De Bruyne?

ono said:
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Think we will win the league if we just keep everyone fit anyway but in terms of kicking on and challenging for the CL I think we have left ourselves really short if that's what we go with
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Yeah I'm a pretty positive City fan on the whole but I don't think I'll be booking time off for next years CL final.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
I think due to our poor performances against the best sides, people have an over-inflated opinion of how good the best teams in Europe are. They have a core of world class players, and I think we have, but a lot of it is team unity, experience and belief. I think that will come. With knockout competitions you can never say "we will win it this year", but I think City will reach a final within the next 2-3 years and of course, anything can happen from there.

I'd liken it to the year we won the league in 2012. At the beginning of that season there was a mutual "we are still way off United" opinion amongst a fair number of fans. I remember argueing like mad on here the season we won the FA Cup that we had already overtaken them.
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Think back to our last 16 games against Barca we weren't exactly at our best in either game and lost by only one goal in both. Aguero missed a penalty (shit happens) that if scored could have possibly led to a different end result, we'll never know. The groups we've had in the past 2 years (when you could actually say we was up there with the best teams in England) in the champions league have been extremely tough draws and we've managed to qualify from them. Compare our groups to the recent groups of Chelsea and Arsenal who's draws have been a lot nicer. You can't blame the luck of the draw but would both teams have qualified both times if the had been drawn our groups?

I wouldn't class our last 2 appearances in Europe failures yet the media and a large amount of pundits will. Hence we will again this year go into Europe with the title of underdogs riding on nothing but 'failure' in Europe so far since the Sheikh came. However we should use this to thrive off and make the rest of Europe take note of us. With a bit of luck this year particularly if we make it into the last 16, we get a kinder draw like them stuffy twats from Salford always get then it gives us a better chance of progressing. This will then allow us to properly measure where we are in regards to the top competitors in Europe.

I have a good feeling about our performance in Europe this year. Fingers crossed
 
SilverFox2 said:
I sincerely hope so because if they dismiss the Stuttgart result as ''pre season'' and don't up the work rate the value of that wake up call from yet another German side will have been wasted.
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Tbf though, Vinny & Kolarov both had nightmares & poor ol George Evans was left to do all the running for Silva & Nasri. When we moved to a more realistic team, we were probably the better side, maybe actually more energetic than they were.
 
Neville Kneville said:
Indeed, but no way will they include those 3 when calculating it.
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They never included Pozo last season, despite his 4 games, but always included Wright, who's never played. As always, the manipulate eveything to suit their agenda.

However - I think Denayer will play in 20+ games this season, and wouldn't be surprised if Lopes and Iheanacho did the same, mostly off the bench.

Lopes in particular offers something off the bench, his running in broken up play against tired defenders will be something I think Pellegrini will use. And Nacho should get game time just by virtue of being third striker, and Aguero is likely to pick up an injury at some point.

Anyway, my point is that they should play enough games that even the biggest agenda-pushing **** couldn't ignore them in such calculations.
 
Neville Kneville said:
Tbf though, Vinny & Kolarov both had nightmares & poor ol George Evans was left to do all the running for Silva & Nasri. When we moved to a more realistic team, we were probably the better side, maybe actually more energetic than they were.
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Agreed but as you say 2 first team players had a collective nightmare which should be a little worrying regarding defensive duties this season in the PL never mind CL.
 
dont understand why we haven't made a bid? Might sound a bit stupid but is there any firm evidence we are after him. Pellegrini hasn't said anything?

Its just what the papers say and close sources? If its true why hasn't a bid been made? We play on Monday?
 
FRIDAY DEADLINE

The Premier League have confirmed clubs have until midday on Friday to register any new signings for the opening weekend of the season.

The rule applies to every club, whether they are competing on Saturday, Sunday or Monday.

It means any player bought after the deadline will have to wait to make their debut and the earliest they will feature for their new club will be on August 15.
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BlueKris said:
Think back to our last 16 games against Barca we weren't exactly at our best in either game and lost by only one goal in both. Aguero missed a penalty (shit happens) that if scored could have possibly led to a different end result, we'll never know. The groups we've had in the past 2 years (when you could actually say we was up there with the best teams in England) in the champions league have been extremely tough draws and we've managed to qualify from them. Compare our groups to the recent groups of Chelsea and Arsenal who's draws have been a lot nicer. You can't blame the luck of the draw but would both teams have qualified both times if the had been drawn our groups?

