekend of Pep's unveiling to the press the narrative across the tabloids is that Txiki's under pressure and going to lose his job.

Funny that. Also funny that the narrative across the road at rag central is that they're now "back" because MooMoo's in charge over there.

Personally I think this is another transparent attempt to pour cold water on the set up at City because it pains people just how much better run a club we are than the rags.

Wonder what the narrative would be if WE were going to spunk 120 million on a player who's probably worth about half that and were about to destroy the current premier league wage ceiling.
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I think it's shithousery at its finest to be honest. Txiki to an extent has pulled off the best swoop of all by getting the world's best manager. I doubt the club are considering this during the middle of a transfer window, and if they had reservations then they'd have made changes.
 
Simon Mullock wrote it but is using very inflated purchase prices and selling prices,like Navas was 14m but he has 23m,Negredo was a bad buy and we made a loss and i'm sure we didn't,also saying only Dinho and Kev have been value for money when i would say the 2 above and demi were value for money.Just a small bit of what i didn't agree with
 
apart from Delph, who's Txiki bought that's been a genuine flop? The others have just been misused and poorly coached by Pellegrini.

The criticism of Txiki would be lack of wow signings, but I don't see any flops, not even Mangala, he's shown enough when given a run of games.

I do want some star, A-list signings this summer because that's what we've lacked since 2011/12, some real star power. It's been a long time since opposing fans have gone "oh fuck, City have signed x" under their breath.
 
BillyShears said:
Hmmm. So the weekend of Pep's unveiling to the press the narrative across the tabloids is that Txiki's under pressure and going to lose his job.

Funny that. Also funny that the narrative across the road at rag central is that they're now "back" because MooMoo's in charge over there.

Personally I think this is another transparent attempt to pour cold water on the set up at City because it pains people just how much better run a club we are than the rags.

Wonder what the narrative would be if WE were going to spunk 120 million on a player who's probably worth about half that and were about to destroy the current premier league wage ceiling.
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Bang on the money with that. Great post.
 
We got Sterling and KDB last year and everyone was buzzing in August. Then the season went shit and Sterling din't really hit the ground running and suddenly Txiki is to blame.
 
JoeMercer'sWay said:
apart from Delph, who's Txiki bought that's been a genuine flop? The others have just been misused and poorly coached by Pellegrini.

The criticism of Txiki would be lack of wow signings, but I don't see any flops, not even Mangala, he's shown enough when given a run of games.

I do want some star, A-list signings this summer because that's what we've lacked since 2011/12, some real star power. It's been a long time since opposing fans have gone "oh fuck, City have signed x" under their breath.
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Just curious as to why you would single out Delph as a failure? Or are you basing it on his poor injury record rather than his ability?

When fit I think he has been excellent albeit he hasn't been fit that often
 
I always see a transfer listed followed by "its from ________ so don't put too much stock into it" or something similar. Is there a list of papers that we unanimously agree on are quality?
 
IanBishopsHaircut said:
Just curious as to why you would single out Delph as a failure? Or are you basing it on his poor injury record rather than his ability?

When fit I think he has been excellent albeit he hasn't been fit that often
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He hasn't been great and inwould think most people.would agree he isnt good enough for us. However, he only cost 8m and we will easily get that back for him so not a bad signing
 
117 M34 said:
He hasn't been great and inwould think most people.would agree he isnt good enough for us. However, he only cost 8m and we will easily get that back for him so not a bad signing
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How do we really know what he is like as when he was fit mp insisted playing him as on the left wing,clearly with little practice and hooking him half time when it didn't work,surprise surprise,i will be interested in how he does pre-season with pep before i write him off
 
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