Miralem Pjanic.

[Dribble]

But we do have cover for those positions. So we are not sitting back, we have effectively replaced an ageing mascot with a Premier League player of the year at his peak. He is cover for some of the positions you are mentioning. As is Bernardo Silva, who was the best player on the pitch in Portugal's last match. We have Mendy, another extra player who wasn't available last season, Jesus, who missed half the season injured & again, can play in Sanés position, & a fully fit Gundogan, plus several kids to take the weight off for the lesser competitions.

We will have to replace Fernandinho at some point but Jorginho wasn't that anyway, he is a completely different kind of player. So we have ONE position we could ideally strengthen in this window, not a load of positions. The squad is amazing & much stronger than last season.

I absolutely disagree. If our squad was that great we'd have done the quad last season. I can see plenty of room for improvement, & I sfopt the position of getting the players in & allow them to prove themselves.

We tried this with Patrick Roberts & he wanted the easier ride of a dominant Celtic. Can you imagine City going for a player of such weak mentality that he's not prepared to battle for his place?

Even if one player maybe preferred above another in the very biggest matches, that doesn't mean a very good player won't get 40 games a season just as in the case of Bernardo, Gundog & Danilo. We can't keep rinsing our players out & personally I have no time for weak minded individuals who aren't confident enough in their abilities to compete against the rest of the squad.

 

[Rammy Blue]

How am I getting over excited mate? It's a forum & I've stated my opinion of what I'd do. Where's the over excitement?

Are you saying there is absolutely no way on planet earth that Manchester City Football Club could not afford to bring in a world class player for RW, CM & CDM, & trim our squad where necessary to make this happen?

If you can't connect the dots & see how this can happen, then that's a lack of vision on your part & not Dribble getting over excited.

Christ man, you’re being an arse now. Who do you think we should get rid of from the squad then? And do you think we can do it in 18 days?

 

[Rammy Blue]

Ederson 1
Bravo 2

Walker
Danilo 3
Kompany 4
Stones
Laporte 5
Otamendi 6
Delph
Mendy 7

Fernandinho 8
Gundogan 9
De Bruyne 10
Silva 11
Foden

Bernardo 12
Sterling
Sane 13
Mahrez 14
Diaz

Aguero 15
Jesus 16

By leaving out Zinchenko it leaves room for the central midfielder.

 

[Neville Kneville]

I absolutely disagree. If our squad was that great we'd have done the quad last season. I can see plenty of room for improvement, & I sfopt the position of getting the players in & allow them to prove themselves.

We tried this with Patrick Roberts & he wanted the easier ride of a dominant Celtic. Can you imagine City going for a player of such weak mentality that he's not prepared to battle for his place?

Even if one player maybe preferred above another in the very biggest matches, that doesn't mean a very good player won't get 40 games a season just as in the case of Bernardo, Gundog & Danilo. We can't keep rinsing our players out & personally I have no time for weak minded individuals who aren't confident enough in their abilities to compete against the rest of the squad.

If you are worried we might not have a strong enough squad to win the quadruple there is no reasoning with you.

 

[blueparrot]

How am I getting over excited mate? It's a forum & I've stated my opinion of what I'd do. Where's the over excitement?

Are you saying there is absolutely no way on planet earth that Manchester City Football Club could not afford to bring in a world class player for RW, CM & CDM, & trim our squad where necessary to make this happen?

If you can't connect the dots & see how this can happen, then that's a lack of vision on your part & not Dribble getting over excited.

You do know ffp is still,a thing ? Even if it wasn't, do our owners want to keep pouring money in ?

 

[Dribble]

Sterling, Mahrez, Bernardo & Jesus could all play on the left if needed as could David Silva.

This is the point I'm making. Jesus is our forward alongside Sergio. I'm sure any player in our squad could play anywhere if asked. I mean we even told David James to play as a striker once, but why not buy specialist players to fill specialist spots.

If we had 2 for each position, that's only 22 players. This is more to do with squad sculpting over the last few seasons more than an unbalanced squad by design.

We've stated for years 2 world class players for each spot was our ultimate squad goal. If it wasn't we'd forget specialist players & be looking for the likes of Phil Neville & Clayton Blackmore when at ManUre.

 

[waspish]

I absolutely disagree. If our squad was that great we'd have done the quad last season. I can see plenty of room for improvement, & I sfopt the position of getting the players in & allow them to prove themselves.

We tried this with Patrick Roberts & he wanted the easier ride of a dominant Celtic. Can you imagine City going for a player of such weak mentality that he's not prepared to battle for his place?

Even if one player maybe preferred above another in the very biggest matches, that doesn't mean a very good player won't get 40 games a season just as in the case of Bernardo, Gundog & Danilo. We can't keep rinsing our players out & personally I have no time for weak minded individuals who aren't confident enough in their abilities to compete against the rest of the squad.

Thowing in “quad” like it’s easy how many team have done it.

 

[Paul1970]

We can’t talk about the quadruple as it’s virtually impossible to win. A defence of the title and a serious crack at the champions league will be the order for this season. I think Liverpool are gonna run us close this season and just maybe a kovacic of pjanic could be the diff between us and Liverpool

 

[Tez Tosterone]

Report speculating Pjanic to PSG with exchange of Rabiot + €30m

Source: FI

 

[GeorgeHeslop'sTackle.]

How am I getting over excited mate? It's a forum & I've stated my opinion of what I'd do. Where's the over excitement?

Are you saying there is absolutely no way on planet earth that Manchester City Football Club could not afford to bring in a world class player for RW, CM & CDM, & trim our squad where necessary to make this happen?

If you can't connect the dots & see how this can happen, then that's a lack of vision on your part & not Dribble getting over excited.

Are you saying there is absolutely no way on planet earth that Manchester City Football Club could not afford to bring in a world class player for RW, CM & CDM, & trim our squad where necessary to make this happen?

Always providing other clubs are interested in what we want to sell, and, more importantly, pay us a fair price for it, Yes

Sadly there lies the snag (the opposite being more often the case with us)