So what's to be done?

[raymondkl92]

let paddy V see the season out..thats what should be done.

 

[blueplan]

We need to think outside the box.
Chelsea have their Cech and Courtois. We don't.
Ask yourselves why was Chelsea not contented with Cech only?

 

[blueplan]

The Emperor has no clothes

 

[warringtonblue]

Definitely the system and tactics. Most people on the match day thread called it when they saw the set up. Look what Mourinho done today - he changed his system to counter Tottenham's, and won the cup. Pellegrini doesn't seem to want to change his system. I'm sure he'll learn.....

Yep totally agree, Maureen changed tactics and turned a 5-3 defeat into a 2-0 win, we'd have played the same and lost 5-3 again

 

[blueplan]

Definitely the system and tactics. Most people on the match day thread called it when they saw the set up. Look what Mourinho done today - he changed his system to counter Tottenham's, and won the cup. Pellegrini doesn't seem to want to change his system. I'm sure he'll learn.....

Yep totally agree, Maureen changed tactics and turned a 5-3 defeat into a 2-0 win, we'd have played the same and lost 5-3 again

He changed GKs

 

[Dubai Blue]

No.

UEFA Settlement: "Manchester City agrees to significantly limit spending in the transfer market for seasons 2014/2015 and 2015/2016."

First I've read that...from City's statement back in May....

The nature of conditions that will result in the lifting of sanctions means that the Club expects to be operating without sanction or restriction at the commencement of the 2015-16 season.

<a class="postlink" href="http://m.mcfc.co.uk/?name=mancity&i=12323/1/0&artId=531792" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://m.mcfc.co.uk/?name=mancity&i=123 ... tId=531792</a>

This has been much debated. The UEFA statement is crystal clear, and yet so is ours. Seems unthinkable that one side has got it totally wrong, so...

IMHO the only logical conclusion is that UEFA have imposed a transfer limit of (say) £75m and we have thought "that's OK, we weren't planning on spending that much anyway", and therefore we were able to say we'll be operating without restriction.

But whatever the interpretation, the UEFA ruling is clear that we will be restricted in transfer spending for the next two windows.

This is the first I've heard of this debate, but City's statement suggests to me that the sanctions will continue to apply throughout this summer's window. Otherwise they'd have said "by the end of the 2014-2015 season" rather than "at the commencement of the 2015-16 season".

Those two statements tell me that we'll be waiting til January 2016 at the earliest before we are free of sanctions.

 

[Chippy_boy]

First I've read that...from City's statement back in May....

The nature of conditions that will result in the lifting of sanctions means that the Club expects to be operating without sanction or restriction at the commencement of the 2015-16 season.

<a class="postlink" href="http://m.mcfc.co.uk/?name=mancity&i=12323/1/0&artId=531792" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://m.mcfc.co.uk/?name=mancity&i=123 ... tId=531792</a>

This has been much debated. The UEFA statement is crystal clear, and yet so is ours. Seems unthinkable that one side has got it totally wrong, so...

IMHO the only logical conclusion is that UEFA have imposed a transfer limit of (say) £75m and we have thought "that's OK, we weren't planning on spending that much anyway", and therefore we were able to say we'll be operating without restriction.

But whatever the interpretation, the UEFA ruling is clear that we will be restricted in transfer spending for the next two windows.

This is the first I've heard of this debate, but City's statement suggests to me that the sanctions will continue to apply throughout this summer's window. Otherwise they'd have said "by the end of the 2014-2015 season" rather than "at the commencement of the 2015-16 season".

Yes that's possible - I hadn't considered that.

Those two statements tell me that we'll be waiting til January 2016 at the earliest before we are free of sanctions.

Agreed. At the earliest.

 

[its a Barm]

This has been much debated. The UEFA statement is crystal clear, and yet so is ours. Seems unthinkable that one side has got it totally wrong, so...

IMHO the only logical conclusion is that UEFA have imposed a transfer limit of (say) £75m and we have thought "that's OK, we weren't planning on spending that much anyway", and therefore we were able to say we'll be operating without restriction.

But whatever the interpretation, the UEFA ruling is clear that we will be restricted in transfer spending for the next two windows.

This is the first I've heard of this debate, but City's statement suggests to me that the sanctions will continue to apply throughout this summer's window. Otherwise they'd have said "by the end of the 2014-2015 season" rather than "at the commencement of the 2015-16 season".

Yes that's possible - I hadn't considered that.

Those two statements tell me that we'll be waiting til January 2016 at the earliest before we are free of sanctions.

Agreed. At the earliest.

So we are doomed then, doomed I tell thee.

 

[blueinsa]

This is the first I've heard of this debate, but City's statement suggests to me that the sanctions will continue to apply throughout this summer's window. Otherwise they'd have said "by the end of the 2014-2015 season" rather than "at the commencement of the 2015-16 season".

Yes that's possible - I hadn't considered that.

Those two statements tell me that we'll be waiting til January 2016 at the earliest before we are free of sanctions.

Agreed. At the earliest.

So we are doomed then, doomed I tell thee.

Khaldoon told us all we were about to take a pinch and a pinch we re having to take but it wont last forever.

We all need to calm down and stop trying to second guess every decision being made by those in charge of the club because so far, they have done a remarkable job.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Yes that's possible - I hadn't considered that.


Agreed. At the earliest.

So we are doomed then, doomed I tell thee.

Khaldoon told us all we were about to take a pinch and a pinch we re having to take but it wont last forever.

We all need to calm down and stop trying to second guess every decision being made by those in charge of the club because so far, they have done a remarkable job.

I suspect Barm was joking mate.

But the point remains, I don't think we can spend big this Summer. Not the end of the world, but our road to European dominant force will be a long one.