Agreed with that although personally I don't believe Rose, or Walker for that matter is what we need now (I think we need slightly more defensively strong players in the back line). I do believe that he would be an upgrade to our current back line. Although I think we have some potential future starters out on loan now who could fill in the wing backs as early as next season.I have little doubt that were he to try and emulate his Haringey performances for us then referees would be ripping off their pockets to get out a yellow card. Same for Walker!
Your pong is strong.Rose and walker would be great upgrade on anything the club has at the moment
Going to play devil's advocate here but... would we even be able to convince them to come to City?
Your pong is strong.
Saw the thread title and came in to say exactly the same thing. Still annoyed about Saturday.Don't want that prick Walker anywhere near this club. Absolute cnut.
I was referring to the poster not the post per se.He's right though.
You can add Rose to that. Diving and feigning injury all the way through the game. To be fair the ref was aware of it (at least he got that right) and ignored him.Don't want that prick Walker anywhere near this club. Absolute cnut.
In which case the follow up question needs to be which full backs are genuinely world class and can we get any of them? Personally, I think we get the best players we can, if that happens to be Rose or Walker then so be it. Not that I even think we could get them.I like both players and they're both an upgrade on what we have at the moment, but that's not really the question we should be asking given the amount of money they'd cost. They are both 26, which means give or take, they're about as good as they're likely to get. So are they world class? Because that's what we should be looking for if we're buying a player of that age. I'm not convinced either of them are amongst the best in the world in their position. Better than what we have is not worth spending 40-odd million for.
The point isn't that we shouldn't get them because they're not world class, but that there must be plenty of full backs out there that are of a similar level, but not come with a world class price tag. I'm not saying we should only buy world class players or nothing, but that we shouldn't pay world class money for players that aren't world class and aren't likely to become world class.In which case the follow up question needs to be which full backs are genuinely world class and can we get any of them? Personally, I think we get the best players we can, if that happens to be Rose or Walker then so be it. Not that I even think we could get them.
Interesting. I agree with you on the bolded, but more inclined to gamble on Walker.They'd be better than what we've got currently. But Saturday showed that perhaps they're not all that.
Sane and Sterling were ripping them all game.
They were torn to shreds by Monaco.
Whilst they are very athletic I don't think they have the required football intelligence for Pep.
If either, I'd gamble on Rose. But don't think he's up to it.
Saw the thread title and came in to say exactly the same thing. Still annoyed about Saturday.
fair enough. I'm not sure you'd get a world class player for the 40 odd million you mention but yes if we can get players who are just as good for less money then obviously we should do that. But I got the impression you'd rather stick with inferior players than buy these two because they would cost more than you think they're worth. All irrelevant, I can't see us signing either of them anyway for all sorts of reasons.The point isn't that we shouldn't get them because they're not world class, but that there must be plenty of full backs out there that are of a similar level, but not come with a world class price tag. I'm not saying we should only buy world class players or nothing, but that we shouldn't pay world class money for players that aren't world class and aren't likely to become world class.