ayrshire_blue
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- Thread starter MCFC1993
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I gave it five, we still have a great squad, but the window is about who has been turned over. In the first team we didn't have much to get rid of. Aguero went and we have not replaced him. We didn't need Mendy but it is now apparent why we have not tried to move him on.
Pep is very much about using high quality players flexibly and I am not bothered about CDM or LB as we have enough quality in the squad to cover and our first choice picks are well above average if possibly slightly below some of our other positions.
I do fear that striker is sometimes a specialist position and whereas we have several players who can play up top none have shone and in that position and it probably makes us a bit easier to plan for.
Lets hope Torres can build on his initial promise.
Pep is very much about using high quality players flexibly and I am not bothered about CDM or LB as we have enough quality in the squad to cover and our first choice picks are well above average if possibly slightly below some of our other positions.
I do fear that striker is sometimes a specialist position and whereas we have several players who can play up top none have shone and in that position and it probably makes us a bit easier to plan for.
Lets hope Torres can build on his initial promise.
Charlesfarsbar
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+ Grealish is a great signing and will cover us for the next 6 years as Ilkay and Kevin get older
+ kept hold of Laporte, Jesus and Bernard - quality proven players who have show us what they are about already this season. Let’s just hope they weren’t just playing for the shop window
+ around £60m brought in to offset any sales for players that will never be good enough for City
+ didn’t spend silly money on Kane
+ didn’t panic into buying Ronaldo
- still no world class striker on the books
- very limited left back cover, looks like Walker is going to have to play a lot of games if Cancelo is the back up left and right back
what I’m pleased with is there seems to be an effort to not block some of the talent we have coming through. I’m hoping that the kids get some decent minutes this season , kind of like Phil in 18/19
edit: there is also something that we need to keep an eye on for future transfer windows - the fact that we don’t really sign many players from English clubs and don’t sign anyone in general unless there is a buyout. With the news around the Grealish signing that Villa didn’t want to sell to us and asked Utd and Madrid if they were interested, I think there may be a concerted effort in football to not sell players to us , to stop our development. We already pay around 20% more than other clubs it seems but we are hated across the board and don’t have too many friends in elite football.
this seems to extend to selling players as well where we don’t get top value for our players when they move on
+ Grealish is a great signing and will cover us for the next 6 years as Ilkay and Kevin get older
+ kept hold of Laporte, Jesus and Bernard - quality proven players who have show us what they are about already this season. Let’s just hope they weren’t just playing for the shop window
+ around £60m brought in to offset any sales for players that will never be good enough for City
+ didn’t spend silly money on Kane
+ didn’t panic into buying Ronaldo
- still no world class striker on the books
- very limited left back cover, looks like Walker is going to have to play a lot of games if Cancelo is the back up left and right back
what I’m pleased with is there seems to be an effort to not block some of the talent we have coming through. I’m hoping that the kids get some decent minutes this season , kind of like Phil in 18/19
edit: there is also something that we need to keep an eye on for future transfer windows - the fact that we don’t really sign many players from English clubs and don’t sign anyone in general unless there is a buyout. With the news around the Grealish signing that Villa didn’t want to sell to us and asked Utd and Madrid if they were interested, I think there may be a concerted effort in football to not sell players to us , to stop our development. We already pay around 20% more than other clubs it seems but we are hated across the board and don’t have too many friends in elite football.
this seems to extend to selling players as well where we don’t get top value for our players when they move on
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As others have said, would've been great to add that elite level striker but there just aren't that many out there, and the ones that were proved unobtainable. Rightly so IMO. Would've been lunacy to meet the rumoured demands of Levy or Raola at this stage.
In light of that, keeping Jesus and Bernardo (and Laporte) is a real boost, and we've added Englands most exciting player. With Ferran/Jesus looking like they're going to take the burden of being our main forwards, having another option to our already stellar attacking midfield is going to be great and the more Grealish settles the better he's going to be. Truly think the sky could be the limit for him in our team.
A striker and a Fernandinho replacement are no doubt needed by or before next season, but I 100% trust the club knows this and will continue to act in our best interests.
In light of that, keeping Jesus and Bernardo (and Laporte) is a real boost, and we've added Englands most exciting player. With Ferran/Jesus looking like they're going to take the burden of being our main forwards, having another option to our already stellar attacking midfield is going to be great and the more Grealish settles the better he's going to be. Truly think the sky could be the limit for him in our team.
A striker and a Fernandinho replacement are no doubt needed by or before next season, but I 100% trust the club knows this and will continue to act in our best interests.
It’s hard because we don’t know all the ins and outs. The media would have you believe we ‘failed’ or were ‘snubbed’ with Kane and Ronaldo, but were we really?
Kane, he obviously wanted it.
If the club stuck to their actual plans and didn’t do pull a Ushited by wanking off agents and giving an extra 100k a week to seal deals, then good for them. It’ll put us in good stead for the future and show that we’re not a desperate knee-jerk reacting set of Edwood Woodwoods.
Left back doesn’t bother me, Mendy wasn’t even 2nd choice. A striker would have been great, but Torres might get a fair crack now. He’s shown already that there’s something there.
If Kev comes back and is properly fit, then it’ll be a good season. I can’t wait to see Kev, Phil and Jack on the pitch together.
