you want to keep a 32 year old player that wants out and who recently married a lady that publicly hated the city she lived in?
He wanted to leave, he gave outstanding service, the club did the right thing.
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He wanted to leave, he gave outstanding service, the club did the right thing.
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Here's my take on things having been there to witness what we all know was a shambolic performance. Ederson was superb, Diaz played really well and Bernardo at least tried, as for the rest....hmm.
Villa are a quality side and to think they put their 'A' game out there, they were brilliant. As for us, I'll leave it there.
Their fans were so loud (I wish the Ethiad was like that). We were loud too as always but that's what we always have been doing away from home no matter what.
Villa played their 'A' game, City played their "Z' game for want of a saying...an absolute crock of shite...2 shots on target as opposed to Villa's 22, however 1-0 is not a bad scoreline considering...
Heads up and off to Luton 2pm Sunday...
Villa are a quality side and to think they put their 'A' game out there, they were brilliant. As for us, I'll leave it there.
Their fans were so loud (I wish the Ethiad was like that). We were loud too as always but that's what we always have been doing away from home no matter what.
Villa played their 'A' game, City played their "Z' game for want of a saying...an absolute crock of shite...2 shots on target as opposed to Villa's 22, however 1-0 is not a bad scoreline considering...
Heads up and off to Luton 2pm Sunday...
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What midfield?Looked light weight in midfield and generally devoid of any idea.
Fortunate it was only 1 nil in the end.
Fair play to Villa they started from the off on the front foot and did until the last minute.
And they replaced him with who? Alvarez, Kovacic, Rico, you? The midfield 4 that won the treble was KDB, Gundo, Rodri, and Stones. Today it was Rico, Alvarez, Akanji, and Stones. If you let someone of his status leave you make damn sure you have a viable replacement if you want to maintain your level...you want to keep a 32 year old player that wants out and who recently married a lady that publicly hated the city she lived in?
He wanted to leave, he game outstanding service, the club did the right thing.
BTW, I could give two fucks about Gundo's wife...
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TBH you can see he's been frustrated for a while. The good news is he loves us but we can't afford to not play to his strengths for much longer. Madness that all we have is Kev who is brave or good enough to pass to him. I think Pep has to have some accountability for this problem. I reckon Foden or Bernie playing centrally in front of Rodri might work. Having said all that Haaland has had plenty of chances INSIDE the box in most of the important games this season including that header in the first half which he should have put away.Without KDB, non of our players have either the vision, or the will, to kill a high defensive line with passes behind through to Haaland.
Drive's me mad, because Haaland is the perfect striker to play against a high defensive line. We've played against a few lately, and the lack of service into him is a joke. He's making the runs along the line but the pass never comes, I'd be fuming if I was him
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That's another argument, Gundo told the club early in the season he wanted to leave, so ask Pep/Tixki why we replaced him with lesser players.And they replaced him with who? Alvarez, Kovacic, Rico, you? The midfield 4 that won the treble was KDB, Gundo, Rodri, and Stones. Today it was Rico, Alvarez, Akanji, and Stones. If you let someone of his status leave you make damn sure you have a viable replacement if you want to maintain your level...
BTW, I could give two fucks about Gundo's wife...
We put a lot of time into Bellingham, he chose Madrid, we made a weird attempt at Rice, he got his move to Arsenal, crazy price but he has fitted into that team seamlessly and improved them considerably.
Paqueta was a siltation taken out of our hands, the club seem reluctant to push the boat out , Grealish apart and it's starting to show in the depth of our squad and quality of our MF.
Far, far too much has been asked of Rodri for the last 3 seasons, he looks shattered and as seen, if injured/suspended we are royaly &ucked without him, that not acceptable at a top club.
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During the summer, when everyone was still high on the treble- there was a certain complacency within City.
Gündogan wanted to stay but was offered a deal very late.
Tried seducing Bellingham and failing and then not putting an extra effort for Rice - the poor chap would have run towards us if Pep made a few calls to him. In fact arsenal did their due diligence and raced ahead.
When all of this was happening there were two reasons for comfort:
1. Our third or 4th choice options are normally really good
2. The genius of Pep to make something out of nothing
The first reason is out of the window now and Baldie now has couple of months to do his magic which currently is not working.
I am okay with not winning anything but to now use the treble high to sign some top class players and instead going away last min for Nunes reeks of desperation. Treble are rarely won and to not use the opportunity to establish us further will be a great miss of this era imho.
Chelsea got Hazard after winning the CL.
Gündogan wanted to stay but was offered a deal very late.
Tried seducing Bellingham and failing and then not putting an extra effort for Rice - the poor chap would have run towards us if Pep made a few calls to him. In fact arsenal did their due diligence and raced ahead.
When all of this was happening there were two reasons for comfort:
1. Our third or 4th choice options are normally really good
2. The genius of Pep to make something out of nothing
The first reason is out of the window now and Baldie now has couple of months to do his magic which currently is not working.
I am okay with not winning anything but to now use the treble high to sign some top class players and instead going away last min for Nunes reeks of desperation. Treble are rarely won and to not use the opportunity to establish us further will be a great miss of this era imho.
Chelsea got Hazard after winning the CL.
Based on the way we went about replacing Gundogan tells me City greatly underestimated what his leaving would mean. Banking on getting Bellingham was a sucker's move. The Rice move was a charade and last time I checked Paqueta is playing week in and week out. So even if I go along with you that Gundo's time was up, not replacing him with a top talent is the worst thing we've done over the past 6 months, simple as...That's another argument, Gundo told the club early in the season he wanted to leave, so ask Pep/Tixki why we replaced him with lesser players.
We put a lot of time into Bellingham, he chose Madrid, we made a weird attempt at Rice, he got his move to Arsenal, crazy price but he has fitted into that team seamlessly and improved them considerably.
Paqueta was a siltation taken out of our hands, the club seem reluctant to push the boat out , Grealish apart and it's starting to show in the depth of our squad and quality of our MF.
Far, far too much has been asked of Rodri for the last 3 seasons, he looks shattered and as seen, if injured/suspended we are royaly &ucked without him, that not acceptable at a top club.
100% but Paqueta would now be in our shirt if he did not have the betting charges over his head.Based on the way we went about replacing Gundogan tells me City greatly underestimated what his leaving would mean. Banking on getting Bellingham was a sucker's move. The Rice move was a charade and last time I checked Paqueta is playing week in and week out. So even if I go along with you that Gundo's time was up, not replacing him with a top talent is the worst thing we've done over the past 6 months, simple as...
The loss of KDB was huge but have we been complacent with his situation, he's had numerous injuries and missed big chucks of the last 4 seasons and that was never going to improve.
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we signed Kovacic who is exactly that
Kovacic couldn’t enforce the dinner queue in a primary school.