franksinatra said:Personally I am not sure this was the best way to have spent the limited funds available to the club also this summer. As pointed out we had the second strongest defence last season, even though playing offensively and our back up centre half (Nastasic) was part of the best defence the season before. In addition Sagna, is also highly rated as a centre half if the situation arises.
It could be argued another centre half was required but spending 32 million is a significant outlay. Particularly as we are a bit short upfront and with two strikers (Aguero & Jovetic) who do seem to suffer frequently with hamstring injuries.
Again it is only an opinion but I think Sanchez would have been a good signing for us. He would have offered us pace and directness, the team sometimes lacks, and goals which will be needed from the flanks and play as a striker in the event of injuries. I think the goals from the flanks will be relevant if we start to play one upfront as Nasri and Silva are not natural goalscorers.
Again it is just an opinion and not a criticism of Mangala, just for 32 million on a limited budget I think that money should be reserved for players who win you games.
Me too,want him to start today.CityFan94 said:Hopefully Mangala makes his debut tonight.
He's played in the Champion's League before, he's played a lot of European football.
There's no way MDM can play 3 big games in a week, so Mangala will have to play either tonight or against Chelsea.
I'd rather he played tonight as he knows European football well, rather than on Sunday against Chelsea in a new league in a massive game.
Looking forward to seeing him, I think he's a top defender and will add a bit of pace to our defence.
Yeah, I would be fine too with him starting today. I actually want him to start today but you can always want.pikku said:Me too,want him to start today.CityFan94 said:Hopefully Mangala makes his debut tonight.
He's played in the Champion's League before, he's played a lot of European football.
There's no way MDM can play 3 big games in a week, so Mangala will have to play either tonight or against Chelsea.
I'd rather he played tonight as he knows European football well, rather than on Sunday against Chelsea in a new league in a massive game.
Looking forward to seeing him, I think he's a top defender and will add a bit of pace to our defence.
MeatHunterrr said:Yeah, I would be fine too with him starting today. I actually want him to start today but you can always want.pikku said:Me too,want him to start today.CityFan94 said:Hopefully Mangala makes his debut tonight.
He's played in the Champion's League before, he's played a lot of European football.
There's no way MDM can play 3 big games in a week, so Mangala will have to play either tonight or against Chelsea.
I'd rather he played tonight as he knows European football well, rather than on Sunday against Chelsea in a new league in a massive game.
Looking forward to seeing him, I think he's a top defender and will add a bit of pace to our defence.
You wouldn't, I would. This is what makes a forum. Different opinions.SuperMario's Fireworks. said:MeatHunterrr said:Yeah, I would be fine too with him starting today. I actually want him to start today but you can always want.pikku said:Me too,want him to start today.
I wouldn't give a player, who hasn't had a minute of game time, his debut against arguably the strongest side in Europe.
MeatHunterrr said:You wouldn't, I would. This is what makes a forum. Different opinions.SuperMario's Fireworks. said:MeatHunterrr said:Yeah, I would be fine too with him starting today. I actually want him to start today but you can always want.
I wouldn't give a player, who hasn't had a minute of game time, his debut against arguably the strongest side in Europe.
Nastasic did start against RM and did pretty well right,so why not?You think Demi could handle three crucial games in the span of a week.Chelsea is a much more imp game and i wouldn't want to start him for that in case demi is tired.The bayern game is the ideal one as of now.Less risk involved,if we loose to chelsea,they are 8 pts ahead of us already.MeatHunterrr said:You wouldn't, I would. This is what makes a forum. Different opinions.SuperMario's Fireworks. said:MeatHunterrr said:Yeah, I would be fine too with him starting today. I actually want him to start today but you can always want.
I wouldn't give a player, who hasn't had a minute of game time, his debut against arguably the strongest side in Europe.
SuperMario's Fireworks. said:MeatHunterrr said:Yeah, I would be fine too with him starting today. I actually want him to start today but you can always want.pikku said:Me too,want him to start today.
I wouldn't give a player, who hasn't had a minute of game time, his debut against arguably the strongest side in Europe.
I actually said that I would give him the debut now, so you misquoted.pikku said:Nastasic did start against RM and did pretty well right,so why not?You think Demi could handle three crucial games in the span of a week.Chelsea is a much more imp game and i wouldn't want to start him for that in case demi is tired.The bayern game is the ideal one as of now.Less risk involved,if we loose to chelsea,they are 8 pts ahead of us already.MeatHunterrr said:You wouldn't, I would. This is what makes a forum. Different opinions.SuperMario's Fireworks. said:I wouldn't give a player, who hasn't had a minute of game time, his debut against arguably the strongest side in Europe.