Search results

His pre season performances however ar very similar to his season performances in what he is actually doing for the side...he isnt adding to his game in the area he needs to - he is not even coming close to it

you heard very wrong

His performances on the left hand side have been typical Grealish - keep possession but not really adding much to the attack. its noteable however that in the second half of both games Pep has tried him more centrally. I do wonder looking at his performances there if Pep is thinking of making...

He is ready for regualr first team...his ind and feet are so quick...he has assists and will add goals in as well He could be a first team regualr playing wide on either wing. Bobb, Doku and Savio give us more of a traditional width style player which we need

Needs to go for his own sake and ours The mistake he made last night was very reminisent of one of the mistakes he made while playing for West Ham iirc. we overpaid as he is English....he is a bang average player and never ever near the quality that we need...the youngsters on the pitch in the...

we defintely need to get rid of Phillips and Cancello - they will add zero to the playing squad but are taking up squad spaces and wages...and Cancello is poison in the dressing room if he aint playing which we know from past experience. We can then bring in another midfielder and possibly one...

agree on all of that. Oscar Bobb has real Foden levels of potential - when the rumours about him being loaned out i thought it was a mistake.... Also Mcatee - i think he has real potential as well....just further off in his development but there is real talent there. Does he have that killer...

He does need to leave however...for the sake of his own career as much as anything...he aint getting game time with us and is taking up a squad place and wages when essentially he brings nothing to the playing side of the squad. Same with cancello but with the added issue he causes disharmony...

problem is that he is good at running with the ball forwards but no final pass.....it just isnt there at the moment....

I agree with needing an alternative..... I dont think its a blindspot of Pep - i think he knows that the alternatives he has in the squad dont work anywhere near well enough which is the point ive been making... Maybe if we could trust john Stones fitness we could have but we cant turst Stones...

I dont agree we cant win without rodri either.....its just plain stupid.... But he is integral to how we play in the big games.....we risk him being injured for those if we dont have someone to come in and replace him at times...Rodri has said himself he has played too much - when a player like...

Its fine but we need to be better than fine over the course of a full season...we were no where near our best last season....other teams will improve again so we need to be better than fine.

I agree BUT Nunes is taking up a spot....He aint going to be used by Pep - plenty of times Pep could have used him and he chose to bring a younger player on instead of him....He is a decent ball carrier but that is about it..no goal threat and no creativity Walker is starting to lose it - he...

I dont think beating Luton is any basis for a presumption that we are ok without him with the players we currently have.... No we are not a one man team I agree but without Rodri we are defensively and attacking wise worse off and none of the combinations of players you mention (or that are...

Agree on not replacing Rodri at the same level But how are we better placed than we were? None of those combinations there are any where near Rodri level...Nunes could even get a game ahead of some of the kid when we were winning games comfortably. Time is one thing and I think Kovacic was a...

Agreed. It was very early on that I think Pep realised he wasnt good enough and the final nail in the coffin was when he returned from the England camp and Pep said he wasnt fit....at that point phillips career was over at city and that was pretty early on iirc

At this point I would just take the financial loss and let him go for whatever price.... He is taking up a squad place that we need for a player who can actually contribute and not look totally out of place when on the pitch... Clearly a nice guy but he is nowhere near the level he needs to...

How does any of that solve the number 6 position and the possibilty of ederson leaving? You also have an ageing KDB and you are therefore going to ask albeit two very good youngsters to step up and replace that (Bobb/Mcatee) - we have seem what no kdb means on the pitch even with Foden still...

he said we were in for maybe one or two more after Savio.... But if Ederson and or Alvarez leave that is two more we would have to replace......Ederson going would have a huge affect on us...Ortega is a the better shot stopper BUT his passing out from the back only adds pressure on the defence)...

Result is completely irrelevant but there were some things to notice Bobb and to a slightly lesser extend Mcatee were very good. Haaland link up play was good and a good goal Grealish - looked a lot fitter but he really needs to add end product instead of just being good at retaining...