Claudio Bravo

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@Ric is the messiah of City info. Hopefully Bravo is here for the West Ham game because I guarantee if Bony is playing for them he'll be on scintillating form.
 
macmanson said:
Not taking the word of Ibra, just his choice of word. Telling a player one thing publicly and then having someone else tell him something else isn't very managerial. The press who reported that Bravo was coming are now the same ones saying that Begiristain has asked Joe to leave as Guardiola fears that he will be tarnished by moving a popular player out. If Begiristain acted on his own, then he's undermined his manager. If Guardiola knew, but had Begiristain tell Joe, that's cowardly in my opinion.
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He's NOT the manager he is the coach. Or as he described himself 'just the trainer'.
 
macmanson said:
Not taking the word of Ibra, just his choice of word. Telling a player one thing publicly and then having someone else tell him something else isn't very managerial. The press who reported that Bravo was coming are now the same ones saying that Begiristain has asked Joe to leave as Guardiola fears that he will be tarnished by moving a popular player out. If Begiristain acted on his own, then he's undermined his manager. If Guardiola knew, but had Begiristain tell Joe, that's cowardly in my opinion.
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As cowardly as causing a woman to leave her job because you're a sexist bully!!..... I think not.
 
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How do you know pep hasn't told him as well? Pep is talking up his players in the media and why wouldn't he? How do you know pep wants Joe to leave maybe begiristain was simply offering Joe so sound advice and pep has said he won't keep unhappy players. I agree with you though pep is shit he should do things the right way send him to rot in the reserves and blame refs for any poor results oh and sign players in their mid 30s to block any talent coming though. #pepout
 
macmanson said:
Not particularly fussed about this signing. I don't think he will improve the team this year and the change is likely going to cause more pain than gain. There were far bigger priorities to tackle this window. Agreed with most here that he will be savaged the first mistake he makes.
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He is literally the most important signing of the summer.
 
City_Sean said:
£14m rising to £17m is superb business.
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This. He's an excellent keeper, in all aspects. The change in how we play from having Stones play out from the back will be amplified by having a keeper that is capable of doing the same.
 
macmanson said:
Media punditry is part of challenging to be the best, so I expect that wouldn't have even entered into the mindset. There is a story out already stating that Tixi has told Joe that he needs to leave this window because "Guardiola has been taken aback by support for Hart from former players like Joey Barton and Frank Lampard, and is worried about being seen as the manager who pushes Hart out of the door."

The stories are going to come either way, but if that is really what happened to Joe, then Guardiola didn't come off strong, he looks a weasely dick and will in no way inspire team spirit as he likes to call it. I don't necessarily buy into the hype that simply having Pep makes us a better team. He had the best keeper in the world at Bayern and he didn't really elevate that teams level. A fair portion of pundits would call his time at Bayern a failure because they brought him there to win the CL and he failed 3 times at the same spot against Spanish competition.
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No one calls his time at Bayern a failure except rags.

Bayern had only managed back to back league titles once in 14 years. They hadn't done three in a row in 50 years. And winning a CL isn't that easy. Ferguson won it twice in lucky circumstances in 25 years of trying in a team just as domestically dominant as Bayern.
 
macmanson said:
Don't care for a minute what the ex-players said. The fact was that Pep said publicly that he wasn't forcing Joe out the door, they he could stay and fight for his spot. Now apparently he has the sporting director (not the manager) telling him to leave because he doesn't want to be the one blamed for forcing him out the door. Doesn't exactly strike me as running the team with balls. Makes you a weasel, or if you prefer Ibrahimovic's words, a "coward". My mates who were Bayern fans weren't exactly said to see him depart and many of them had been questioning his ability in his 3rd year there, insisting he'd rather play well than win.
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Mask slipped too far there.

Enjoy Thursday nights.
 
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