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[Big Yaya Wilko 12]

The posturing here is on both sides, because of what this deal symbolises.

Hold fast, City.

Confident we'll get it done, GDM?

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Confident we'll get it done, GDM?

I'm confident the people running our club know what they're doing.

How can anyone seriously suggest otherwise?

 

[Bluwhit]

£45M plus £5M. This will be done. All parties need & want to move on now.

 

[BongoBlue]

The posturing here is on both sides, because of what this deal symbolises.

Hold fast, City.

Absolutely; the death of one club as a superpower and the further ascension of the other to that status. It will happen; but one of these clubs just don't see it that way just yet. However; they will. Oh yes they will.

 

[Chi-town blues]

fuck dippers .. 45+5 =50 ...they don't have calculator at candlepool ?





:p

 

[Sergi0 Na5r1]

fuck dippers .. 45+5 =50 ...they don't have calculator at candlepool ?

:p

Or they could at least use Bodger's teeth to count it out..

 

[Rösler von Stretfordbömber]

Intuitively it would seem to be in everyone's interest to get this sorted. So it probably will be.

BTW good to see Bluwhit here saying that.

 

[Bluwhit]

Intuitively it would seem to be in everyone's interest to get this sorted. So it probably will be.

BTW good to see Bluwhit here saying that.

This was my opinion not fact. Just to be clear.
It just makes sense.

 

[mosssideblue]

Can I just say when we play Liverpool this season, Can we as fans of this club and the players which will hopefully include sterling, please give hell to the Liverpool's fans and players over the 180+ minutes we will play them. The way they have handled their title attempt two years ago and this sterling situation is pathetic. Our atmosphere at etihad should be cranked up a notch for these scumbags.

Were better than that mate.

 

[better dead than red]

Didn

Has any player actually undergone a process of physically rotting whilst playing in the reserves, as it seems to be received wisdom that this always happens, but I've never read anything about it in the papers.

If I remember correctly, Spurs, under AVB, forced Adebyor to train with the reserves.

 

[mosssideblue]

Ok, in my opinion it is. Currently the squad isn't capable of challenging on all 4 fronts. Yaya is another year older. We need world class additions and Sterling would improve our first team, with the added bonus of being home grown and young. He also plays in a problem position for us. Pogba will be hard to attain and I have no idea who our second targets are. Hamsik is the only one I've hears and he's not what we need at all.

So please tell me if we miss out on Sterling, who can we realistically sign who's just as good?

If we are that dependent on one man, then we are in deep trouble. He is not the messiah. He could also (god forbid) turn out like Torres when he when from them to the Chavs

 

[mosssideblue]

Is losing out on a player who will improve our team worth £5 million? No it fucking isn't. I swear if Txiki fucks up this transfer trying to act billy big bollocks I will brick his windows.

FFS. I know you are obviously frustrated but........................

 

[citymad]

If we are that dependent on one man, then we are in deep trouble. He is not the messiah. He could also (god forbid) turn out like Torres when he when from them to the Chavs

Trouble is he's nowhere near a 50 Mill player. Watching highlights of his time at Liverpool yes he's a great dribbler and very quick but often messes up at the final hurdle. Saying that I hope we get him despite the ridiculous fee because I think he's a step up from Navas, however I sincerely hope we have one or two top players in the pipeline to strengthen this aging squad.

 

[mosssideblue]

We don't need to worry about that though. Liverpool can manage their own finances. City need to focus on getting in the right players this summer to challenge on all fronts.

Say Sterling does stay all season at Liverpool, where does that leave City? Will we wait for a year and sacrifice winning trophies? Will we spend £30m on a non homegrown player who isn't as good?

Sorry mate you are talking like without Sterling we will win fuck all. That's just bollox

 

[Neil McNab's Tash]

£50 mil. Way too much, but the market is dictating this, my only concern.... for me Brenda will lose his job before Christmas, Sterling doesn't like him, new manager, say Klopp comes in, all is forgiven and we lose the chance to have signed a very decent, potentially world class English player. Hopefully we get him as he is an improvement to the starting 11

 

[FredTilson]

 

[EalingBlue2]

This never happened, of course, but on September 1st 2008, if someone had asked me that if in spite of becoming the "richest club in the world" and all the excitement and drama that would inevitably bring, would there be a number of our supporters who were pathologically incapable of enjoying the experience, I would have reflected at some length but ultimately said "yes". I came to realise a considerable time ago that some of our supporters enjoy being miserable far too much. It's become their default mode. Or maybe they're just miserable bastards generally.

It's a shame for you that you don't seem to enjoy supporting the club a great deal. Not sure why you bother tbh.

That's true of everything in life, look at how many people non about every aspect of their lives and never change any of it! A politics thread will only be even more dramatic! It's just a fact of life, some people are wired to settle for third best, to look at the downside of everything and to always think that an outcome is failure. The same people will criticise a 45m deal who will criticise waking away from the same sea as failure.

I am astounded every day by the number of people on here who genuinely believe they could sign sterling for 10m on July 1 and that those running our club are incompetent, many are indeed Rags but many are true blues who base too much of their lives on console football management games and tabloid newspapers.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Has any player actually undergone a process of physically rotting whilst playing in the reserves, as it seems to be received wisdom that this always happens, but I've never read anything about it in the papers.

Isn't there some rule to allow a player to leave for cheap if a club does this though?

 

[Chrisdunk]

The further this drags on the further his reputation is tarnished & pressure rises on a young kids shoulders. Just bid £50m & be done with it already. Genuinely do not understand the mindset of the club right now.

With Merlin pulling the strings & Aguero creating space he'll be even better than the ridiculously high levels he reached back in 2014.

 

[Wanchope n me Dickov]

There is no way the scousers will let him rot in the reserves. His value would depreciate so they would lose money in the long run. Looks like it will be a transfer saga that will go on all summer though with him signing for us at some point inevitable.