eastmanc
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Negrdo wasn't really a back up.
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7 | Omar Marmoush - 2025/26
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Cheer up we manage to keep some back up players.We persuaded him the year before by doubling his salary but he still wanted to go.
And I'll let you in on a little thing called reality..
No one likes being a backup player forever.
That's how we've lost:
Dzeko
Balotelli
Negredo
Jovetic
Bony
Jesus
Torres
Alvarez
We seem to get an average of 2 years out of them since they all want to go somewhere and be the main man!
Pep or someone on the staff has persuaded Phillips to stay.
Dzeko has been my favourite player, probably along with Zabaleta. I'm not talking about City fans, I'm talking about our management.Dzeko more than Alvarez if we're honest with ourselves!
A lot of City fans think back fondly on Dzeko.. more than you think anyways..
They didn't seem to perturbed about him going.
We seemed to go through a good few forwards, Jovetic, Torres, Bony who just seemed to drift in and then out of the club.
leighton
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I'm hoping when he returns from AFCON he is in a bit of goalscoring form and gets regular game time. He needs it and we will need it too.
jamesha
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I think that he is so different in style from Erling that the team struggles to play to his strengths. If Egypt do well at Afcon he will probably not be back in time to play against Exeter and/or Bodo Glimt - two games where he could expect to start.I'm hoping when he returns from AFCON he is in a bit of goalscoring form and gets regular game time. He needs it and we will need it too.
CΛL
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Under Mancini and Pellegrini we’d often have 4 strikers in which caused issues, under Pep we’ve had 2 and that’s still caused problems.Dzeko has been my favourite player, probably along with Zabaleta. I'm not talking about City fans, I'm talking about our management.
They didn't seem to perturbed about him going.
We seemed to go through a good few forwards, Jovetic, Torres, Bony who just seemed to drift in and then out of the club.
Genuinely don’t think you can get a player happy to be a back up or rotation striker who is good enough to play at the required standard at City, at least not for too long as we saw with Jesus and Alvarez.
The beauty of Marmoush in theory is that he could play both at LW and ST but form and fitness hasn’t materialised yet this term.
Blue_Lightsaber
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Cheer up we manage to keep some back up players.
Pep or someone on the staff has persuaded Phillips to stay.
Don't forget Rico Lewis and Khusanov!
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Doesn’t bode well for him that he didn’t get the nod in Doku’s absence.
samuelyeboah
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he's at AFCONkinda strange that he didn't get in a match day squad vs Brentford
AFCON mate, I think it should be obvious by now.kinda strange that he didn't get in a match day squad vs Brentford
Saddleworth2
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Very strange.kinda strange that he didn't get in a match day squad vs Brentford
Albeit difficult when you are over 3000 miles from the Etihad.
AFCON mate, I think it should be obvious by now.
he's at AFCON
already ? i thought it would start by the new year
my bad, didn't check
Alan Harper's Tash
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Would a big mistake to let him go now. He didn't get a proper chance, and when he did (last season), he played well.
Alan Harper's Tash
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The only real chance he’ll get is when Haaland is out injured.Would a big mistake to let him go now. He didn't get a proper chance, and when he did (last season), he played well.
Nice little swap for Van de Ven and Kulusevski.
The problem is that he appears to be the Haaland back up and only coming on for a few minutes at the end of a match.Would a big mistake to let him go now. He didn't get a proper chance, and when he did (last season), he played well.
Would love to see either of them here but we know that's not going to happen.The only real chance he’ll get is when Haaland is out injured.
Nice little swap for Van de Ven and Kulusevski.
Alan Harper's Tash
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Agreed. There’s talk that we’d need to sell to buy in January, so if we’re after Semenyo, Marmoush leaving makes some sense.Would love to see either of them here but we know that's not going to happen.
FromPollockToSilva
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He was very unlucky to get injured right as Doku found a new level of consistency and cemented that position in off the left flank. That has limited him to just Haaland understudy minutes, of which there have been precious few
He's a good player with a mix of attributes we don't necessarily have elsewhere in the team, but he's always been a somewhat uneasy fit with our shape and style
He's a good player with a mix of attributes we don't necessarily have elsewhere in the team, but he's always been a somewhat uneasy fit with our shape and style