It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

[Cobwebcat]

Midfield 5 positions
Midfield 7 players (Foden, Silva, Grealish, Doku, Nunes, Kovacic, Rodri)

5/7 = each plays 70% of games. (Except we know that Rodri will be more like 80%)

Also we have extras to cover (Lewis, Gomez, Bobb and Phillips) so you'd think we'd be safe till KDB returns.

But I'd still love a bonus surprise from a foreign league to be extra safe.

“Bonus Surprise” sounds like the name of an African player we might sign.

 

[TonyM]

“Bonus Surprise” sounds like the name of an African player we might sign.

Lol. But true.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Given our net spend is 50m or thereabouts, and apparently we had a 300m war chest due to winning so many trophies why have we been so parsimonious?

You sound like a 13 year old girl with amazon prime membership.

 

[christened at st marks]

Does anyone know how much we have spent, and how much we have got from sales this window?

 

[samuelyeboah]

I may be missing something, but I'll go and say no it isn't. I was including Kev

We started last season with 21 senior players. 20 out of 21, and 1 CT. plus academy. We are starting this season exactly the same, 20+1 plus academy players.

Cancelo was effectively replaced by Lewis
Gundo replaced by Kovacic
Mahrez replaced by Doku
Laporte replaced by Gvardiol
Palmer will hopefully be replaced by Bobb

That's everyone that left, so that leaves you with Nunes as an addition.

 

[Kladze]

He’s probably a better fit to our system than Doku is, so he may get some more minutes whilst Pep retrains Doku.

Might be time to get Bobb his own chant if he gets minutes.

Bobb the winger
Can he fix it?
Bobb the winger
Yes, he can!

 

[JewelZee]

You think Phillips won't get a single minute?

And you think the three of them won't get 1000 minutes combined?

Philips and Gomez alone had over 1600 minutes between them last year, so I'll happily take both those bets.

I won't get into the minutes debate but I will concur with EdersonsSmiley that Phillips, Gomez, and Bobb are not Champions of Europe viable depth...

 

[BlueBrain]

Did we win the net spend cup? What is our figure looking like?

Won't be able to sleep until I know.

Brighton will win it by a land slide lol

 

[nmc]

Every deadline day I crave the adrenaline rush of Robinho signing and every deadline day I go to bed disappointed. This year will be different because I think every year will be different. Let's go City! Slap £150m on the table for Antony and lets shake things up

Good news I understand we are in talk to offer Phil Jones a short term deal….

 

[EdersonsSmiley]

You think Phillips won't get a single minute?

And you think the three of them won't get 1000 minutes combined?

Philips and Gomez alone had over 1600 minutes between them last year, so I'll happily take both those bets.

Phillips played 593 minutes last season of which 181 were in the league after it was won and we were concentrating on the cups. Since they he has had academy players picked ahead of him this season and we have signed 2 players in his position.

Pep might give him a token half in a CL dead rubber but for purposes of discussing squad depth he should be ignored.

Gomez played 356 minutes after January 2023 when Pep changed to the no fullbacks system, again 174 of them were after the league was won.

Obviously Bobb got zero minutes.

I stand by my comment that they will not reach 1000 minutes combined. Feel free to bookmark and gloat if I am wrong at the end of the season.