Good point mate....My issue will be if we spend another summer spending big on forwards and neglect the fullback position again. Most fans at the start of the season could have told you the fullback position and CM were going to cost us points this season and thats what has happened. The holes the fullbacks have left at the back while trying to play Pep's system, is half the reason for all the mistakes we see. We've been stuck with 4 over 30 fullbacks that just dont fit his style of play. I believe the long term transfer plan for the fullback position has been poor and should have been better managed, ready for Pep's arrival. This summer we have no excuses for not fixing the problem! ; ) Should be a fun summer...
what we do in attack is part of the defence and one of peps biggest things after possession.Yeah I wouldn't be worried about that. We are obviously buying a RB and a LB this summer. I personally only think we need 1 of each. But what we do for the attack has no bearing on our defense purchases IMO.
Would have only cost us circa £3/4mil to pay Clichy off, less if we'd cut a deal. We could have created the space quite easily.Because we didn't have 4 CBs running down their contracts making them impossible to move.
Spot on.Would have only cost us circa £3/4mil to pay Clichy off, less if we'd cut a deal. We could have created the space quite easily.
Would have only cost us circa £3/4mil to pay Clichy off, less if we'd cut a deal. We could have created the space quite easily.
Crowd fund him out, 9 more games till he goes, can't wait.Would have only cost us circa £3/4mil to pay Clichy off, less if we'd cut a deal. We could have created the space quite easily.
Would have to have been a home grown player to replace him.Crowd fund him out, 9 more games till he goes, can't wait.
To be fair the bbc gossip page just repeats whats on the back of the tabloids, and our club dont want to be on the back of the tabloids. The tubby guy was moved on because he was an embarrasment.Only more bullshit about the shitty rags on the BBC football gossip page this morning. They're getting as bad as the tabloids for rag arse licking.
How come there's seldom any rumours about us signing Sanchez, Griezmann, et al? They're even linking Liverpool with a £50m move for van Dijk, yet I though we were interested in him?
It annoys me because it's about the perception of our club in the broader public eye. If we're constantly linked with the big signings it seeps into the neutral fans' mindset that we are a top club who can outspend the rags. It's also good for prestige, commercial value, etc to have the top of the tree image.
I actually liked that chubby guy who acted as a mouthpiece for us a couple of days after the takeover! Talking about Ronaldo, Messi, everyone. Though he was swiftly moved on wasn't he!
To be fair the bbc gossip page just repeats whats on the back of the tabloids, and our club dont want to be on the back of the tabloids. The tubby guy was moved on because he was an embarrasment.
All the media talk is Rags and dippers
All the action will be City
Well I hope so
Do you think we have actually told the press not to make up rumours, or do they still have this old fashioned mindset that we're not as big as Liverpool, rags or Chelsea so less interesting to write stories about?
Strange though, if it's a negative story we suddenly make their back pages in huge headlines. But they steadfastly refuse to run with 'City to splash out on Sanchez, Griezmann AND Mbappe' or similar.
The tabloids are 90% rag propaganda aren't they, even to this day when they're battling for 5th or 6th and playing on Thursday nights.
We need another couple of seasons of them doing nothing and being out the top 4.
Based almost entirely on interent clicks and yes we dont get as many. Saw a thing on f365 , talking about City not getting credit, were they said they said they know if they put a City story at the top of their site they get a lot less clicks. Personally dont care they will take notice wwhen the real deals are done.Do you think we have actually told the press not to make up rumours, or do they still have this old fashioned mindset that we're not as big as Liverpool, rags or Chelsea so less interesting to write stories about?
Strange though, if it's a negative story we suddenly make their back pages in huge headlines. But they steadfastly refuse to run with 'City to splash out on Sanchez, Griezmann AND Mbappe' or similar.
The tabloids are 90% rag propaganda aren't they, even to this day when they're battling for 5th or 6th and playing on Thursday nights.
We need another couple of seasons of them doing nothing and being out the top 4.
Ended up at Portsmouth in the end iirc, be careful what you wish for.I actually liked that chubby guy who acted as a mouthpiece for us a couple of days after the takeover! Talking about Ronaldo, Messi, everyone. Though he was swiftly moved on wasn't he!
You've seamlessly switched your rant from "the rags at the bbc" to the media. The bbc, as stated, get their gossip column from the gossip in the papers.Do you think we have actually told the press not to make up rumours, or do they still have this old fashioned mindset that we're not as big as Liverpool, rags or Chelsea so less interesting to write stories about?
Strange though, if it's a negative story we suddenly make their back pages in huge headlines. But they steadfastly refuse to run with 'City to splash out on Sanchez, Griezmann AND Mbappe' or similar.
The tabloids are 90% rag propaganda aren't they, even to this day when they're battling for 5th or 6th and playing on Thursday nights.
We need another couple of seasons of them doing nothing and being out the top 4.
In fairness we can infer Pep's thinking here. If he didn't think they' were okay, we can assume he'd have done something about it. That for me is a fair inference to make. That said, I think fullbacks at best ranks 3rd or 4th on the list if things that have caused us to fade in the league. Goalkeeper, poor finishing, injuries, all superseding fullback. So I still don't get Rammy's rant :)
Based almost entirely on interent clicks and yes we dont get as many. Saw a thing on f365 , talking about City not getting credit, were they said they said they know if they put a City story at the top of their site they get a lot less clicks. Personally dont care they will take notice wwhen the real deals are done.
Listening to Talkshite in the car this morning, and one of them (ex pro, not sure of his name though) said that he knows for a fact that we've been talking to a right back, and if we do the deal it will be big news and he'll definitely improve us. Anyone got any ideas of who it might be?