How long will the rebuild take?

[Keeper!]

The Rodri situation was a tough one as who was going to come in and be his understudy. There didn't seem to be any obvious choices available?

Now he's injured we have a long list

 

[CC1]

I always read Pep's comments carefully, because what he says and how he says it has bearing on our result. What I can deduce right now from his post match interviews is is that he didn't expect this kind of a meltdown, he couldn't predict how serious it could be even with some expected loss of form and worst of all, he really doesn't seem to know how to fix it.
Yesterday comments about survivability were made because he thinks this team is beyond fixable. We usually say he' ll find a way and we witnessed he tried everything and it has been becoming progressively worse.
In 14 PL games he had the same back line in the first two games. Akanji started at least once in any of the four positions and do not get mi on Lewis, so masters of everything turned to masters of nothing. It is just not viable to make so many changes so often whether he was forced or not and yesterday Grealish and Doku subs and where they ended up playing is exemplary how he's been making wrong decisions. And with Rodri injured we kept the momentum somehow, but when it dawned on all of them he was gone for the whole season all positive energy to feed on disappeared.
I have no clue where it goes from here with the team playing the worst football since Mancini's last season, the change of DOF and him staying relatively short term.
I Just do not buy this 'end of cycle' theory , the players he is fielding every week are good enough - in my view - to mix it up to stay in the title race, but we somehow ended up with every single player being out of form, that is just not normal.
I'll still renew my season ticket, still travel to as many games to Etihad and London away games, but it is deeply worrying.

Wow. Calm down. We’ll get players back & buy in January

 

[TFC]

It's going to take a few years, and the recruitment is going to have to be spot on for there to not be much of a lull in us competing at the top table.

There no guarantee that Rodri will be able to hit the ground running, so there needs to be a complete overhaul in the midfield (age/injury prone players). The defence in its current guise is pretty much done through age and injuries too, so another area we need heavy recruiment (bring THB home for starters). Goalie we are probably good for a year or two, but time to get a young talent in the squad I reckon and let one of Eddie or Stefan move on for their own good.

As for the forward line, you hope Erl sticks around, but realistically you could also argue that he's here for 3-5 years and then onwards as the top talents tend to do these days. Additions/backup obviously needed.

We as fans have the benefit of hindsight, but some of those young kids we let go are starting to become excellent players away from the club. Lets have a look at some of those buyback clauses City.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

It would be a surprise for us to spend big in Jan I think. When does the new chap formally replace Txixi?

 

[Goldust]

For starters we need a RB and a CM in January. With Bobb coming back it will be like a new Winton the offensive front.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

We as fans have the benefit of hindsight, but some of those young kids we let go are starting to become excellent players away from the club. Lets have a look at some of those buyback clauses City.

Who do we have buyback clause with that would be of any good to us?
Lavia and Rodgers don't have a buyback clause and I don't think there is one for Palmer either.

 

[moggymoz]

Precisely 2 days, 7 hours, 21 minutes and 48 seconds.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Who do we have buyback clause with that would be of any good to us?
Lavia and Rodgers don't have a buyback clause and I don't think there is one for Palmer either.

Harwood Bellis and Delap both have them. May be more aswell but I know they do for sure. I don't rate Delap at all but we'll make a profit on him if we trigger it with how he's doing for Ipswich.

THB walks into our defence at the moment and we could have done with Tommy and Callum Doyle aswell in this injury crisis.

 

[the blue panther]

6 businesses mate and all successful thank you. I’m obviously not in football but the club has been FAR too reliant on Pep getting them out of the shit over the last few years and getting over the line on the last day of the season most times? Even with a fit squad I just think it needs a refresh as most clubs do but it’s the same in business generally? New products, new offers, new styles , new rewards etc depending on which industry you are in but changes need to be made. I don’t get into things with people on football forums to be honest mate so it’s all good as I try to keep my temper in check so being released from jail 12 years ago due to my temper going off to easily and nearly killing someone who insulted my wife.

"Wife..." you say?
You know the rules......

 

[BungleBear]

Harwood Bellis and Delap both have them. May be more aswell but I know they do for sure. I don't rate Delap at all but we'll make a profit on him if we trigger it with how he's doing for Ipswich.

THB walks into our defence at the moment and we could have done with Tommy and Callum Doyle aswell in this injury crisis.

The buy back clauses are normally for far more than we sell the player for and have a limited window.

We sell for £20m we buy back for £40m in the first 2 years, and it will be set windows not mid season.