Left Back

Who should we sign at left back?

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Desert Blues said:
since the start of the summer I've been saying here that Cucurella is City's only left back target and now Jack Gaughans tweet confirms it. They are now trying to look and find someone and thats just bad planning .. I dont think they will sign anyone but Sergio Gomez which makes the left back position weaker than last season. I highly rate Zinchenko and never wanted him to leave!
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Sorry, my reply was aggressively sarcastic… but the idea that the club doesn’t have a network of available options is ludicrous. We certainly didn’t go into the window as Cucurella or bust. Have faith in the club - we couldn’t be run any better! I too, think the squad is light and we could do with a LB, but let’s not flap or pretend that you could see something coming that the club didn’t, that idea is impossible!
 
Desert Blues said:
since the start of the summer I've been saying here that Cucurella is City's only left back target and now Jack Gaughans tweet confirms it. They are now trying to look and find someone and thats just bad planning .. I dont think they will sign anyone but Sergio Gomez which makes the left back position weaker than last season. I highly rate Zinchenko and never wanted him to leave!
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I wish you’d leave, feel free to desert us. Firstly you don’t have a clue which players we are looking at. Secondly would you seriously have paud what Brighton wanted, £63m, for a player you hadn’t heard of 12 months ago? Thirdly do you really think Oleks Zinchenko is a gifted left back? - a world class bloke, and a great squad player but not what we need at left back - he wanted more games so HE decided to leave, we will miss him but we couldn’t stop him leaving. Show me one post you made last season or the season before stating Oleks was a world class left back? Fourth, who the fuck is Jack Gaughan? He’s just another no nowt speculative journo who knows utterly fuck all about our targets, they all just spout made up bollocks to make it seem like they are in the know; he fucking isn’t. Thanks
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
Tbh I'm not that worried about it either. Players can play different positions.

Anyway what position's everyone going to moan about once we get the left back?
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Sweeper. It’s an embarrassment that a club of our stature is going into the season without a recognised sweeper. We’ll never win in Europe until we can deploy all the fancy systems…
 
Desert Blues said:
since the start of the summer I've been saying here that Cucurella is City's only left back target and now Jack Gaughans tweet confirms it. They are now trying to look and find someone and thats just bad planning .. I dont think they will sign anyone but Sergio Gomez which makes the left back position weaker than last season. I highly rate Zinchenko and never wanted him to leave!
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That's a disingenuous reading of what he tweeted and ignores what Jonathan Smith said - Cucurella was number 1, they haven't got a defined next in line but both have stated they are looking at other senior options as well as Gomez. They have been looking at numerous left backs for a while, so it's not true that Cucurella was the only target.

By what has been reported, a fairer reading would be that there are a few similar level targets, with varying strengths & injury records, and City haven't currently decided which to pursue.
 
City will have scouted a few full backs since Mendy’s problems. Cucu may have been number 1 but that went sideways. So now we may go onto another player we have probably been scouting for 1/2 seasons. Nothing is done in haste. Some posters make the clubs decision makers out to be dodgy insurance sales reps.

I suppose the reality is boring and does not generate clicks. So we end up with speculation and lies.
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
Tbh I'm not that worried about it either. Players can play different positions.

Anyway what position's everyone going to moan about once we get the left back?
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False 9!

Can’t believe we’ve started the season without a true false 9!
 
If we get a LB, Cancelo will be able to play in midfield which will lessen the blow of losing Bernardo.
 
Against West Ham, Walker and Cancelo played more as central midfielders than fullbacks at times.

If this is how Pep wants them playing, is it easier to get a fullback and train them to play centre midfield, or to buy a centre midfielder and coach them to fill in the fullback positions?

Maybe it's how Phillips gets into the team?
 
Ajm1985 said:
That's a disingenuous reading of what he tweeted and ignores what Jonathan Smith said - Cucurella was number 1, they haven't got a defined next in line but both have stated they are looking at other senior options as well as Gomez. They have been looking at numerous left backs for a while, so it's not true that Cucurella was the only target.

By what has been reported, a fairer reading would be that there are a few similar level targets, with varying strengths & injury records, and City haven't currently decided which to pursue.
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You'd think they would know by now who the next target is
 
mattcity5 said:
Against West Ham, Walker and Cancelo played more as central midfielders than fullbacks at times.

If this is how Pep wants them playing, is it easier to get a fullback and train them to play centre midfield, or to buy a centre midfielder and coach them to fill in the fullback positions?

Maybe it's how Phillips gets into the team?
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I doubt Pep will stick to doing that in every game. At times he'd want a FB high and wide.
 
I know we definitely need a left back, but why does nobody ever bring up rb? Kyle's not getting any younger and picked up a few small injuries last year. There doesn't seem to be a solid rb in the youth academy that I've seen. Surely if we say Kyle and cancelo are No1 rbs and lbs we need 2 understudies that can push them and also learn from them as well. I think the problem is now tho that there aren't many of either. The top ones are at good clubs and seem to be happy. I think rb is potentially as big of a problem as lb.
 
the_tevez_wiggle said:
I know we definitely need a left back, but why does nobody ever bring up rb? Kyle's not getting any younger and picked up a few small injuries last year. There doesn't seem to be a solid rb in the youth academy that I've seen. Surely if we say Kyle and cancelo are No1 rbs and lbs we need 2 understudies that can push them and also learn from them as well. I think the problem is now tho that there aren't many of either. The top ones are at good clubs and seem to be happy. I think rb is potentially as big of a problem as lb.
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If we sign a LB Cancelo can switch to his more natural RB if needed. An extra signing isn't needed. Any promising EDS player can be looked at.
 
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