It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

applejuice said:
Out of all the positions the right back successor plan is the most baffling piece.

City once owned the candidates like Porro and Frimpong but ignored not even gave them a chance of try.

Terrible investment.

Same goes with central midfielders. We have plenty of candidates but never really invested any game time to get them ready when we were winning games. But invested all resources to transform a striker a right back a center back to be a center midfielder. In my eyes a striker or a right back has very little chance to become a top level midfielder. So why bother to invest the game time?

That is why I don't trust the current board to do the "rebuild". Some new eyes and fresh minds are needed.
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Although it’s true they’ve turned out to be great players we could not have become the team we have been over the last few years with trying to develop players.

We have been the very best consistently. I’d take that all day long.
 
Gordyola said:
Doyle is on a season long loan and can't be recalled unfortunately Another example of bad planning IMHO or they don't rate him?
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I can never understand us seemingly always doing season long loans.

Ok it could reduce which teams would take players a little but, there could be 'an intention' to extend in January in the deals so we could bring them back if needed.

Every season or it feels at least we get to this stage of the campaign and we've got players out on loan who would improve what we have in-house, players where the loan isn't working due to management changes where they are, injuries, not being played in the right positions etc.
 
mcfcowen said:
Here is my take on the current situation.

Last summer we should have refreshed an ageing squad, we have got away with having a small squad for four years, which, with no injuries is fine, this is now catching up with the squad. We have never found a decent back up for Rodri and letting Alvarez go without a replacement was criminal by the management.

Add to that, all the injuries we have had this year has severely hampered the squad as we cannot rotate/rest the ageing players who are absolutely shattered.

For me, we need at least 3 signings in January just to give Haaland, Gundo, Silva a well earned rest, they are dead on there feet.

Dias should be made captain for the rest of the season as Walker is NOT a captain.

In the summer, breaks my heart to say this, but, KDB, WALKER, EDERSON, GUNDO, SILVA , SAVHINO, NUNEZ, MCATEE all need to be moved on, the first 5 have all past there best days unfortunately and the squad needs a rebuild.

The players that are fit are physically exhausted because of poor management decisions last summer and the reliance of Rodri and a small squad.
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Obviously Savinho at the age of 20 and with little more than a dozen appearances is the latest scapegoat. Get a grip you clown.
 
richards30 said:
I wonder if we could get Kimmich in January if he wants out?
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Aren’t we supposed to be improving the mobility of the squad? He doesn’t strike me as being able to help much in that regard, maybe I’m wrong. And at 29 it would feel to me like instead of fixing issues, we’d just be dragging them out longer.
 
Tricky_Trev said:
Aren’t we supposed to be improving the mobility of the squad? He doesn’t strike me as being able to help much in that regard, maybe I’m wrong. And at 29 it would feel to me like instead of fixing issues, we’d just be dragging them out longer.
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Just coming into his prime now though mate?
 
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