It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

People around saying that Man City may not replace more outgoings, and that Pep more and more likes working with a smallish squad.. and that Grealish, Haaland was the replacements etc. What they are forgetting is that they are replacing Kun and Torres as well from back when City had a much bigger squad really.
19 senior* pros is at LEAST one to few I feel.

Ederson
Ortega

Walker
Cancelo
Dias
Stones
Laporte
Zinchenko/Cucurella

Rodri
Phillips
De Bruyne
Gündoğan
Silva

Foden
Grealish
Mahrez
Palmer*
Álvarez
Haaland

*Including Palmer

Its pretty crazy that a lot of journalists and fans of other teams thinks this really.. they still think City got the widest squad in da world. Its like 2020 talk.
They are all extremely high quality but you need pure numbers at times as well.


Edit: in my mind though, I do think that Grealish signing was a thought of cos they probably knew that Sterling was not gonna re-sign and they wanted to pre-cover themselves in that eventuality (sale, 1y contract left) but all the rest is not.

e2: For comparison 1 sept. 2020, City had 21 comparable including Foden that had a senior high wage contract by then, +Garcia. Only position that wasn't double-covered then was AM/CM with 3 instead of 4.
 
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loio said:
People around saying that Man City may not replace more outgoings, and that Pep more and more likes working with a smallish squad.. and that Grealish, Haaland was the replacements etc. What they are forgetting is that they are replacing Kun and Torres as well from back when City had a much bigger squad really.
19 senior* pros is AT LEAST one too little I feel.

Ederson
Ortega

Walker
Cancelo
Dias
Stones
Laporte
Zinchenko/Cucurella

Rodri
Phillips
De Bruyne
Gündoğan
Silva

Foden
Grealish
Mahrez
Palmer
Álvarez
Haaland

*Including Palmer

Its pretty crazy that a lot of journalists and fans of other teams thinks this really.. they still think City got the widest squad in da world. Its like 2020 talk.


Edit: in my mind though, I do think that Grealish signing was a thought they probably knew that Sterling was not gonna re-sign and they wanted to pre-cover themselves in that eventuality (sale, 1y contract left) but all the rest is not.
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Cucurella
keep Zinchenko
Salisu

Also Carson and McAtee
 
loio said:
People around saying that Man City may not replace more outgoings, and that Pep more and more likes working with a smallish squad.. and that Grealish, Haaland was the replacements etc. What they are forgetting is that they are replacing Kun and Torres as well from back when City had a much bigger squad really.
19 senior* pros is at LEAST one to few I feel.

Ederson
Ortega

Walker
Cancelo
Dias
Stones
Laporte
Zinchenko/Cucurella

Rodri
Phillips
De Bruyne
Gündoğan
Silva

Foden
Grealish
Mahrez
Palmer
Álvarez
Haaland

*Including Palmer

Its pretty crazy that a lot of journalists and fans of other teams thinks this really.. they still think City got the widest squad in da world. Its like 2020 talk.
They are all extremely high quality but you need pure numbers at times as well.


Edit: in my mind though, I do think that Grealish signing was a thought they probably knew that Sterling was not gonna re-sign and they wanted to pre-cover themselves in that eventuality (sale, 1y contract left) but all the rest is not.
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They will replace Ake...Cucurella is not "replacing" Zinchenko...and McAtee will be the 6 midfielder...that's 22'''...
 
JewelZee said:
They will replace Ake...Cucurella is not "replacing" Zinchenko...and McAtee will be the 6 midfielder...that's 22'''...
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Yes I hope so.. some reports saying that Zinch got a deal in place with Everton already though cos him and his missus wants to stay in the northwest (+play in midfield) and thats why Arsenal and Arteta didnt go for him, and City is just waiting for the Cucu deal to roll.. those reports might be wrong though.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
We should offer whatever their first payment was for Torres to get him back.
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I liked the kid. His finishing was beautiful but Pep didn't fully trust him. Makes you wonder what he saw that was lacking.. a persistent press, ball possession, hustle.

I'll give Pep the benefit of the doubt on this one but I was really surprised when it was announced he wanted to leave.
 
Blue_Lightsaber said:
I liked the kid. His finishing was beautiful but Pep didn't fully trust him. Makes you wonder what he saw that was lacking.. a persistent press, ball possession, hustle.

I'll give Pep the benefit of the doubt on this one but when it was announced he wanted to leave.. I was really surprised.
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Consistency, I guess. He’d be missing for huge chunks of games.

He‘s only young though. He could be a special player. Who knows?
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Consistency, I guess. He’d be missing for huge chunks of games.

He‘s only young though. He could be a special player. Who knows?
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I don't know either.. but maybe Pep saw Cole Palmer just having a better future than Torres and there was always the risk of a spanish club would come calling so we sold him when his stock was really high.

In a way Luca Barrington reminds me of him.
 
Blue_Lightsaber said:
I don't know either.. but maybe Pep saw Cole Palmer just having a better future than Torres and there was always the risk of a spanish club would come calling so we sold him when his stock was really high.

In a way Luca Barrington reminds me of him.
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It might just be that Torres asked to leave and Pep said, ok.
 
samuelyeboah said:
I watched a little bit of Cole palmer highlights and I gotta say he's such an exciting player. I think i'd be okay with him being mahrez's understudy. Wouldn't be the end of the world if we don't get someone.
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I watched a little bit of Georgie Samares's highlights and he looked good ,the live version, didn't back it up.
We have to be so careful with youngsters, but we do have the ideal man to manage , his and others, game time.
 
Chappie said:
I watched a little bit of Georgie Samares's highlights and he looked good ,the live version, didn't back it up.
We have to be so careful with youngsters, but we do have the ideal man to manage , his and others, game time.
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Right.. well, I meant to say I rewatched the highlights, having obviously watched them live at the time, to remind myself what an exciting player he is.
 
loio said:
Yes I hope so.. some reports saying that Zinch got a deal in place with Everton already though cos him and his missus wants to stay in the northwest (+play in midfield) and thats why Arsenal and Arteta didnt go for him, and City is just waiting for the Cucu deal to roll.. those reports might be wrong though.
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In that case I think we'll need to bring in 2 FBs...unless they plan on keeping Kabore with the first squad...
 
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