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This team needs some 400 million worth of new talent to compete with the new set of challengers - Liverpool Arsenal and then Chelsea
And I say this with very seriously - a generational full back - walker was 50 back then - we need another 60 70
A KDB regen - 120-150 million
A VVD or Laporte - 80-90 mil
A Mahrez or two - another 100 million

I don’t know we can do that but we did that before once when Pep arrived and we ended up with tons of trophies
 
shemnel said:
I didn't think the result was too bad? I mean, have we all forgotten our form of the last two months?

This isn't just a few injuries putting us under par, there are some real issues with certain players, simple errors that aren't going away etc. No it's not nice to see the general sluggishness going forward but that point isn't bad.
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The injuries are the primary reason. It's having a knock-on effect to other players in that they are not getting their usual rotation. Whether that rotation would be for physical or mental tiredness doesn't make a difference, it's still needed. Players cannot play every 3 or 4 days and still be at their best.
 
bigA said:
It's definitely rebuild time for Pep and the team and we have to recruit a hell of a lot better than the past couple of seasons. And in all departments as well. This team has run it's cycle and it's been an exhilarating ride for sure but it's time to move some of the players on and replace them with quality players or maybe give the likes of McAtee, O'Reilly, Wright and other youngsters more game time.

But with the PSR, APT, FFP restrictions put in place by the PL (or the red cartel to be honest) it's going to be a big ask to recruit quality players as quickly as it is needed.

But they cannot take away the fact we've done a domestic grand slam, the daddy treble, 4 in a row title wins, World Club champions, Super Cup winners. Yet all these numpties from Dipperpool, Tarquinville, Trafford Swamplands and others keep slagging Pep off with "Fraudiola, he can only manage clubs with massive backing behind him, yada, yada, yada". But if they had the chance of taking Pep as their manager, they would have took it like a shot. Anyone who says they wouldn't are lying through their teeth.
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I agree with your comments on our success...they are quite unbelievable. As for Pep. He is also an unbelievable coach however let's be unbiased and objective . Could he really have achieved such success without the players he has had? I really dont believe so. I think the current predicament we are in bares that out. Would another top team want him...for sure they would.
 
bluemoon32 said:
Laugh all you want but i'd rather we didn't turn into Wengers latter Arsenal days.
Of course, i didn't mean i'd walk away if we didn't win the title, i just meant i don't see why sides celebrate coming 2nd, 3rd or 4th.
I have no problem with not winning trophies, it happens, i just wouldn't celebrate finishing 2nd, 3rd or 4th
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I agree mate, I won’t be going to the top 4 parade either ;-)

My view is a top 4 league finish and winning cup(s) would be brilliant this season, bearing in mind the point we’re at. Of course I don’t want us to give up trying to win the league, but if we don’t win it, top 4 does matter, cos the money matters; it directly impacts everything else in the following season. Saying it matters is not the same as saying I’d “celebrate” it.
Don’t walk away anyway mate!
 
NLW Blue said:
I didnt see the game as I was visiting my mum in hospital, but from the gist of the posts in the thread I gather city were shit.

The sign of a good team is one that plays shit and doesn't lose.

That's 2 games unbeaten.

Let's stick together blues.
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Yep. Before you know it we will be on 40points and safe.
 
skillman said:
He’s always the same on corners. Never tracks his man or attempts to jump
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Yes, Arsenal comes to mind. My heart now sinks when I see him start. He's been a true legend for my club but unfortunately we've been playing him at least 12/18 months to long.
 
i thought it was a poor performance. Lewis scored a nice goal but he was outclassed by their forwards and couldnt cope. Gundgoan remains very slow. Without Dias we’d have lost by 2. Savinho was very disappointing - perhaps the weather is just not something he can cope with at this stage
 
Just seen the Rico second yellow. Barely enough contact to warrant a free kick let alone a card. What the Palace fellah was doing grimacing as though his lower leg had been amputated. At the speed of PL play refs cannot get it right when they don't resort to VAR. Corporal Jones has seen the guy writhing that you'd expect from a medieval torture chamber and he's gone for that. He inflicted more pain on Rico. Another ref who knows how to hide behind a yellow card. Tosser.
 
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makinghistory said:
I agree with your comments on our success...they are quite unbelievable. As for Pep. He is also an unbelievable coach however let's be unbiased and objective . Could he really have achieved such success without the players he has had? I really dont believe so. I think the current predicament we are in bares that out. Would another top team want him...for sure they would.
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Not sure how you seperate Pep from the players he's had. He's trained them, picked the team and no doubt had a massive influence on who we bought over the years, what more do you want and what makes you think that the players he has had led to his success? He could have a different group of players and won even more? Are there any players in particular you think he couldn't have done it without them? When you're a manager at the top of the game you get good players per se.
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
Just seen the Rico second yellow. Barely enough contact to warrant a free kick let alone a card. What the Palace fellah was doing grimacing as though his lower leg had been amputated. At the speed of PL play refs cannot get it right when they don't resort to VAR. Corporal Jones has seen the guy writhing that you'd expect from a medieval torture chamber and he's gone for that. He inflicted more pain on Rico. Another ref who knows how to hid behind a yellow card. Tosser.
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He, Mateta and Hughes all cheated today. Proper melts.
 
Paul1970 said:
Let’s change the team that battered forest and then go back to the sane legkess team that clearly struggles . This is on pep and he needs to start either getting it right or stop being pig headed .
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what if he stops being pig-headed but keeps getting it wrong?
 
Paul1970 said:
Let’s change the team that battered forest and then go back to the sane legkess team that clearly struggles . This is on pep and he needs to start either getting it right or stop being pig headed .
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You are the one being pig headed here. The changes were due to injuries (Akanji and Ake) or players not being completely fit yet (Grealish and Doku).
 
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