Trying to keep out of posting in this thread as I fall into playing with 10 men rather than Jonny fucking Evans but to be fair to heatons he's probably got a job , our scouts have also got jobs but they don't seem to scout particularly well especially at Centre Back.Was he on your's? Were you even aware of his existence before he popped up on MOTD tonight. Did you advocate we buy VVD while he was still at Celtic? No, not many did, because you see, hindsight is a wonderful thing and it makes wise men out of fools until the next time.
Funny that you're discussing Maguire! Just moved my post from the Everton pre-match thread to here. Maguire is a much better footballer, and it was a shame he was injured vs us at the Etihad. I was really looking forward to how he'd have handled our attack. He's got a very good future ahead of him.If this is purely about a back up player and home grown status, then really who else is available?? no one reaĺly.
I mean if not him only other 2 around that price range this season who have moved to new clubs and home grown we could have gone for instead earlier on are Michael Keane or Harry McGuire and would they have been any better?
I don't particulary want him amd any price over £20 million is ridiculous, but if it happens then fair enough.
Funny that you're discussing Maguire! Just moved my post from the Everton pre-match thread to here. Maguire is a much better footballer, and it was a shame he was injured vs us at the Etihad. I was really looking forward to how he'd have handled our attack. He's got a very good future ahead of him.
It's very funny that there was not one mention of Maguire before he was highlighted on MOTD.
When was this? haven't watched MOTD day tgis season yet last week was in Brighton so missed it and last night was out, just watching it now and the foxes haven't been on yet.
You're such a cynic :-/Yeah course mate. Not one mention of Maguire in 400 pages before Match of the Day now a whole raft.
Just coincidence obviously
We will have done our homework and we still have Tosin who makes it 5. I cannot possibly imagine City have just pulled Evans out of the hat. I have 2 football agents as clients and both have told me of a company like OPTA who keep unbelievably detailed stats on every professional player in the world. Players can be graded & cross referenced down to the finest detail which gives clubs an indication of what a player's like before they take the time to monitor & scout them.
Trust me, we will have every available metric available on Evans and he must have been identified as our best option for the money. Last season we concentrated on the forward line, & this season it's the defence, but obviously Sanchez & Mbappe have forced us to make provisions for their availability, meaning we've probably had to lower our sights with the CB position based on the assumption that VK's fitness problems with his calves are over.
Either way, I seriously cannot see our club have done what we have this summer without it being a part of a bigger plan.