It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

[JamesMCFC]

You dont always get what you want or nedd though, Hope we do l, think we will but people need to accept it might not be possible

Probably isn't mate but I would like to think the club were actively scouting these players before Rodri got injured and Walker forgot he was a football player

 

[Gumzy97]

We need at least one midfielder in by Brentford otherwise it’s going to be a long day. Brentford are built for transition and counters. Our midfield is so slow and loses possession easily.

Going by Pep’s comments as well I think he wants more technically sound midfielders. Not just a high work rate but also the ability to keep the ball and control the game.

 

[salfordbluetrue]

I think that Chelsea are a really poor example of how transfer business should be carried out. They have made a number of rash purchases (admittedly with one or two exceptions). They now have a very large squad of players who are earning very good wages on long contracts. Some big names in there can’t get a game and other clubs are not interested in them.

Chelsea went out and bought a huge amount of potential, it was done as an american business plan. buy young let them grow, those that fail sell, but as they have grown and still have potential the price should still be high.
It got hit by the amortization rule, 1 or 2 of the bigger signings failing, and not being able to move players on like they thought they could, but is still on track. pretty certain we would take Gusto in a heartbeat.

 

[salfordbluetrue]

Of course the time makes a difference this year more than most
If I am one of those players my response would be
Sorry I know you are interested and so am I but I want to see how the 115 pans out
I understand I have a release clause but I would need to uproot my family and don’t want to do it again in a few months if things go wrong
Let’s do it in the Summer

And City`s would be `if you have a release clause for the 115, you do not need to uproot your family for 6 months leave them there. As for summer we will not have a vacancy in that department`

 

[blueparrot]

Probably isn't mate but I would like to think the club were actively scouting these players before Rodri got injured and Walker forgot he was a football player

They probably have, but if they aren’t available they may decide to wait until they are. Hopefully a couple are availbe though. Its impossible for us to know one way or the other

 

[Fordyboy46]

Why?

He's got his slippers and pipe on now

 

[mosssideblue]

He's got his slippers and pipe on now

Really

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

Im already resigned to the last min swoop for Pepelu and Luiz on loan tbh. lol

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Im already resigned to the last min swoop for Pepelu and Luiz on loan tbh. lol

This thread will have more pages than the charges thread by the 1st of Feb!

 

[MarsLlama]

I'll never have a go at anyone on here for being optimistic that City will sign some players this window, because we'd all like that - but I have to say I'm quite confused and frustrated by the people who are criticising other posters for daring to suggest that we won't sign anyone intended for the first team this month. I'm quite happy to say publicly that I would be surprised if we did.

All the evidence points to our current board having a very strong opposition to making signings in the January window. It's odd that people earnestly bring up Laporte, Dzeko and De Jong; they were seven or more years ago and clearly our opinions on the January window have changed since then. Laporte was also a bit different because we had him in our sights long before he joined.

Again I don't blame any of you for hoping that we might bring in a couple of first-team players, but I also think it's a bit shitty to mock posters who assume we won't buy anyone this month as moaners or overly negative just because 'this is different from usual seasons'.

Fact is we've had plenty of windows wehre we've all said 'surely we have to buy a dedicated left-back this month' and we've been wrong every single time - oh, except for Gomez and Angelino, who I think it's perfectly reasonable to suggest that Pep did not want and never intended to use frequently.

I would love to be wrong and for Tolmie to be right. I'd love it if three first team players turned up this month. I just feel that those of you who are going 'oh why are you always so negative' to anyone who dares suggest otherwise are more likely than not to be in the wrong come Groundhog Day.