It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[Deleted member 87819]

"People see me as..." as if it backs up your point? If you're happy with what you're doing then just carry on without trying to justify it or keep pointing it out.

Because those were conceptual battles we had here in the past few months. People argued for things that clearly didn’t pass the smell test and when they saw their points didn’t stand, they made it personal and turned me into some kind of villain. Go back and read the exchanges and see how they played out. I’m not backing up my point — I’m just wondering, where are they now? I won’t be shocked if given a few days they come back with the same cliches.

 

[MeatHunterrr]

To be fair it was mainly the bottom paragraph. I agree that more youth need to be promoted, because we’ve lacked desire but I don’t think we’re close to a perfect squad and we’ve been pretty patient for ages.

We badly lack athleticism and we play a style that requires it. If this is not fixed I think it will really start to show in the next 2 years.

 

[BlueBrain]

Have we signed anyone yet

 

[Gabriel]

We badly lack athleticism and we play a style that requires it. If this is not fixed I think it will really start to show in the next 2 years.

I agree with point one, we badly lack athleticism, and point three, it will [increasingly] show, but not with point two. Our current system does not require great athleticism; instead, it prioritizes technique and possession.

 

[Delphinho]

I don`t think we`ll need lots of changes. If we had Haaland or Kane this season we would have won the quadruple. The striker position naturally remains the highest priority, and a backup/challenger to Zinchenko on the LB would be great, but offloading Mendy would be difficult. Any other incomings would depend on any other player leaving. I could potentially see Ake leaving, would love to see us bring back Tosin or give THB a chance as the fourth choice CB, but that`s probably very unrealistic

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

The front line needs refreshing, and we will definitely be bringing in a much needed world class CF. The false 9 worked well in the longevity of the league but you could see last night we lacked a true CF to occupy their back line.


Then we are led to believe that some players may be looking to leave, as per Pep's interview stated.

Think the time right now could be for sterling to be sold - his form this season does not warrant the wage hike he wants. The same old habits are still also relevant as he cannot beat his opposite marker. If we do sell Sterling or one of the other wide players (mahrez or bernardo) then I would be happy if we got grealish in

Going to be an interesting summer transfer market this year

 

[vicblueman]

The front line needs refreshing, and we will definitely be bringing in a much needed world class CF. The false 9 worked well in the longevity of the league but you could see last night we lacked a true CF to occupy their back line.


Then we are led to believe that some players may be looking to leave, as per Pep's interview stated.

Think the time right now could be for sterling to be sold - his form this season does not warrant the wage hike he wants. The same old habits are still also relevant as he cannot beat his opposite marker. If we do sell Sterling or one of the other wide players (mahrez or bernardo) then I would be happy if we got grealish in

Going to be an interesting summer transfer market this year

If we can get a buyer for him ?

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

If we can get a buyer for him ?

Yep of course...thats what a lot of this supposed changing of the players will rely upon. We obviously have the funds already for the CF signing and possibly one other - but if what Pep says rings true and there are a few that are looking elsewhere to which he says he will sit down with and they can decide to stay or go, then yes those other signings are going to be based on selling first

 

[vicblueman]

Yep of course...thats what a lot of this supposed changing of the players will rely upon. We obviously have the funds already for the CF signing and possibly one other - but if what Pep says rings true and there are a few that are looking elsewhere to which he says he will sit down with and they can decide to stay or go, then yes those other signings are going to be based on selling first

To me its no coincidence that jesus & sterlings games have gone backwards alarmingly from other seasons ,is that down to lack of confidence knowing pg prefers to play midfielders at the moment ?
Will new forwards want reassurances of game time knowing how pg likes to tinker.
Just asking ?

 

[M12Blue]

I agree with point one, we badly lack athleticism, and point three, it will [increasingly] show, but not with point two. Our current system does not require great athleticism; instead, it prioritizes technique and possession.

Which is why sterling is struggling as both those attributes are not strong points of his, hence possession lost and on back foot.
Iys why I think grealish would be an upgrade.