It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

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give it to gordon said:
I wont be at all surprised if City didnt sign Kane or Haaland, and brought in someone under the radar.

Whilst Kane is good I am not sure if Pep wants a 'big' player our squad is all about the team Kane comes with alot of baggage not bad baggage but the baggage of being the leagues best striker and England's captain.
Haaland pep doesnt like his agent and I get the feel his agent will be wanting to move Haaland on after a few seasons
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The baggage of being the leagues best striker lol
 
Shipping our biggest club legend out because he can't stay fit then bringing in Ramos makes no sense. The guy has played 15 league games this season and hasn't even made Spain's Euros squad (one of our own players has replaced him!). It would be an awful signing.
 
give it to gordon said:
I wont be at all surprised if City didnt sign Kane or Haaland, and brought in someone under the radar.

Whilst Kane is good I am not sure if Pep wants a 'big' player our squad is all about the team Kane comes with alot of baggage not bad baggage but the baggage of being the leagues best striker and England's captain.
Haaland pep doesnt like his agent and I get the feel his agent will be wanting to move Haaland on after a few seasons
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I wouldn't be surprised either.

If that happens, it will be due to the cost of both players however, rather than Pep not wanting big players at the club.
 
BillyShears said:
They don't even know who their coach will be right now, so absolutely, I've got no idea how they'll use him. Fair shout. You'd think for Laporte Madrid/Barca are ideal ideal destinations if either can fund it.
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If he has a good Euros for Spain it should be an easy deal to make, he’s got every incentive to put on a show.
 
My big worry is the Haaland to Chelsea rumours gathering pace, swap him for Timo on Saturday and we lose 5-0. I’d rather go all in for Haaland now so they don’t get him knowing there not going to get Kane.
 
FromPollockToSilva said:
At winning the ball? Look at the number of tackles and interceptions they make:

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Fair enough the stats do make a compelling argument. Just going off the naked eye I’ve always felt Rice is great tackler. The crux of my point was more how I’ve always admired the way Bayern, Juve and the spanish teams tend to build around the best players from their country. I’d like to see us do similar now we’re producing better players recently - just a preference with no real sense behind it haha
 
Laporte has been excellent for us but it is a shame he doesn't want to fight for his place the same as what John Stones had done. We will get a good fee for him and we aren't short of cover.
 
grifter said:
Fair enough the stats do make a compelling argument. Just going off the naked eye I’ve always felt Rice is great tackler. The crux of my point was more how I’ve always admired the way Bayern, Juve and the spanish teams tend to build around the best players from their country. I’d like to see us do similar now we’re producing better players recently - just a preference with no real sense behind it haha
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Rice is definitely good in the tackle, and his passing has improved a lot (88% accuracy in a Moyes team is actually very impressive). It's more the case that Ndidi in particular is putting up absolutely insane numbers in that position than any real criticism of Rice

Rice is in that fairly select group of English players that are probably good enough to play for this City team. I can only imagine he would cost a fortune though
 
Charlesfarsbar said:
Remember this kind of nonsense being trotted out about the scousers after 18/19, they walked the league after gaining massive confidence from winning the CL

Chelsea will be very dangerous next year
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If they get Haaland they will be.
Chelsea are currently a counter attacking team and teams this have been having a go cos they’ve not been at their best.
Basically playing into Chelsea’s hands somewhat.
The real test comes when the penny drops and teams start parking the bus, like they do against us.
The way we play we are the perfect opponents for Chelsea, a counter attackers dream.
 
Daz_Blue said:
Andre Silva looks good in the 2 or 3 games I have watched him play in for Frankfurt ....
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I really want Kane but I have thought for a while that Andre Silva seems such a City transfer. I think I read that he wouldn't be too expensive. It would be so City being linked to Haaland and Kane and then getting Silva us lot will be fuming but then it turns out well and we all forget about. It seems to happen every transfer window we all set our sights too high choosing player A,B,C and insisting Txiki give the selling club what they want, calling him all sorts when he doesn't and most of the time everything works out well, perfect example was Koulibaly last year. I'm not criticising anyone I love the transfer thread it keeps me going through the summer. I really wouldn't be surprised if we go for someone like Silva though. In saying that I am still going to hold on to any snippet that even slightly suggest we are getting Kane and Grealish lol
 
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