It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

[urban genie]

Luiz on loan to help reduce pressure on gundo and kova
marmoush - more goals and options
kushunov - adds to our defence and potentially frees up akanji to cover RB with Lewis

 

[YatesA]

We don't need a Rodri back-up, per se, we need a replacement for Gundogan.

Ye, you can get away with not having a big presence in the middle if you control the ball and have a player who has elite press resistance but they have to be able to run which gundogan has sadly lost at the highest level

 

[MCFC-Carl-88]

Only for C/L , Echeverri could be registered for P/L

If football manager has taught me anything you don’t even need to register u21 yr olds for the prem. So if you can find 2/3 u21s you trust enough to play then you’re absolutely laughing in terms of squad size.

But yeah champions league you can only make 3 changes sadly.

 

[SWP's back]

Rodri playing 90% of the time is exactly why we are where we are. He warned against burnout & the risk to his health being played so much, & the warnings weren't heeded.

We've played many matches where Rodri wasn't a necessity, but he was our only CDM option. In view of what's happened to him, I doubt we'll ever rinse him out the same way again.

He was playing 100% of the time. But he wouldn’t be happy with 35 games a season which would leave the replacement with 25 top at any rate.

 

[Dribble]

He was playing 100% of the time. But he wouldn’t be happy with 35 games a season which would leave the replacement with 25 top at any rate.

Rodri complained about burnout & the risk to his health. Even with a top class player to challenge & rotate with him, Rodders would still be playing 40+ matches per season, not including internationals.

Man City star Rodri: Playing 60 games a season is 'bad for my health'

The Spain international made 56 appearances, missing only five matches, as City created history by completing a Treble last season.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[thomas1307]

another name to add to the list

 

[Monkchester]

another name to add to the list

Well he wears 16 and plays in midfield so he must be the Rodri cover !!!

 

[blueparrot]

another name to add to the list

Off to Google I go.

 

[pavelsrnicek]

It’s good to see a bit more talk about Khusanov and Marmoush but centre midfield is the most important position we need this January. The Ederson links have quietened down which is a shame as he would certainly have given us a bit more athleticism and a physical presence in midfield.

 

[SWPISHOME]

another name to add to the list

At this rate our squad will be bigger than Chelsea.