It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

[samuelyeboah]

Any news on a left back? Can’t help but feel that’s a weak spot for us

i'd get a right back instead and accept cancelo and zinchenko as fully fledged left backs

 

[meeesh]

Any news on a left back? Can’t help but feel that’s a weak spot for us

Another priority mate I agree,has been for a number of years now it’s becoming a joke

 

[MadeOfStones]

i'd get a right back instead and accept cancelo and zinchenko as fully fledged left backs

I’d rather not accept that to be honest

 

[MadeOfStones]

Another priority mate I agree,has been for a number of years now it’s becoming a joke

The only thing I can think of is that they don’t want to purchase a left back in case somehow #22 is cleared and they have no actual reason to terminate his contract and it’s extra money they’re still having to pay alongside a new left back. Maybe once thats all cleared up we’ll see

 

[Charlesfarsbar]

I think it’s mad the stick Sterling gets. Yes it’s probably time to move on and let him go but people seem to have short memories with him. His form has dropped off a cliff (again) but just look at what he’s done overall for us.

When he does go, I hope it’s not a ‘thank fuck’ - he should get a lot of respect from every City fan IMO.

Spot on, he has over 200 goals and assists for us in less than 350 games

that’s almost 30 per season over 7 seasons

yes he can miss easy chances and he’s not the easiest on the eye but he should be considered a city great , not at the legend level but not too far off

 

[meeesh]

The only thing I can think of is that they don’t want to purchase a left back in case somehow #22 is cleared and they have no actual reason to terminate his contract and it’s extra money they’re still having to pay alongside a new left back. Maybe once thats all cleared up we’ll see

He ain’t the answer neither though,cleared or not,piss poor,we need a new one whatever happens mate

 

[blueparrot]

The only thing I can think of is that they don’t want to purchase a left back in case somehow #22 is cleared and they have no actual reason to terminate his contract and it’s extra money they’re still having to pay alongside a new left back. Maybe once thats all cleared up we’ll see

No, I just think if a left back they wanted was available they'll get one, otherwise they'll use what we have as it hasn't caused us any problems doing that.

 

[samuelyeboah]

I’d rather not accept that to be honest

why not? cancelo's great at left back people have short memories.

 

[oldius]

I think it’s mad the stick Sterling gets. Yes it’s probably time to move on and let him go but people seem to have short memories with him. His form has dropped off a cliff (again) but just look at what he’s done overall for us.

When he does go, I hope it’s not a ‘thank fuck’ - he should get a lot of respect from every City fan IMO.

We have a real problem with some of our fanbase - you can add him to a list that has included Mahrez, Rodri, Gundogan, and now Grealish, among many others. Some posters get so fixated on a negative opinion of a player that they cannot let it go, even when it is obvious that the player is doing well, and seek any opportunity to criticise that player. Personally, I don't get it - we are top of the league, in the semi-final of the Champions' League and with a decade of unbroken success behind us. There is no team in football history that has a squad of players that are immediately successful and continue to deliver excellence in every single match because players are human beings.

 

[blueparrot]

why not? cancelo's great at left back people have short memories.

To be honest I think Pep prefers one traditional full back and one with midfield atttacking capabilities. The only issue is we can only do that with a right back and the unothox on the left, we can't swap it over. So in that sense an orthodox left back option would be good, although Ake may be that option.