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We did the same to Denayer. And then hung him out to dry at Sunderland. How's he going to impress in their backline. A prime Kompany would look like Anton Ferdinand.

Literally no point paying any interest to the EDS going forward. Unless you want to just want to see if we get market rate when we flog them. Think the only route into the first team for any youngster is to get sold and then bought back for triple what we sold him for.

Tend to think we are just buying young players to loan out and sell. He didn't cost 40m so he'll never get a crack here tbh.

Nice try. There's a thread on here I created about 18 months with videos explaining why his positional sense and decision making cost us goals in a number of games. I think you've fallen into the trap of assuming everyone who has a slightly negative opinion on a city player is an idiot.

Because he's 20 and probably half the squad last season also didn't have the characteristics Pep wants. Aguero doesn't but was given chances in games to adjust. Nacho never was.

Sadly you're right. We make a rod for our own back. If Van Dijk doesn't work out I dread to think what we will pay next season for next year's breakout defensive star...

We played cannon fodder though. Good teams expose us when he's the midfielder responsible for defensive discipline.

He gets drawn out to intercept 50-50s and good players get in behind him. One of the biggest reasons why our defence looks so ragged. I collected a load of videos from season before last and posted on here. They were all goals we conceded where he was at fault without obviously being at fault...

60m is a piss take. Christ. He's good but actually baffles me how we didn't spot his talent when we landed Denayer to Celtic. Surely we had scouts watching him on a weekly frigging basis. This is my main gripe. We wait for a player to have a break out year elsewhere and then pay triple...

Would be pointless to spend 130m on young attackers only to hamper their progression by doing this. Great player not sure how you can incorporate Silva x2, KDB, Sane, Sterling, Jesus, Aguero, Alexis into maybe 4-5 positions and get maximum development out of the younger players. I'm all for...

Think we have dropped a bollock with him. He deserved far more of a crack this season. Plenty of games where he could have been brought on. Just don't think he has the characteristics Pep looks for. To let him go at this stage is crazy though. Totally different players, but does remind me a...

Currently being last season? He will be an ok squad player. If he's a first team regular central midfielder or right back, we're likely to be as defensively disorganised as we were for most of this season.

He's also not good enough.

I don't think Fernandinho is positionally disciplined enough to play either position to be honest. He's fine in a system that utilises a box to box player or a deeper midfielder but having him as the player protecting the backline is a mistake we have made in the past. He's too easily drawn from...

Will have to disagree on Nico. The upturn in his form when alongside Kompany was far greater than any other upturn in his form throughout the season. By a mile. The price isn't important to me personally but the price usually has a correlation to the salary earned by the player which usually...

--------------Ederson----------- Walker--Komps--Stones---Mendy --------------Gundogan-------- B Silva---Silva--------Sane -----------Kun-------Jesus------- Think De Bruyne will lose out. Not entirely sure Pep fancies him in the long run. I think Pep likes players who give the team control. De...

I saw an improvement in Nico towards the end of the season when Kompany returned. I don't think his upturn in form was down to coaching. I think it was down to our full defensive unit being held together by a player who organised the full backline and by giving Nico a consistent partner he was...

A players old team's style has no bearing on how well a player will play here, but it definitely has an influence on our perception of the player. And it has an influence on the selling clubs perception. When I ask 'what happened to coaching' I am being deadly serious. It's not at all cliche...

Damocles doesn't sound like I imagined. I enjoyed it. Good listen. Cheers.

I hope this isn't true. I think we massively miss the point with defenders when it comes to signing them. What we appear to fail to take into account is the fact that defenders often have great seasons because they are playing as part of a team that is set up to offer maximum defensive...