It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

[Cobwebcat]

As long as we sign one , we are good imo..

I’ve always said it’s better to sign nobody than anybody, but just this once..

 

[CityBluez]

I’ve always said it’s better to sign nobody than anybody, but just this once..

Sosa is not bad. And will won't cost much. 25 mil. And this time we need a LB

 

[alexmcity]

If we are patient enough we may get some very interesting proposals over the next 10 days. I don't expect a deal for a new FB in the next 2 weeks, but we'll sign a new FB.

 

[Ajm1985]

Signing a cheaper alternative makes sense considering Cancelo will still probably play the majority of games - even if it doesn't get the best out of Grealish. Depth & necessary rotation for injuries/drop in form doesn't necessarily require a big money signing. Tsimikas at Liverpool is a good example of that

 

[Pollocksheader]

If we are patient enough we may get some very interesting proposals over the next 10 days. I don't expect a deal for a new FB in the next 2 weeks, but we'll sign a new FB.

That our recruiting then, see who gets offered to us?

 

[leo_city]

Crazy how we keep winning the league year after year with all these shocking windows!

Yes well it would definitely make this a shocking window, and whether you like it or not every season isn't the same, and football does not work based on track record. You still have to make sure you're well equipped each year.

 

[Sunset]

anybody else think brenden aaronson moves just like david silva. of course hes like 10% as skilled as him but its kinda spooky how similarly they move.

 

[alexmcity]

That our recruiting then, see who gets offered to us?

Why draw such a conclusion? Want to be negative?

Agents may help us understand who's available and at what price. Also, some nice surprises may spring up. Dias wasn't available, and then he was...

 

[Kamaro011]

Unfortunately I think City have managed to turn a potentially incredible summer into making our squad weaker than before.

In my opinion we were 2/3 players short last season so adding Haaland, Alvarez and replacing Fernandinho with Phillips would have left us just needing a full back. That would have given us a
squad of 2 players for each position that I believe would have been unrivalled. Also with 9 players on the bench and being able to bring on 5 subs we would have strength and depth like never
before. However we have gone on to sell Sterling, Jesus, and Zinchenko meaning we are still a player short in the attacking positions and are now 2 full backs short.

We also seem to be allowing some of our best youngsters leave and this is going to mean that our bench could be very weak at times this season.

Just look at yesterday, perfect time to give Wilson-Esbrand and Palmer an appearance against Liverpool which would be hugely valuable experience for later in the season but Pep won't rely on them in games of that magnitude and it is exactly that that shows how small our squad has become. You cannot count Palmer, Wilson-Esbrand, McAtee, Delap etc in our squad volume
as Pep will not play them in lesser games meaning when the big games come around they definitely won't be playing.

Realistically we have a squad of
2 keepers for 1 position
2 full backs for 2 positions
4 cbs for 2 positions
5 midfielders for 3 positions
5 forwards for 3 positions

In an era where teams are now able to realistically challenge for all 4 trophies we have too small a body count to cope especially at the business end and in a season where there is a World Cup smack bang in the middle of it.

We have an immensely talented group of players just not enough of them and also not enough in certain positions.

Because having big and talented squad full international means some of them will asking for game time leading up them eventually leaving for next transfer windows and we are going the same dilemma again having small squad next year.

 

[blueparrot]

That our recruiting then, see who gets offered to us?

I don’t know if you’ve noticed ,we have one player left from when Pep arrived.So we have completely refreshed the squad with barely a dip in performance or trophies.Thats very very rare, and suggests to me a club that knows exactly what they are doing recruitment wise with hardly any mis steps and deserve to be trusted.