It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[GaudinoMotors]

Maybe they wanted that attention to draw everyone’s eyes away from Mendy?

You're good, I'll give you that.


Thanks

 

[N1985]

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Wish i did it when it was 25/1 last night

Got 15/2 earlier. Thanks for the new stuff for my camper, Cristiano.

 

[Akira]

I don't think lack of signings was the reason Pep looked depressed.

Yeah, and didn't Pep always carry a sorta 'depressed' look in press conferences? Man's just tired of speaking to journalists.

 

[Lamby]

Maybe they wanted that attention to draw everyone’s eyes away from Mendy?

It didn't work!

 

[Cobwebcat]

Wanted Kane but otherwise agree….

Strategy failed

Not bothered by Ronaldo at all

 

[chaddblue]

My feeling is tomorrow's lunchtime kick off will tell us a lot about how our season will pan out. Look out for Guardiola's demeanour, & how the squad reacts. It could be a sense of 'We've lost it already' OR 'RIGHT! Let's show these fuckers what City are made of.' Hopefully it's the latter.... )(

I suspect the Mendy news will have more of an impact on the players than the Kane / Ronaldo news

The players are detached from all the transfer talk and club politics and don't spend hours on here like us

But Mendy was their mate and by all accounts very popular in the dressing room. Think it could hit them hard

 

[blueparrot]

Farce of a window

We Won’t know for 9 months, unless you are more interested in transfers than football.

 

[Maly]

Hard not to get caught in frenzy of it all but on reflection that Ferdinand tweet summed up why I’m now happy it fell through. The sheer arrogance of it. Ronaldo and that club are perfectly suited. They are welcome to him though it is nothing more than a desperate Glazer PR stunt that will backfire over the next season or two. The Glazers never learn, they keep giving the fans what they want instead of following a strategy. It’s the main reason we’ve moved beyond them.

Great post mate

 

[Shaffer92]

A bit of perspective is needed here. It was always said Ronaldo wasn't on our radar, & we only showed late interest after.

1. The Kane pursuit ended.

2. Because we'd only entertain Ronaldo if offered a fantastic, impossible to turn down deal.

City refused to pay a transfer fee, & we told Ronaldo to half his wage demands. There was always the risk of another club thinking "Fuck that! Ronaldo for £30m, & £25m per year for two years." It's an £80m investment for one of the greatest players of all time, & one who had some emotional attachment to the club who got him.

The lesson to be learned here were the unheeded warnings which started yesterday, that City may have been the preferred party, but that we weren't the ONLY interested party.

It was fuckin astonishing how many of us lost our marbles this morning when myself & others warned that we needed to look at the alternative reports that Ronaldo to City WAS NOT a done deal, & that many commentators were speculating that an 11th hour bid could topple our lukewarm interest.

This summer was all about Kane. Haaland & Mbappé were off the table, so outside of those two, realistically who were we left with as targets? City we left to go against our recent policy & start to consider the likes of Ronaldo & Lewandowski. Unless they were going to be given away, our recent history suggested both were highly unlikely signings, especially with clubs like PSG & ManUre hovering who've shown a willingness to think nothing of making these Hollywood signings.

The positives are we've still got our money. We have Jesus, Torres & Delap & we were a couple of shit performances away from completing a historic treble last season. This season is gonna be a different proposition, but it is whatever the fuck it is. The pressure's now on to make the most of what we have & perhaps this may be the best thing that's happened to us.

Last season, Pep fucked about with some of our line ups, like a rich kid spoilt for choice with his toys. Right now we've got to make every game & every goal scored & saved count. The way we approached Chelsea the last three times we played them, & Leeds will probably reap the same rewards this season, when last season Guardiola thought we had more than enough in reserve to cope.

We've got three days left to do something about replacing Aguero, if we even bother trying. We're a left back down too, so perhaps it's time to address that problem position, & have faith in the forwards we have.

I'm fuckin gutted we didn't get Kane or Ronaldo, but it is what it is. I'll be behind the team 100% as always, & perhaps I can find a little bit more on match days to make up for the lack of a superstar striker replacement for Aguero.

Funnily enough, I'm less worried about Aguero's replacement than I was the season where we failed to replace Vinny. It'll be interesting to see what Torres & Delap are made of now the spotlight is probably going to be on them for a season.

Something has gone on behind the scenes. Guardiola didn't make an error saying he was leaving when his contract was up, & he didn't sound too convincing trying to explain it away in today's press conference. He looked downbeat when asked about Ronaldo, whilst OGS had a sly knowing grin on his face during his presser. I've got a feeling deep down that here's more to this summer transfer window than we all know.

Sorry for the long post, but I just feel I've got to get a few things off my chest & make sense of what's happened these last 48 hours. My feeling is tomorrow's lunchtime kick off will tell us a lot about how our season will pan out. Look out for Guardiola's demeanour, & how the squad reacts. It could be a sense of 'We've lost it already' OR 'RIGHT! Let's show these fuckers what City are made of.' Hopefully it's the latter.... )(

Good post and agreed about Pep. He was pretty obviously seething in the presser this morning.

 

[kalouk]

I wish Arsenal were a better team. Buying at Arsenal seemed so much easier.

I know you're joking but at this point I'd take a punt on Lacazette lol