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

[Steve Coppell’s 33 Days]

Along with the elbow-patched scrotes who read it.

I take offence at that. I buy my copy so I can do the crossword in my study, smoking my pipe & sipping on my sherry.

 

[g180aj]

Eh

Are you pissed?

 

[Neville Kneville]

Depends how many you concede.

The reality of the situation is that if we are creating more clear opportunities to score than the opposition, then we will win games more often than not.

And we do.

But Messi, with Pep, won plenty of games 1-0 & 2-1.

Liverpool do.

We will need to.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Like when we scored twice away from home & let in THREE GOALS ?

Messi will guarantee that never happens by making sure we always score more that two ?

Norwich away likes this post.

Absolute fucking shambles at the back that day.

Thankfully the club are taking action, even though our defending isn't a problem lol.

 

[I'm Blue]

Stop worrying mate. It’s not good for you. We have all done enough worrying already this year.

It’s not worrying as such, it’s more confusion.
I’ve been told “We won’t be giving Barça a penny, nor are we giving Messi any.”
Yet we’re giving Messi £375k a week. (NP)
Not giving Barca anything - yet they can’t have any tier 1 players, but they can have García, Angelino, Gundogan etc..
I’m glad I’m not stoned yet.

 

[mccity]

Is it not possible that we're both lacking a bit in terms of clinical goalscoring and defending? Getting Messi definitely helps the first problem.

 

[@BluePhil8]

Can you imagine this midfield and forward line

Rodri

Torres De Bruyne Messi Sterling

Aguero

Too defensive, I think we’ll line up;

Ederson

Koulibaly - Laporte

Rodri


Sterling - De Bruyne - Foden - Bernardo - Torres

Messi - Aguero

With Jesus, Mahrez and Ake coming on for Rodri, Koulibaly and Laporte in games where we’re cruising.

Pep is aiming for the zenith - mega-Cruyff total football tictacs 10-0 or go home football.

 

[i8rags]

Messi will only sign on the basis that Pep will be the manager.

Most obvious statement on this thread, of bleeding course he’ll be here.

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

If his contract expires 30.06.2021, that is like 10 months left.

Surely there is a chance for Messi to buy himself out and the maximum cost would be in this case his 10 months salary, is that correct?

Also the employer could terminate his contract and the cost of that would be maximum 10 months of his salary.

How much is 10 months salary for him? Surely lot less than 100m + 2-3 City players total cost.

I really dont get why this option is rarely mentioned. If we pay anything to Barca it should be paid to Messi to buy himself out and that to me seem a cheaper way than whatever deal Barca would agree with us.

agree with you.

Someone mentioned a couple days ago that it’s convention. Players won’t activate buy outs or FIFA Article 17 because it’s not the done thing (Apparently).

But because Barca are being pricks I would think it’s still an option Messi could use

 

[City Raider]

And we do.

But Messi, with Pep, won plenty of games 1-0 & 2-1.

Liverpool do.

We will need to.

Agree but Laporte didn’t feature in a lot of the problem games last season plus we have Ake.

Generally, it’s a risk v reward with Pep. Is the team set up a bigger factor than the individuals in it? Kompany said being a defender for him is a tough gig.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Norwich away likes this post.

Absolute fucking shambles at the back that day.

Thankfully the club are taking action, even though our defending isn't a problem lol.

Messi deserves a proper team, not a Brian Horton outfit.

We will get away with it more, with Messi's extra goals & maybe that will be enough.

But if it fucks up, it will again be the defensive unit.

Just sort it & we win everything.

 

[sir baconface]

Bit of an upgrade on TOJ...

Well, that clenches, sorry clinches it.

 

[Maly]

How many goals should it take, to win a game ?

At least one more than the opposition???

 

[I'm Blue]

Honestly, How perfect must your life be if you're spending these hours worrying about something quite frankly, neither you, I, or most City Fans have no authority to speak on or know much about.

Sit back and enjoy the ride my friend, leave it in the hands of the same people who insisted we were innocent and were vindicated by the decision of an Independent institution who's sole focus is dispute resolution

Hours worrying lol
By asking questions cos UEFA are a bunch of lying cheating cunts and I wouldn’t trust them for one second not fuck us over given the slightest chance.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Agree but Laporte didn’t feature in a lot of the problem games last season plus we have Ake.

Generally, it’s a risk v reward with Pep. Is the team set up is a bigger factor than the individuals? Kompany said being a defender for him is a tough gig.

Exactly & teams have found out how to score against us.

So get more solid at the back & hand it over to the attack. Job done.

 

[Goodlove]

Like when we scored twice away from home & let in THREE GOALS ?

Messi will guarantee that never happens by making sure we always score more that two ?

How many games can you think of where we would have won by converting more chances? Southampton? Chelsea? Wolves?
You disagree clearly but stats suggest defence really isn’t a problem

 

[leewill31]

Lets be honest if we sign messi it solves the opposing teams tactics of 11 behind the ball he would make a great impact sub for those type of games.

 

[Neville Kneville]

At least one more than the opposition???

Exactly.
1-0 & 2-1 are wins.

 

[i8rags]

Are you pissed?

He will only sign for city if pep is here also, no way, reckon u might be onto something

 

[Dazzle84]

And the games when we score twice ?

We won the league winning 1-0 with kompany managing that. He was actually a bit shit in a lot of those games but it was all about leadership. What we lack now