teddykgb said:I won't slate the club for not paying for Fernando if Porto were asking as much as reported, but if Fernandinho is really out 4 weeks it's unbelievable we didn't at least bring in someone who could play the position at a passable level untill he returned to fitness.
MillionDollarDream said:Pride will get you killed and even though we don't want to be seen as a club that gets run over every transfer window, central midfield was a position that absolutely needed to be filled.
We didn't.Blue Haze said:Devastating news. We fucked up the transfer window again.
TrueBlue1705 said:MillionDollarDream said:Pride will get you killed and even though we don't want to be seen as a club that gets run over every transfer window, central midfield was a position that absolutely needed to be filled.
Don't stand still - Chelsea bought two top players in Jan - We desperately needed another quality CM to cover for Yaya and Fernandinho ... Fernando but we couldn't get the deal done - If Chelsea win the league everyone will point to this and of course bang on about how good Mourinho is !!!!
We should have gone for Fernando only instead of complicating things by trying to get Mangala early. I don't know when we started negotiating with Porto but if it really was as late as last week then that too was a mistake, it made us look desperate and hence Porto jacked the price up.Kippax Street 1880 said:We go from sensational to fucking dogshit without him. Cannot believe we didn't buy for this position in January, absolutely baffles me.
BobbyManc73 said:Sorry if it's been previously asked and answered, but does this rule him out of the Barca game?
"Dogshit" LOL, I guess you weren't around when we made dogshit look good then ?Kippax Street 1880 said:We go from sensational to fucking dogshit without him.
FogBlueInSanFran said:As I see it -- assuming all the stories about the Fernando negotiations are accurate -- City took a short-term risk not filling in the central MF gap for the long-term gain of standing up to clubs trying to shake us down. And the risk appears at the moment not to have paid off.
In the long run, we will get more for our money and manage the revenue/expense gap more soundly. Doesn't make this any easier to swallow, but it was a calculated gamble.
And who knows if Fernando would even have been ready to help us today? Nearly every new acquisition takes time to grow into a side. Even if we win no trophy this year, the direction we are headed is very, very clear -- or should be -- to us as fans and to the rest of league (and the rest of Europe). And we have been wildly entertained this season too so far.
In other words, have patience and faith.
Oh, and the rags freaking suck. There's always that.
TrueBlue1705 said:FogBlueInSanFran said:As I see it -- assuming all the stories about the Fernando negotiations are accurate -- City took a short-term risk not filling in the central MF gap for the long-term gain of standing up to clubs trying to shake us down. And the risk appears at the moment not to have paid off.
In the long run, we will get more for our money and manage the revenue/expense gap more soundly. Doesn't make this any easier to swallow, but it was a calculated gamble.
And who knows if Fernando would even have been ready to help us today? Nearly every new acquisition takes time to grow into a side. Even if we win no trophy this year, the direction we are headed is very, very clear -- or should be -- to us as fans and to the rest of league (and the rest of Europe). And we have been wildly entertained this season too so far.
In other words, have patience and faith.
Oh, and the rags freaking suck. There's always that.
No one gives a shit about value for money .... We just want to win the league and beat Chelsea - If we dont win it this season I only see it getting much harder to win next season, so getting Fernando in the summer on a free will be shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted!!! .... And why the f*ck did we let Barry go to Everton given that bad decision you'd think we'd make damn sure the Fernando deal went through .... We've left ourselves woefully short of quality cover in CM. If Yaya breaks down we're completely screwed, he was trying to do the job of two players vs Chelsea......