It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

richards30 said:
Could be a busy week coming up then? I imagine tomorrow if the sterling deal is announced that we go straight to sort the Cucurella deal out?? Then depending on Ake get a CB? Unlikely though it’s all done before the tour unfortunately?
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Doubt they can get a Cucurella deal and a cb deal done before Friday. Cb probably will take some time, both for akes sale and city moving for a new cb
 
foggy1974 said:
Its also a question of mentality
People going on about a fourth cb whos expected to learn Peps system but also told that they will play 35 games but unlikely to play the important games.

The only type of defender who will do that will be 1) old & very unlikely to adapt to Peps passing from the back, 2) a player motivated by money or 3) youngster who is just starting out

Pep has let Egan Riley go & Tosin went cheaply last season so other than Mbete who's signed a new contract & has probably been offered the 4cb but people on here are saying hes not upto it. So that leaves options 1 & 2

As option 1 would be a cheap option so probably having Otamendi back & 2 would mean offering silly wages for someone who's gonna want to move on. I thought we'd moved away from paying silly wages for average players.

Peps successful squad harmony as been built on players being treated the same
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You missed out Callum Doyle for option 3, i'd put him well ahead of Mbete. For most PL clubs i think he'd fit the perfect profile for 4th choice cb, a young talented local lad already with a full season of the mens game behind him. Unfortunately due to all 3 cb's being prone to picking up injuries i dont see us going down the youth route.
 
The Stockport Iniesta said:
Yeah sure, we will go into the season with just 3 CB's, ffs.
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Not true, not a whole season maybe after world cup end there's bound a potential CB replacement that wanting to move given major international tournament like World Cup is over so no need to ask guarantee minutes for fear not getting selected into national team.
 
I’ve come around to the idea that we really should just go with Mbete as fourth choice. He‘s 19 in September, with the club since U12s, trained with the first team all last season and parts of the one before…he didn’t win a raffle to get where he is, he’s a graduate of one of the best football academies in the world. Physically he’s ready and we play a good number of games each season against cannon fodder, if he can grab even 10-15 of those games this season we’re more than good enough. Shit, we made even Eric Garcia look good there. And if it turns out he really can’t do it we have Phillips who can step in in a pinch and can go back into the market in January, no harm no foul.
 
cjn said:
I’ve come around to the idea that we really should just go with Mbete as fourth choice. He‘s 19 in September, with the club since U12s, trained with the first team all last season and parts of the one before…he didn’t win a raffle to get where he is, he’s a graduate of one of the best football academies in the world. Physically he’s ready and we play a good number of games each season against cannon fodder, if he can grab even 10-15 of those games this season we’re more than good enough. Shit, we made even Eric Garcia look good there. And if it turns out he really can’t do it we have Phillips who can step in in a pinch and can go back into the market in January, no harm no foul.
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He isnt as good as Doyle,so it would seem a bit daft.
 
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