Florian Wirtz

Big Yaya Wilko 12 said:
Shit end to a shit season… shit beginning to what I imagine will be a shit summer.

Morgan Gibbs White instead of Florian Wirtz is beyond belief. Fuck me.

Viana kicking off with a stinker.

What’s happened to our board?
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Can't help if the lad wants to sign for SS Munich. Is what it is.

If Foden sorts his shit out he saves us £150m
 
Jag said:
Are we really letting arguably our greatest legend leave on a free transfer without having a replacement lined up?
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I'm assuming you mean KDB - who has been a fabulous player but his legs have gone. Kevin can't run anymore and Father Time has caught him up. It happens but you can't pick him on sentiment - he's had 1 outstanding game in over a year.
 
Lord Blue said:
Well we did ok when we missed out on Koulibaly ending up with Ruben. Or missing out on Jorginho and ending up with Rodri. Or missing out on Rice and getting Phillips. Life doesn't always follow the obvious path. Fingers crossed we make the right decision
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Missing out on Rice and ending up with Phillips went well, eh?
 
Do people really believe it was either MGW or Wirtz? It's pretty evident that MGW was a player we were in for regardless - much like Reijnders - to bring some much-needed energy in the 8 positions in midfield in front of Rodri/Nico G.

I for one am buzzing with both of them - if they both come - and then we need to move onto full backs.
 
Big Yaya Wilko 12 said:
Shit end to a shit season… shit beginning to what I imagine will be a shit summer.

Morgan Gibbs White instead of Florian Wirtz is beyond belief. Fuck me.

Viana kicking off with a stinker.

What’s happened to our board?
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What's happened to you?

You spoiled looking for galacticos?

City don't get galacticos! We always get the 3rd or 4th choice.
 
ArdwickBlue_M12 said:
Pep will ruin any sort of creativity he has. cant see players like him wanting to join us
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Sadly, I think you’ve hit on a very salient point that is overlooked by many.

The way City play is stifling for most world class players. I give you Haaland as a prime example and also the way Grealish and Foden, two great English hopes, have seemingly died on the vine at City.

Players want to play exciting football for exciting teams. They want to express themselves, not be strapped into a “round peg, round hole” framework where their natural talents are stifled.

Pep has absolutely revolutionized football with some of his tactics, especially the sweeper keeper and the inverted fullbacks, which always seeks to overload the opposition and create an open man.

HOWEVER, it has become stale, pedestrian, boring, and, quite frankly, easy to overcome by even the most industrial of teams. Pep has turned potential world class players into laborers, whose primary function is to “recycle, recycle, recycle” until we bore the opposition into submission.
Teams simply play a 6-4/4-5-1/5-4-1 against us and dare us to break them down by finding the space in a collapsed formation camped on the edge of its own penalty area.

Even against that kind of rearguard action, we have become boring, merely shuttling the ball from side to side, rather than sending it intently danger areas looking for a touch, a second ball, or a deflection…something to create anxiety at the back!

Instead, we simply allow defenders to shuffle 5 yards right or 5 yards left to blunt what passes for an attack.
Compounding this, we have two strikers who love nothing more than chasing the ball in behind, which never comes, and they get frustrated.

We have world class midfielders who are taught to stifle the instincts and abilities that created their reputations and, instead, make safe 5 yards passes.

All 3 goals were brilliant, but at 3:45 one of the best team goals of the last decade is on display.

Where did THIS City go???



Absolute class and some of the best football anyone has ever seen coming from the Boys in Blue under Pep!
 
Jag said:
Are we really letting arguably our greatest legend leave on a free transfer without having a replacement lined up?
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Have I fell asleep and this Saturday is the first game of the season?

Fuck me. This season isn’t over, let alone the transfer window wide open!

Not just aimed at you, but fuck me we have some utter wet fannies following us. Jesus fucking Christ man. It’s not even June!
 
BluestBlue said:
I’m actually shocked the reason is money. As if it should be an issue when replacing our greatest ever player… They told him to kick rocks without knowing how much Wirtz was ?? Is that even legal. Surely this is negligence of the highest level.

42 on Philips 55 on Nunes 50 odd on Nico G. Almost 150m on players the manger DOES NOT RATE. Because Bruno G for 100 was simply “too expensive” and now we have to get Reinjders for 60-70 because the ones we got now aren’t good enough.

This club man. I wonder how they’ll spin this up. “Foden x MGW are seen as enough for the 10 position with Echeverri x Marmoush seen as able to play there”
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I still reckon we cut back our spending a few years ago and continue to mention value, pull out of deals etc, to look good for the charges against us. It shows we aren't just throwing it around and taking the piss. Shows there was a plan to live within our means.

And yet, as the charges drag on I'm also sure that some players are preferring other options to us because of the charges hanging over us.

That needs putting to bed and soon.

In terms of Wirtz, he wouldn't have played against a deep back 10 often for Leverkusen. There's no certainty he'd have been a success. Disappointing if he prefers elsewhere, but we'll manage.
 
LangleyBlue1970 said:
Have I fell asleep and this Saturday is the first game of the season?

Fuck me. This season isn’t over, let alone the transfer window wide open!

Not just aimed at you, but fuck me we have some utter wet fannies following us. Jesus fucking Christ man. It’s not even June!
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The point is, you don’t decide against renewing his contract for another year unless you’re confident there’s a replacement already lined up. If the reports are accurate, Wirtz was viewed by everyone at City as that replacement. We usually handle our transfers well in advance so how did no one at City know he only wants to join Bayern?
 
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