It's Quiet the £250m return

Berti No Show said:
What comes with winning, inevitably, is entitlement. When you’ve been at the top for as long as we have, it’s easy to slip into the mindset that every season has to be flawless, that anything less than perfection is somehow failure. But football, like all sport doesn’t work like that. It goes in cycles. Nobody stays at the summit forever. The Chicago Bulls ruled basketball in the 90s, but when Jordan, Rodman and Pippen left they weren't the same force and that golden era ended, the cycle moved on. AC Milan were kings of Europe for decades before they slipped away and had to rebuild. That’s sport. That’s reality.

You've got to have a little perspective sometimes. Take Crystal Palace for example – one trophy in their entire history. I actually know a Palace fan who feels blessed beyond words just to be able to follow them on a European tour. For him, that’s once in a lifetime stuff. Meanwhile, we’ve won the lot. Every trophy, every honour - the full set, whilst creating history that will still be talked about in 100 years time. Some fans of other clubs can only dream of what we’ve lived through.

Even last season, written off by many, we finished third and reached a cup final, despite losing key players for the entire campaign. That’s not exactly failure. That’s a squad holding its own in adversity.

So instead of fans dissecting every misstep, every selection, every bad pass as if it’s the beginning of the end, maybe just stop and appreciate what we’re living through. Because this era won’t last forever. Nothing does. And when it passes, we’ll look back and realise we’ve never had it so good.

If someone had told you at the start of the summer that we’d be bringing in Cherki, Reijnders, Donnarumma, Ait-Nouri, Marmoush, Khusanov, Trafford, Reis (one of the most coveted young defenders in Europe), plus Echeverri, Nypan, Jumah Bah, and Nico González, you’d have snapped their hand off. That’s a mix of proven quality, elite potential, and serious investment in the future. Yet somehow, because it didn’t tick every single box for every single fan, people are calling it a failure. Really?

Even if we’d added Livramento on top of all that, there’d still be voices moaning, because some supporters have reached a stage where success isn’t enough. And if this is what success brings, endless nitpicking, crisis talk after every bump in the road then I almost wonder if some people would be happier moaning their way through relegation scraps every season.

The truth is, we’ve never had it so good. The manager and players built this golden era. They’re the reason we’ve lifted everything there is to win. They’ve earned our trust, and they deserve our backing through the rough patches as much as the good ones.

Because when these new signings settle, when the chemistry clicks, this team is going to take off again. And when it does, people will look back at this summer window and realise just how strong it really was.

This manager has brought us everything we ever dreamed of. Trophies, glory, respect on the world stage. He’s taken us places we never thought we’d reach. Year after year he’s rebuilt, losing key players and still finding a way to deliver titles. That takes genius, resilience, and vision of the highest order.

He’s achieved things even Sir Alex Ferguson never did. Think about that for a second. We are watching one of the greatest managers in the history of the game, and he’s ours, he's been ours, he's one of us now.

So when I see our own fans tearing him down, it honestly saddens me and I feel embarrassed. Other clubs look on in envy. They’d give anything to have a manager like him, and here we are wasting energy moaning about the very man who built this golden era. Without him, this doesn't happen.

We should be standing tall, proud, united behind him. Because this manager hasn’t just given us success - he’s defined our identity. He’s raised our expectations, rewritten our history, and taken this club to levels we once thought impossible.

He deserves nothing less than our full support. Through every dip, every challenge, every change, he has earned our trust a hundred times over. He's got enough credit in the bank to be backed, even if we finish 15th like United did. Just take a trip back to the City v Inter CL final thread on this forum and just look at what he brought to our fans on here. The best night of our lives.

One day this era will be history, and we’ll look back and realise just how lucky we were to live it, and when he's gone we will know how good we had it with Pep.
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If you’ve been shagging Michelle Keegan in her city kit every night for a decade then she fucks off and you’re scrabbling round for 6/10s off the estate your head goes.

That’s what’s happening to our fan base atm.
 
Skrastins said:
Luis Enrique comes to City just to sell Donnarumma againa :D

i doubt we would go after Luis Enrique

i think we will go after a fairly young coach and back him up long term

Fabregas, Kompany, Arteta, Nagelsmann, Andoni Iraola, Michel is the shortlist imho
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I was just putting my opinion like you I like enrique but someone else could come along in next two years no one nos
 
Berti No Show said:
What comes with winning, inevitably, is entitlement. When you’ve been at the top for as long as we have, it’s easy to slip into the mindset that every season has to be flawless, that anything less than perfection is somehow failure. But football, like all sport doesn’t work like that. It goes in cycles. Nobody stays at the summit forever. The Chicago Bulls ruled basketball in the 90s, but when Jordan, Rodman and Pippen left they weren't the same force and that golden era ended, the cycle moved on. AC Milan were kings of Europe for decades before they slipped away and had to rebuild. That’s sport. That’s reality.

You've got to have a little perspective sometimes. Take Crystal Palace for example – one trophy in their entire history. I actually know a Palace fan who feels blessed beyond words just to be able to follow them on a European tour. For him, that’s once in a lifetime stuff. Meanwhile, we’ve won the lot. Every trophy, every honour - the full set, whilst creating history that will still be talked about in 100 years time. Some fans of other clubs can only dream of what we’ve lived through.

