It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[nmc]

Emergency dentist for me this afternoon to probably rip some teeth out. Hopefully they do it because I will rip them out if they leave me like this


Give me some good news please View attachment 21726

ouch - however much pain is inflicted in the chair its nowt compared to the pain at the desk when you have to pay ! Last visit cost me a wisdom tooth and nearly £400 !!!! Good luck - hope it goes well.

 

[brightwelleyes]

The five stages of transfer window grief:

Denial
Anger
But everyone else has done their business!
Do we ever give youth players a chance?!
Announcement of satisfactory business.

 

[decmancity]

What I don't get is that we don't use the CFG clubs more for experience.

I thought there would be loads off to Girona to get some senior level football then maybe one or 2 coming back to the first team squad.

The only one who's ever had a game after being out on loan is Zinchenko and he'd already had senior football before he signed for us.

This forum is littered with people kicking off because players go to Girona and barely play or Girona are shit so what was the point of doing it.

Its not as cut and dry as just sending a player on loan. Its very difficult for a young lad to go somewhere and then just immediately work.

The likes of Girona etc also don't exist just to play our kids, they are professional clubs with their own targets and expectations. We can't force players onto clubs.

In saying that we seem to have had some better loans recently with Porro, Couto, Nmecha and so forth.

 

[Protein Junkie]

I think I’ve said it before so forgive me but the pool for world class forwards is so shallow it’s almost unbelievable. The problem city have is that as there are so few options out there where else can we look if it’s not Kane or Haaland. Compared to a few years ago when we had arguably four world class forwards in our squad alone it makes things a whole lot tougher to get the right forward in.

There seems to be more options out there in midfield and wide areas so maybe we are better off strengthening there and keeping Jesus and hoping that Delap can make the step up. Oh and a left back would be lovely if we can’t get the right forward in. I would rather that then spend money on the likes of Daniel Ings or similar just for the sake of getting a forward in.

I think the pool for world class forwards is shallow because our bar is now so very high.

 

[twosips]

If people are frustrated at how the academy is run, that's up to them. I like winning trophies and we do lots of that so the whole 'development' thing I'm happy to leave to clubs like Dortmund whose entire business is built around taking punts on kids.

Also, as I say, we haven't lost a single one other than Sancho who has achieved anything that made me think "shit they could've done it here".

I don't think it's either or to be honest. I really believe it's possible.

 

[bobmcfc]

ouch - however much pain is inflicted in the chair its nowt compared to the pain at the desk when you have to pay ! Last visit cost me a wisdom tooth and nearly £400 !!!! Good luck - hope it goes well.

I rang 111 and got an NHS emergency appointment. Said it's only £23.80

I was worried about the cost but they assured me

 

[Cobra]

I’m not sure you understand what an academy is all about in modern football. Foden is a shining example however the concept is more of a business model now. Its a stream of income selling youth on. Taking a young player on and developing him into a talented prospect to them sell on for millions is a fabulous business model at little cost. City do this perfectly, yes we may have a Phil Foden come along once every 10 years however the concept is far greater. If you thought we’d have a team full of academy player by now then you’d be sadly mistaken.

Unless I’m mistaken the only academy players who have started a league game for us in the past 7 years are Foden and Garcia. Is that the absolute maximum we could have expected given how much money we’ve spent on the academy? And in that time plenty of shit players have been given chances - Nolito, Fernando, Kolarov, Sagna, Rodwell, Delph (as a midfielder), Navas (in his last couple of seasons), Bravo, Bony etc. Heaven forbid we give an incredibly talented academy player a chance though.

 

[urban genie]

Is every part of greater Manchester considered mancunian? (I’m not from England)

Not the wankers south of the mersey ;-)



Honestly no it can cause great anger amongst some of the folk of each of the other boroughs when called Mancunian.

Especially those from West Manchester, sorry I mean Salford

 

[Phil1]

What did I miss?

Just posting to see if I'm thread banned..
Cool, looks like I survived! Haha!

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

i think its not that easy matey ?? united do sign the best young kids at 16 and put them down as home grown
it takes 8 years from the first time they come to city. some are now coming at 8 year olds so you can do the maths they would be about 16 now ?

like i said if we can keep adding one or two every season into the first team squad and get them in and around the players then we will see results

also city academy is a gate way into professional football at all levels and loads of young players are now professional footballers because of the academy

Was easy enough in 86 when Hinchcliffe, Brightwell Redmond, Lake, White and Moulden helped to win the FA youth cup. 5 of those players played in the 5-1 'Maine Road Massacre' in 89. My point is they were given a chance and proved good enough.

I'd just like some our youngsters to be given a chance, that's all.