It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

[Shazza458]

Maybe if the club really believe in the potential of Bobb,Lewis, Mcatee, Perrone,others then the only way is for us not to fill up the squad with replacements for KDB or Kovacic, and if that's the case the fans need to stop obseessing with players like Wirtz and Musiala.If we drop off a little or win nothing this year so be it.

In my opinion it will only be Bobb and Lewis as guarantees
McAtee at a push

 

[bell_mcfc]

McAtee the penny has at last seemed to drop with him, maybe we will get the benefit of that stupid second loan at Sheffield, it has made him realise how fortunate he is to be at our club and to work under Pep.

This is something that goes under the radar far too often. Being coached by Pep and training with world class players day in day out is hugely beneficial. I accept so is playing first team football, but in McAtees case that was for one of the worse sides in PL history.

Palmer has done incredibly well at Chelsea and I don’t want to say the only reason is that he came from City. They gave him the freedom of the team because it’s a mess there. But if he didn’t have that season around the first team with Pep seeing what a winning team is like first hand I don’t think he would have been as successful wherever he went. His skill set would have improved and his mentality also. Obviously he had to apply that at Chelsea and he has so fair play to him.

 

[blueparrot]

In my opinion it will only be Bobb and Lewis as guarantees
McAtee at a push

We all have different opinions but really only Pep and his coaches really know with any certainty, and I'm sure Palmer will have given them pause for thought. I'm easy with whatever they think and decide to be honest. Like I say if we win nothing for a year going that way that's okay too.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

We do, but whose out there that's attainable and would improve us. Bruno is good but massively overpriced. Kimmich been a great player, but is on massive money and at 29 could himself need replacing in 18month to two years time. Maybe the club just see no value in the market for what we need. Can't keep throwing money at players that ain't up to it i.e Phillips and Nunes. Hopefully Rico can step up and get more minutes.

I agree I think it’s time to trust players like rico, bobb or Mcatee. They have the talent. Why spend 50 or 60m when we have players who could be just as good.

My concern is if we keep buying ready made players we will lose the likes of rico and regret it.

 

[CC1]

This is something that goes under the radar far too often. Being coached by Pep and training with world class players day in day out is hugely beneficial. I accept so is playing first team football, but in McAtees case that was for one of the worse sides in PL history.

Palmer has done incredibly well at Chelsea and I don’t want to say the only reason is that he came from City. They gave him the freedom of the team because it’s a mess there. But if he didn’t have that season around the first team with Pep seeing what a winning team is like first hand I don’t think he would have been as successful wherever he went. His skill set would have improved and his mentality also. Obviously he had to apply that at Chelsea and he has so fair play to him.

Lot of expectations on him for his second season there!

 

[HalfwayUpTheKippax]

Sniffing glue out of a cup is so old skool. To go full on 70's he should have been using a crisp packet.

 

[Semper aggressus]

Maybe if the club really believe in the potential of Bobb,Lewis, Mcatee, Perrone,others then the only way is for us not to fill up the squad with replacements for KDB or Kovacic, and if that's the case the fans need to stop obseessing with players like Wirtz and Musiala.If we drop off a little or win nothing this year so be it.

I would certainly hope that those running the club have higher ambitions than that for the season.

 

[blueparrot]

I would certainly hope that those running the club have higher ambitions than that for the season.

I would hope that the club take a long term view,and analyse what we have then what we need, and they will.

 

[bondsman]

His only chance of a future with us, he simply does not warrant a place in our forward line.

Be interesting to see if he’s played there on this tour and in rest of preseason

 

[JewelZee]

All Pep is saying there is the squad is currently full and we have to drop the deadwood first. We're expecting several peripheral squad departures including cancelo and phillips. If those 2 depart, we can bring in a player in each of the 2 positions we badly need strengthening, rodri cover and fullback, if we're including them in the squad then we're currently full.

Ederson, Ortega, carson (H) walker (H) gvardiol, Ake (H) stones (H) dias, akanji, cancelo, lewis (CT) rodri, Phillips, kovacic, kdb, foden (CT), bernardo, Nunes, Bobb (CT) mcatee (CT), savio, doku, grealish, Alvarez, Haaland.

That's our current full 25 man squad with all the homegrown (H) and club trained (CT) slots filled too. Phillips and grealish both also qualify for homegrown status but have to be registered in the free spots after the alloted 4 are taken already.

We cannot sign anybody else until the futures of the likes of cancelo and phillips have been resolved And this is ignoring returning loanee's like perrone, couto who we expect to be sold or loaned back out. We're not going to risk sitting on £90+ Million worth of players we cannot even register to use by signing their replacements and the vultures then swoop in low balling us knowing we have no alternative but to accept whatever scraps they offer.

Makes perfect sense to me...