Assessment of our business this summer | Poll Added

Go on then, rate our transfer business out of 10?

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Not sure that Spending 85m on CB when the club already has

1- Dias
2-Stones
3-Akanji
4-Ake
5- Laporte

is a wise investment.


Specially when the team doesn't have 1 natural LB.
 
I admit to thinking we nailed it this summer- BUT in the absence of Rodri it all goes tits up and the new players look like makeweight add ons. We should have made Bellingham an offer he could not refuse. Doku will be an asset but I am not really getting what Nunes offer or Kovatic.
 
Tevez City said:
Not sure that Spending 85m on CB when the club already has

1- Dias
2-Stones
3-Akanji
4-Ake
5- Laporte

is a wise investment.


Specially when the team doesn't have 1 natural LB.
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Laporte wasn't going to stick around being fourth choice so what do you think we should of done?
 
nellyonthewing said:
I admit to thinking we nailed it this summer- BUT in the absence of Rodri it all goes tits up and the new players look like makeweight add ons. We should have made Bellingham an offer he could not refuse. Doku will be an asset but I am not really getting what Nunes offer or Kovatic.
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Blues including myself were all saying the same about Rodri when he first joined City, one of the phrases was “ he turns slower than an articulated lorry” now look at him - best DM in Europe. You have to give players time to show what there all about.
 
balotellishaircut said:
Blues including myself were all saying the same about Rodri when he first joined City, one of the phrases was “ he turns slower than an articulated lorry” now look at him - best DM in Europe. You have to give players time to show what there all
nellyonthewing said:
I admit to thinking we nailed it this summer- BUT in the absence of Rodri it all goes tits up and the new players look like makeweight add ons. We should have made Bellingham an offer he could not refuse. Doku will be an asset but I am not really getting what Nunes offer or Kovatic.
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Said from start kova was uninspiring, nunes panic buy, and phillips should have been shown the door 3 defeats inside a couple of weeks speaks volumes of the problems. People on here said if rodri goes missing city would be in trouble. Imo terrible opportunity missed in the transfer window
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nellyonthewing said:
I admit to thinking we nailed it this summer- BUT in the absence of Rodri it all goes tits up and the new players look like makeweight add ons. We should have made Bellingham an offer he could not refuse. Doku will be an asset but I am not really getting what Nunes offer or Kovatic.
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You were influenced by bots saying Nunes and Kovacic were literally perfect Pep players. They might have a specific skillset which they excel but we needed goals and creativity from midfield which neither are good at. With Kev down and Gundogone problems are much more visible. Pep will will eventually solve it though. Neither Phillips or Kovacic or Nunes look remotely close to fill shoes of either Rodri or Kev.
 
dhruvblue said:
You were influenced by bots saying Nunes and Kovacic were literally perfect Pep players. They might have a specific skillset which they excel but we needed goals and creativity from midfield which neither are good at. With Kev down and Gundogone problems are much more visible. Pep will will eventually solve it though. Neither Phillips or Kovacic or Nunes look remotely close to fill shoes of either Rodri or Kev.
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There aren't many players in world football (if any) that can fill the shoes of Rodri and Kev.

You just have to find another way of filling the void, which we haven't managed to do just yet.
 
chris85mcfc said:
There aren't many players in world football (if any) that can fill the shoes of Rodri and Kev.

You just have to find another way of filling the void, which we haven't managed to do just yet.
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This 100%. We were linked with Maddison however nothing seemed concrete. We miss creative spark without KDB.
 
The midfield problem is only going to get worse in the short term, KDB is knocking on a bit and becoming more susceptible to injury, Bernado will (probably) finally depart at the end of this season, and Phil is just one man. Rodri has no cover to speak of and we're left with Doku, Nunes and Kova all with a long way to go to fill the boots of the above or Gundog/Mahrez. Phillips unfortunately looks lost when he plays, which is a pity because he's undoubtedly a good player, just not in our system

Then we have Jack.....promises so much and no doubt keeps the ball exceptionally well, which fits in with the pep plan, but he really should be providing more in the way of goals/assists/chance creation.

Of course the new boys may just need time to adjust, but for all 3 to work out will be some achievement

The one good thing is we have 6 very good defenders which should mean we have no reason to spend there for a couple of seasons, plus Rico coming through at a pace
 
You had Lavia and Palmer: the Rodri's replacement and the quality midfielder that you are now missing. Your mistake is not in the signings but in the sales.
 
OUT: Gündoğan, Mahrez, Palmer, Laporte, Mendy
IN: Gvardiol, Nunes, Kovačić, Doku

5/10, coming players are not better that the ones that departed City.
 
Think we definitely need a seasoned left back aswell because we are getting pulled down that left hand side
 
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