It's Quiet - a new dawn

[OB1]

I suspect when the dust settles on this summer's window the overwhelming emotion of the rest of the league is going to be "they're taking the piss". ;)

I do wonder if there is a little extra incentive in the fact that it is coming up ten years that Mansour has owned City means he is determined that we should be seen as genuinely competing with Real, Barca, Juve and Bayern this coming season?

 

[BillyShears]

I do wonder if there is a little extra incentive in the fact that it is coming up ten years that Mansour has owned City means he is determined that we should be seen as genuinely competing with Real, Barca, Juve and Bayern this coming season?

I think Guardiola has challenged the ownership. They talk a lot about wanting to be on the same level as Bayern and Real but their recruitment needs to reflect that. Winning the PL and the CL in the same season currently seems impossible due to the physical demands required to sustain the challenge on both fronts and those sides have genuine depth of world class talent. We hopefully will have that in the next 12 months.

 

[Marvin]

Yeah, very weak might be a bit of an exaggeration, Juve may well pick up the Champions League title, but compared with the premier league my impression is that it is a bit more tactical and not quite as fast. The Italian managers that have come over here have done well , though there haven't been too many top players that have come over and impressed in the premier league.

Perhaps. I just seen JUve strolling it every year. I checked on wiki and they have won it for 6 years in a row now

 

[Jack74]

He's on less?

Yes mate

 

[Kompany is King]

Alves and Walker would make us very strong for right back options.

 

[OB1]

I think Guardiola has challenged the ownership. They talk a lot about wanting to be on the same level as Bayern and Real but their recruitment needs to reflect that. Winning the PL and the CL in the same season currently seems impossible due to the physical demands required to sustain the challenge on both fronts and those sides have genuine depth of world class talent. We hopefully will have that in the next 12 months.

I'm sure Pep had a few home truths to tell them. He constantly refers to adapting to the qualities of your players and we have not seen him implement full-on a fair bit of what he would want to do yet.

 

[carlosthejackal]

I think Guardiola has challenged the ownership. They talk a lot about wanting to be on the same level as Bayern and Real but their recruitment needs to reflect that. Winning the PL and the CL in the same season currently seems impossible due to the physical demands required to sustain the challenge on both fronts and those sides have genuine depth of world class talent. We hopefully will have that in the next 12 months.

So true , no point appointing a manager like Guardiola if you don't give him the type of player he needs for his style of football

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

I'm sure Pep had a few home truths to tell them. He constantly refers to adapting to the qualities of your players and we have not seen him implement full-on a fair bit of what he would want to do yet.

maybe so, I think Khaldoon's tone was quite clear "they're being given what they need, now they have no excuses, we expect the rewards now".

 

[twosips]

If anyone's interesting, I decided to make a video on how we could lineup next season if we make the signings we want.... Ederson, Mendy, Bernardo Silva etc

I could be wildly wrong of course, but ah well! It's a challenge fitting them all in.

 

[Andouble]

We really need a new plane to track or something, the season just ended and am already bored to tears