It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[citizen_maine]

Its quiet on Lautaro Martinez so maybe the club working on that

It's quiet on Danny Ings too.

 

[mat]

Were signing Ramos and watching the scouse piss boil....

 

[LongsightM13]

Not the way James played last night. I usually rate him but he was terrible.

If Kyle was dropped for being erratic in possession then by the same evaluation, James probably shouldn’t play again in the tournament just for his cowardice

 

[LongsightM13]

If €20m is true get the deal done ASAP!

A no brainer at that price

 

[TheBlueDune]

I know we’re usually shit at getting good fees for players but that’s usually for players we don’t want or aren’t good enough.
These 2 are top top players and we shouldn’t be letting them go cheap.

The hand of Jorge Mendes is steering this. Maybe a %age from Barca related to how cheap they can buy and a deal based on total contract value.

 

[Legal Alien]

Pep played him in the final because he believed Sterling could get in behind Chelsea what I don’t get and now with England he never switched him to the other side will foden on the left! Foden far better on the left than Sterling and Grealish for me..

Yep and I don't understand why managers do this.
You take players out of their natural position and they can't play their game, as they have to cut back inside onto their favoured foot.
We see this at City with Mahrez and Sterling. But why managers don't let them swap wings when it isn't working is strange, we saw it in the CL final and again last night.

People have mentioned that Sterling may have peaked and was at his best a few seasons ago, well that was when Sane was playing and he played on the left and Sterling on the right. They did swap too but Sterling looked a lot more threatening on the right side.
Maybe he has peaked, but i would play him on the right and Foden on the left and see if that changes anything before we write him off.

 

[sky tot]

Its quiet on Lautaro Martinez so maybe the club working on that

Hope not , never been impressed when I’ve seen

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

The elephant in the room for me continues to be Sterling, because I think we need to contemplate a sale at the earliest opportunity.

Just my opinion, I have celebrated his goals and achievements with City just like everybody else, so not a statement to knock him, respectful of his time with us.

I have been watching him closely for the last 18 months or so since an obvious downturn in form.

I had put it down to fatigue and being overplayed, resulting in a lack of confidence.

However, I am seeing worrying signs it might be because he has actually peaked?

He was knocking on the first team door at the age of 15 and is more like 30 in playing years.

Raheem always had that spark which took him beyond his marker inside the first three or four yards, but he has lost his raw pace in my opinion.

It has made him indecisive and impacted his decision making.

The contract situation is a dilemma, but there is a point when it needs to be asked if he justifies being retained for another four or five years, never mind a regular starting place in the City team?

Raheem wouldn't be the first wonderkid to find his powers waning a little earlier than his age would suggest?

I always felt Michael Owen peaked at 22, he was absolutely electric beforehand, but his pace deserted him due to injuries.

Rooney hit 27 and the writing was obvious he wasn't the same player.

Perhaps we might even be seeing it with Kane?

All these guys have played a lot of football before their mid-20s.

As I say, merely for the topic of debate, I personally fear we may have already had the best of Raheem and was interested what other Blues felt, without it becoming a vilification of a player who has served us very well?

Regardless of your view, not sure you can say Sterling's form is the elephant in the room. It's been all anyone can talk about on here for weeks. In fact, it's getting quite boring.

Speaking of elephants in rooms, whatever happened to that old thread, by the way? From Sterling's first season? Could do with a laugh.

 

[NMB]

The elephant in the room for me continues to be Sterling, because I think we need to contemplate a sale at the earliest opportunity.

Just my opinion, I have celebrated his goals and achievements with City just like everybody else, so not a statement to knock him, respectful of his time with us.

I have been watching him closely for the last 18 months or so since an obvious downturn in form.

I had put it down to fatigue and being overplayed, resulting in a lack of confidence.

However, I am seeing worrying signs it might be because he has actually peaked?

He was knocking on the first team door at the age of 15 and is more like 30 in playing years.

Raheem always had that spark which took him beyond his marker inside the first three or four yards, but he has lost his raw pace in my opinion.

It has made him indecisive and impacted his decision making.

The contract situation is a dilemma, but there is a point when it needs to be asked if he justifies being retained for another four or five years, never mind a regular starting place in the City team?

Raheem wouldn't be the first wonderkid to find his powers waning a little earlier than his age would suggest?

I always felt Michael Owen peaked at 22, he was absolutely electric beforehand, but his pace deserted him due to injuries.

Rooney hit 27 and the writing was obvious he wasn't the same player.

Perhaps we might even be seeing it with Kane?

All these guys have played a lot of football before their mid-20s.

As I say, merely for the topic of debate, I personally fear we may have already had the best of Raheem and was interested what other Blues felt, without it becoming a vilification of a player who has served us very well?

I reckon we will allow him to run his contract down. The fact that we lose out on a transfer fee doesn’t appear to concern our owners one bit. We even allowed Gareth Barry to run his contract down while on loan to Everton. During those two years he’ll have every incentive to re find his form if it’s still there and if he does we can offer him DeBruyne type money at any point.

 

[Stoned Rose]

So is no one here still of the opinion that 2 shit games under the worst manager england has had in 20 years don't actually negate how good he's been the entire season, finished top goalscorer & top assists with a team that finished 7th?

I would still absolutely love harry kane at city and couldn't care less how shit he's looked for england. Think about how ineffective foden was yesterday, does he look like that for city? Absolutely not, because we actually have a decent manager. Take a deep breath.

Looks pumped full of painkillers imo.