It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[jonmcity]

But where will they go?

Don't think here. We have shown that we get cold feet, when it comes to the big deals. We don't want to be seen as another Paris, or Real Madrid.

 

[The1nvisibleMan]

have you heard of nuno mendes a year ago? no? then someone else will come along in a year.

We didn’t get Nuno Mendes so why will we get this mystery man?

 

[14aguero]

Grealish has been looking good. Obviously, disappointments abound. It is good to have kept Bernardo and Laporte. I think they will get their minutes. It is unreasonable to expect little injury from Dias and Stones, having played so many last season. De Bruyne is already going through a stretch of injuries again, so Bernardo will be heavily used.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

So what do we do haha? Just buy no one cause we don’t think they’re as good as aguero

That isn’t what I meant. Nobody can replace aguero, but there has to be a standard that we don’t go below and just buy fir buying sake.

The ITK info re Haaland in jan makes sense.

 

[Blue tiger]

It is what it is mate. Looking at our transfer history, we'd rather go without & wait for the right option to become available, rather than panic buy a player not up to the standards we've set ourselves & be lumbered with a depreciating asset on huge wages.

This policy has caused small peaks & troughs over the seasons, but since 2012 it's served us better than any other English club in the professional leagues.

We're all pissed about the Kane scenario, but realistically who else on Kane's level was available? We know we need a LB, but no one could have predicted what's just happened to Mendy, & seeing as he's been mostly injured & in poor form since being here, it's not as if we'll be any worse off this season will we?

Grealish adds to the strength of our squad & provides additional midfoeld & forward cover, we'll never know if Torres can be the main striking solution we need unless he's given the opportunity to prove himself. Jesus can operate as a No 9, or on either wing & has been a revelation on the right this season so far, so we have similar striking options to last season.

We've taken the gamble that Fern has another season as a top CDM left in him. I reckon he'll see us through as long as we don't rinse him. Injuries can throw all of that into disarray, but it also gives Rodri the opportunity to properly establish himself as our undisputed No 1 CDM.

Essentially, our failure to get Kane, a new LB & to sign a replacement for Fern gives opportunities to several players in our squad who were pissed off with mostly starting our biggest matches on the bench.

I really feel they'll step up to prove to the club that even more solutions to our squad issues can be found right under our nose & in our academy. Perhaps this situation is what was needed to stop Pep from sometimes acting like a child in a sweet shop because he's so spoilt for choice.

Now Pep will have to play the best players available, & take rest & rotation into account for the sake of rest & rotation, & not just because he wants to experiment with an abundance of options in crucial matches.

Funnily enough, this season could could be the making of our club & squad for years to come.... )(

Hopefully fella.

 

[IBlue]

Man City defender Zinchenko criticised for Champions League final display

Oleksandr Zinchenko came under criticism at half-time of Manchester City's Champions League final against Chelsea

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

He failed to track Kai's dribble. I like zinchenko. He is not a LB but tries his best. We need a serious LB in the club.

Same with DM. Fern legs are gone. We only have rodri, an injury to rodri and our season goes to waste. We should have invested in LB and DM if striker was unavailable. We should have gone after Nuno and bissouma

The goal came from their left where we were wide open. Havertz made a great run from inside right inbetween Dias and Zinchenko. The criticism you attached was unfair on the overall performance, higher profile players were worse on the day.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

Who were we definitely trying to sign this window ? Grealish (obviously) and Kane. Were we actively bidding for anyone else ?

No

 

[wolviedinho]

Does this mean that we have won the most coveted trophy…Net spend Cup. Here we go!

Out:
Sane £55m
Sales £60m

In:
Jack £100m

Winners ;)

 

[kanovic]

Very disappointing that everyone around us have strengthened and we have not. Let hope we stay injury free or this season could be bad

 

[jonmcity]

The goal came from their left where we were wide open. Havertz made a great run from inside right inbetween Dias and Zinchenko. The criticism you attached was unfair on the overall performance, higher profile players were worse on the day.

The defensive midfielder was really bad in the first half!