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We need a defensive midfielder, if not two.

The CL will always escape us until we find more defensive balance and solidity. We always look like conceding in the CL because the opposition force us into mistakes. You can't win the competition unless you can see out a win. We all knew Spurs would get a chance once Aguero had scored to potentially put us through. To win the competition you have to be able to see things out.

On the flip side, if we can bag a domestic treble then for me, we can fuck the league cup and to some extent the FA Cup off to prioritise the CL.
 
supercity88 said:
We need a defensive midfielder, if not two.

The CL will always escape us until we find more defensive balance and solidity. We always look like conceding in the CL because the opposition force us into mistakes. You can't win the competition unless you can see out a win. We all knew Spurs would get a chance once Aguero had scored to potentially put us through. To win the competition you have to be able to see things out.

On the flip side, if we can bag a domestic treble then for me, we can fuck the league cup and to some extent the FA Cup off to prioritise the CL.
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Yeah, I'd have to agree. I know Pep and the club want to win as many trophies as possible, but we've won back-to-back League Cups and to potentially do the same with the league and add an FA Cup on top of that, I'd have to think we'll use the cups for rotational games next season and focus on just the league and CL.
 
KCblue said:
Yeah, I'd have to agree. I know Pep and the club want to win as many trophies as possible, but we've won back-to-back League Cups and to potentially do the same with the league and add an FA Cup on top of that, I'd have to think we'll use the cups for rotational games next season and focus on just the league and CL.
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I said on the Pep thread, he just has a bigger mentality than us fans. He will want to build the squad further so we can win all 4. He isn't happy winning just the league or just the CL. He wants the full set, every season. It hasn't been done before so we all assume it can't be done or that it is too challenging for the squad, but Pep will laugh at anyone who tells him that and go for all 4 again. Hoping we go and achieve it. We got some good draws in the cups and a bit of luck. We didn't have the luck in the CL but ultimately our errors cost us.

In the league, we would have the title sewn up in most years, by now. Had we made it to the semi finals we perhaps could have rested players to prioritise Ajax. Fine margins.
 
supercity88 said:
I said on the Pep thread, he just has a bigger mentality than us fans. He will want to build the squad further so we can win all 4. He isn't happy winning just the league or just the CL. He wants the full set, every season. It hasn't been done before so we all assume it can't be done or that it is too challenging for the squad, but Pep will laugh at anyone who tells him that and go for all 4 again. Hoping we go and achieve it. We got some good draws in the cups and a bit of luck. We didn't have the luck in the CL but ultimately our errors cost us.

In the league, we would have the title sewn up in most years, by now. Had we made it to the semi finals we perhaps could have rested players to prioritise Ajax. Fine margins.
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Another big part of that. Which makes it so tough in England when you have so many good teams to compete with. Tbh, last year was the perfect chance for us but we got just about the worst draw we could have at the time in Liverpool. Barcelona, Juventus, PSG, etc have been able to rotate in the league this season to focus on the cup but we've had to go on this winning run just to be one point ahead at the moment!
 
hartshairgel said:
Do we think there's any truth in the Neymar rumours ? It makes sense that they would want to build around Mbappe but if he's going anywhere expect Neymar would either go to Barca or Madrid. I also doubt PSG would sell anyone to us given our respective ownership
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Absolutely no chance. Think of the grief sane is getting off pep with his tracking back. Neymar makes sane look like kante.
 
The Riot Club said:
Real are looking to offload Bale on the cheap it seems. Could sell Mahrez and get another experienced attacker in - Bale could be a good option in the squad instead of Mahrez perhaps.
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No he won't be a good option. He is injury prone, aging and will demand starting or sulk. Definitely a No!
 
supercity88 said:
We need a defensive midfielder, if not two.

The CL will always escape us until we find more defensive balance and solidity. We always look like conceding in the CL because the opposition force us into mistakes. You can't win the competition unless you can see out a win. We all knew Spurs would get a chance once Aguero had scored to potentially put us through. To win the competition you have to be able to see things out.

On the flip side, if we can bag a domestic treble then for me, we can fuck the league cup and to some extent the FA Cup off to prioritise the CL.
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So you think an extra defensive Midfielder would have stopped the cornerkick?
 
