This right here is the whole damn argument lol.
City believe he is of higher quality, you don't, glad that's cleared up.
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Kalidou Koulibaly
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City believe he is of higher quality, you don't, glad that's cleared up.
Fair point, that was a bad example. We only made a £2m loss on Rodwell which was pretty good in the circumstances.Actually in fairness Ric we did well on Rodwell well and truly bummed Sunderland in excess of 10 million which at the time was good
LongsightM13
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Nastasic..Mangala, Rodwell...
Sheikh rattle and roll
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I think we all agree we need someone
Oh to be Pep and Khaldoon they don’t always get it right what chance if we got if the best of the best can’t always do so
and without doubt that’s what they both are
Oh to be Pep and Khaldoon they don’t always get it right what chance if we got if the best of the best can’t always do so
and without doubt that’s what they both are
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Of course it doesn’t but you much consider the age demographic of your squad and the plan to upgrade and replace overall
I’m not massively against Koulibaly but his age concerns me given the need to replace others that are ageing
What is the average age of our squad im guessing towards the upper end of the spectrum
That's true but he’s 29 not 33, there’s potentially at least another 5 years of elite level performance in him yet.
I don’t think our squad is particularly old, it’s not as young as say united or Chelsea but we’re not competing with Juventus for the best retirement home award either. we have Jesus as a succession plan for Aguero, silva’s been replaced by Foden, Torres has come in as an even younger replacement for an already young Sane, Ake will presumably replace Otamendi, Fernandinho has been reduced to a bit part role, we’ve just replaced a 37 year old keeper with a young Steffen, walker has cancelo for company, there’s no real desperate worry about finding ourselves in a situation where we are relying on players who are too old for it to be enough of a reason to pass on the best option available in a position we badly need strengthening who’s not even entered his prime years yet.
Pep won’t be around forever, we need to give him the best tools we can possibly give him whilst we’ve got him.
I've literally said for the last hour that my opinion doesn't matter, if the club are happy to pay whatever we end up paying for Koulibaly then great because I get to experience a top class player. Btw, I've made no comparisons to any player, so he can't be higher quality than nobody, glad that's cleared that up.This right here is the whole damn argument lol.
City believe he is of higher quality, you don't, glad that's cleared up.
Sheikh rattle and roll
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I think we all agree we need someone
Oh to be Pep and Khaldoon they don’t always get it right what chance if we got if the best of the best can’t always do so
and without doubt that’s what they both are
what a time to be a blue how lucky are we all
I remember the dark dark times
We just need to turn over those vile scousers
Neville Kneville
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Your taking it out of context, I'm not arguing any of that, read any of my posts over the last hour or so. If we sign him great, if the club believe he represents value for money, great. I just personally don't. The bit you highlighted is my whole point, if you sign a younger player you have more options, more competition long term, the player who isn't cutting it can still be sold on to make a profit/recoup some money if someone better comes along. Hence why a younger signing is always better than an older signing, if they're of equal quality.
What you are not taking into account, imo, is that most top teams who bring in 23 year olds, are bringing them in, to play with their established legend(s) & learn how to take over from them.
We don't have one. He's gone & the others have so far failed to live up to him.
We didn't do too badly out of Delph either and I presume Angelino if he's sold on again.Actually in fairness Ric we did well on Rodwell well and truly bummed Sunderland in excess of 10 million which at the time was good
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Some good points well made Sir I agreeThat's true but he’s 29 not 33, there’s potentially at least another 5 years of elite level performance in him yet.
I don’t think our squad is particularly old, it’s not as young as say united or Chelsea but we’re not competing with Juventus for the best retirement home award either. we have Jesus as a succession plan for Aguero, silva’s been replaced by Foden, Torres has come in as an even younger replacement for an already young Sane, Ake will presumably replace Otamendi, Fernandinho has been reduced to a bit part role, we’ve just replaced a 37 year old keeper with a young Steffen, walker has cancelo for company, there’s no real desperate worry about finding ourselves in a situation where we are relying on players who are too old for it to be enough of a reason to pass on the best option available in a position we badly need strengthening who’s not even entered his prime years yet.
Pep won’t be around forever, we need to give him the best tools we can possibly give him whilst we’ve got him.
It is about getting the mix right of course it is
I still prefer younger time will tell