It's Quiet - a new dawn

[harvo the blue]

He is also responsible for the worst summer in the history in 2012,players like Rodwell, Savic,Fernardo, Nolito?.
Waste a lot of money to find a new solid CB and failed. Lost Hazard, Van Persie, Sanchez, Dybala, Laporte, etc.
Still no replace for YAYA, Kolarov, Zaba, Kompany and Hart also.
Allways paying overprice and sell for very low price. I think this summer should be the last chance for him. Semedo, Alex Sandro, Ederson, Sanchez, Fabinho and a CB. Thats all he need to do[/QUOTE

Think we got fucked by FFP, not Tixi

 

[harvo the blue]

Me neither mate. Not in a million years. But I still believe they are both slightly better players.

There isn't anyone better than Ramos.

 

[harvo the blue]

Buffon
Alvez Ramos Chellini Marcello


Not many better than the above.

 

[rollingnakedinmoney]

Buffon
Alvez Ramos Chellini Marcello


Not many better than the above.

Bonucci is very good too. I like his overall quality better than Chiellini.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

He is also responsible for the worst summer in the history in 2012,players like Rodwell, Savic,Fernardo, Nolito?.
Waste a lot of money to find a new solid CB and failed. Lost Hazard, Van Persie, Sanchez, Dybala, Laporte, etc.
Still no replace for YAYA, Kolarov, Zaba, Kompany and Hart also.
Allways paying overprice and sell for very low price. I think this summer should be the last chance for him. Semedo, Alex Sandro, Ederson, Sanchez, Fabinho and a CB. Thats all he need to do

no he isn't, he wasn't even here.

CB has been a problem, but so has Vinnie being injured midway through seasons when we've given him another chance.

Hazard couldn't happen because of directives from the top that we won't play the agents game, when you live by principles you'll lose out occasionally. Van Persie wasn't him, Sanchez puts other considerations first, Dybala is him listening to Pellers and is a colossal error considering we bought Bony, Laporte showed loyalty to Bilbao and also felt more comfortable with being there through his injury recovery, not much anyone can do (considering he didn't go elsewhere either).

You can't replace Yaya, you can only build a different team. Kolarov and Zaba will be done this summer but we had more urgent needs in previous seasons and we may have misjudged the odd signing, but especially last summer there was no-one really available of our calibre. Kompany has been given extra chances because why replace him unless you have to? We've also tried (after Mangala) to get the best, and they're very difficult signings to pull off who have stayed at their current clubs. Hart was replaced, it just hasn't worked yet but there's always next season, and that was Pep's choice.

English tax, Bony & Mangala are the overpriced problems, it's always going to be that way unless we sell stars, many of whom we kept hold of during the re-saleable period and thus aren't worth much (bar Kun). We've received perfectly reasonable fees for who we've sold, we just haven't sold people that important.

The club will sign who Pep wants after we've prioritised based on our budgetary constraints. If the new signings don't work, it's down to Pep.

 

[ojeme]

no he isn't, he wasn't even here.

CB has been a problem, but so has Vinnie being injured midway through seasons when we've given him another chance.

Hazard couldn't happen because of directives from the top that we won't play the agents game, when you live by principles you'll lose out occasionally. Van Persie wasn't him, Sanchez puts other considerations first, Dybala is him listening to Pellers and is a colossal error considering we bought Bony, Laporte showed loyalty to Bilbao and also felt more comfortable with being there through his injury recovery, not much anyone can do (considering he didn't go elsewhere either).

You can't replace Yaya, you can only build a different team. Kolarov and Zaba will be done this summer but we had more urgent needs in previous seasons and we may have misjudged the odd signing, but especially last summer there was no-one really available of our calibre. Kompany has been given extra chances because why replace him unless you have to? We've also tried (after Mangala) to get the best, and they're very difficult signings to pull off who have stayed at their current clubs. Hart was replaced, it just hasn't worked yet but there's always next season, and that was Pep's choice.

English tax, Bony & Mangala are the overpriced problems, it's always going to be that way unless we sell stars, many of whom we kept hold of during the re-saleable period and thus aren't worth much (bar Kun). We've received perfectly reasonable fees for who we've sold, we just haven't sold people that important.

The club will sign who Pep wants after we've prioritised based on our budgetary constraints. If the new signings don't work, it's down to Pep.

Would it be down to Pep if we bought second best occasioned by our inability to pull of our main targets this summer?

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

Would it be down to Pep if we bought second best occasioned by our inability to pull of our main targets this summer?

The big problem is budget. Added to that are our rivals who may need less players and can target players and are prepared to make lucrative offers not just to players and club. You can only really judge a summer on how well who you've bought works

 

[better dead than red]

Dahoud and Tielemans have both gone elsewhere now for peanuts. Players like Goretzka will undoubtedly do the same.

All whilst we waste our time getting Neymar a pay rise

1st signing should be a new DOF

Sadly, it is what we do. We'll buy one or both, perhaps, in 2-3 years for 2x or 3x what they cost now.

We were looking at Zaha 2 or 3 years ago and didn't buy him. Everyone, at least most on BM said he's "shit". Well, he isn't anymore, and we might be looking at him again but for considerably more.

We don't, for whatever reason, buy young players and work them in and make them "ours". There's nothing wrong with finding talent and nurturing it. We don't seem to do it. And as a fan base, we seem to think we need every player we buy to be a Manc version of a Galactico.

I don't have an answer for this except maybe because we are "new money" we feel the need to show it off like the bloke down the road that hits the lottery compared to the family that has owned everything in town forever and a day.

 

[christened at st marks]

Sergio Aguero "is happy at Manchester City" and intends to see out the remainder of his contract, according to his agent Hernan Reguera.

The Argentina international has been strongly linked with the Etihad Stadium exit this summer after being dropped in favour of energetic forward Gabriel Jesus.

Aguero enjoyed a return to the side following Jesus's recent layoff with a foot injury, adding a further 13 goals to his growing tally in the 15 matches his teammate sat out.

Boss Pep Guardiola again gave a clear indication that he intends to go with the Brazilian starlet up top next season, however, by starting him against Leicester City on Saturday afternoon.

Aguero is seemingly up for the challenge of battling for his place in the side, though, with representative Reguera claiming that talk of a move away is wide of the mark.

"Sergio is happy at Manchester City. He has a contract and wants to respect it," he told FCInterNews. "There are absolutely no problems [with Guardiola].

"Not only are there no negotiations with any other club, there hasn't even been any chat or something close to that effect. These things are not true. I repeat: there is nothing."

 

[KCblue]

While the quotes from his agent make it sound like Sergio will still be here next season, they are also quotes you would say if you were trying to maximize his value for any potential suitor. If they came out and said "there are offers and with Gabriel tin the mix to compete for playing time we will consider them", then that weakens our negotiation stance.

Personally, I'd love for Sergio to stay and break the record, but I also understand he may want to go elsewhere to be guaranteed first choice and give us a nice transfer sum in the process. Whatever happens, I'm alright with it.