It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

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blueparrot said:
Do you take a spare shirt when you eat it?
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Ha ha, I’ve actually been on the way to a meeting before now, grabbed a bacon, sausage & egg Vienna with lashings of red, brown & pepper & as I bit into it, fucking sauce & egg all down the front of my nice clean white shirt. Luckily I had another clean shirt on a hanger in the back of my car
 
oddfellows said:
Cave in and pay 30m more or digging in and pay less = saving 30m
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It s a wording thing, but ach it is pedantic. If it was saving, yes.

We are doing the paying, they are doung the recieving so only goes one way.

Not worth it really, was meant to be a humorous pointer but quickly became tedious. Don't even know why i responded tbh. Cause im fucking bored maybe. This **** needs to get signed.
 
simon23 said:
but both Sane and sterling had pace to go either way and ran at people.....now Mahrez rarely does this, mostly opting to pass or run inside

That option of the David Silva pass is still there.....he just aint there to play it but its still available.....

Pep seems to not want direct wingers....I get this as they are in danger of losing possession more (something he use to berate Sane esp for constantly).
Our wide players are very one dimensional at present.....Mahrez, Grealish (if he plays there - i hope he doesnt and he gets a number 8 role)...even Sterling now he plays from the left mostly - he is the only one with any real pace in our forward line and coming inside nullifies that. Bernardo as he plays from the right cuts in all the time ....the inverted winger tactic is great but we dont adapt it ever
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Fair enough, I don’t think the space is there anymore, though agree sometimes Bernardo and Mahrez on the left turn back on themselves too much. I think we may see more Foden left and Sterling right this year. I’d like and expect Grealish more as an 8. In the end though whatever Pep decides usually works out pretty well so let him crack on.
 
discopop said:
The Bernie wanting out I can sympathise with the lad had a torrid time with racist stuff and wants some sun, Sané looks like it was an inside job from Bayern after two years aided an abetted by his mum.

If we get what we paid for Bernie I consider it decent enough business considering everything.
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Yeah, sad but we’ve already had great service from him and we would book a significant profit in the accounts given amortisation on the time he has already been here
 
simon23 said:
but both Sane and sterling had pace to go either way and ran at people.....now Mahrez rarely does this, mostly opting to pass or run inside

That option of the David Silva pass is still there.....he just aint there to play it but its still available.....

Pep seems to not want direct wingers....I get this as they are in danger of losing possession more (something he use to berate Sane esp for constantly).
Our wide players are very one dimensional at present.....Mahrez, Grealish (if he plays there - i hope he doesnt and he gets a number 8 role)...even Sterling now he plays from the left mostly - he is the only one with any real pace in our forward line and coming inside nullifies that. Bernardo as he plays from the right cuts in all the time ....the inverted winger tactic is great but we dont adapt it ever
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We should at least have the option
 
I think we treat our players very well which is why they seem to go cheap. I'd be amazed if we weren't quietly turning down offers for our big players or had made it obvious a sale would not be entertained. But if a player wants to move then we work a compromise - long term it's probably beneficial as no doubt players talk and word gets around that City is a good place to work
 
Maly said:
How much of a loan fee have we been charging Leeds for Harrison for the last 2 years?

Or Angelino’s loan fee? Or the fact we’ve now made profit on him twice?
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Not sure, but i know the fee was included as an option to buy in the loan deal, so that's our fault because on the open market he was worth a lot more.

My point was that i was comparing both their fees to how much Brighton got for White and even with loan fees i'm guessing both combined were less than him.
 
simon23 said:
but both Sane and sterling had pace to go either way and ran at people.....now Mahrez rarely does this, mostly opting to pass or run inside

That option of the David Silva pass is still there.....he just aint there to play it but its still available.....

Pep seems to not want direct wingers....I get this as they are in danger of losing possession more (something he use to berate Sane esp for constantly).
Our wide players are very one dimensional at present.....Mahrez, Grealish (if he plays there - i hope he doesnt and he gets a number 8 role)...even Sterling now he plays from the left mostly - he is the only one with any real pace in our forward line and coming inside nullifies that. Bernardo as he plays from the right cuts in all the time ....the inverted winger tactic is great but we dont adapt it ever
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When you say present, do you mean 1 game, or maybe you are including the Community Shield?
 
Maly said:
How much of a loan fee have we been charging Leeds for Harrison for the last 2 years?

Or Angelino’s loan fee? Or the fact we’ve now made profit on him twice?
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nowhere near enough. again, ben fucking white went for 50m, the fee for the loan adds maybe a few millions at max to each, doesn't even come near to making that gap

and so what if we made a profit? we could have made a bigger profit. how does that negate their point?
 
Coatigan said:
It s a wording thing, but ach it is pedantic. If it was saving, yes.

We are doing the paying, they are doung the recieving so only goes one way.

Not worth it really, was meant to be a humorous pointer but quickly became tedious. Don't even know why i responded tbh. Cause im fucking bored maybe. This **** needs to get signed.
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Indeed he does
 
Ajm1985 said:
£52m would be good business for Bernardo - more than we paid for him and a lot more than his book value.
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Not sure I agree. If we were trying to buy Bernardo from another club we’d be quoted £80m plus. We should let him go if we get a market value offer. We are not a charity and we owe none of the G14 anything.
 
nmc said:
Not sure I agree. If we were trying to buy Bernardo from another club we’d be quoted £80m plus. We should let him go if we get a market value offer. We are not a charity and we owe none of the G14 anything.
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What's the point of keeping a player in the squad who is miserable and underperforming over a few million when the funds of selling him can help fill the biggest need in the club? I don't get that mindset. If he's truly as miserable as everyone is saying and doesn't get out now, he could make a bigger scene about it next summer and cause the price to drop even further. Especially if he isn't playing regularly and when he does play he doesn't play well. The next summer he is sold for 30 million and everyone will be screaming why didn't we take the 52 last summer. Just my opinion.
 
I think being helpful and understanding to players who want to leave by accepting reasonable bids pays dividends in our reputation amongst players. Those that leave the club always speak amicably about us.

Whereas this whole Kane fiasco is sure to put off any young players thinking of joining Spurs as a stepping stone - and other than those type of players, Spurs have no chance of attracting real talent.
 
nmc said:
Not sure I agree. If we were trying to buy Bernardo from another club we’d be quoted £80m plus. We should let him go if we get a market value offer. We are not a charity and we owe none of the G14 anything.
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Because he'd be at the top of his game
 
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