The City Report podcast today had an interesting tidbit on the defenders that’s probably obvious to you long term fans. They mentioned getting pushback about praising Joško…because he was expensive, the expectation is he is excellent.Essentially he shouldn’t get praised for anything less than perfection because his cost. (Meanwhile, Rice was more $$ and everyone still praises him like crazy…They weren’t suggesting he was as good as Rice, just that $$ players on other teams get way more praise than City players). On the flip side, they mentioned less expensive players like Ake and Akanji also don’t get enough praise because they play for City…so the expectation is they are excellent. So basically, City players are never going get enough praise because everyone expects perfection as the baseline!
