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It's Quiet 32 - enter at own risk
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richards30
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Sterling was already great before he came to us, his continued development was a shoe in. At 50 Mill, he was hardly a gamble. It was Pellegrini who held him back developmentally with the system he played. Wolfsburg developed de bruyne and its their where he kicked on from Chelsea, he was world class at Wolfsburg, before we bought him. Bernardo was world class at Monaco ripping City and others apart in the Champs league the season before we bought him.
Ederson was no2 in the Brazil national team and a regular for Benfica, who churn out talent regularly.
City and Pep can take credit but those guys were quality before they came to City.
Are you actually a city fan??? If you don’t think pep has had a major influence on raz then you are unbelievably strange and naive
Excuse me? I remember that summer and the consensus opinion was...very different. You should probably go into scouting or somethingSterling was already great before he came to us, his continued development was a shoe in. At 50 Mill, he was hardly a gamble.
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Excuse me? I remember that summer and the consensus opinion was...very different. You should probably go into scouting or something
Definitely a whiff about this one.....
Point taken. I don't over inflate the influence of mangers on players. Yes of course Pep has had an influence but in terms of Sterling we're not talking Jordan Ibe, he was great before he hit City. The others even more so if you watched Kevin at Wolfsburg and Silva at Monaco.Are you actually a city fan??? If you don’t think pep has had a major influence on raz then you are unbelievably strange and naive
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Point taken. I don't over inflate the influence of mangers on players. Yes of course Pep has had an influence but in terms of Sterling we're not talking Jordan Ibe, he was great before he hit City. The others even more so if you watched Kevin at Wolfsburg and Silva at Monaco.
Nice mention of Jordan Ibe there......
Point taken. I don't over inflate the influence of mangers on players. Yes of course Pep has had an influence but in terms of Sterling we're not talking Jordan Ibe, he was great before he hit City. The others even more so if you watched Kevin at Wolfsburg and Silva at Monaco.
Yep even pep said he has to have the right players to achieve his ambitions! Bottom line though there has been many a good/great player who go to other clubs and don't perform! Pep keeps the hunger and standards that rarely are there with other managers pep is the difference you will see it when he leaves, out standards will drop us back to the pack.
Sterling was good but everyone thought Pool rinsed City by getting £50m for him. Sterling now plays with a level of confidence and swagger never seen before. His continued development was never a given as his best season was the one where he played alongside Suarez one of the greatest PL attackers ever. He became a bit meh since Suarez left even before Pellers got hold of him.Sterling was already great before he came to us, his continued development was a shoe in. At 50 Mill, he was hardly a gamble. It was Pellegrini who held him back developmentally with the system he played. Wolfsburg developed de bruyne and its their where he kicked on from Chelsea, he was world class at Wolfsburg, before we bought him. Bernardo was world class at Monaco ripping City and others apart in the Champs league the season before we bought him.
Ederson was no2 in the Brazil national team and a regular for Benfica, who churn out talent regularly.
City and Pep can take credit but those guys were quality before they came to City.
KDB was never worldclass but had the makings of a to-be world class player by that incredible one season he had at Wolfsburg. He was a 10 but hardly the complete midfielder he now is. Before Pep we always had a dilemma playing Silva and KDB together because they both loved to play from the middle but Pep made them world class CMs and solved that problem. Yes Pep took him to another level.
Bernardo's game has gone up a notch or two. Ask portuguese nationals and they will tell you that. He previously rarely did anything of note when playing for the national team.
Ederson was hardly known. Yes the potential was always there but you can see that he has developed big time. On the contrary when you look at players like Pogba, Fred, Jorginho, etc can you say they have grown?