Marc Cucurella

[mj1991]

It had nothing to do with the right players not being available & everything to do with Kompany informing the club of his intentions to leave, & City not moving quickly enough to cover our arses.

That season we went with Laporte, Otamendi & Stones. Stones was perma-injured at the time & was going through his personal problems. Otamendi was never blessed with pace or height & was in his 30s, & we were one Laporte injury away from defensive disaster.

The plank who kept trolling me around the forum also claimed Fernandinho could step in as well as Walker, & that we also had two academy CB's who'd both played the sum total of a half of Carabao Cup football each to call upon if really stretched. :-|

Our first team defence that season if memory serves me right was Danilo, Walker, Mendy, Otamendi, Stones & Laporte. 6 players (2 with bad injury records) covering 4 positions for a potential 60-game season.

Two months later, Laporte essentially got a season ending injury & 5 Premier League wins on the bounce became 2 + 2 as Liverpool romped to the title. Our main transfer targets the following summer sadly proving my point about regretting not moving quickly to replace Kompany.

No one is infallible & that includes Txiki & Guardiola.

In our defence though, if memory serves me right, it was around the time UEFA/G14 were threatening us with another round of FFP sanctions after the Der Spiegel hacked emails.

Personally I suspected this had more to do with not replacing Kompany than the right players not being available, but it was a huge error on our part & totally different to not replacing Aguero.

Sometimes I have a feeling we are not drawing conclusions from the past. That using Fernandinho as an RB and this 1 vs 1 against Vinicius is suddenly acceptable by everyone. That injury crisis in defense is OK. When Klopp has convenience because his squad is deeper in terms of 2-3 positions, then Guardiola has to cope with tough situations because of very short options. Is this not the sporting director's fault? Right now, we are relying on Palmer if Mahrez would get injured and we don't have any natural left-back whilst we need 1-2. It's unfair even for Pep and for the fans not to sign at least one LB specialist. We have not even tried to look into Theo Hernandez situation before he has signed a new contract, we are reluctant to pay what Brighton wants for Cucurella, so who will be our LB? Nathan Ake who is CB? Or we have to sell him or natural RB Cancelo to finally realize "Oh, we don't have left-backs whilst United has 3 players in this position". It's very strange squad planning, irresponsibility for me, and a risky game after selling Zinchenko not to have 100% guarantees to sign Cucurella. Guys, we are not talking about wishes from the cosmos like Neymar but about obligations.

 

[Chappie]

"We will see about signing, Txiki and his department are scouting, he’ll know what is best for the team."

Simply hate that kind of answers from Guardiola. He knows we need at least one natural left-back, but answers in the "I don't care" style don't help at all.

"Yes, we are thinking about it", "We need upgrades", "We need to do something", "We need to replace him". Just to be more proactive.

How much more proactive do you want him to be, check how many trophies he's won before you're time on Bluemoon.
He is not here to massage you're childish cravings,grow up or go back to school

 

[mj1991]

How much more proactive do you want him to be, check how many trophies he's won before you're time on Bluemoon.
He is not here to massage you're childish cravings,grow up or go back to school

Tell me, what have trophies in common in relation to not signing an obligatory left-back?

Because your idea is to fight with me with counterarguments about TROPHIES and "i don't care, we have Guardiola".


Zero in common that situation in relation to trophies. Left-back is a fuckin obligation and we are unable to cover this position for years for unknown reasons.

But for someone, it's childish behavior that someone is talking about a position that shouldn't be a problem like in any other club.

If you have no guarantee you would sign Cucurella, you are not going to sell Zinchenko.

 

[Trickyblues]

Tell me, what have trophies in common in relation to not signing an obligatory left-back?

Because your idea is to fight with me with counterarguments about TROPHIES and "i don't care, we have Guardiola".


Zero in common that situation in relation to trophies. Left-back is a fuckin obligation and we are unable to cover this position for years for unknown reasons.