Kane, he obviously wanted it.
If the club stuck to their actual plans and didn’t do pull a Ushited by wanking off agents and giving an extra 100k a week to seal deals, then good for them. It’ll put us in good stead for the future and show that we’re not a desperate knee-jerk reacting set of Edwood Woodwoods.
Left back doesn’t bother me, Mendy wasn’t even 2nd choice. A striker would have been great, but Torres might get a fair crack now. He’s shown already that there’s something there.
If Kev comes back and is properly fit, then it’ll be a good season. I can’t wait to see Kev, Phil and Jack on the pitch together.
OrigamiNinja
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The major plus was holding on to Bernardo and more importantly Laporte.
In - Extremely poor. If we have only been able to identify 2 players across football that improve us, we are either pretty god damn perfect, or our recruitment guys need to pull their finger out. We struggle to get deals done unless there is a release clause and the selling side can do nothing about it.
Out - Average. The fees we receive for our players is terrible. Jack Harrison is playing week in, week out in a Prem side and we get £11.5m for him? Angelino playing in the CL and we get £16m? United get £30m for Dan James. We buy high and sell low which is not a shrewd business model.
In - Extremely poor. If we have only been able to identify 2 players across football that improve us, we are either pretty god damn perfect, or our recruitment guys need to pull their finger out. We struggle to get deals done unless there is a release clause and the selling side can do nothing about it.
Out - Average. The fees we receive for our players is terrible. Jack Harrison is playing week in, week out in a Prem side and we get £11.5m for him? Angelino playing in the CL and we get £16m? United get £30m for Dan James. We buy high and sell low which is not a shrewd business model.
dublinblue12
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The important thing is, we got Carson, that's all that matters at the end of the day
gazinho
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Lets be honest its a bang average window and that's even with breaking our transfer record for the second best English player there is out there.
3 key areas not addressed, Zinchenko is good enough to play left back but to only go into the season with Cancelo as 'backup' on both sides is daft, if one of the 3 full backs get injured the other 2 are under a shitload of pressure to play at the standard required every 3 days. DM we might get away with purely as Gundogan can play there but then we take away his goals from late runs into the box. Centre forward is an absolute shitshow, weve scored 5 against 2 of the worst defences ive seen rock up at the Etihad and all seems rosey to some of our fans.
Pep will have to produce some more of his genius to get us through the 'bigger' games which im sure he will but in my opinion weve not massively helped ourselves (or him)
Bernardo, Laporte and Jesus staying is obviously a plus point but as Pep said if we'd got reasonable offers in for any of them we wouldn't have stood in their way
3 key areas not addressed, Zinchenko is good enough to play left back but to only go into the season with Cancelo as 'backup' on both sides is daft, if one of the 3 full backs get injured the other 2 are under a shitload of pressure to play at the standard required every 3 days. DM we might get away with purely as Gundogan can play there but then we take away his goals from late runs into the box. Centre forward is an absolute shitshow, weve scored 5 against 2 of the worst defences ive seen rock up at the Etihad and all seems rosey to some of our fans.
Pep will have to produce some more of his genius to get us through the 'bigger' games which im sure he will but in my opinion weve not massively helped ourselves (or him)
Bernardo, Laporte and Jesus staying is obviously a plus point but as Pep said if we'd got reasonable offers in for any of them we wouldn't have stood in their way
OccupiedPalestineBlues
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It’s got to be an 8.
Got Grealish, kept Silva and Laporte and didn’t get the Portuguese poser, what’s not to love about that?
Got Grealish, kept Silva and Laporte and didn’t get the Portuguese poser, what’s not to love about that?
I’ve given it a generous 7. I’m not at all convinced by Grealish. I didn’t rate him at Villa & didn’t get the clamour for him in the Euros. I think he’s just about the last position we needed. But more than happy to believe Pep has seen something I’ve not.
I may be in the minority, but I didn’t want Kane, and certainly not for that money. I think signing Kane would have limited us severely.
Not signing him allows us to play De Bruyne as a false 9 which for me is his best position.
I think the way we play has always suited a more fluid attacking system and I don’t think Kane or especially Ronaldo would have suited us that much.
Keeping Bernardo and hopefully convincing him to stay longer is great news. Laporte too.
Pep is an amazing manager but his one downfall is his on occasion out of the box thinking. When we get a few injuries especially to key players is when we seem to go on these extraordinary runs.
So, I’m happy with our squad. In the next couple of windows I’d target Bellingham and an out and out left back and then eventually start looking for Walkers long term replacement.
I may be in the minority, but I didn’t want Kane, and certainly not for that money. I think signing Kane would have limited us severely.
Not signing him allows us to play De Bruyne as a false 9 which for me is his best position.
I think the way we play has always suited a more fluid attacking system and I don’t think Kane or especially Ronaldo would have suited us that much.
Keeping Bernardo and hopefully convincing him to stay longer is great news. Laporte too.
Pep is an amazing manager but his one downfall is his on occasion out of the box thinking. When we get a few injuries especially to key players is when we seem to go on these extraordinary runs.
So, I’m happy with our squad. In the next couple of windows I’d target Bellingham and an out and out left back and then eventually start looking for Walkers long term replacement.