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

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

If Messi doesn't go to the PCR tests tomorrow because in his eyes, he's no longer a Barcelona player after terminating his contract, I think we are running full steam towards a court case, and hopefully that won't take too long.

nah it’s brinksmanship. I negotiate multi million deals all the time (admittedly not in football) and these are fairly common ‘positioning’ tactics

 

[domalino]

nah it’s brinksmanship. I negotiate multi million deals all the time (admittedly not in football) and these are fairly common ‘positioning’ tactics

But Messi doesn't need any brinkmanship.

He's consulted UEFA, FIFA and the law firm who wrote the contract, and they all told him he could cancel his contract, so he did.

 

[skyblues]

its started.

Did you read it? I think it’s a pretty good article.

Statement: City’s problem is defence: TRUE

Statement: City’s weakness is without the ball: TRUE

Messi is not known for running his ass off in games anymore and press the opposition, so no matter how excellent he is at attack, our pressing would get worse with him on the field, something a side like Liverpool could take advantage off. On the positive side, Messi with his insane skills will probably unlock most teams we’ll face.

If he in fact join us, it’ll be VERY interesting to see how Guardiola would handle Messi when realizing we’re lacking press up front. Can we expect him to run his legs off until he’s 35?

Messi is a wonderful footballer, but not all of his attributes will be beneficial.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

Did you read it? I think it’s a pretty good article.

Statement: City’s problem is defence: TRUE

Statement: City’s weakness is without the ball: TRUE

Messi is not known for running his ass off in games anymore and press the opposition, so no matter how excellent he is at attack, our pressing would get worse with him on the field, something a side like Liverpool could take advantage off. On the positive side, Messi with his insane skills will probably unlock most teams we’ll face.

If he in fact join us, it’ll be VERY interesting to see how Guardiola would handle Messi when realizing we’re lacking press up front. Can we expect him to do that until he’s 35?

Messi is a wonderful footballer, but not all of his attributes will be beneficial.

And if he's on the pitch at the same time as Aguero, the rest of the team have got a hell of a lot of running to do out of possession. Nice problem to have, though.

 

[simon23]

Did you read it? I think it’s a pretty good article.

Statement: City’s problem is defence: TRUE

Statement: City’s weakness is without the ball: TRUE

Messi is not known for running his ass off in games anymore and press the opposition, so no matter how excellent he is at attack, our pressing would get worse with him on the field, something a side like Liverpool could take advantage off. On the positive side, Messi with his insane skills will probably unlock most teams we’ll face.

If he in fact join us, it’ll be VERY interesting to see how Guardiola would handle Messi when realizing we’re lacking press up front. Can we expect him to run his legs off until he’s 35?

Messi is a wonderful footballer, but not all of his attributes will be beneficial.

It also ignores the fact that we have just bought one defender (Ake) and are certainly in the market for another (koulibaly or plan B)

 

[Damanino]

What about Jorge Messi is he still stuck in Argentina?

He was supposed to arrive in Barcelona tomorrow.

He will walk into Barca headquarter like this:

 

[LongsightM13]

Bit of an upgrade on TOJ...

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

MNM you say? You could lose yourself whilst Stan would have a meltdown, but who would be the real slim shady?

Well, we can rule out Luke Shaw.

 

[simon23]

But can he do it on a rainy night in Stole

Here is your answer:

 

[Glauber Berti]

Did you read it? I think it’s a pretty good article.

Statement: City’s problem is defence: TRUE

Statement: City’s weakness is without the ball: TRUE

Messi is not known for running his ass off in games anymore and press the opposition, so no matter how excellent he is at attack, our pressing would get worse with him on the field, something a side like Liverpool could take advantage off. On the positive side, Messi with his insane skills will probably unlock most teams we’ll face.

If he in fact join us, it’ll be VERY interesting to see how Guardiola would handle Messi when realizing we’re lacking press up front. Can we expect him to run his legs off until he’s 35?

Messi is a wonderful footballer, but not all of his attributes will be beneficial.

Right - So they always say the best form of defence is attack right?

As things stand, with the most bang average defence we've had for the past few seasons, people already have to double mark De Bruyne

What's it going to be like when they have to afford the same treatment to Messi?

Going to be like when we had Nasri - Silva - Yaya all in the same side, you can stop one of them, but not all of them

I don't care how much we all suffer from cityitus, it's madness how some people on here can turn getting the best player of a generation into a negative

Are people just looking for reasons to complain?