Jonny Evans

[goalmole]

I'd pay Southampton £50m for van dijk, plus mangala, bony and delph. Let's face it, no team is going to buy them so we may as well just get rid of them.

Can't we just abandon them on some church steps for the local vicar to find.

 

[Dribble]

Fair enough up to a point and you might well be correct on your last point about a bigger plan. However, surely every signing in recent years has been subject to the same detailed OPTA metrics, yet some have turned out shit. Why? Probably because metrics - although extremely useful - still leave a lot untold. And then there's the chemistry: fitting in with team mates, manager and the system.

I agree. The difference with interpreting the available metrics is the difference between the managers who interpreted them, namely Pellegrini & Guardiola. I know who I'd choose to make sense of scouting reports and how they fit in with our greater plan.

 

[hilts]

Pep mentioned in his presser that we "only have 3 CB's" and looking to sign another....seems like Evans could be our last signing of the summer, if Arsenal not willing to let Sanchez go.

If he actually said that then it borders on ****ish behaviour

 

[sir baconface]

I agree. The difference with interpreting the available metrics is the difference between the managers who interpreted them, namely Pellegrini & Guardiola. I know who I'd choose to make sense of scouting reports and how they fit in with our greater plan.

To be fair, we've signed a duck egg or two under every manager since the takeover.

 

[goalmole]

If he actually said that then it borders on ****ish behaviour

Genuine question. Why is it ****ish behavior in your opinion.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Can't we just abandon them on some church steps for the local vicar to find.

Just give them to the charity shop. Some old lady will buy bony for a couple of quid to make her tea.

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

If he actually said that then it borders on ****ish behaviour

Here the clip mate....last minute of the highlights from the presser..

 

[hilts]

Genuine question. Why is it ****ish behavior in your opinion.

I've been out all day so maybe things have changed, how many cb's as of now do we have

 

[goalmole]

To be fair, we've signed a duck egg or two under every manager since the takeover.

Every manager in the history of the game has signed a duck egg or two.

 

[Dribble]

To be fair, we've signed a duck egg or two under every manager since the takeover.

True. You only truly know what you've got, once the player has signed, but there was a plan with Mancini & Pep that was missing under Pellegrini. I know Txiki has a major part to play, but aside from the summer of 2012, all of our managers have insisted the decision to sign players has been theirs.

 

[goalmole]

I've been out all day so maybe things have changed, how many cb's as of now do we have

We have 4 plus Tosin and Denayer ,off the top of my head, but Pep has already made it clear that he doesn't rate Mangala and Denayer, and Tosin isn't ready so I don't see he's stated anything new or ****ish tbh.

 

[hilts]

Here the clip mate....last minute of the highlights from the presser..

Not very clear to my old ears I heard mangala mentioned after a question about tosin.? Who are our 3 cb's

 

[hilts]

We have 4 plus Tosin and Denayer ,off the top of my head, but Pep has already made it clear that he doesn't rate Mangala and Denayer, and Tosin isn't ready so I don't see he's stated anything new or ****ish tbh.

So tosin, mangala and denayer are not cb's currently under contract at city? Not being funny just confused

 

[goalmole]

Just give them to the charity shop. Some old lady will buy bony for a couple of quid to make her tea.

Yes, but can she afford his wages.

 

[goalmole]

So tosin, mangala and denayer are not cb's currently under contract at city? Not being funny just confused

No, your just being funny. You know full well what he means.

 

[Proy]

Here the clip mate....last minute of the highlights from the presser..

Tosin isn' ready. I don' know how many times it needs saying, but Mangala is not, has never been and never will be a Pep player. I swear some people forget who our fucking manager is sometimes.

Based on that, his comments were spot on. That leaves 3 centre backs, one of which is injury prone and up until recently has been made of glass.

We need a CB. Period. Preferably one who knows the league, and who is left footed, and doesn' mind sitting on the bench.

 

[Proy]

So tosin, mangala and denayer are not cb's currently under contract at city? Not being funny just confused

Nothing to be confused about. If you want to make it black and white, then contractually there are more than 3.

But then you know that's not what Pep meant, and if you can't see his point and that Mangala/Denayer don't have a future then there is only one person being ****ish and it ain't pep.

 

[hilts]

No, your just being funny. You know full well what he means.

I actually don't.From a post on here and the presser I could draw a conclusion but I prefer not to in case it was taken out of context. It's why I said it could be ****ish behaviour.

 

[sir baconface]

Can you point to the post you made about signing Stones, before he signed for neverton,what with it being a no brainer and all that?

It wasn't addressed at me, that one. However shouldn't the ordinary fan have licence to use a smidgeon of hindsight? It's hardly a level playing field against professional coaches, with all of their time and resources.

 

[robbieh]

Tosin isn' ready. I don' know how many times it needs saying, but Mangala is not, has never been and never will be a Pep player. I swear some people forget who our fucking manager is sometimes.

Based on that, his comments were spot on. That leaves 3 centre backs, one of which is injury prone and up until recently has been made of glass.

We need a CB. Period. Preferably one who knows the league, and who is left footed, and doesn' mind sitting on the bench.

The big question which no-one seems to want to answer is If Mangala is so shit why the fuck did Txiki buy him for over 30 million?