It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

[Tony - MCFC]

So Dembele to PSG, it maybe opens doors to sell Cancelo to Barca?

If Barca get Cancelo it’ll be a loan.

 

[mosssideblue]

To be fair, Alvarez was done in the winter beforehand. The rest, Haaland aside, are stocking fillers.
You have said all this defcon one stuff and we are ready to blow the roof off etc…

We can all say 4/5 incomings, all teams systematically refresh, but scale is important. You are using semantics to discredit his legitimate post.

We won’t wing it on a squad this size, Arsenal seem up to putting things right. Madrid have significantly strengthened and if Bayern get Kane… as it stands we are drifting back into the pack.

This new ffp stuff on wages, is it having an effect? For treble winners we are looking like trotters independent traders.
£90m for Rice and back off, it was £90m plus Borges, the £105m
Would like to see us but the bullet and not blink at the first sign of any competition.

I'd stick to playing the Sax

 

[waspish]

I’ve thought about that mate if Brighton do indeed want Palmer then maybe £50-60m and Palmer?

We be lucky to get 40m for him! Also didn't it get reported that Brighton wanted to him? Didnt want a loan didnt want sell ons buy backs!?

 

[Xhavenjoe]

I'd stick to playing the Sax

The flute is more appropriate

 

[KennyG]

Here’s the crux of it, Pep’s out in his own. He has enabled us to wing it, no left back or striker for years. The squad was already light and key players have left, ok to reserve judgement till September, but we can’t be shopping in Poundland for replacements. I fear the PR machine and looking good to a wider audience is making us too thrifty.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

To be fair, Alvarez was done in the winter beforehand. The rest, Haaland aside, are stocking fillers.
You have said all this defcon one stuff and we are ready to blow the roof off etc…

We can all say 4/5 incomings, all teams systematically refresh, but scale is important. You are using semantics to discredit his legitimate post.

We won’t wing it on a squad this size, Arsenal seem up to putting things right. Madrid have significantly strengthened and if Bayern get Kane… as it stands we are drifting back into the pack.

This new ffp stuff on wages, is it having an effect? For treble winners we are looking like trotters independent traders.
£90m for Rice and back off, it was £90m plus Borges, the £105m
Would like to see us but the bullet and not blink at the first sign of any competition.

I disagree of it being legitimate because it addressed the two main points.

Scale and cost. We haven't been shy on either and anyone claiming otherwise, perhaps some can take it for granted when we spend £100m on a player, the overall costs involved signing someone like Haaland, even the indifference to paying £45m for a starting England midfielder.

City have never spent £70m/£80m on a group of players in one window because we haven't needed to - yet.

This summer we have gone £90m for Rice, £90m for Gvardiol, £30m Kovacic.

We aren't blinking because of competition, we have our ceiling for everyone.

Pep says we have plenty of business to conclude incoming and out.

 

[Under the Duvet with Uwe]

Seems apparent that Raphina will
Be the one

Based on what?

 

[richards30]

Here’s the crux of it, Pep’s out in his own. He has enabled us to wing it, no left back or striker for years. The squad was already light and key players have left, ok to reserve judgement till September, but we can’t be shopping in Poundland for replacements. I fear the PR machine and looking good to a wider audience is making us too thrifty.

Agreed! Pep has saved the club numerous times by having to make do and adapt certain players? This necessity to also be the net spend champions is one we don’t get a trophy for either ;-)

 

[wolviedinho]

I disagree of it being legitimate because it addressed the two main points.

Scale and cost. We haven't been shy on either and anyone claiming otherwise, perhaps some can take it for granted when we spend £100m on a player, the overall costs involved signing someone like Haaland, even the indifference to paying £45m for a starting England midfielder.

City have never spent £70m/£80m on a group of players in one window because we haven't needed to - yet.

This summer we have gone £90m for Rice, £90m for Gvardiol, £30m Kovacic.

We aren't blinking because of competition, we have our ceiling for everyone.

Pep says we have plenty of business to conclude incoming and out.

Any names apart from Gvardiol come your way mate? The team lacks creativity. Hope we address it this summer.

 

[Semper aggressus]

Seems apparent that Raphina will
Be the one

Hope not. If we can’t do better than that then may as well not bother.