It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[Centurions]

No one has mentioned it, but how crazy is that this exact thing happened *two* summers in a row! last summer with messi, the exact same situation, and we allowed it to happen!

The message that we apparently took was "don't deal with messi" instead of "don't put all eggs in one basket" I guess..

Damned if I could make sense of the above.

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

What's Johnathan Walters doing now? He's got that kun esque low to the ground shape we've been missing and he knows where the back of the net is.

Worth a punt?

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

City always said happy to go with what we have if didn't get Kane, but never quite believed it.

Trying to give benefit of the doubt, and five days is a long time in football, as we discovered today.

I do think if anyone can manufacture a deal out of nowhere, it will be Mendes, whether it involves Ronaldo and Bernie, or someone else.

This is one thing I just can't understand. How can we possibly be happy with what we've got at the same time as pursuing a player for well over £100m? You don't look to spend that kind of money, never mind the wages, if you're happy with what you've got.

 

[joe123]

This is one thing I just can't understand. How can we possibly be happy with what we've got at the same time as pursuing a player for well over £100m? You don't look to spend that kind of money, never mind the wages, if you're happy with what you've got.

Because Pep thought Kane would improve us and was less convinced that others would?

 

[The1nvisibleMan]

Huh????
Aguero will always be a legend, but the club got this one spot on.
Evidence - he's out again for 3 months.
Sergio should have retired, his body just can't do it anymore.

Yeah but it was announced really early and all felt odd and seemed like we had something planned but clearly not

 

[chaddblue]

Ollie McBurnie might be tempted with a return to the PL

He looked the business last year for Sheff U

 

[BlueBanger]

'Maybe a cup or two'? Fuck me, talk about spoilt.

I completely disagree and its a lazy argument...

Are we or are we not an established champions league squad? Have we or have we not won the league 3 out of 4 years? Have we or have we not got the best mananger in football?

Well, why then should we as fans not expect a certain level of squad management to go with this!? Its not entitlement or being "spoilt" its simply expectation in line with our place/success in football.

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

No one has mentioned it, but how crazy is that this exact thing happened *two* summers in a row! last summer with messi, the exact same situation, and we allowed it to happen!

The message that we apparently took was "don't deal with messi" instead of "don't put all eggs in one basket" I guess..

If by 'allowed it to happen' we walked away rather than have the piss taken out of us, then I'd be happy for it to be allowed to happen every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

 

[razman]

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

Stinks of the 2019 summer. Just won the league and needed to strengthen in a key position. All the eggs in one basket, didn’t land the target and it fucked us all season. The same will happen this season. The fact Liam Delap is the only out an out striker at our club is an absolute fucking disgrace from everyone involved. Someone should have been strong enough to tell Pep that he can’t just say he ONLY wants Kane. We needed a backup option. Even if it was someone like Ings etc. Just piss poor.

So how would that have worked? We tell Southampton "hold Danny Ings for us unless we don't get Kane?"