It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

[Haaland94]

Oh dear. Passing is king for us.

He plays for Celta Vigo, a team that barely escaped relegation. Yet, scored 11 goals and had 4 assists.



He can't be that bad :)?

 

[bluenova]

Not sure why people are excited about Veiga.

His stats are terrible, especially passing accuracy.

I'd expect them to go up into the 80s simply by coming to City.

 

[mosssideblue]

Right hear me out on this one- juventus want rid of pogba- city wanted him last summer and so did guardiola. As a stop gap for a year or so he’d be no older than a gundogan but offers the multi functional type player that guardiola likes while also being able to replace the goals/assists. Injury prone players have been sorted out by city medical team in the past also. I know it’s mad, but if they were keen last summer why not this summer? There is no denying under pep he could be phenomenal

 

[mosssideblue]

Fair enough wasn’t expecting a resounding yes tbf from anyone

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[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

Not sure why people are excited about Veiga.

His stats are terrible, especially passing accuracy.

Y U no like new shiny toy?

 

[chesterbells]

He plays for Celta Vigo, a team that barely escaped relegation. Yet, scored 11 goals and had 4 assists.

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He can't be that bad :)?

What is was getting at was, control is king for us, and passing accuracy overall is inextricably linked to control. What KDB is talking about doesn’t necessarily negate that, because an individual ‘difference maker’ like him will make some speculative or risky passes - but he can also do the highly accurate stuff too when needed.

 

[FatedBlue77]

What’s our depth chart looking like assuming no more incomings after Kovacic and Gvardiol and also assuming Bernie, Mahrez and walker stay? Also I haven’t included youngsters like Rico and Palmer.

GK: Ederson, Ortega, Carson

CB: Akanji, Walker, Dias, Stones, Gvardiol, Ake

MF: Rodri, Stones, Phillips, Kovacic, Bernardo, KDB, Foden

ATT: Haaland, Alvarez, Grealish, Mahrez, Foden, Bernardo

 

[Bernard20]

I have only just seen that Joshua Kimmich’s middle name is Walter… I already wanted us to sign him, but that has put it on another level!

Walter Kimmich and Walter Foden running the midfield in front of Rodders.

 

[richards30]

BOOM!

What’s our depth chart looking like assuming no more incomings after Kovacic and Gvardiol and also assuming Bernie, Mahrez and walker stay? Also I haven’t included youngsters like Rico and Palmer.

GK: Ederson, Ortega, Carson

CB: Akanji, Walker, Dias, Stones, Gvardiol, Ake

MF: Rodri, Stones, Kovacic, Bernardo, KDB, Foden

ATT: Haaland, Alvarez, Grealish, Mahrez, Foden, Bernardo

Missed Phillips mate

 

[simon23]

I think losing Gundo (no surprise) and replacing him with Kovacic isnt the ideal scenario.....Gundo had goals in him.....Kovacic throughout his career hasnt been that player...maybe Pep thinks he can so who knows but at present it doesnt appear great in that one respect

Having said that Kovacic is a decent player. ....certainly better that Phillips - id happily see the back of him as I just dont think he is ever going to usurp Rodri and it seemed like Pep preferred Stones and even Rico Lewis pushing into midfield rather than play Phillips

We all think that Foden may play more central...he can certainly add goals but Gundo had that knack of doing it in huge games and I think that is something experience gives players....maybe Foden just doesnt have that experience yet though he certainly has the skill set.

IF Bernardo leaves we absolutely must bring someone else in and we cant replace like for like but its going to have to be someone spectacular at some aspect of the game! If Mahrez leaves we may need 2 new players

If we end up with just Gvardiol and Kovacic that is a backwards step even keeping Bernie