The are we allowed the "it's quiet" thread yet? thread.

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worsleyweb said:
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The Italian guy!
Gundongen
Rulli

Not a bad summer but can't help thinking we might be a bit short up front. Personally hope he gives bony a chance. He is not that bad.
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On the face of it though we have been the top scorers the last 3 seasons haven't we? So maybe it's the other areas that need addressing first and foremost
 
johnmc said:
On the face of it though we have been the top scorers the last 3 seasons haven't we? So maybe it's the other areas that need addressing first and foremost
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Depends how many you score. We were about 30 goals down last season which makes defence more critical, plus teams felt they could risk attacking us. Go back to scoring 6 and 7 against the top teams and teams will be terrified again.

Start of season will be critical, even though it'll take a long time for Pep to get his ways across. All managers will want the scalp of Pep, but if we can blow some teams away early on, they might think twice about trying it
 
bluesince76 said:
Depends how many you score. We were about 30 goals down last season which makes defence more critical, plus teams felt they could risk attacking us. Go back to scoring 6 and 7 against the top teams and teams will be terrified again.

Start of season will be critical, even though it'll take a long time for Pep to get his ways across. All managers will want the scalp of Pep, but if we can blow some teams away early on, they might think twice about trying it
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So defence is critical so we look like we are spending on it. But you think the best way would be to spend up top and win more games 5-3 and the like because that will make teams think twice about attacking us??
 
Fabulous said:
Yeah, he's Colombian. And it appears all but official.
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Great news. Looks like we are planning for next year too. We might give bony a season with aguero, nolityo and natcho and bring this guy in next season. Same with hart - see how he does and then bring in rulli.
 
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So defence is critical so we look like we are spending on it. But you think the best way would be to spend up top and win more games 5-3 and the like because that will make teams think twice about attacking us??
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Pep will have a very organised defence - Mancini level organised. But his ethos is to play in the opposition half, that's how he defends.

As for attack being a good form of defence - look at us in the first season under Pellegrini compared to last. Our attack faltered, mainly due to everything being so slow and that gave teams confidence to attack, at which point they discovered we couldn't defend. A lot of football is in the heads of the players on both sides - look at the rags home record under taggart compared to how quickly it collapsed once the cracks started to show. Teams spent years just hoping to not get battered and suddenly realised they could actually win there.
 
So, Gundogan, Nolito, Sane in. Demichelis out. So we still need to open 2 non-homegrown squad spaces, not taking into account the possibility of more arrivals?

Would probably hurt our bargaining or stance on sales even more now for Kolarov, Zaba etc since buying clubs know we have to sell, no?
 
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