But for someone it's childish behaviour that someone is talking about a position who shouldn't be a problem like in any other club.

Your approach to transfers is childish behaviour. It’s really not that serious. If it’s getting too much for you, take a break until September 1st.

 

[andyhinch]

Tell me, what have trophies in common in relation to not signing an obligatory left-back?

Because your idea is to fight with me with counterarguments about TROPHIES and "i don't care, we have Guardiola".


Zero in common that situation in relation to trophies. Left-back is a fuckin obligation and we are unable to cover this position for years for unknown reasons.

But for someone, it's childish behavior that someone is talking about a position that shouldn't be a problem like in any other club.

If you have no guarantee you would sign Cucurella, you are not going to sell Zinchenko.

#worryingtimes

 

[Tony - MCFC]

Catching up, few things;
I don’t care what we pay, again some obsess over transfer fees.
Certain person is using multiple accounts again, strange.
City know what they’re doing.

 

[Rammy Blue]

Sometimes I have a feeling we are not drawing conclusions from the past. That using Fernandinho as an RB and this 1 vs 1 against Vinicius is suddenly acceptable by everyone. That injury crisis in defense is OK. When Klopp has convenience because his squad is deeper in terms of 2-3 positions, then Guardiola has to cope with tough situations because of very short options. Is this not the sporting director's fault? Right now, we are relying on Palmer if Mahrez would get injured and we don't have any natural left-back whilst we need 1-2. It's unfair even for Pep and for the fans not to sign at least one LB specialist. We have not even tried to look into Theo Hernandez situation before he has signed a new contract, we are reluctant to pay what Brighton wants for Cucurella, so who will be our LB? Nathan Ake who is CB? Or we have to sell him or natural RB Cancelo to finally realize "Oh, we don't have left-backs whilst United has 3 players in this position". It's very strange squad planning, irresponsibility for me, and a risky game after selling Zinchenko not to have 100% guarantees to sign Cucurella. Guys, we are not talking about wishes from the cosmos like Neymar but about obligations.

Lol. Give it up.

 

[Dribble]

Sometimes I have a feeling we are not drawing conclusions from the past. That using Fernandinho as an RB and this 1 vs 1 against Vinicius is suddenly acceptable by everyone. That injury crisis in defense is OK. When Klopp has convenience because his squad is deeper in terms of 2-3 positions, then Guardiola has to cope with tough situations because of very short options. Is this not the sporting director's fault? Right now, we are relying on Palmer if Mahrez would get injured and we don't have any natural left-back whilst we need 1-2. It's unfair even for Pep and for the fans not to sign at least one LB specialist. We have not even tried to look into Theo Hernandez situation before he has signed a new contract, we are reluctant to pay what Brighton wants for Cucurella, so who will be our LB? Nathan Ake who is CB? Or we have to sell him or natural RB Cancelo to finally realize "Oh, we don't have left-backs whilst United has 3 players in this position". It's very strange squad planning, irresponsibility for me, and a risky game after selling Zinchenko not to have 100% guarantees to sign Cucurella. Guys, we are not talking about wishes from the cosmos like Neymar but about obligations.

Agreed 100% mate )(

 

[The slaughtered lamb]

"Yes, we are thinking about it", "We need upgrades", "We need to do something", "We need to replace him". Just to be more proactive.

It’ll work out mate. I don’t doubt they’re after Cucurella to replace Zinny, whose done a good impression of being a full back for us. In the meantime, we have Ake who has played lb quite a lot and Laporte, who has played in some big games there against both scouse. Not ideal I know and I wouldn’t want to go into the season like that. Also can’t forget the spanner thrown in the works by Mendy, whose wages are still on the books. We coped without a striker for a couple of seasons, which is a position many would see as an obligation, more so than lb, and we still won trophies and were still City.

 

[Tony - MCFC]

From some here you’d never know we’d won 4 of the last 5 PL titles.