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BlueMedic said:
Thomas mueller plays in the first 11 as a non-striker. "Probably some reserve striker" = no one, so we beat Bayern as Kelechi is a better back up than "probably some reserve striker".

Again you're just naming first team 11 players who can play at striker for Real/Barca rather than naming their back up strikers - so you're reinforcing my point. You don't need a £30m back up striker to sit on the bench, the best teams have a front 3/4 who can rotate & play at striker if their main striker misses a game. We are heading that way with players such as Sane, Jesus & Moreno who are all capable of playing at striker, this is a method I've advocated for a while.
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Bayern played an American guy called Green in the friendly maybe that's their backup striker... I would rather have Kelechi though too. :)
 
BlueMedic said:
Thomas mueller plays in the first 11 as a non-striker. "Probably some reserve striker" = no one, so we beat Bayern as Kelechi is a better back up than "probably some reserve striker".

Again you're just naming first team 11 players who can play at striker for Real/Barca rather than naming their back up strikers - so you're reinforcing my point. You don't need a £30m back up striker to sit on the bench, the best teams have a front 3/4 who can rotate & play at striker if their main striker misses a game. We are heading that way with players such as Sane, Jesus & Moreno who are all capable of playing at striker, this is a method I've advocated for a while.
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You, me and all the Pepites!!! (:
 
Metalartin said:
Zabs staying and we have Maffeo, two Pabs beats one Peres for me. :)
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Hence why I said if I was being pedantic.

We are Shirley covered now. But in my February musings of how I wanted our summer to go.

I was adamant about a few things.

1. Buy young players on the verge of stardomand not players at their peak or in decline. 23 and younger. 75℅ of our incoming had to be 23 or younger.

2. I thought we needed 2 wing forwards. We got 5. Mind blowing. Four of those 5 under 23. I believe my original 2 names from February were 2 of the following 4. Soufiane Boufal, Leroy Sane, Gabriel Jesus, and Ansensio. These were just general names I thought would be good fits. What did City do? They fuking went out and bought 2 of them. Then got Nolito and some phenom kid from Ukraine for good measure. I'm here thinking, are these guys fucking kidding me? My head is about to explode here!

3. I wanted 2 ball playing CBs. Been bigging up Laporte and Stones all winter. Pushing back at the falae narrative about Stones. What does City do. They fucking put in bids for both players and had Laporte not chickened out l, they both would be balling out here now. Mind blowing what Txiki has been doing to me all summer.

4. Gundogan. Everyone wanted this, and City delivered it with impunity.

5. Did not want an out and out striker. So far Txiki and Pep are in agreement

6. My only disagreement all summer has been the retention of Kolarov. And if rumors are right, we simply didn't have a buyer, so I can't blame Txiki for that. And missing out on Pogba. But I see the reasoning on Pogba. So really Kolarov is my only downer.

This for me has been an epic summer. Epic!
 
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