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

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Marvin said:
Barcelona should have cashed in on Messi whilst they had the chance.

Like it or not, the well managed clubs in European football at the moment are Liverpool and Bayern Munich.
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Hold on a minute. Would that be the same Liverpool who furloughed staff? It does not sound like a well managed club to me when you have to steal money from the government to pay staff cough cough shareholders.

Do not hold these clubs up to any high standards. Wash your mouth out mate, actually take disinfectant to it. Both clubs are morally bankrupt and a stain on the footballing world.

Is your real name John Aldridge:)
 
Marvin said:
Well barcelona are not. Man Utd certainly are not. Italian football is a joke...see Juve. They want to add Suarez to Ronaldo. Inter have become an old folk's home. At home Liverpool boss the Premier League.

All we needed to do was repair the central defence. The job is half done.
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Sorry mate but that response doesn’t justify your first statement. Let’s leave it there
 
Neville Kneville said:
3rd Yes I can
4th Yes I can
5th Not the most efficient way
6th How do you know ?
7th Who the fuck cares about it, when anyone in their right mind wants to see players coming through, for City, from City's Academy ?
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You seem angry

First off you cannot

So who are the best Spanish 15 year old footballers ?

Size / quantity increases efficiency it’s more efficient to develop 10 players then 5 and better to make 100 k on 10 players than 100 k on 5

Have you not seen how much we have made from selling players like Gunn etc it’s in the papers it’s common knowledge

Why are we having this conversation about how rubbish we are at selling players if you do not know how much about how much we are making on players sales

I want that too but I want them to only be the best I don’t want them there because they where in the academy

We seem to have improved on this front very recently with Foden Doyle Hardwood Bellis and Garcia
 
WRicko said:
You seem angry

First off you cannot

So who are the best Spanish 15 year old footballers ?

Size / quantity increases efficiency it’s more efficient to develop 10 players then 5 and better to make 100 k on 10 players than 100 k on 5

Have you not seen how much we have made from selling players like Gunn etc it’s in the papers it’s common knowledge

Why are we having this conversation about how rubbish we are at selling players if you do not know how much about how much we are making on players sales

I want that too but I want them to only be the best I don’t want them there because they where in the academy

We seem to have improved on this front very recently with Foden Doyle Hardwood Bellis and Garcia
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Yes, I can.

What do Gunn, Harwood Bellis, Doyle, Foden have in common.
 
meeesh said:
Come on man,surely there are a couple who you'd sooner chance their arms at another club,football evolves so quickly these days,got to keep the conveyor belt moving
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Yeah I can always pick a couple if I had to particularly if they were knocking on a bit but I never think “Oh my god not him playing” any more. Plus I think all players suffer from drops in form and it’s sometimes worth reminding ourselves that it normally comes back where as, in the past, there used to be around 10 players in the squad I thought were always useless!

Let’s take the 4 players currently being named as surplus. Now I’m not saying I wouldn’t choose them too just that, if they stayed, I would be OK with that.

Zinchenko: I like him. Still young full international. Midfielder who had to learn to be a full back. Not so long ago featured in a couple of matches where he was my MOTM. Made a few positional mistakes more recently and dropped. Great squad player.

Stones: The enigma. Suffers from confidence and injury problems. At his best a great player suited to our style. I think there is a chance he can regain his form and has time on his side.

Otamendi: This guy was great for us. A Centurion. He’s started to dive in again instead of standing up and plays so little that when he comes in he can be rusty. Age not on his side. Can see him going and doing a great job in a side that plays him more.

Gundo: Currently the fans favourite whipping boy now that Mahrez has improved. He was great for us and put up impressive analytics. For some reason he doesn’t seem to be putting in a shift. A clever player who still looks great for Germany.

Point is they all have their troubles but I don’t look at them and think I wish we had never bought them...and that’s a thing I’ve never really had over the years.
 
Rather like bog roll in my house in March this year. It was my job to replace it. Went to the Supermarkets and the shelves were empty. Went to a local shop and they had one pack of Andrex priced at £10 and some cheapo 1 ply stuff that I didn't think was good enough. I said that Andrex is a bit on the pricy side. Owner smiled and said well make me an offer and we can talk....
 
Having said all that on my previous post I’d still like it if we created room to sign;

Upamecano
Ndidi

And a player that caught my eye recently called Messi.

Before the Messi stuff I REALLY wanted Werner and it looks like we tried but he had his heart set on Chelsea so we can’t have everyone.

Sancho situation still winds me up and it will be worse if he goes to United.
 
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Marvin said:
We have revenues of £600m. We did the domestic treble with Kompany 18months ago and the management's job was to replace him. They haven't.
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If life were that simple eh. You failed to answer the question though, which maybe is because your starting to see it was maybe not your smartest quote, or very poorly worded
 
Marvin said:
We have revenues of £600m. We did the domestic treble with Kompany 18months ago and the management's job was to replace him. They haven't.
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Given that he didn't play that much in the last 3 seasons with us I would argue that his influence was perhaps felt more off the pitch than on it. That presence around the club is a much more difficult thing to replace and its possible that Pep and the management were expecting one or two of the senior players to step up in leadership terms.
I don't think you replace players like Vinnie in the same way as we never replaced Colin Bell, they are just the perfect fit for the club at the perfect time. Not saying we don't need another defender but he won't replace Vincent Kompany.
 
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