It's Quiet thread 14 - 'do one' edition

[Keeper!]

Absolutely spot on mate, the lad was top shop, a truly likeable bloke just hasn’t got his career back on track but we know there is a player there.

Irrelevant, he has had the best part of 12 months to recover, it's not going well, little improvement in fitness, form or condition.
Time to cut our losses , likable guy without doubt but a liability as a player today.

Also we don't know if there is a player in there, he's has never been fit enough to find out.

 

[BlueDejong]

Hope not Tagliafico...

 

[Damanino]

Pff some old rumour LOL:

 

[The1nvisibleMan]

Hope not Tagliafico...

Why not?

 

[BlueDejong]

Why not?

So slow

 

[spider blue]

Irrelevant, he has had the best part of 12 months to recover, it's not going well, little improvement in fitness, form or condition.
Time to cut our losses , likable guy without doubt but a liability as a player today.

Also we don't know if there is a player in there, he's has never been fit enough to find out.

Can’t argue that one, just like him settled probably not with us and his luck change.

 

[supercity88]

That's what you believe, I don't agree.

Fans maybe another 12 months before anyone can go into the stadium, the economy is tanked, don't believe everything will return to normal, things are going to change after all of this and football will need a serious reality check, not before time.

You keep going on about Messi making money for City, that's not correct, any money that he generates HE will keep, not the club, sponsors will be paying Messi's enormous wages and image rights.

The club will see the benefit of extra revenue from sponsors who want to get on board because of Messi. The fans not going makes little impact on that. As long as City are on TV in front of a global audience with sponsors names plastered everywhere then they'll be happy and City will make money. City with Messi are going to demand a higher sponsorship fee than City without. Messi will not take all of that money. That extra money helps pay for him and some.

That's why the funds aren't there to sign any player, because with most signings they don't attract a higher commercial income for the club so City get the full burdon of transfer fee and wages.

Whilst times are hard for many, they are very good for a lot of companies. The new world we live in is perfect for a lot of companies. People spending more time at home, looking to do more exercise, looking to buy more things online. Plenty of companies will be making record profits.

 

[Scottish Cityzen]

Could be wrong here, but just passing on a rumour I heard that the club were really not happy with last night. Big time. Sped up a potential hunt for a LB that they were considering putting off until next summer. Obviously take it with a pinch of salt, but at least we don't have to wait long to see if anything comes from that.

It’s really quite sad the extent to which Mendy has been affected by the injuries, he’s a shadow of what he was. I’m almost always surprised when he manages to control the ball and retain possession. His crossing ability has completely disappeared.

Between Dias, Ake, Laporte back to 100% and a new lb it would give a massive boost to the team. Hope we have a couple of surprises up our sleeves.

 

[waspish]

Hope not Tagliafico...

Yeah Ravioli is better.

 

[Craggers]

Some good news/bad news here. Good news is that last night has opened the clubs eyes to the fact that we need a left back, but bad news because it took last night for them to realise this. 90% of City fans could have told them that. The lack of a quality centre forward last night also indicates we may come unstuck with a injured/receding Aguero and only one proven back up plan. Reminds me of the centre back situation last summer.

100% agree. Last year we should have replaced the centre back position but didn't, instead it was left to this year when we should have been focussing on a left back and centre forward. We've wasted time recruiting the players we need when we needed and now we're on the back foot. Our forward planning and recruitment strategy for replacing players has been shocking these past couple of years, so much so it's taken last nights performance to realise that.