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

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Koulibaly deal seems dead now... Fucking ADL.

Jules Koundé will hopefully be a good signing but I’m still not convinced about his size. I always prefer a bigger centreback to get some aerial and ground presence. A CB should never be pushed over and Koulibaly is a rock.

Koundé is destined to lose certain aerial battles and ground duels because he doesn’t have that big frame. There’s just no way of avoiding that.

I hope he’ll bulk up.
 
Pablo1 said:
Being a Utd supporter doesn't bother me tbh. Brennan is as well but he's always been fair. It does beg the question as to why we don't have many City fan journalists reporting on us.
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I'd go as far as to say that Brennan is more than fair, he often fights our corner.
 
skyblues said:
Koulibaly deal seems dead now... Fucking ADL.

Jules Koundé will hopefully be a good signing but I’m still not convinced about his size. I always prefer a bigger centreback to get some aerial and ground presence. A CB should never be pushed over and Koulibaly is a rock.

Koundé is destined to lose certain aerial battles and ground duels because he doesn’t have that big frame. There’s just no way of avoidig that.

I hope he’ll bulk up.
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IMO you can't have it both ways. Height may help with aerial duels but not being a beanpole won't be adverse to ground duels where shorter players tend towards being nippier and more manouverable.
 
I dont understand the Kounde deal? i thought we wanted a leader at CB with experience, instead we are signing a player whos 21 years of age and an amazing prospect, But not really a leader.
 
Gumzy97 said:
I dont understand the Kounde deal? i thought we wanted a leader at CB with experience, instead we are signing a player whos 21 years of age and an amazing prospect, But not really a leader.
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well , the telegraph article which I posted states , city in principal won't overpay if they feel it is over priced - which has been the case for sanchez , maguire etc.

They clearly feel that for KK and ofcourse the history with the dick ADL is a factor for sure

So hopefully turns out the same way as it did when we "failed" to get Sanchez , Maguire and Jorginho.
 
Think the height thing is being overly looked into. Football has changed and i can't think of many old style center forwards who like to bully CD's as there once were (Kane/Carroll exceptions?).
 
OccupiedPalestineBlues said:
IMO you can't have it both ways. Height may help with aerial duels but not being a beanpole won't be adverse to ground duels where shorter players tend towards being nippier and more manouverable.
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I would normally agree but VVD and Koulibaly are prime examples of being both.
But as we know, something other than height is what make players win duels. Ramos is amazing in the air and he’s 183, so I guess there’s hope.
 
We should just say it’s 60 million today. With each passing day we reduce the fee by 1 million. He knows he has to sell as next season will be luckily to get half of that.
 
skyblues said:
Think we’ve given up on Koulibaly. According to reliable The Telegraph PSG are closing in.

Koundé will probably be our new centreback. I just pray he’s not another John Stones.
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Stones was nowhere near Koundé's level at Everton. He was poor for Everton the season before and we signed Stones because he was HG with good technical ability and banked on Pep to Stones at least get to do the basics consistently.

Stones was always big risk.
 
We seem pretty stuck on what we’re willing to pay for a CB. Can’t help but think FFP is in play here. We’re going to be looking at a replacement for Aguero soon plus the whole Messi thing. We normally return deliberate small profits as we reinvest in the squad so things might be tight looking at a 1-3 year plan. Especially if we’re having difficulty offloading.
 
City Raider said:
We seem pretty stuck on what we’re willing to pay for a CB. Can’t help but think FFP is in play here. We’re going to be looking at a replacement for Aguero soon plus the whole Messi thing. We normally return deliberate small profits as we reinvest in the squad so things might be tight looking at a 1-3 year plan. Especially if we’re having difficulty offloading.
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Chelsea posted loss of over 100 million in their last accounts. Has not stopped them spending a fortune.

There cannot be FFP concerns.
 
razman said:
well , the telegraph article which I posted states , city in principal won't overpay if they feel it is over priced - which has been the case for sanchez , maguire etc.

They clearly feel that for KK and ofcourse the history with the dick ADL is a factor for sure

So hopefully turns out the same way as it did when we "failed" to get Sanchez , Maguire and Jorginho.
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Not sure it was good fortune or clever decisions but the missing out on Maguire, Sanchez and Jorginho was incredibly good from our club.
 
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