De Bruyne?

[Dax777]

Sterling, de Bruyne & Delph to replace Lampard, Milner, Dzeko & Jovetic hardly seems like overstacking ?

A lot of City fans are not used to buying starters to replace Backups. This exactly how you strengthen a team.

I wguned about it last summer, that we were buying Backups to replace other Backups. Thus, not strengthening the first 11. Now we are replacing starters and turning those old starters in to the new Backups, and getting rid of the inferior Backups. That's what winning teams do.

This may very well be our best summer ever period.

I haven't had a single complaint :)

Had we not even gotten any of the targets, I'd have been fine. Coz we went in for them.

Sterling, Pogba, De Bryune. We've been in for all 3. This is how ambitious teams operate.

I mean check the history the guys we are after:

Best young player in England: check
Best young player in Europe: check
Best creator in Europe last year: check
Best English player outside the top 4: check

Sure we can argue over who is or isn't overrated. And frankly they all could be overrated. But you'd be silly to conclude they are all below average overpriced chumps.

It is not so much about any individual we've acquired, but rather the collective. So I'm not gonna get bugged down anymore in the minutiae of 'his he better than Hazard or Nasri or Lopez?" As the real answer is that City will be better when they add Sterling, Debruyne and Pogba to the squad, than they've ever been before in their history.

Yeah go ahead, ponder that for a second. If we pull these deals all off, we will be on the verge of witnessing the best City team EVER.

So rather than all this flapping, some of you might want to get your video cams up and ready. Coz you'd want your kid's kids to know you witnessed this.

We are about to go digital nuclear, and some are busy making analog complaints. Shhsh!

 

[domalino]

@TRUE BLUE NO1
@Stephenhakin
He got them from here!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/yaya-toure-urges-manchester-city-6123607

Here are Yaya's words sepcifically:

“The target of the club is to reach the level of Real Madrid and Barcelona, and I know the manager and the chairman are working very hard” says Toure.

“It’s wonderful because I think we have signed some great players in Sterling and Delph. We hope they will give us a massive boost.

“The market is not so easy, looking from afar at how many clubs are selling players. But the most important thing is for the club to try to improve. If you want important players you have to be winning and doing well.

“And if we are doing well, then it's a sure thing a couple of good players will come.

“We are a young squad and we have a couple of young players coming through. What we have to do is keep working hard and believe the chairman can do something to bring quality players to the squad.

“If he does that will make it possible (to reach the level of Madrid and Barcelona) because this year is a massive challenge for us.

“Mancini is one of the great coaches but my contract is with City. There was too much speculation about me leaving.

“I have my contract and I want to see the end of that contract, that's all. I have been at City for five years now I have always been criticised about what I am doing.

“But the manager has a lot of trust and confidence in me and football for me is everything.

“I am emotional, I always try to flourish and always try to be at my best even when sometimes it is not easy.

“People say stupid things around me but I always try to focus even though sometimes you can be disturbed.

“I have always known for 32 years that I can play until I’m 40 because I know my quality and that’s all.”​

 

[MillionDollarDream]

the players you quoted all play in different positions, i was more on about our attacking side which i think is already good enough, having 2 players in every position has lead to situations like now where he have a load of unhappy players - dzeko, jovetic and doesn't work imo, it stops young players getting a chance. why can't we give potential and youth a chance now ? giving lopes a chance isn't gonna harm us imo

Dzeko and Jovetic are strikers and no top team has that many strikers in their side, most teams are playing with 1 ST up top and play with goal scoring AM's. We are now hoping on the bandwagon and have been playing 4-3-3/4-5-1 this pre season there is now no room for that many strikers and we will still have Kun/Bony/and a youth player in Iheanacho. That's still top quality at ST. We would also have 6 AMs to choose from which keeps the 2 at every position consistent as I previously mention with all 6 getting plenty of games in a 4-3-3.

 

[Stephenhakin]

@TRUE BLUE NO1
@Stephenhakin
He got them from here!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/yaya-toure-urges-manchester-city-6123607

Here are Yaya's words sepcifically:

“The target of the club is to reach the level of Real Madrid and Barcelona, and I know the manager and the chairman are working very hard” says Toure.

“It’s wonderful because I think we have signed some great players in Sterling and Delph. We hope they will give us a massive boost.

“The market is not so easy, looking from afar at how many clubs are selling players. But the most important thing is for the club to try to improve. If you want important players you have to be winning and doing well.

