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

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Akiva said:
Over those 5 seasons we did not have Pep Guardiola as our manager.
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He does physio too?
Too much pressure being heaped on guardiola. We need a striker, no matter who is in charge, unless of course he can turn water (bony) to wine (Suarez) in 1 preseason.
 
prof-taf said:
He does physio too?
Too much pressure being heaped on guardiola. We need a striker, no matter who is in charge, unless of course he can turn water (bony) to wine (Suarez) in 1 preseason.
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You've missed the point.

Will say it one more time: Pep Guardiola doesn't "do" strikers. He made allowances for Lewandoski and he'll do the same for Aguero, but his style is to play false number 9s. He most certainly will not be playing with two natural strikers on the pitch at the same time as this would mean one less midfielder.

Further, no world class striker will come to watch from the sidelines and await Aguero getting injured.

I'd love Suarez as much as anyone, but he'd be coming, if anything, to replace Aguero, not play alongside him.
 
If we get a top striker who should leave? Silva or Sterling because they don't score enough?

Personally I believe we bought our striker. Nolito.
 
Clarkey_78 said:
Why is it so difficult for you to accept that having Nacho as the go to man isn't enough to win the PL
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Because that's an assertion that isn't based on any kind of fact.

You're assuming :
1. Kun will get injured for a significant period of the season.
2. Iheanacho wouldn't score enough during that stretch for us to still win games.
3. KDB and Nolito also wouldn't produce enough.
4. City under Pep will play exactly the same as under Pellegrini.
5. A world class striker will sign for City to warm the bench.
6. Unless we get one though, Pep won't win the PL and someone ought to tell him.
 
Marvin said:
But we now play with one striker and two wide men and I assume that will continue. There's no starting place for a 2nd striker. The kid as you call him is ready to cover and compete with Aguero. And then we have Nolito who scored about 40 goals over 3 seasons in La Liga. Plus Sterling. I think Iheanacho showed enough last season to show that he is ready. His scoring record was phenomenal.
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IMO, he is far from being able to compete with Kun
 
If Nacho was our first choice striker he'd score 20+ goals over 38 games.

Impossible to say how much game time he'd see if aguero stays fit though, so it's a stupid bet for anyone to take.
 
Only strikers who can offer sth different to Aguero in that they can operate on the wings are Griezmann and to a certain extent Aubameyang and we aren't signing either..Switch on your PS console and play career mode with City and while at it have a grasp of Pep's systems and tactics if Pep not signing another striker offends you.
 
City's policy of buying younger players for around 8 mill and loaning them out to gain experience is a clever one.

Some of those guys will be worth 40 million in a couple of seasons saving us a lot of money. The ones that don't make it will still be worth what we paid for them.

The only thing is its initially difficult to tell if they are for us immediately or not so I can't get as excited as normal. I can see us making 10 new signings but 6 of them go on loan!
 
Akiva said:
We played the same pushover opposition as every other team and still scored more than them.

Pep Guardiola does not play with two strikers and City will not be playing with two strikers. Not sure who the 19 year old you're referencing is (Sane is 20, Moreno?) but KDB and Nolito are good for 30+ goals between them and, under Pep's possession-based style, we really don't need more than them and Kun.
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I meant Kelechi, and the folly of having just one recognised top striker in your squad for a 55 game season remains. We don't have to play two strikers at once, but that's a whole different matter from not even having the option for change on the bench. Lightweight false no.9's can kiss my arse in a league as robust as the Prem
 
Akiva said:
Did I say that? I said he and KDB together are good for 30+ goals. But yeah, Nolito was scoring for Celta Viga, I'd imagine being in Pep's system would only help him score more. Case in point: he netted 5 in 8 games for Spain this year.

Either which way, it's moot. Guardiola isn't going to be playing two strikers and no world class striker will sit around awaiting an injury to Kun. Your assertion that City need to sign another striker to win the league is nonsense and you have done nothing to back it up, even when looking at a year in which we had Pellegrini at the helm.
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It's a 55 game season and Aguero is frequently out injured. If you think him playing Wednesday/Saturday week after week after week is a recipe for success you can't be helped
 
Cobwebcat said:
City's policy of buying younger players for around 8 mill and loaning them out to gain experience is a clever one.

Some of those guys will be worth 40 million in a couple of seasons saving us a lot of money. The ones that don't make it will still be worth what we paid for them.
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Counting a lot of very healthy chickens there mate
 
Exeter Blue I am here said:
I meant Kelechi, and the folly of having just one recognised top striker in your squad for a 55 game season remains. We don't have to play two strikers at once, but that's a whole different matter from not even having the option for change on the bench. Lightweight false no.9's can kiss my arse in a league as robust as the Prem
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So Aguero plays, this new striker sits on the bench and is happy to, What happens to Kelechi ? You best tell Pep a false 9 is no good in England too.
 
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