It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

handsofstone said:
Multiple title winners yes, but they've also been key players when we've bottled the Champions league

No it's not like they've been individually responsible but they are part of the group that hasn't been able to grab the trophy we want the most

We've won 4 in 5 in the Prem....maybe a refresh and new characters could get us the champions league

It is a risk, but you can't buy new starters without letting a few go

Think Haaland seems the type to have that winners elite mentality that can be the difference in a Europe final/semi-final
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don't care about CL. it's the league cup with corruption .
 
hihosilva said:
I agree with what your saying but this could be Citys biggest squad change in one summer since Pep arrived & could initially be a backward step.
It always seems to take new players a season to bed in & understand Pep's system.
Let's not open the door to wide & let Liverpool in.
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Pep second season we had a massive squad reshuffle we on the league!
 
It'sBlue93:20 said:
I like Zagadou , very good ball-playing defender , composed on the ball. He is very tall too so is an aerial threat and also helps against defending against target men. I think he would be a good replacement.
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Zagadou
Marcos Senesi
Inigo Martinez

would be my three 'cheap' outside options. All left footed, all scouted by us previously.
 
Blue tiger said:
He wouldn't be replacing Jesus and Sterling though. For me Haaland and Alvarez are. I know people will say thay are Aguero's and Torres' replacement but Aguero and Torres hardly hard starring roles in the 20/21 season, Aguero then obviously left and again Torres left halfway through last season having been injured from around October. So for me the new lads are not replacing them, but Sterling and Jesus instead.
As for Palmer I'm not expecting him to be a world beater off the bat and start 20-25 games, but with Haaland likely to be the main man that only leaves two spots on the right and left with tye likes of Foden, Grealish, alvarez, mahrez and even Bernardo capable of playing there. So if Palmer only played 10 league games and a few cup games he will have done well.
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I hear you, and I get it. But I politely disagree.

Both when missing were through injury, not 'design'. Wouldn't see the club planning to go into the season with bodies missing just because they were previously missing through injury.

Torres I can to an extent accept, but that was his role, a longer term player that would break through for his country and find his place in the team. Which I see Alvarez as. Sure, now with Jesus gone he gets more of a chance to step in quicker, but thats a bit of a punt expectation. I have however said a few times I can see Jesus' contribution being absorbed and shared by the team, Alvarez, Palmer and others.

Aguero was missed, whether through injury or not being replaced last year. It was obvious. We have finally replaced him. Khaldoon said so, Pep said so, yet we have people here refusing to see Haaland as filling Aguero's striker role, but instead replacing a winger.

Stretching Haaland's contribution to replacing Sterling's as well is just putting us under the same kind of pressure we had to deal with when Aguero was absent. Particularly given Alvarez is new and already stretching to Gabi and Torres' place.

Whichever way you look at it, we would have lost 4 players in Aguero Torres Gabi and Raz. And replaced them with 2 in Haaland and Alvarez. Palmer is already here. Sure the two of them can maybe cover for 3. But not for 4 for me, not Raheem's numbers too. Hence I fully expect another attacking player to arrive if he is sold. Given there will be a foreign slot squad space too.
 
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SterlingSilvas said:
I think

Zagadou
Marcos Senesi
Inigo Martinez

would be my three 'cheap' outside options. All left footed, all scouted by us previously.
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I like Sendai too. I think Martinez may be a bit aging now - 30/31 yrs old. I think given we could get Zagadou for nothing that would be excellent business.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
That's fair enough. Sterling has been degrading in a City shirt and Ake is a fourth-choice centre-back.

Irrespective of their ages, perceived physical prime, my own (subjective) context is those players I did cite were key components and we still kept on winning.

Sterling and Ake are not, and they are replaceable.
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You think we will replace them mate?
 
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