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Richards and Lescott should've joined Joe at the Euros in 2012 and gone straight into the starting line up. They didn't, Richards went to the Olympics, got injured and never really came back enough to push Zab out.
 
jimharri said:
Possibly. But Micah was an awesome player between, say, 08-13. Then he just seemed to be intent on beefing up his torso. Which seemed to affect his form, which nosedived after that.
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Richards had the touch of an elephant! Great athlete but a poor football player imo
 
Bewar3them00n said:
Ok, a BETTER DEFENCE than the one he inherited, which wasn't as good as he hoped! hence the wholesale departure of Zaba, Clichy, Sagna. Bernado Silva given No. 20 shirt suggests Mangala will be off too. From what we are hearing,2 more defenders and a keeper possibly being announced next week shows Pep's priority is to revamp the defence.
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Better phrasing. I guess we are in agreement. All along, letting these contracts expire was always the plan. Its why they never offered a new contracts prior to this season.

One of City's hardest problems is shifting out players who aren't performing and thus having 6 contracts expiring this season was a known fact and opportunity to take advantage of.

He used what he had last season not because he thought it was good enough but rather because other factors suggested it would be hard moving players on.

Hence why he attacked the frontline where he had openings for additions last year. This year the openings are on defense mostly. 3 defenders and a keeper leaving. So yeah he has an opportunity to attack that area with changes.

On the other hand, is this done done or is there an opportunity for a surprise signing of Bernat instead?

Just wondering :)
 
dreamlands said:
Poor football player? Sorry but i think your wrong.
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same have to agree, you are bit harsh. only issue i had with Micah was his postioned when he was played at Centre Back with Dunne. Got away it most time because his pace got him out of trouble or the experience of Dunne read his mistakes and covered him.
 
GeekinGav said:
same have to agree, you are bit harsh. only issue i had with Micah was his postioned when he was played at Centre Back with Dunne. Got away it most time because his pace got him out of trouble or the experience of Dunne read his mistakes and covered him.
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Micah's technical ability is poor, he made up for it in athleticism, strength, determination and being an ok defender. If you have to rely on anything but actual footballing ability then you're not really a good football player. Defenders more often than not are called good defenders rather than good football players because they don't actually get involved in the play and when they do it is often in no pressure situations. This is why us Brits are so far behind, we allow and promote big guys throwing their weight around against smaller guys and find it impressive up until their size doesn't make the same impact once older, they're almost always technically inferior than the smaller continental players as they get ahead with their size and don't look to improve beyond that. Apologies, Went off point a little there but just feel we should aim higher when speaking about professional ability in football.
 
Yates said:
Micah's technical ability is poor, he made up for it in athleticism, strength, determination and being an ok defender. If you have to rely on anything but actual footballing ability then you're not really a good football player. Defenders more often than not are called good defenders rather than good football players because they don't actually get involved in the play and when they do it is often in no pressure situations. This is why us Brits are so far behind, we allow and promote big guys throwing their weight around against smaller guys and find it impressive up until their size doesn't make the same impact once older, they're almost always technically inferior than the smaller continental players as they get ahead with their size and don't look to improve beyond that. Apologies, Went off point a little there but just feel we should aim higher when speaking about professional ability in football.
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i'd say Micah was more effective in the opponents box than someone small and as a 'supposed' winger like Navas who struggled to run past a defender or could hardly ever beat the first man with a cross.
 
Are we really signing 3 players from Monaco? We'll be doing a Liverpool on them(ie Southampton) if we get Fabinho and Mendy.
 
Metalartin said:
Are we really signing 3 players from Monaco? We'll be doing a Liverpool on them(ie Southampton) if we get Fabinho and Mendy.
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rumours are such ... but tbh honest until they are officially announced any top club in Europe are probably saying they are signing them too
 
Metalartin said:
I wouldn't mind if we got Fabinho in but we should diversify a bit after that.
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wasnt meaning that, i'd have both as we need RB and LB and both are top quality. just saying until anything is announced they could be joining anyone and everyone at this time.
 
SebastianBlue said:
I am generally worried any time I spend more than 30 minutes on YouTube.
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glad you got my meaning, i just been revising me words for the last 5 minutes thinking i'd worded that wrong and deleted it thinking i've just wasted as much time as the guy that did the 1 clip video lol
 
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