It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[Phil1]

Reading through the posts has there been a development with Kane and Grealish ?
sounds like they’ve signed

The only thing Grealish will be signing in the next week are various strippers tits in Vegas.

 

[Coatigan]

Seems to have deviated a bit from someone earlier saying Kane and Grealish instead of Jesus and Bernardo wouldn't be an improvement (and a few agreeign) to prople arguing why Kane and Grealish on their own are/ are not an improvement.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Fence Sitting again Tolm............. ;-) ;-)

Don't get me started, bud!!!

So many people nowadays who haven't been allowed to think for themselves, yet convinced they are free thinkers.

The equivalent of junk food for mind control.

 

[Roy Munson]

People aren't using German football as a barometer. Champions League: 20 goals in 16 appearance. He's 20.

in fairness, 8 of those goals came against Brugge and Genk, a comparable standard to a midtable Championship side.

 

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

Do you accept that last year was a bit of an aberation with covid, finances and no supporters for a starters......?
DO you accept that Chelsea played us off the park at least twice over the last few months...utd beat us twice(I think)

Other teams will improve and I believe the signings of Grealish and Kane dont vastly improve us where it matters (in the key moments and big games)

I actually think of all our title wins under Pep, last seasons performances (as good as they were) were the worst they have been out of the seasons where we have won the title

the first title win and the centurions season, the football was a better. Go back and watch the likes of Sane, Sterling bernardo, Kun KDB and esp David Silva absolutely destroy teams with the best football the prem has ever seen

We were a better complete and balanced team IMO in the 2nd half of 18/19 to win the league and also during the long winning run last season + the CL run.

17/18 was the sexiest

 

[ancoats]

Put it this way, if United were also signing Grealish and Kane this summer, I would make them title favourites.

I fail to see how City buying the pair, being Champs already, doesnt justify a serious upgrade to an already outstanding squad, where the margins for improvement are so slender?

every top manager wants goals and more goals.
if there was one thing from last season is the goals per game was lower than the other 2 or 3 seasons.
we found it hard to kill games off and score 3 or 4 like of old

pep's attacking football needs goals because we leave open the door for a counter attack. we seen many times all it takes is one counter attack and they score from it ? yes city defence was better last season but we still got hit on the break.

but lets forget last season ? every new season is a different and we need something new to bring to the table now aguero gone. if you ask many on here we was always short of strikers even with aguero we never had another striker to come in and do his stuff.

i would like 2 world class strikers and delap as back up. only thing is pep would not play both up front and asking haaland or kane to play from the bench would not work. maybe one of haaland or kane and then a danny inngs type striker

but its now time to sort it out and get the best striker money can buy. if it means paying over £100million then its got to be done. because the final piece of the jigsaw was lost last season

 

[BufordUSABlue]

'Arry is Lee Bradbury, with a couple of coats of Levy industrial-strength polyurethane varnish - matt finish.

Don't you absolute dare mention his name Dave !!!!!

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Seriously, mate? You can't see how Kane and Grealish would improve us? Deary me.

And no, Chelsea didn't 'play us off the park at least twice in the last few months'. They were the better side in the Champions League final, but rode their luck in the cup semi and the Premier league game at the Ethiad.

And United beat us once!

Even Tuchel admitted there was no way back for his team if Aguero had scored his penalty, never mind being robbed of one at the end when Sterling was brought down.

City exhibited a level of control in last season's title win which put Pep's other two in the shade, purely from a tactical point of view.

 

[Gumzy97]

And United beat us once!

Even Tuchel admitted there was no way back for his team if Aguero had scored his penalty, never mind being robbed of one at the end when Sterling was brought down.

City exhibited a level of control in last season's title win which put Pep's other two in the shade, purely from a tactical point of view.

In your opinion what do you think the harder deal to get done, is between Grealish and Kane?

 

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

If your talking about me your wrong, I'm City daft but would hate us to miss out on Haaland. I really do believe he's going to be on another level special, the sort of player who gets you to abd wins you champions league finals season after season. The type of player who beats all the current records and we'll look back on his career and call him the GOAT

Thought I'd highlight it to save you the bother ;)

Far better than Messi then? (Who depsite being the GOAT has only won 1 CL in the last 10 seasons)

 

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

Some people are never happy.

Kane & Grealish makes us easy favourites for the title next season.

Agree totally.

We are already clear odds-on favourites to win the title before either/both of Kane and Grealish

Liverpool and Chelsea about 4s and United 7s.

 

[Bobby Heaton Moor]

I think the major worry fans have this summer is the drop-off in quality should we have to go to our 3rd or 4th choice targets. Beneath Haaland and Kane, there doesn't seem to be value out there and added to that, the anxiety around replacing Aguero seems to be reaching fever pitch. I trust the club, always will but I have a little sympathy for the bedwetters on this occasion.

 

[richards30]

I think the major worry fans have this summer is the drop-off in quality should we have to go to our 3rd or 4th choice targets. Beneath Haaland and Kane, there doesn't seem to be value out there and added to that, the anxiety around replacing Aguero seems to be reaching fever pitch. I trust the club, always will but I have a little sympathy for the bedwetters on this occasion.

It’s the type of striker pep seems to want as well though? A proper goal scoring strong tall traditional number 9?

 

[MadchesterCity]

Far better than Messi then? (Who depsite being the GOAT has only won 1 CL in the last 10 seasons)

Yes I think he'll bebetter than Messi and Ronaldo

 

[Rammy Blue]

That first game against Birmingham when he flew in with his boots in a carrier bag - he was simply amazing - from the first minute he ran the game.

One of the most enjoyable season’s of football I’ve had being a blue that year in the second division with Ali pulling the strings, he was a magician.

 

[IOWBlue]

Yes I think he'll bebetter than Messi and Ronaldo

dont swear on here, unless of course you mean the real Ronaldo.

 

[IOWBlue]

One of the most enjoyable season’s of football I’ve had being a blue that year in the second division with Ali pulling the strings, he was a magician.

think he only arrived at the ground about 2.30. If only we'd have got him a few years earlier.

 

[nmc]

One of the most enjoyable season’s of football I’ve had being a blue that year in the second division with Ali pulling the strings, he was a magician.

Agree - we were dynamite with Ali, Berkovic and Horlock

 

[nmc]

And United beat us once!

Even Tuchel admitted there was no way back for his team if Aguero had scored his penalty, never mind being robbed of one at the end when Sterling was brought down.

City exhibited a level of control in last season's title win which put Pep's other two in the shade, purely from a tactical point of view.

And went to the end in 3 competitions and the semi final of the FA Cup - completely unprecedented.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Yeah, disagree on that one mate. We see a lot of flavors of the month but not guys like these two. Both are producing over a goal a game in their domestic leagues from age 19 and Haaland is doing it in the Champion's League as well. Assuming they keep their heads on straight and manage their careers properly there's no reason to think they won't be competing for Ballon D'ors for the next decade.

But my point was that three years ago nobody was mentioning Haaland and that Mbappe was a generational talent.

You can have more than one generational talent, as Messi and Ronaldo have shown.

I'm another two or three years there will always be someone else.