It's Quiet - a new dawn

[SebastianBlue]

How did you know my favourite animal was 'Human in meme'?

 

[Bill]

@TonyM and I are available on retainer.

Also, I just realised some time today I went past 10,000 posts. Are there any milestone gifts on this forum?

Perhaps a sky blue and gold iPad cover?

good idea. all you newbies deserve a gift :)

 

[SebastianBlue]

good idea. all you newbies deserve a gift :)

How's your BM pension doing you these days? ;-)

 

[not my fault!]

I'm a firm believer in keeping Sergio at least another year but let me ask this. Those outraged at the thought of him going, do you think the club should keep him until his legs start to go then let him leave for say £7m back to Argentina? Or do you think the club should run like the business it is & get the maximum amount they can for him while he's still scoring goals?
I think some fans forget it is a business & in reality the club don't care what we think or want & to be honest they shouldn't do if they're to be successful.
I'd get Mbappé in & let him know/understand the long term plan, or get a deal signed where he joins us next season. I honestly can't see Sergio staying longer than this year anyway, be it his choice or the clubs. With regards to any player now, we have to stop letting players stay beyond their best, we can't hold on to them forever as that's the mess we found ourselves in this year having to spend £200m on our defence! We need to make money from sales & sell them just as they start to dip. I love Zab but he stayed too long & it was obvious he couldn't handle the pace we now play at, we've done it before with others too.
Love Aguero but I'd rather see £50-60m now from any sale than £20m in another 2 years. I'm purely thinking in business terms now which is how the club will look at it.

 

[KCblue]

I'm a firm believer in keeping Sergio at least another year but let me ask this. Those outraged at the thought of him going, do you think the club should keep him until his legs start to go then let him leave for say £7m back to Argentina? Or do you think the club should run like the business it is & get the maximum amount they can for him while he's still scoring goals?
I think some fans forget it is a business & in reality the club don't care what we think or want & to be honest they shouldn't do if they're to be successful.
I'd get Mbappé in & let him know/understand the long term plan, or get a deal signed where he joins us next season. I honestly can't see Sergio staying longer than this year anyway, be it his choice or the clubs. With regards to any player now, we have to stop letting players stay beyond their best, we can't hold on to them forever as that's the mess we found ourselves in this year having to spend £200m on our defence! We need to make money from sales & sell them just as they start to dip. I love Zab but he stayed too long & it was obvious he couldn't handle the pace we now play at, we've done it before with others too.
Love Aguero but I'd rather see £50-60m now from any sale than £20m in another 2 years. I'm purely thinking in business terms now which is how the club will look at it.

Think it wouldn't be bad business if we signed Mbappe this summer, sold Sergio next summer for 70m or more after he breaks the goal scoring record, and sign Alexis on a free then.

 

[southamptonblue]

I'm a firm believer in keeping Sergio at least another year but let me ask this. Those outraged at the thought of him going, do you think the club should keep him until his legs start to go then let him leave for say £7m back to Argentina? Or do you think the club should run like the business it is & get the maximum amount they can for him while he's still scoring goals?
I think some fans forget it is a business & in reality the club don't care what we think or want & to be honest they shouldn't do if they're to be successful.
I'd get Mbappé in & let him know/understand the long term plan, or get a deal signed where he joins us next season. I honestly can't see Sergio staying longer than this year anyway, be it his choice or the clubs. With regards to any player now, we have to stop letting players stay beyond their best, we can't hold on to them forever as that's the mess we found ourselves in this year having to spend £200m on our defence! We need to make money from sales & sell them just as they start to dip. I love Zab but he stayed too long & it was obvious he couldn't handle the pace we now play at, we've done it before with others too.
Love Aguero but I'd rather see £50-60m now from any sale than £20m in another 2 years. I'm purely thinking in business terms now which is how the club will look at it.

Guess you are outraged at the possibility we are interested in signing Sánchez then for the £50m, which in 'business terms' you think should be in the bank, since there only six months apart in age...... but Sánchez not quite as good.

 

[not my fault!]

Think it wouldn't be bad business if we signed Mbappe this summer, sold Sergio next summer for 70m or more after he breaks the goal scoring record, and sign Alexis on a free then.

This would be ideal for me, & make perfect sense.

Guess you are outraged at the possibility we are interested in signing Sánchez then for the £50m, which in 'business terms' you think should be in the bank, since there only six months apart in age...... but Sánchez not quite as good.

Not outraged by anything at all, as I say the club will do what they want regardless of how I feel lol. But the Sanchez signing I could take or leave & he plays in a different roll to Aguero so you can't really compare the two. I'd also argue if we purchased Sanchez for £50m & sold Aguero for £60m then yeh it's a great business deal as we'd be £10m up! That alone pays Sanchez's wages for a year. Makes perfect business sense. I also didn't say the money should be banked... any money we get in means we spend less or rather outlay less on the next deal & our books balance ultimately.

 

[salfordbluetrue]

with Fernando all but gone and de Bruyne doing a better job while Gudun was out and Danilo possibly even better at the right defensive midfield, we have opportunity , we have no youth player ready in this position so we have a gap for an 18 year old surely our scouts know the next Kessie or Diawarra

 

[Sunny Coast Blue]

@TonyM and I are available on retainer.

Also, I just realised some time today I went past 10,000 posts. Are there any milestone gifts on this forum?

Perhaps a sky blue and gold iPad cover?

Your prize is another go at something worthwhile reading, 10K attempts ffs x

 

[SebastianBlue]

Your prize is another go at something worthwhile reading, 10K attempts ffs x

You should see the memoir I have in the works: "A Man, a City, an Obsession"

It's 10,000 pages of pure brilliance.