Full Backs?

Been quietly hoping we'd go for Bertrand. Definitely an improvement on what we have and a good age. Like someone else said, a.much more realistic option than Danny Rose who 100% won't be joining us.

We definitely need a centre back but I also believe the ones we have are being severely hampered by our failure to sort out the full backs.
 
geoff clipp said:
Been quietly hoping we'd go for Bertrand. Definitely an improvement on what we have and a good age. Like someone else said, a.much more realistic option than Danny Rose who 100% won't be joining us.

We definitely need a centre back but I also believe the ones we have are being severely hampered by our failure to sort out the full backs.
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Activate that release clause ASAP!
 
BlueDeadHead said:
We don't need British players. I wish people would stop spreading that myth.
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If Clichy goes I think we need at least one. We are on the 17 non homegrown limit now. If Cabellero, Zaba, Sagna, Navas and Toure go we have 5 spots for next season. Assuming we bring in 2 fullbacks a centre back, a keeper and 2 centre mid, that's 6 in so at least one needs to be home grown. it would be easier IMO to find a homegrown leftback than any of the other positions.
 
Ever since the Liverpool game, I am starting to have nightmares about signing a short fullback like Grimaldo.
 
blueparrot said:
If Clichy goes I think we need at least one. We are on the 17 non homegrown limit now. If Cabellero, Zaba, Sagna, Navas and Toure go we have 5 spots for next season. Assuming we bring in 2 fullbacks a centre back, a keeper and 2 centre mid, that's 6 in so at least one needs to be home grown. it would be easier IMO to find a homegrown leftback than any of the other positions.
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We don't HAVE to fill out our quota. The quota will fill itself in in the coming years (Maffeo, Angelino, Deneyar, Gunn, Roberts, Nacho, Garcia,Tosin, Diaz....). In the past the problem has been we don't have enough Brits AND we don't have kids good enough for the first team meaning we had smaller than desired squads. With plenty of U21s now ready for the first team we will have no problem filling out a 25 man squad. So...no need for British players. It was a problem. It no longer is.
 
BlueDeadHead said:
We don't HAVE to fill out our quota. The quota will fill itself in in the coming years (Maffeo, Angelino, Deneyar, Gunn, Roberts, Nacho, Garcia,Tosin, Diaz....). In the past the problem has been we don't have enough Brits AND we don't have kids good enough for the first team meaning we had smaller than desired squads. With plenty of U21s now ready for the first team we will have no problem filling out a 25 man squad. So...no need for British players. It was a problem. It no longer is.
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I know, I'm not worried about homegrown quotas.
I'm coming at it from the other way we can't go over 17 non homegrown, my point was if we bring 6 players in, and I think we will, unless we sell somebody else, other than the out of contracts.,which is possible. At least one of the 6 will need to be homegrown, or else we will have 18 non homegrown.
 
blueparrot said:
I know, I'm not worried about homegrown quotas.
I'm coming at it from the other way we can't go over 17 non homegrown, my point was if we bring 6 players in, and I think we will, unless we sell somebody else, other than the out of contracts.,which is possible. At least one of the 6 will need to be homegrown, or else we will have 18 non homegrown.
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Gotcha...I follow ya. I expect their will be sales in addition to the out of contracts. I think we can assume Sterling, Stones, and Delph (probably) stay...so you only have one slot to play with unless we go for a Trippier or Schmeical type.
 
BlueDeadHead said:
So you admit we don't NEED British players. You WANT British players (probably because you are a Brit?). Two very different things.
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alright xD maybe i should have put want.......... and yea I'm a brit ( cheadle hulme), imo most city fans want some british players in this team, specifically ones from our academy. for example if angus gunn was given a chance, most would get behind him. and it would give the fans a player connection. like we have with hart. just my opinion of course.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
alright xD maybe i should have put want.......... and yea I'm a brit ( cheadle hulme), imo most city fans want some british players in this team, specifically ones from our academy. for example if angus gunn was given a chance, most would get behind him. and it would give the fans a player connection. like we have with hart. just my opinion of course.
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Oh I get it. If I was a Brit I expect I would feel the same. It is all perspective. I only care about who "qualifies" as a Brit. So in that sense I think that is where City fans find common ground. We all want our academy products to succeed. I personally don't care where they were born though as long as they joined three years before they turn 21.
 
BlueDeadHead said:
Oh I get it. If I was a Brit I expect I would feel the same. It is all perspective. I only care about who "qualifies" as a Brit. So in that sense I think that is where City fans find common ground. We all want our academy products to succeed. I personally don't care where they were born though as long as they joined three years before they turn 21.
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fair enough mate. and yea its all about perspective. i suppose i dont really care as long as they are good enough, maffeo a great example of that. but id love to see some mancunians in the side. having a player that represents manchester and our fans would be the dream imo.
 
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