It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

BrazilianBlue (Gus) said:
I don’t think he was talking about Tchouameni. But it could work for him as well.

Tchouameni seems fine for Liverpool and Real Madrid, but for us?

The gymnastics to justify 26 yo Kalvin Phillips as a nice guy, “what he adds to the squad”, price (as if it’s better than it actually it is), are funny to me, just seems to show some people are insecure about defending him on the technical level alone.

But that’s okay. I don’t think we’ll sign him anyway, and I’ll observe the reactions when another club signs him (and we get a better choice)
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I'm not trying to justify anything. I was merely pointing that there are several factors to signing a player that we may not necessarily consider as fans. If the club is interested in him, presumably they've done their homework, even if they forgot the most important step of checking with you first
 
FromPollockToSilva said:
I'm not trying to justify anything. I was merely pointing that there are several factors to signing a player that we may not necessarily consider as fans. If the club is interested in him, presumably they've done their homework, even if they forgot the most important step of checking with you first
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The club might feel that £25m is good value for a player who brings leadership qualities and has the tools to develop into a decent squad player in a Pep system. They might feel that this is more viable than paying a lot for FDJ and the wages that go with it.

I'm not completely sure Phillips is good enough but then again, he might be good enough with Pep's coaching and the amount of football we expect he will play.

What you don't need is sneering attitudes from people who haven't demonstrated that they're anything more than a fan with an opinion. Just like the rest of us.
 
richards30 said:
why would he fall out with them?
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Sam was DM'ing privately about Cucurella with one of them and the lad screenshot what he said and sent it to one of the bigger Arabic City accounts and who then posted the DM's. Bit of a lesson for Sam, but tbf he's always been polite and responded to DM's with Blues when he can. Think is the first time it's burned him.
 
Mr-Mertle said:
Oh god. Check Sam's timeline. He's deep into it with Arabic City Twitter. It's gotten dramatic.
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I feel for him. dealing with some of those less reputable aggregators can be a nightmare for jouranlists, they literally can't throw any random word on a podcast or respond to a DM without it being taken as a story.
 
John Wayne said:
The club might feel that £25m is good value for a player who brings leadership qualities and has the tools to develop into a decent squad player in a Pep system. They might feel that this is more viable than paying a lot for FDJ and the wages that go with it.

I'm not completely sure Phillips is good enough but then again, he might be good enough with Pep's coaching and the amount of football we expect he will play.

What you don't need is sneering attitudes from people who haven't demonstrated that they're anything more than a fan with an opinion. Just like the rest of us.
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Likewise I’m not sure he’s good enough but we do desperately need backup for Rodri and at the fees being discussed he seems a very low risk option.

I saw him play last year a couple of times for Leeds and combined with his performances at the Euros i can see how he could, become a valuable squad member.

He doesn’t excite me in any way but let’s be honest he is a step up from a 37 year old ferdi so if the pep wants him then honestly I don’t see why any of us should grumble

For me Rodri has had an excellent season so we need a backup in this position not a first team player and he fits that bill, there are other positions in our squad which we need to spend and upgrade.

I’m ok if we take a gamble on Phillips at the fee being mentioned and devote our resource to bringing in lb/rb or devote to replacing any departing players on short term contracts (Or put in the bank for Bellingham next year).
 
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skyblue_brother said:
Likewise I’m not sure he’s good enough but we do desperately need backup for Rodri and at the fees being discussed he seems a very low risk option.

I saw him play last year a couple of times for Leeds and combined with his performances at the Euros i can see how he could, become a very valuable squad member.

He doesn’t excite me in any way but let’s be honest he is a step up from a 37 year old ferdi so if the pep wants him then honestly I do see why any of us should grumble

For me Rodri has had an excellent season so we need a backup in this position not a first team player and he fits that bill, there are other positions in our squad which we need to spend and upgrade.

I’m ok if we take a gamble on Phillips at the fee being mentioned and devote our resource to bringing in lb/rb or d3vote to replacing any departing players on short term contracts (Or put in the bank for Bellingham next year).
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Cucurella och Phillips for potentially 55-65m is top notch recruitment for the fee.
 
foggy1974 said:
2 for the price of what we usually pay for 1, both would be great squad players. Wonder where it leaves Zinc who would likely become 3rd option at leftback, as he rarely plays in midfield for City
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I mean City doesnt need to sell Zinchenko as Cucurella arriving means we have two lbs and two rbs again, which i think Pep would love.
 
vincent said:
Sorry I missed that. Who said one is already done?
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Tolmie. yesterday.

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It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

Okay forward signings have been good but we are talking bout midfield now, two crucial senior players are leaving in Gundo & Ferna, out of all the midfielders in the world we think Kalvin & Rice is the best options? Not so much against Kalvin for 25m but we can certainly do better. Firstly...
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