Phillips is an outlier in our recruitment over the last decade. No club has a 100 percent hit rate in recruitment, but our success rate with recruiting is extremely high.Where do Nunes and Phillips fit in this larger plan? Both signed from lesser clubs like Forest where those with 'actual knowledge of scouting' thought they'd work for us.
What makes him a massive ****?Because he's not our level - or at least the level that we should be aiming for. He's not a game changer for us. He looks ok at Forest, who have had an excellent season, but that in large part to a purple patch by their striker and them being miserly at the back. He's also a massive **** on the pitch which we don't need.
If it looks like a duck...What makes him a massive ****?
It hasn't been the last few seasons. Coincidentally when we started shopping at mid table prem clubsPhillips is an outlier in our recruitment over the last decade. No club has a 100 percent hit rate in recruitment, but our success rate with recruiting is extremely high.
What are you suggesting? We don't shop at clubs beneath us in the league table? In my opinion this league is so deep now you have to figure there is talent from smaller clubs in England that can make the jump and help us a win trophies.It hasn't been the last few seasons. Coincidentally when we started shopping at mid table prem clubs
Yes. We need quality and shouldn't be shopping at teams for players in England with no CL experience.What are you suggesting? We don't shop at clubs beneath us in the league table? In my opinion this league is so deep not you have to figure there is talent from smaller clubs in England that can make the jump and help us a win trophies.
Bit of a mad thing to say, Mahrez must have been a mistake, same with Sterling, Barry, Stones - even Walker didn’t make his UCL debut until he was 26, the season after he signed for us.Yes. We need quality and shouldn't be shopping at teams for players in England with no CL experience.
Yes. We need quality and shouldn't be shopping at teams for players in England with no CL experience.
We got Nico Gonzalez as our Philips replacement so now we have to get our Grealish one in this guyHopefully our management has learned the Grealish lesson ( 100m transfer fee + 300K weekly wages )
Maximum of 50m Transfer fee + 120K weekly wages will be acceptable
He is happy with less than 80k with his current team, why double or triple his wages to convince him to join City !
Not really. Mahrez won the league and played in the CL for Leicester. Not to mention he won the player of the year.Bit of a mad thing to say, Mahrez must have been a mistake, same with Sterling, Barry, Stones - even Walker didn’t make his UCL debut until he was 26, the season after he signed for us.
Taking a punt on a kid is fine. If they want to add a few to the squad great. But that needs to be along with proper quality. Signing a bunch of kids and players without any top level experience is asking for trouble.Could be argued a main reason our season has pivoted back in a decent direction is a 19 year old kid with no CL experience? Lots of our CL experienced lads have been really poor this season.
Taking a punt on a kid is fine. If they want to add a few to the squad great. But that needs to be along with proper quality. Signing a bunch of kids and players without any top level experience is asking for trouble.
I respect the footall opinion blue, even if I dont agree with it. Just seems like way too many are damning this lad without seeing him kick a ball for us. Personally, I think we are gagging for this kind of energy in the midfield. Time will tell.