Alexis Sanchez

[daflanger]

Looking at Sane, Sterling and Bernardo. I wonder if we really need him anymore? Gabriel and Aguero are in form and unstoppable. So who do you drop?

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

Looking at Sane, Sterling and Bernardo. I wonder if we really need him anymore? Gabriel and Aguero are in form and unstoppable. So who do you drop?

Not a question of who do we drop. We're looking at a 55 game season. Injuries, suspensions, fatigue, etc etc, will all take their toll and a full squad is a necessity, particularly given that we've only got two strikers at our disposal

 

[Gabriel]

If we do sign him, how long before the press call him the new Rodney Marsh?!

Yes. There are precious few in the press old enough to remember the apparent Marsh effect, and the audience for whom they pander don't really 'do' pre-Premier League football. They would instead concoct endless rumours about stars being 'unhappy in Manchester' and 'Guardiola being unable to satisfy so many top players'. To some extent, the pie-in-the-sky "unsettled-Sterling in Arsenal swop" story is but a taste of things to come.

 

[OB1]

Not a question of who do we drop. We're looking at a 55 game season. Injuries, suspensions, fatigue, etc etc, will all take their toll and a full squad is a necessity, particularly given that we've only got two strikers at our disposal

Exactly.

Also, Sane, Sterling and Jesus are still kids. Their form will go up and down and they will benefit in the long-term from not being overused at this stage in their careers. Who knows what will happen n the future but it is conceivable that a couple of years or so from now, those three will become our first choice front three and be that for several subsequent year.

For now though, if we can get Sanchez in January, we should do.

 

[OB1]

Yes. There are precious few in the press old enough to remember the apparent Marsh effect, and the audience for whom they pander don't really 'do' pre-Premier League football. They would instead concoct endless rumours about stars being 'unhappy in Manchester' and 'Guardiola being unable to satisfy so many top players'. To some extent, the pie-in-the-sky "unsettled-Sterling in Arsenal swop" story is but a taste of things to come.

I'm not in the press but I remember the Marsh effect vividly: couldn't get enough enough tickets for his debut game for my Dad to take me and a few school mates to the game to celebrate my birthday. We got a couple from touts but had to resell them and got bowling at Belle Vue instead. At least that was the last time I couldn't get a ticket for a home game: my birthday present was a pair of season tickets for the following season...

Seriously though, Sanchez won't have the Marsh effect if purchased: different situation and buying Sanchez won't alter how City play.

 

[Gabriel]

I'm not in the press but I remember the Marsh effect vividly: couldn't get enough enough tickets for his debut game for my Dad to take me and a few school mates to the game to celebrate my birthday. We got a couple from touts but had to resell them and got bowling at Belle Vue instead. At least that was the last time I couldn't get a ticket for a home game: my birthday present was a pair of season tickets for the following season...

Seriously though, Sanchez won't have the Marsh effect if purchased: different situation and buying Sanchez won't alter how City play.

True, Marsh came with little time left in the season and was too much of an individual, something that didn't sit well in a functioning team. The media made similar comparisons when Tevez arrived, but he, like Sanchez, was a quality player and capable of playing and working for a team. Cannot have enough quality players.

 

[Yates]

We don't need to fear anything. If we don't get Sanchez, we will still be good. Sane/Sterling will just get more of an opportunity and they're showing glimpses of real quality.

 

[I'm no cynic but...]

Sanchez can't sign a pre-contract with another PL club in January, so I guess it's actually a brainer.

Why can't he sign a pre-contract with us? I haven't seen anything in FIFA regulations to prevent it from happening.

 

[blue wang]

Sanchez in for yaya,

Think about

It so ridiculous

Its exactly what PEP would do.

 

[mccity]

Sanchez in for yaya,

Think about

It so ridiculous

Its exactly what PEP would do.

On that note, Sanchez in for Mangala. Why not? It's not beyond Pep haha