Antoine Semenyo | Prefers to join City - Ornstein (p73)

[USA_SkyBlue]

And with the aim of football being to score more goals than the other team remember it when he adds to Haaland's weekly totals, too.

(Oh, and you said "our", at last.)

I just don't think he's worth £65 million

 

[Sargecity]

Yeah, that's what I'm getting at. He's a sub, at best in this squad. £65million for a bench player who isn't a great fit for the way they're currently playing. Seems like a waste. Seems like money that could be better spent to bolster their midfield and their backline.

He suits how we’re playing exactly. Direct, transition based attack.

 

[oldhamblue]

I'll just trust our transfer staff and manager rather than some random bloke on the internet who doesn't rate him

 

[TonyM]

Semenyo on the right, Doku on the left, Haaland in the middle, I’m getting moist.

Pics

 

[lasereyes]

Fair enough but Reijnders/Foden/Cherki are making a very dynamic attacking trio that can create for themselves and feed Haaland. I wouldn't take minutes from any of them

Reijnders doesnt belong in that sentence. He is starting to get some goals but at the expense of zero defensive eye and Foden being shoved out wide. Even if we werent buying Semenyo, Reijnders would be mostly on the bench when Doku returns

 

[lasereyes]

You're making my argument for me. Pep rotates when he absolute has to. He rotated practically the whole squad against Leverkusen and they played like shit. He's got 4 attacking mids he likes for 3 spots Doku, Reijnders, Cherki and Foden. I don't see Semenyo breaking into that rotation. That leaves coming on as a sub. Is he better than Savinho? Of course. But would I pay £65 million for a sub? Fuck no. Plus there's Bobb and Marmoush as well. Are they better than Semenyo? No. But adding him just adds to the logjam of players Pep doesn't trust.

And Rodri doesn't seem like he's coming back very soon. Has he even been available? Kovacic is out til at least February. You've got Nico and Bernardo in defensive midfield, that's it. If they need a sub/rotation player somewhere, its defensive midfield.

Semenyo >> Reijnders. Hope that helps.

 

[USA_SkyBlue]

Semenyo >> Reijnders. Hope that helps.

If you say so...

 

[Lavinda Past]

Roster is a British word. Blame yourselves for that one

Dutch actually.

 

[MCFC_ Phil]

I just don't think he's worth £65 million

Of course he is in the scheme of things you numpty

 

[Tomblue]

I'll just trust our transfer staff and manager rather than some random bloke on the internet who doesn't rate him

To be fair, our ‘transfer staff’ have been very hit and miss in the recent past, probably more miss to be honest!

 

[TonyM]

To be fair, our ‘transfer staff’ have been very hit and miss in the recent past, probably more miss to be honest!

Who are the misses, Mrs?

 

[Ric]

How anyone can look at our bench on Saturday and think the squad doesn’t need strengthening is beyond me. Excited for this signing, assuming it goes through.

 

[Lavinda Past]

'erbs and spices rolls off the tongue better

It's not 'rolls'... it's 'barms'

 

[Kompany Car]

We spell and pronounce it correctly.

Same with herbs. It’s not erbs, as there’s a fucking H at the beginning. :-)

To be fair I will give our friend @USA_SkyBlue from the colonies this one. We (the English) actually fucked about with the naming and changed what Sir Humphrey Davy originally called it to make it sound more latin.

 

[Tomblue]

Who are the misses, Mrs?

Marmoush, Savinho, Trafford to name but a few.

 

[cleavers]

(Oh, and you said "our", at last.)

You obviously missed the post with the "they're", and several "theirs".

 

[Blue tiger]

Am I? So we need a winger more than we need a defensive midfielder or center back right now?

We need all 3, but only one is available now at a decent price.

 

[cleavers]

I'll just trust our transfer staff and manager rather than some random bloke on the internet who doesn't rate him

...from a country that calls football soccer ;-)

 

[JCB001]

'erbs and spices rolls off the tongue better

My go to Curry House (With The H )

 

[Stoned Rose]

And there are posters saying “won’t get a game, waste of 65m”.