19 | Ilkay Gundogan - 2024/25

[B\connellblue]

Should be coming on for the last 20 not starting every game. Still has a big part to play if used properly.

 

[decmancity]

Do Sky still run that masters football show, Gundogan might get in a midfield alongside Didi Hamann or someone.

 

[Alexia_Ko]

*checks notes*

Assist for our only goal this afternoon.

He had a poor performance covered up with an assist. That's the type of performance we laugh at Bruno Fernandes for. And no I'm not saying that gundogan is nearly as bad as Fernandes.

 

[kaz7]

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Should be coming on for the last 20 not starting every game. Still has a big part to play if used properly.

Of course but we didnt know rodders was going to be out for the season and gundy has filled in for him before , there is no option to play him for now but i think he wasnt meant to start every gam

Nic assist , right to josko head

 

[ninjamonkey]

He's not playing well but we need to acknowledge he's being asked to do a role he physically isn't capable of doing. Our entire midfield is wide open constantly due to the tactics, the midfielders are being asked to cover immense amounts of space quickly on every transition, gundo has never been able to do that even a decade ago, so you have to question the decision to ask him to do that over his inability to do it.

Bernardo is having the same issue in midfield and so will anybody else we stick in there unless they've got the physical attributes which only Nunes has.

Pep has to change things and stop asking players to do roles unsuited to them.

 

[BLUEisville]

He's been bad, but without him we would barely have a starting midfield now (not that it matters that much now). He clearly is not a starter, but there's barely anything else. Only Rico, but if Rico plays there then Walker has to play and, oh god, I don't want that.

doesn’t pair well with Kova, both are dreadfully slow.
Bernie has been anonymous as of late as well. And there’s just no speed centrally.

Given a healthy and on form side, he’d be a creative player giving KDB a chance to rotate while Rodri bosses the middle. But at this point, with the players we have available, I think only one of Gundo or Kova plays deep, and we give Nunes a run in the center -at least he has a motor.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Our board thought this was a better move than triggering Bruno Guimaraes’ release clause whilst it was active…

You have to question what the goal is. Without significant investment we are going to fall off a cliff when Pep leaves. Having the best manager in the world papers over the cracks of some bad transfer decisions by the heirarchy. But when Pep leaves, we are going to need the board to be better as the manager won’t bail us out any more.

Close to £400m needs investing into this squad over the next two summers.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

Our board thought this was a better move than triggering Bruno Guimaraes’ release clause whilst it was active…

You have to question what the goal is. Without significant investment we are going to fall off a cliff when Pep leaves. Having the best manager in the world papers over the cracks of some bad transfer decisions by the heirarchy. But when Pep leaves, we are going to need the board to be better as the manager won’t bail us out any more.

Close to £400m needs investing into this squad over the next two summers.

My fear as well. There is going to have to be a big spend at some point. I would have preferred us to trust the best manager in the world with those funds, rather than whoever the next guy is.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Our board thought this was a better move than triggering Bruno Guimaraes’ release clause whilst it was active…

You have to question what the goal is. Without significant investment we are going to fall off a cliff when Pep leaves. Having the best manager in the world papers over the cracks of some bad transfer decisions by the heirarchy. But when Pep leaves, we are going to need the board to be better as the manager won’t bail us out any more.

Close to £400m needs investing into this squad over the next two summers.

Yep. Signed Haaland, won the treble and our stock was the highest it’s ever been. Since then, we have stood still signing wise. Letting Alvarez go without signing anyone to replace him being the biggest mystery of all.

 

[M23 Citizen]

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Of course but we didnt know rodders was going to be out for the season and gundy has filled in for him before , there is no option to play him for now but i think he wasnt meant to start every gam

Nic assist , right to josko head

Kovačić is deputising for Rodri. Gündoğan doesn’t need to play really, not from the start every week.

Any two of Foden, Bernardo, McAtee, Gündoğan, Wright and O’Reilly can play where Gündoğan is while de Bruyne is out.