I wouldn't class our last 2 appearances in Europe failures yet the media and a large amount of pundits will. Hence we will again this year go into Europe with the title of underdogs riding on nothing but 'failure' in Europe so far since the Sheikh came. However we should use this to thrive off and make the rest of Europe take note of us. With a bit of luck this year particularly if we make it into the last 16, we get a kinder draw like them stuffy twats from Salford always get then it gives us a better chance of progressing. This will then allow us to properly measure where we are in regards to the top competitors in Europe.

I have a good feeling about our performance in Europe this year. Fingers crossed
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to be honest we were battered in all those Barca L16 games, and could easily have shipped 5 or 6 per game if it wasn't for some woeful finishing and great stops from Hart
 
City_Sean said:
If, or should I say when we add De Bruyne, with the inclusion od Iheanacho, Lopes and Denayer, what does the average age of squad become? That was something we were criticised about last year.
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I've just worked it out, but cant be bothered going throught the motions of uploading the picture....... but its 28 years old

Player DOB Age
Hart 19/04/1987 28.30
Caballero 28/09/1981 33.85
Wright 05/11/1977 37.75
Clichy 26/07/1985 30.03
Demichelis 20/12/1980 34.63
Denayer 28/06/1985 30.11
Kolarov 10/11/1985 29.74
Kompany 10/04/1986 29.32
Mangala 13/02/1991 24.48
Sagna 14/02/1983 32.47
Zabaleta 16/01/1985 30.55
Delph 21/11/1989 25.71
Fernando 25/07/1987 28.03
Fernandinho 04/05/1985 30.26
Lopes 28/12/1995 19.61
Nasri 26/06/1987 28.11
Navas 21/11/1985 29.71
Silva 08/01/1986 29.57
Sterling 08/12/1994 20.66
Roberts 05/02/1997 18.50
Toure 13/05/1983 32.23
Zuculini 02/02/1993 22.51
Aguero 02/06/1988 27.18
Bony 10/12/1988 26.65
Iheanacho 03/10/1996 18.84
Average 23/08/1987 27.95
 
Kevin de Bruyne told SPORT1 media: "I am not the one telling the people I am definetely going to stay. Just to move on two weeks later. You always have to keep these things without a definitive statement. I believe people know the way I am. I am just trying to stay loyal and tell the truth."
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Invisible Man Fan said:
I've just worked it out, but cant be bothered going throught the motions of uploading the picture....... but its 28 years old

Player DOB Age
Hart 19/04/1987 28.30
Caballero 28/09/1981 33.85
Wright 05/11/1977 37.75
Clichy 26/07/1985 30.03
Demichelis 20/12/1980 34.63
Denayer 28/06/1985 30.11
Kolarov 10/11/1985 29.74
Kompany 10/04/1986 29.32
Mangala 13/02/1991 24.48
Sagna 14/02/1983 32.47
Zabaleta 16/01/1985 30.55
Delph 21/11/1989 25.71
Fernando 25/07/1987 28.03
Fernandinho 04/05/1985 30.26
Lopes 28/12/1995 19.61
Nasri 26/06/1987 28.11
Navas 21/11/1985 29.71
Silva 08/01/1986 29.57
Sterling 08/12/1994 20.66
Roberts 05/02/1997 18.50
Toure 13/05/1983 32.23
Zuculini 02/02/1993 22.51
Aguero 02/06/1988 27.18
Bony 10/12/1988 26.65
Iheanacho 03/10/1996 18.84
Average 23/08/1987 27.95
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Denier certainly isn't 30!
 
-----------------------------------------------Hart/Willy----------------------------------------------------
Zab/Sagna-----------------Komp/MDM---------------Mangala-Denayor--------------Clichy/Kolorov
-------------------------------Fern/Fern----------------Delph/Zucculini--------------------------------
Sterling/Navas/Lopes/KDB--------------KDB/Yaya/Silva-----------------------Silva/Nasri/Lopes/KDB
---------------------------------------Aguero/Bony/Iheanacho-----------------------------------------

We can rotate the forward 4, meaning we need to make fewer sacrifices in league matches before/after champions league games.
 
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