Aymeric Laporte

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Thenumber1blue said:
Exactly,Otamendi is on another level to Stones
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Otamendi has had his selection of brain farts . Virtually every poster had the opposite opinion after the first Liverpool game and his late foul against Chelsea.
We have two very good centre backs one of whom is a little bit out of form following an injury break.

PS even the Beeb are reporting this as expected now.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42811597
 
himalayan_blues said:
How really good is this guy?
Not a full international not with premier league experience . He is not that fast. Would rather prefer Evans, especially for the money we are going to pay.
But in the positive note, if pep wants him then no argument, he must be a good defender who can play the ball from the back.
If there are some athletic fan here than please explain his pros and cons.
I remember a benfica fan saying about ederson, if he performs what he had been performing there than we are getting a hell of a player. That came out to be true.
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I’d rather have Gonorrhea than Evans.
 
Cityfan said:
Otamendi has had his selection of brain farts . Virtually every poster had the opposite opinion after the first Liverpool game and his late foul against Chelsea.
We have two very good centre backs one of whom is a little bit out of form following an injury break.

PS even the Beeb are reporting this as expected now.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42811597
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I really wish you hadn't posted that link. I was stupid enough to read the comments underneath and I now want to go out and randomly punch people.
 
himalayan_blues said:
How really good is this guy?
Not a full international not with premier league experience . He is not that fast. Would rather prefer Evans, especially for the money we are going to pay.
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It's a gamble, but that's the nature of the game. We would get some resale fee if he was not up to the job. Evans on the other hand is shit. We know he is and the overused adage that pep can get him playing well does not wash with me.
Basically I'd rather potentially waste 60m on an unknown quantity of sorts than definitely waste 30m on a well known bang average player of limited ability.
 
bobom said:
I hope we don't play three at the back to often after this. Against the teams that park the bus (80%?) It just means we lose a player in midfield. Against the bigger teams it sounds attractive, mind.

On the other hand, passing out of the back with Stones and Laporte sounds great.
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Id say the other way. Will give us extra forward options as the full backs will become midfielders

Ie

Eddie
Nico. Stones. Laporte
Walker. Dinho. Zinchenko
Debryune silva. Sane
Sergio

Or similar
 
bobom said:
I hope we don't play three at the back to often after this. Against the teams that park the bus (80%?) It just means we lose a player in midfield. Against the bigger teams it sounds attractive, mind.

On the other hand, passing out of the back with Stones and Laporte sounds great.
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It's actually the other way round with Guardiola. He has shifted to 3ATB in 11/12 to get an additional midfielder. In his (or, better said, Cruyff/Dutch) version of 343/352 LCB and RCB step up to midfield and act like deep-lying 'pivots'. You can watch the Brighton game to see it. The problem is LCB/RCB ideally have to combine fullback's mobility with qualities of a ball-playing CB, such players are very rare.
Barca - Villareal (2011): LCB(Abidal) - CCB (Busquets) - RCB (Mascherano), Keita as a sole pivot.
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Lancet Fluke said:
I really wish you hadn't posted that link. I was stupid enough to read the comments underneath and I now want to go out and randomly punch people.
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They are desperately trying to chuck back all the things they've been rightly accused of lately. Sanchez never wanted to be there so its Evans snubbing us(lol), the money thing. The tables have well and truly turned and they don't like it, especially the armchair lot.
 
himalayan_blues said:
How really good is this guy?
Not a full international not with premier league experience . He is not that fast. Would rather prefer Evans, especially for the money we are going to pay.
But in the positive note, if pep wants him then no argument, he must be a good defender who can play the ball from the back.
If there are some athletic fan here than please explain his pros and cons.
I remember a benfica fan saying about ederson, if he performs what he had been performing there than we are getting a hell of a player. That came out to be true.
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he's very good. his injury may have pegged him back a little but he'll be fine. as for the prem he'll piss it. made for it. made for a Pep team.
 
Pep generally knows what he is doing. I’m all for it because Managala isn’t good enough, Kompany can’t be relied on and the other two are prone to errors so need to be kept on their toes.
 
I doubt the system will change with his signing .. we need a left back that can offer alot going forward for the system to change to 352 ..

Zinchenko offers alot more than Delph but still raw and not near Mendy's level!
 
goater555 said:
They are desperately trying to chuck back all the things they've been rightly accused of lately. Sanchez never wanted to be there so its Evans snubbing us(lol), the money thing. The tables have well and truly turned and they don't like it, especially the armchair lot.
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I shouldn't let it annoy me. But I am getting sick of reading posts by fans of other clubs about us that are utter nonsense. Read a lot of stuff on Newcastle sites last week too that was just utter bollocks. There seem to be dozens of very popular and very negative myths about City and our support at the moment that other fans just lap up and believe when even the slightest application of some logic would tell them that they're not true. Then again lots of football supporters are very very stupid people I suppose.
 
Lancet Fluke said:
I shouldn't let it annoy me. But I am getting sick of reading posts by fans of other clubs about us that are utter nonsense. Read a lot of stuff on Newcastle sites last week too that was just utter bollocks. There seem to be dozens of very popular and very negative myths about City and our support at the moment that other fans just lap up and believe when even the slightest application of some logic would tell them that they're not true. Then again lots of football supporters are very very stupid people I suppose.
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We have our own
 
Lancet Fluke said:
I shouldn't let it annoy me. But I am getting sick of reading posts by fans of other clubs about us that are utter nonsense. Read a lot of stuff on Newcastle sites last week too that was just utter bollocks. There seem to be dozens of very popular and very negative myths about City and our support at the moment that other fans just lap up and believe when even the slightest application of some logic would tell them that they're not true. Then again lots of football supporters are very very stupid people I suppose.
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Haters gonna hate.

Feel the love...
 
Lancet Fluke said:
I shouldn't let it annoy me. But I am getting sick of reading posts by fans of other clubs about us that are utter nonsense. Read a lot of stuff on Newcastle sites last week too that was just utter bollocks. There seem to be dozens of very popular and very negative myths about City and our support at the moment that other fans just lap up and believe when even the slightest application of some logic would tell them that they're not true. Then again lots of football supporters are very very stupid people I suppose.
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When you read it, just smile and remind yourself that they would give their right bollock to have what we have. It’s nothing but pure green eyed jealousy and this is the only way their little brains can deal with it my friend
 
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