It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

Cobwebcat said:
Yes I was pretty confident I knew what City was up to after delving into how analysts thought Pep would play next season given our signings so far. I always though Cancelo should stay on the left and sign a right back to help Walker. After reading the analytical guesses they changed my mind to what I am now hoping for In my last post.

What has happened since, with City seemingly happy to sell Ake and Zin, has confused me and if I had to say what City are up to now I wouldn’t be nearly as confident.

I would probably go with your guess but I wouldn’t understand it. I can’t find a club in the PL with less than 4 full backs other than us…admittedly I only looked at the big 6. Plus if there was ever a season to stock up a little bit given that we have a small squad it has to be this one. The guys talking about adequate cover will be the first to panic in the Matchday thread if Cancelo goes down clutching his knee.
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It's definitely been odd. I know Pep's stance has always been to let players go if they want to leave, but it feels as if more have come into that category than perhaps expected and we've not seemingly made moves to bring in replacements. Ake staying obviously negated the need for a CB which is good, and I'm happy he's decided to stay. Zinchenko going is another I didn't expect, but I thought it would be Cucurella on top of what we had not instead of. I was fine, until I went back over the Real Madrid games and saw the lack of options we had. It would be nice to have 4 options at full back. Cancelo can be fluid still - he is definitely capable of playing at RB and had an excellent run in that position as an inverted full back, creating from the middle. But he's looked better at LB for a while (perhaps because defensively he's measured against Walker on the right and the bar is lower on the left).
 
For some reason I couldn't post this as a new thread anywhere so I'll post it here...Raz should have signed that kid's Man City jersey...he took the low road, IMO...disappointing...I have a sneaky suspicion that after one or two games against Chelsea there will be a fair amount of our supporters who wouldn't mind Dias or Walker laying the wood to him...just sayin'...
 
JewelZee said:
For some reason I couldn't post this as a new thread anywhere so I'll post it here...Raz should have signed that kid's Man City jersey...he took the low road, IMO...disappointing...I have a sneaky suspicion that after one or two games against Chelsea there will be a fair amount of our supporters who wouldn't mind Dias or Walker laying the wood to him...just sayin'...
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Thought in the end of camera he did
 
JewelZee said:
For some reason I couldn't post this as a new thread anywhere so I'll post it here...Raz should have signed that kid's Man City jersey...he took the low road, IMO...disappointing...I have a sneaky suspicion that after one or two games against Chelsea there will be a fair amount of our supporters who wouldn't mind Dias or Walker laying the wood to him...just sayin'...
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The problem is if he signs it you know there are people that will attack him the other side saying why have you done that. You only have to look how the media have gone after Raz before and that probably plays a big part of what he does in public which is pathetic if you ask me the lad has never done anything wrong and seems a stand up bloke and a great player. I hate this country sometimes.
 
bobmcfc said:
Where are people getting the vibe that zinc has turned down arsenal ? I've seen nothing anywhere to suggest he's staying
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Zinchenko turned wolves down before but never had the opportunity of also playing further upfield for us which he now does being without Sterling. He very well might want to stay and fight for the LB/LW position
 
bell_mcfc said:
Zinchenko turned wolves down before but never had the opportunity of also playing further upfield for us which he now does being without Sterling. He very well might want to stay and fight for the LB/LW position
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All I see online is that he's keen to work with Arteta again and that's what has ultimately sold him on the move.
 
Question is if Zinchenko stays we have Cancelo/Zinchenko/Ake who can all play LB comfortably but only Walker/Cancelo at RB. Do we go after another RB/keep Kabore around?

Just seen that Kaboré is still out on loan as it’s a 2 year deal. So scrap that.
 
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