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

[Akiva]

That might have cut more ice if Pep himself hadn't already acknowledged that managing in the EPL will be a voyage of discovery for him, so sarcastic bollocks about letting Pep know his way won't work is potentially just that; sarcastic bollocks. Anyway, In the circumstances it might be an idea to have the personnel in place to play more than one way.
I'm not sure what Leicester and Vardy have in common with City as we will not be parking buses and lumping long balls over the top or playing like them even remotely.
Nolito can play as a striker, problem solved?! I can think of about 100 strikers I would prefer up top to Nolito. Is that really the level of centre forward we should be enthusing about? A half decent 29 year old winger with 5 or 6 international caps filling in. Nah, not for me.
Pep is a great manager, but there are people on here investing almost boundless faith him to instantaneously turn water into wine. This league is 10 times more competitive than any other

Pep said the same thing about the Bundesliga when joining Bayern, yet he still managed with his own style and formations regardless.

If you think Pep will stick with two strikers at the same time then you haven't been paying attention and there's zero chance he would tie himself into a situation where that has to be possible.

But again you have failed to explain why any world class striker will join and await Kun being out.

Do you honestly expect anyone here to give a fuck how many strikers YOU would prefer over Nolito? He's a goal scoring winger, but if we need cover for Aguero and Kelechi won't do, I'm sure he can provide it adequately.

I tend to stick with the people who have confidence in the ability of the best manager in football over bed wetters who worry about how we'll beat fucking Bournemouth if Aguero picks up an injury.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

We play with one goalkeeper but have 3 in the squad

Surely Nolito can play in goal

He might not be very good but fuck it he can have a go ;)

 

[domalino]

We play with one goalkeeper but have 3 in the squad

and one of them played 0 games.

 

[johnmc]

Id go for Schwarzer.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

I'm not sure what Leicester and Vardy have in common with City as we will not be parking buses and lumping long balls over the top or playing like them even remotely.
Nolito can play as a striker, problem solved?! I can think of about 100 strikers I would prefer up top to Nolito. Is that really the level of centre forward we should be enthusing about?

Leicester are relevant because they are proof that squads win titles. Despite what people think, you can't just throw a bunch of random expensive players together and expect them to have chemistry, work for each other, follow instructions and ultimately win.

Similarly to you, I can think of a fair few attackers I'd prefer to Nolito but I have absolutely no idea what he is going to provide the team, what role he'll play and certainly not how many goals he'll score. Maybe lots, maybe none. Same as if we signed Lewandowski, Aubameyang or Suarez. Maybe lots, maybe none. You can act like we can predict that going off their previous seasons but absolutely nothing is that straight forward in football. Like Leicester last season.

 

[Ashleymcduff]

NOLITO WILL SCORE MORE LEAGUE GOALS THEN ZLATAN NEXT SEASON.
Remember this post next May

 

[Blue1991]

This thread is hilarious! Why did we bother getting pep, we should of invited people off here to go and see Mr Mansour for an interview.

If anyone has Peps contact details please contact him to say he won't win the league without signing another world class striker or without signing an Andy Caroll type striker...

 

[TonyM]

oh no it's not....

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

We have a decent second striker Iheanacho, where does he go while this striker we buy sits on the bench ?

It depends on how highly you rate Iheanacho I suppose. I think he's good, but with a long way still to go. Whether he's good enough yet to spearhead a top Premier League forward line on a regular basis I'm not yet convinced. Purely subjective opinion of course. Maybe he is (good enough)

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

Pep will buy players that are intelligent footballers, nolito players on the left wing and has played up top in the past, he certainly knows where the back of the net is. Similar attributes to negredo hoping he can be just as productive!

I hope you're right. There's certainly some spark in him. Bit smaller than Negredo though