Dusan Vlahovic | Signed for Juventus

[birchwoodgingerste]

if they are going for vlahovic they obviously know

Who said we are?:))

 

[yatesy94.]

Vlahovic in - Torres out
Haaland in - Sterling out

Jesus. This transfer stuff is a cinch.

No way Sterling out he deserves a season with a world-class striker upfront. As long as he extends of course.

 

[Dax777]

Vlahovic in - Torres out
Haaland in - Sterling out

Jesus. This transfer stuff is a cinch.

We can only have one main man. It will be one or the other.

 

[Daz_Blue]

Vlahovic in - Torres out
Haaland in - Sterling out

Jesus. This transfer stuff is a cinch.

Gabby says he agrees with you ...it is a cinch

 

[Daz_Blue]

barca have already said they haven’t got a pot to piss in

They can just give us Frankie in a swap then :)

 

[Agueroooo9320]

I sometimes wonder if this false nine is just the way the press try to describe our forward positions, in reality we keep one player as wide as possible on each side; and the others are mixing it up without blocking the LB & RB over/underlap channels - it’s more of a swarm than positions with rapid changes of who is where.

It takes players time to work out the quick pace of positional rotation up front which is why it’s hard to settle and be productive - and why we need serious football brains and not individual stars in the team.

It’s also why traditional defensive set ups struggle against city and why almost every team drops to 5 or 6 in the back line of defence - it’s just impossible to man mark.

If we do get a true out and out striker, they need to be more than just a goal poacher (Sergio struggled with this to start) so that actually cuts down the number of players that would work in the current system - unless we change to accommodate- don’t think pep will do that.

Outside of Haaland or Kane I struggle to see the right fit which is why we might end up with swapping out a midfielder for another attacking midfielder.

Didn’t pep once say he would prefer to play with 11 midfielders ? Well with Eddie and our current back line that’s what we do currently basically - not done too bad for us has it.

I don’t know enough about Vlahović to say if he would be a good fit or not, but if pep wanted him I do too.

go and check out Christopher Nkunku you will find the exact player you describe

 

[Paul1970]

No way Sterling out he deserves a season with a world-class striker upfront. As long as he extends of course.

Should we pay a massive contract for a player that so far doesn’t deserve it . Sterling should only receive a contract offer if he performs well enough until the end of the season. If he wants to stay then he should agree to that deal .

 

[TonyM]

We can only have one main man. It will be one or the other.

That's what I thought too but just today I'm wondering if Pep might have a mad plan to play two. Unlikely I know but I'd love some mental wild card change of strategy. :-)

 

[colesy]

One concern I have about this transfer, he has popped up over the past two seasons as a star, and is performing at a level because he is playing every game for Fiorentina. How would he perform when maybe on the bench one in three to four games at City? Haaland has just spent an extended period injured, but scored in his first two games back, so game time maybe less important on his goalscoring.

My other would be that if we land him, it would look like we will not be going after Haaland, and therefore allowing another team to obtain what could be classed as the best young striker in Europe. Hopefully if this happens, it would not be an EPL team.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

One concern I have about this transfer, he has popped up over the past two seasons as a star, and is performing at a level because he is playing every game for Fiorentina. How would he perform when maybe on the bench one in three to four games at City? Haaland has just spent an extended period injured, but scored in his first two games back, so game time maybe less important on his goalscoring.

My other would be that if we land him, it would look like we will not be going after Haaland, and therefore allowing another team to obtain what could be classed as the best young striker in Europe. Hopefully if this happens, it would not be an EPL team.

My main concern is that goals in Serie A often don't translate well to goals in the Premier League. I feel like Bundesliga players tend to do better. Obviously Werner disproves this theory, but I think generally it's true.

 

[colesy]

My main concern is that goals in Serie A often don't translate well to goals in the Premier League. I feel like Bundesliga players tend to do better. Obviously Werner disproves this theory, but I think generally it's true.

I agree, and so do Corradi, Jovetic and Bianchi.

 

[Rhapsody in Blue]

I agree, and so do Corradi, Jovetic and Bianchi.

Not Salah though

 

[Deleted member 87819]

My main concern is that goals in Serie A often don't translate well to goals in the Premier League. I feel like Bundesliga players tend to do better. Obviously Werner disproves this theory, but I think generally it's true.

He doesn’t need to score the same amount of goals

 

[mac]

One concern I have about this transfer, he has popped up over the past two seasons as a star, and is performing at a level because he is playing every game for Fiorentina. How would he perform when maybe on the bench one in three to four games at City? Haaland has just spent an extended period injured, but scored in his first two games back, so game time maybe less important on his goalscoring.

My other would be that if we land him, it would look like we will not be going after Haaland, and therefore allowing another team to obtain what could be classed as the best young striker in Europe. Hopefully if this happens, it would not be an EPL team.

Tbf to our team we probably play 20 games or more so games played will even out.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

Playing right now vs Bologna

 

[thereWasATime]

If we want him, he's ours. This will just be an indication of whether we're prepared to gamble it for the Haaland gamble.

I wonder if Pep doesn't want to put all his eggs in one basket AKA Haaland, so we are actually looking to sign two not one forwards.

 

[MCFC1993]

Watched the 1st half v Bologna, 1-1 at half time. He's arguably been the worst player on the pitch, completely anonymous and Fiorentina have dominated the ball, so not great.

Musa Barrow's strike for Bologna was cracking though, Bernardo-esque (v Aston Villa).

I've either picked the wrong games to watch him this season or I'm missing something. I don't think he's that good and definitely not a Pep player.

Watching Rochdale-Plymouth now but I'll try to catch bits of the 2nd half.

 

[rowarta]

Watched the 1st half v Bologna, 1-1 at half time. He's arguably been the worst player on the pitch, completely anonymous and Fiorentina have dominated the ball, so not great.

Musa Barrow's strike for Bologna was cracking though, Bernardo-esque (v Aston Villa).

I've either picked the wrong games to watch him this season or I'm missing something. I don't think he's that good and definitely not a Pep player.

Watching Rochdale-Plymouth now but I'll try to catch bits of the 2nd half.

same, watch 1H and he was anonymous. Did notice he was pressing, just not sure on how effective he was.

for me a €70M gamble compared to Haaland.

 

[Petetheblu]

I wonder if Pep doesn't want to put all his eggs in one basket AKA Haaland, so we are actually looking to sign two not one forwards.

I worry what Pep thinks about Haaland's passing. There's a limit to what you can improve aka Raheem.

 

[Agueroooo9320]

Watched the 1st half v Bologna, 1-1 at half time. He's arguably been the worst player on the pitch, completely anonymous and Fiorentina have dominated the ball, so not great.

Musa Barrow's strike for Bologna was cracking though, Bernardo-esque (v Aston Villa).

I've either picked the wrong games to watch him this season or I'm missing something. I don't think he's that good and definitely not a Pep player.

Watching Rochdale-Plymouth now but I'll try to catch bits of the 2nd half.

how many times did the team feed him the ball? if Fiorentina has the ball and the other teams stay comopact. usually his orders are to simply stay in the box. If you watch a open game you will see all his skills to playmake and hold the ball up and to construct a move.