It's Quiet 32 - enter at own risk

[Sir peace frog]

You could at least have posted a whoosh :-)

I don't catch many,i was playing :)

 

[Barcon]

Certainly the smarter of the two.

Van Dijk had the physique to deal with the roughouse players & Denayer swept up his mistakes.

It was simple enough & dirt cheap to pair them up for City as 3rd & 4th choice but we kept Demichelis & signed Otamendi instead.

Tbf, I think we only signed Otta because it was the only way we could get our money out of Valencia.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

they have olly,who at least wants to be there ,unlike pep trying to leave for juve,its all going tits up

 

[Homar]

William Saliba’s agent is apparently in Manchester. We’re amongst the clubs named interested in signing the 18 year old centre-back from St Etienne.

https://peuple-vert.fr/actualite/mercato-lagent-de-william-saliba-est-a-manchester/

 

[bluemonkey71]

Where have the videos gone?

 

[Ederson's smiley tattoo]

we need to pull our fingers out, united have signed that James,not only that they manage to secure jones whilst we are fucking about with sane,vinny left because hes fed up and at this moment we are lagging behind united, at this rate we will finish behind them, we need someone who knows what they are doing in the transfer department ,that cheeky bloke is a fly by night

We need our own Ed Woodward who's not afraid of coughing up the big money. 300k/w for Sanchez turned out to be a bargain we missed out on. Fred and Jorginho as well. Txiki out

 

[kaz7]

I think khaldoon comments got everyone thinking we would be announcing deals straight away! Lol

Only you,you would buy a traffic cone if you put a blue shirt on it

 

[Fordyboy46]

We need Tolmie back for some entertainment, because it's as dull as dishwater at present in the transfer thread.

 

[richards30]

Only you,you would buy a traffic cone if you put a blue shirt on it

Blah blah blah, sad bitch

 

[blue oli]

 

[foggy1974]

We need our own Ed Woodward who's not afraid of coughing up the big money. 300k/w for Sanchez turned out to be a bargain we missed out on. Fred and Jorginho as well. Txiki out

You miss Garry Cook

 

[Delphinho]

Ruben Dias looked fantastic today. Played as a left sided CB today, usually plays on the right. Good on the ball, great in the air and a very good defender

 

[kaz7]

Blah blah blah, sad bitch

HAHA you know it's true

 

[Fordyboy46]

Anything happening soon, next week, the week after, before deadline day?

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

Anything happening soon, next week, the week after, before deadline day?

July 1st

 

[Centurions]

HAHA you know it's true

Think you hit a nerve there chuck :)

Anything happening soon, next week, the week after, before deadline day?

Probably.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Certainly the smarter of the two.

Van Dijk had the physique to deal with the roughouse players & Denayer swept up his mistakes.

It was simple enough & dirt cheap to pair them up for City as 3rd & 4th choice but we kept Demichelis & signed Otamendi instead.

This sort of hindsight neglects what happened over the interim years. We had Boateng at a similar point in his career and he was on the fringe of the team - form suffered and he left having achieved little. As we know he went on to do much better things and became a top class defender. VVD would have been in a similar position had we taken him from Celtic - no guarantee it would have worked. He had 2 and half years at Southampton and without that I don't think he would be the player he is today. Sometimes you have to accept the best path young players can take is with smaller clubs until they hit the top level.

 

[Dribble]

This sort of hindsight neglects what happened over the interim years. We had Boateng at a similar point in his career and he was on the fringe of the team - form suffered and he left having achieved little. As we know he went on to do much better things and became a top class defender. VVD would have been in a similar position had we taken him from Celtic - no guarantee it would have worked. He had 2 and half years at Southampton and without that I don't think he would be the player he is today. Sometimes you have to accept the best path young players can take is with smaller clubs until they hit the top level.

I disagree. You can only play against what's in front of you, & in that respect VVD excelled in Scotland & continued that form into the PL.

At only £8m, surely he was worth the risk?

 

[Stoned Rose]

I disagree. You can only play against what's in front of you, & in that respect VVD excelled in Scotland & continued that form into the PL.

At only £8m, surely he was worth the risk?

In preference to Demichelis, that little old biddie who sits in the hatch selling rosary beads at St Kent’s Social Club wouldn’t have been a risk.

 

[Neville Kneville]

This sort of hindsight neglects what happened over the interim years. We had Boateng at a similar point in his career and he was on the fringe of the team - form suffered and he left having achieved little. As we know he went on to do much better things and became a top class defender. VVD would have been in a similar position had we taken him from Celtic - no guarantee it would have worked. He had 2 and half years at Southampton and without that I don't think he would be the player he is today. Sometimes you have to accept the best path young players can take is with smaller clubs until they hit the top level.

Imo he was already good enough to come to City, & learn from Vincent Kompany.

And Denayer had a chance of doing the same.

Boateng was nowhere near either.