“And if we are doing well, then it's a sure thing a couple of good players will come.

“We are a young squad and we have a couple of young players coming through. What we have to do is keep working hard and believe the chairman can do something to bring quality players to the squad.

“If he does that will make it possible (to reach the level of Madrid and Barcelona) because this year is a massive challenge for us.

“Mancini is one of the great coaches but my contract is with City. There was too much speculation about me leaving.

“I have my contract and I want to see the end of that contract, that's all. I have been at City for five years now I have always been criticised about what I am doing.

“But the manager has a lot of trust and confidence in me and football for me is everything.

“I am emotional, I always try to flourish and always try to be at my best even when sometimes it is not easy.

“People say stupid things around me but I always try to focus even though sometimes you can be disturbed.

“I have always known for 32 years that I can play until I’m 40 because I know my quality and that’s all.”​

So where is the quote Brennan quoted?

 

[BigOscar]

Sterling, de Bruyne & Delph to replace Lampard, Milner, Dzeko & Jovetic hardly seems like overstacking ?

Except Yaya probably needs moving forwards, while Lopes has returned and we'd be replacing two backup players in Lampard and Milner with two every week starters in De Bruyne and Sterling. Kelechi and Bony are replacing Jovetic and Dzeko. I see it as Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling, Yaya, Nasri, Navas and Lopes for only 3 positions. That's a lot of top quality talent, compared to Fernandinho, Fernando and Delph for the two holding roles.

 

[domalino]

Best English player outside the top 4: check

Best english player outside the top 4? Not sure if you mean Delph or Sterling?

 

[domalino]

So where is the quote Brennan quoted?

He says if we are doing well a couple of good players will come, and if Khaldoon can do that, we will be able to reach the level of Real/Barca

Brennan has paraphrased him and only quoted the couple of good players bit.

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

@TRUE BLUE NO1
@Stephenhakin
He got them from here!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/yaya-toure-urges-manchester-city-6123607

Here are Yaya's words sepcifically:

“The target of the club is to reach the level of Real Madrid and Barcelona, and I know the manager and the chairman are working very hard” says Toure.

“It’s wonderful because I think we have signed some great players in Sterling and Delph. We hope they will give us a massive boost.

“The market is not so easy, looking from afar at how many clubs are selling players. But the most important thing is for the club to try to improve. If you want important players you have to be winning and doing well.

“And if we are doing well, then it's a sure thing a couple of good players will come.

“We are a young squad and we have a couple of young players coming through. What we have to do is keep working hard and believe the chairman can do something to bring quality players to the squad.

“If he does that will make it possible (to reach the level of Madrid and Barcelona) because this year is a massive challenge for us.

“Mancini is one of the great coaches but my contract is with City. There was too much speculation about me leaving.

“I have my contract and I want to see the end of that contract, that's all. I have been at City for five years now I have always been criticised about what I am doing.

“But the manager has a lot of trust and confidence in me and football for me is everything.

“I am emotional, I always try to flourish and always try to be at my best even when sometimes it is not easy.

“People say stupid things around me but I always try to focus even though sometimes you can be disturbed.

“I have always known for 32 years that I can play until I’m 40 because I know my quality and that’s all.”​

Thanks Domalino!.....appreciate you posting the comments!;)

 

[domalino]

Except Yaya probably needs moving forwards, while Lopes has returned and we'd be replacing two backup players in Lampard and Milner with two every week starters in De Bruyne and Sterling. Kelechi and Bony are replacing Jovetic and Dzeko. I see it as Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling, Yaya, Nasri, Navas and Lopes for only 3 positions. That's a lot of top quality talent, compared to Fernandinho, Fernando and Delph for the two holding roles.

You may think he needs to be moved forwards, but it's clear Pellegrini doesn't. So Yaya isn't going to play as one of the 3 behind the striker any time soon, unless it's at the end of a game where we just throw him forwards.

So it's 6 players for 3 places over 60 games. Sterling Silva KDB, Nasri, Lopes, Navas.

 

[BigOscar]

You may think he needs to be moved forwards, but it's clear Pellegrini doesn't. So Yaya isn't going to play as one of the 3 behind the striker any time soon.

So it's 6 players for 3 places over 60 games. Sterling Silva KDB, Nasri, Lopes, Navas.

If our plan is to play Yaya every game in a midfield two all year, then our planning is fucked.