Dax777 said:
So you think an extra defensive Midfielder would have stopped the cornerkick?
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You can't just look at one moment. An extra DM might have helped us keep a clean sheet at Spurs. Or see out the win. Who knows. But in the CL we never look like shutting out the opposition. We beat Monaco 5-3 and lost 3-1 away to go out. We lost 3-0 away to Liverpool and lost 2-1 at home. We lost 1-0 away at Spurs and won 4-3 at home. On paper we should not have been losing a two leg game against any of those teams.
 
supercity88 said:
You can't just look at one moment. An extra DM might have helped us keep a clean sheet at Spurs. Or see out the win. Who knows. But in the CL we never look like shutting out the opposition. We beat Monaco 5-3 and lost 3-1 away to go out. We lost 3-0 away to Liverpool and lost 2-1 at home. We lost 1-0 away at Spurs and won 4-3 at home. On paper we should not have been losing a two leg game against any of those teams.
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I don't disagree that we should have won those games. But I'm not sure an extra DM would have helped. Lots of the goals conceded in these games were due to errors. Individual errors. Nothing can prevent or predict individual errors.

And in relation to the Spurs game, we actually lost control after we brought in a DM in Dihno. It was a common sense tactical decision to bring in a more defensive player to close out the game. Unfortunately it disrupted our possession, which got Spurs back into it.

What we need is to do better, that which we already do well. Possess, attack, create. Since repeat.
 
hartshairgel said:
Do we think there's any truth in the Neymar rumours ? It makes sense that they would want to build around Mbappe but if he's going anywhere expect Neymar would either go to Barca or Madrid. I also doubt PSG would sell anyone to us given our respective ownership
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Neymar is more important for PSG than Mbappé. Simply because, football reasons aside, Neymar is the one that brings sponsorship/marketing money.

I had explained PSG strategy to develop the brand and getting better sponsorship deals with "superstars signings" because they suffer from the league level and brand. Without Neymar, you don't get the Jordan collaboration, Nike doesn't give you 75+ M€, main sponsor doesn't give you 60+ M, etc.

In the future, maybe Mbappé will be able to draw as much money as Neymar but not now.
 
Dax777 said:
I don't disagree that we should have won those games. But I'm not sure an extra DM would have helped. Lots of the goals conceded in these games were due to errors. Individual errors. Nothing can prevent or predict individual errors.

And in relation to the Spurs game, we actually lost control after we brought in a DM in Dihno. It was a common sense tactical decision to bring in a more defensive player to close out the game. Unfortunately it disrupted our possession, which got Spurs back into it.

What we need is to do better, that which we already do well. Possess, attack, create. Since repeat.
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Yeah I wouldn't disagree. Clearly it is a mental issue with City players then. They clearly get phased by the CL and make more mistakes than usual. I don't think the sides we have played would punish us more than league sides so our standards must slip.

I think most of the ground felt as I did when Aguero scored - that it was too fucking early and we had time to concede again. I was confident we would get another chance to score, which we did but we all know the story! When Aguero scored I just knew we would lose some momentum. Ferny was possibly the wrong sub to make, which goes against my original comment completely!
 
supercity88 said:
Yeah I wouldn't disagree. Clearly it is a mental issue with City players then. They clearly get phased by the CL and make more mistakes than usual. I don't think the sides we have played would punish us more than league sides so our standards must slip.

I think most of the ground felt as I did when Aguero scored - that it was too fucking early and we had time to concede again. I was confident we would get another chance to score, which we did but we all know the story! When Aguero scored I just knew we would lose some momentum. Ferny was possibly the wrong sub to make, which goes against my original comment completely!
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In hindsight perhaps, personally, I'd have preferred Sane for Silva with Bernado moving Centrally. But eventually, I'd have brought Dihno in anyway. So I can't fault the decision.

It just wasn't our day. :(
 
Dax777 said:
I don't disagree that we should have won those games. But I'm not sure an extra DM would have helped. Lots of the goals conceded in these games were due to errors. Individual errors. Nothing can prevent or predict individual errors.

And in relation to the Spurs game, we actually lost control after we brought in a DM in Dihno. It was a common sense tactical decision to bring in a more defensive player to close out the game. Unfortunately it disrupted our possession, which got Spurs back into it.

What we need is to do better, that which we already do well. Possess, attack, create. Since repeat.
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Big question is ,why we keep doing huge individual mistakes 3 years in a row in one of the most improtant games of the season?
 
Potential outs this summer although I wouldn't expect them all to leave could mean a busy summer
Gundagon
Sane
Marhez
Danilo
Mendy
Otamendi
 
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