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richards30
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Add to their debts already and the Spanish economy then I think they can be ruled out!carlos92 said:I should rule out Barcelona as they have a Central Defender top of their priorities.
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I wouldn't rule Barca out, far from it.
NipHolmes
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Yup, signing both Fabregas and Sanchez was a mistake by Pep imo.
Why they didn't wrap a defender up is beyond me. Fabregas whilst being a top player wasn't what I'd consider a paramount purchase. He could have waited a year before signing.
Anyway. T.Silva and J.Martinez are the players I see them looking at.
Why they didn't wrap a defender up is beyond me. Fabregas whilst being a top player wasn't what I'd consider a paramount purchase. He could have waited a year before signing.
Anyway. T.Silva and J.Martinez are the players I see them looking at.
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tomhawley said:The goal had an element of good fortune but it was fully deserved on the run of play.
I don't know how many times I have to say - I think that coming to us playing for a draw is perfectly acceptable.
What I disagree with is that the draw they almost got wasn't because of a superb game plan - if they game plan was to stop us and stifle us then it never even got a look in - from the first minute they were under pressure.
They almost got the draw from a ball up to nobody which Lescott misjudged - and a quality goal on the counter attach.
The way the game went forced their hand with regards the way they played - they didn't get their rewards for implementing the managers tactics perfectly. Infact in the end they couldn't even hold on to a draw that they could have needed in the end.
I think Hughes is a good manager at the level he is currently at - I am talking about this game in isolation.
I respect that you disagree but that's life and I don't really want to comment on it any more as I have work to do!
Thinking that because we won, Hughes got it wrong, is complacent thinking in the extreme. Hughes got his tactics spot on against City, regardless of whether it was rocket science to simply pick 11 mobile, hard working players and deploy them in a parked bus formation, or not.
Nearly all teams struggle in the face of this tactic, Barcelona (as we have seen) included. In fact nearly the only team that doesn't is the rags, due largely to their attacking speciality - brutal, and extremely accurate, whipped crossing, with 3 forwards running in, front post, middle and back post, needing only the faintest nick to turn the ball into the net. They take away all the defending side's natural advantages (ie time to adjust their positioning) with this tactic, and it's one of the key reasons why they always finish near the top of the heap. Almost a set play like Stoke's long thrown in, but one which happens with 10 times greater frequency per game.
City however, are far easier to frustrate. Napoli (h), Villareal (h), Sunderland (a), Everton (a), West Brom (a), QPR (h), all reduced us to hopeful shots through a thicket of legs by setting themselves up this way, and it's the reason I desperately hope we buy someone like Bale this summer, just to give us another string to our bow.
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Yeah mate he was loaned out to a South American team and then at Betis last year where he scored a pearler v Barca which I watched. Supposedly he wants to stay and they want to buy but they haven't much money so we will see. I think he has 2 years left?
Bridge too but he amy only have 1, not to sure on that pal.
But seriously I reckon only Milner, AJ, DeJong would be allowed to go apart from the names mentioned already. Zabba is here to stay and for a long time hopefully. Quality player and always gives his all. My fave City player.[/quote]
RSC never went on loan to South America, he spent the second half of 2010-11 season on loan at Blackburn and played 9 times without scoring a goal.
Yeah mate he was loaned out to a South American team and then at Betis last year where he scored a pearler v Barca which I watched. Supposedly he wants to stay and they want to buy but they haven't much money so we will see. I think he has 2 years left?
Bridge too but he amy only have 1, not to sure on that pal.
But seriously I reckon only Milner, AJ, DeJong would be allowed to go apart from the names mentioned already. Zabba is here to stay and for a long time hopefully. Quality player and always gives his all. My fave City player.[/quote]
RSC never went on loan to South America, he spent the second half of 2010-11 season on loan at Blackburn and played 9 times without scoring a goal.
Not to mention the revised spanish income tax laws that are clobbering foreign footballers down thererichards30 said:Add to their debts already and the Spanish economy then I think they can be ruled out!carlos92 said:I should rule out Barcelona as they have a Central Defender top of their priorities.
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Last season RVP was without doubt the best player i saw at the Etihad.
His movement and ability to stretch a defence to create space for others is second only to Aguero.
When i imagine RVP alongside Aguero with Silva and Nasri behind them my mouth starts to water, here's hoping!
I scratch my head when i see people posting they don't want him?
His movement and ability to stretch a defence to create space for others is second only to Aguero.
When i imagine RVP alongside Aguero with Silva and Nasri behind them my mouth starts to water, here's hoping!
I scratch my head when i see people posting they don't want him?
NipHolmes
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Danamy said:Last season RVP was without doubt the best player i saw at the Etihad.
His movement and ability to stretch a defence to create space for others is second only to Aguero.
When i imagine RVP alongside Aguero with Silva and Nasri behind them my mouth starts to water, here's hoping!
I scratch my head when i see people posting they don't want him?
It's not because of quality Dan, just his age and injury history. I would like him but not over Cavani.
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