Even last season, written off by many, we finished third and reached a cup final, despite losing key players for the entire campaign. That’s not exactly failure. That’s a squad holding its own in adversity.

So instead of fans dissecting every misstep, every selection, every bad pass as if it’s the beginning of the end, maybe just stop and appreciate what we’re living through. Because this era won’t last forever. Nothing does. And when it passes, we’ll look back and realise we’ve never had it so good.

If someone had told you at the start of the summer that we’d be bringing in Cherki, Reijnders, Donnarumma, Ait-Nouri, Marmoush, Khusanov, Trafford, Reis (one of the most coveted young defenders in Europe), plus Echeverri, Nypan, Jumah Bah, and Nico González, you’d have snapped their hand off. That’s a mix of proven quality, elite potential, and serious investment in the future. Yet somehow, because it didn’t tick every single box for every single fan, people are calling it a failure. Really?

Even if we’d added Livramento on top of all that, there’d still be voices moaning, because some supporters have reached a stage where success isn’t enough. And if this is what success brings, endless nitpicking, crisis talk after every bump in the road then I almost wonder if some people would be happier moaning their way through relegation scraps every season.

The truth is, we’ve never had it so good. The manager and players built this golden era. They’re the reason we’ve lifted everything there is to win. They’ve earned our trust, and they deserve our backing through the rough patches as much as the good ones.

Because when these new signings settle, when the chemistry clicks, this team is going to take off again. And when it does, people will look back at this summer window and realise just how strong it really was.

This manager has brought us everything we ever dreamed of. Trophies, glory, respect on the world stage. He’s taken us places we never thought we’d reach. Year after year he’s rebuilt, losing key players and still finding a way to deliver titles. That takes genius, resilience, and vision of the highest order.

He’s achieved things even Sir Alex Ferguson never did. Think about that for a second. We are watching one of the greatest managers in the history of the game, and he’s ours, he's been ours, he's one of us now.

So when I see our own fans tearing him down, it honestly saddens me and I feel embarrassed. Other clubs look on in envy. They’d give anything to have a manager like him, and here we are wasting energy moaning about the very man who built this golden era. Without him, this doesn't happen.

We should be standing tall, proud, united behind him. Because this manager hasn’t just given us success - he’s defined our identity. He’s raised our expectations, rewritten our history, and taken this club to levels we once thought impossible.

He deserves nothing less than our full support. Through every dip, every challenge, every change, he has earned our trust a hundred times over. He's got enough credit in the bank to be backed, even if we finish 15th like United did. Just take a trip back to the City v Inter CL final thread on this forum and just look at what he brought to our fans on here. The best night of our lives.

One day this era will be history, and we’ll look back and realise just how lucky we were to live it, and when he's gone we will know how good we had it with Pep.
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Couldn’t of put it any better best 10-15 years of my life football wise and pep the greatest manager ever in my opinion
 
Stoned Rose said:
If you’ve been shagging Michelle Keegan in her city kit every night for a decade then she fucks off and you’re scrabbling round for 6/10s off the estate your head goes.

That’s what’s happening to our fan base atm.
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Sometimes you have to take the rough with the smooth
 
Skrastins said:
Luis Enrique comes to City just to sell Donnarumma againa :D

i doubt we would go after Luis Enrique

i think we will go after a fairly young coach and back him up long term

Fabregas, Kompany, Arteta, Nagelsmann, Andoni Iraola, Michel is the shortlist imho
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There’s some good contenders on the match day thread too.
 
Gumzy97 said:
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What the fuck is that supposed to mean?

If Pep doesn’t sign a new player, then signing one will still be a priority when the transfer window opens again?

Seriously?

That’s what passes for content these days?

Firstly - Pep doesn’t sign players, and secondly - how the fuck is anyone supposed to sign any player before the transfer window opens again?

Who seriously produces such unfettered bilge in the first place, and then actually decides it’s a good idea to share their demented ravings in public?

I’d be embarrassed.
 
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Nicholas van Whatsisface said:
What the fuck is that supposed to mean?

If Pep doesn’t sign a new player, then signing one will still be a priority when the transfer window opens again?

Seriously?

That’s what passes for content these days?

Firstly - Pep doesn’t sign players, and secondly - how the fuck is anyone supposed to sign any player before the transfer window opens again?

Who seriously produces such unfettered bilge in the first place, and then actually decides it’s a good idea to share their demented ravings in public?

I’d be embarrassed.
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I had to read it three times in case I misunderstood before thinking the only way that could happen is if city signed a free agent who was also a free agent at the time the Summer window closed. There’s more chance of United playing in Europe this season.
 
BlueMonkey79 said:
Net spend of 220 million

We have fluttered that away on

Phillips
Nico G
Doku
Sav
Nunes
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1 of them is a flop, 1 has done about as expected but has ended up RB, one's easily on the best 21 year old wingers in the world, ones a decent 23 year old one and one is a talented 23 year old midfielder who has already looked good for us.

So essentially 3 of them are exactly the sort of player you buy to start a rebuild, so I'm not sure what everyone is expecting.
 
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