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

[kaz7]

Serious lack of sense of humour in the transfer thread this year,gone are the fun and gifs etc,what is up with everyone?

 

[Danny_Johnson4]

I honestly find this kind of post baffling.

What exactly were you expecting this transfer window? Kroos, Suarez and Bonucci?

Talk of a gaping chasm in midfield is simply wrong, if anything we are overloaded with talent there. kdb, Gundogan, Silva, Fernandinho, Sane, Nolito and more.

Another striker would be nice but simply doesn't fit Pep's style of play, so is unlikely unless we are outright replacing Aguero.

Seriously questioning anyone who suggests this year's side is the most unbalanced since Hughes, particularly with the transfer window yet open. Maybe I'm taking the bait, but I honestly don't see how any City fan could be underwhelmed at the top class signings made for rock bottom prices.

Get real.
Seriously, if you actually genuinely believe the names you just mentioned are enough for a MIDFIELD then you are as biased as half those on here,
We were dominated and schooled in central midfield (middle, ignore bloody centre attacking mids and wingers, which you havent), by Liverpool, Madrid, Southampton, Stoke, Spurs, Leicester and Juve this year.
People think that Pep can work a miracle with a second rate fernando in the middle and have gungodan popping passes with him and fernandinho in and around liverpools press and a mourinho driven united midfield. It isnt going to happen
My post clearly mentioned that I felt, in my opinion, which obviously cant be as good as yours... that we havent addressed a major part/issue of the squad - centre mid.
Another stirker yes wouldve been nice considering we have gone from:

Aguero, Dzeko, Balotelli, Tevez to Aguero, Iheanacho, Bony, Nolito... Christ.

I understand Pep has a style and plan around 1 striker but I think we will regret the choices we have made so far R.E a second major forward

 

[Jazzman]

Any criticism of Txiki and co is blasphemous on here.

It is mainly premature, but if you feel like risking looking like a fool, then please go on. The transfer window has been open for 2 weeks, still 6 weeks to go.

 

[crystal_mais]

They've had the better window so far. It is ok to say that isn't it?

Really - what by signing a 34 year old has been - don't be silly

 

[Akiva]

Get real.
Seriously, if you actually genuinely believe the names you just mentioned are enough for a MIDFIELD then you are as biased as half those on here,
We were dominated and schooled in central midfield (middle, ignore bloody centre attacking mids and wingers, which you havent), by Liverpool, Madrid, Southampton, Stoke, Spurs, Leicester and Juve this year.
People think that Pep can work a miracle with a second rate fernando in the middle and have gungodan popping passes with him and fernandinho in and around liverpools press and a mourinho driven united midfield. It isnt going to happen
My post clearly mentioned that I felt, in my opinion, which obviously cant be as good as yours... that we havent addressed a major part/issue of the squad - centre mid.
Another stirker yes wouldve been nice considering we have gone from:

Aguero, Dzeko, Balotelli, Tevez to Aguero, Iheanacho, Bony, Nolito... Christ.

I understand Pep has a style and plan around 1 striker but I think we will regret the choices we have made so far R.E a second major forward

Stupid post, you admit things will be different under Pep but still compare his City to Pellegrini's.

I get that you want another striker, it's nice to want things, but no world class striker will come in and be benched awaiting a Kun injury. It's that simple.

Central midfield hasn't been addressed? So who would you bench out of Fernandinho, KDB, Silva and Gundogan to make it better?

 

[eversince 76]

They've had the better window so far. It is ok to say that isn't it?

I like to think getting Pep in is also part of the window-business. So from that point of perspective that lot is not even close to what we have been doing.

Too many forget Pep is the best manager in the world. Not my words, but the ones who are moaning about the lack of transferdealings so far. And so far being just two weeks since the window opended and 3 days after the EC ended. Why do we seem to forget Pep can make every single squad player better than they were. Isn't that why we hired him and tried to do so for over 3 years? And because he is great getting the right youth players performing in the first team?

 

[SWP's back]

Get real.
Seriously, if you actually genuinely believe the names you just mentioned are enough for a MIDFIELD then you are as biased as half those on here,
We were dominated and schooled in central midfield (middle, ignore bloody centre attacking mids and wingers, which you havent), by Liverpool, Madrid, Southampton, Stoke, Spurs, Leicester and Juve this year.
People think that Pep can work a miracle with a second rate fernando in the middle and have gungodan popping passes with him and fernandinho in and around liverpools press and a mourinho driven united midfield. It isnt going to happen
My post clearly mentioned that I felt, in my opinion, which obviously cant be as good as yours... that we havent addressed a major part/issue of the squad - centre mid.
Another stirker yes wouldve been nice considering we have gone from:

Aguero, Dzeko, Balotelli, Tevez to Aguero, Iheanacho, Bony, Nolito... Christ.

I understand Pep has a style and plan around 1 striker but I think we will regret the choices we have made so far R.E a second major forward

We were bullied when playing a two man midfield that included Yaya.

That won't be happening again.

And we can't have four strikers for one position. That's a ludicrous idea.

 

[jamiecav]

Serious lack of sense of humour in the transfer thread this year,gone are the fun and gifs etc,what is up with everyone?

We got spoilt.....

 

[Danny_Johnson4]

Stupid post, you admit things will be different under Pep but still compare his City to Pellegrini's.

I get that you want another striker, it's nice to want things, but no world class striker will come in and be benched awaiting a Kun injury. It's that simple.

Central midfield hasn't been addressed? So who would you bench out of Fernandinho, KDB, Silva and Gundogan to make it better?

Ok if mine was a stupid post, yours was an arrogant one..
You totally bypassed the point I made regarding the drop in quality over the past 4 years in the striker department, but I suppose that actually making a knowledgable football point wouldnt allow you to make a sarcastic remark; and you would presumably need to actually think for a change

There are only around 5/6 world class strikers on the planet, so I am not expecting one of those, but someone who offers more of a threat than Wilfried would do,

Ok, so when in the past 10 years have Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva played in central midfield. I said central midfield. Centre mid mate, where they may generally have portions of the game where they sit behind the centre circle and need to use actual defensive positioning and experience to either win the ball back or rat around to force a mistake. You have yet again bypassed where I mentioned ignore the attacking midfielders. We would get absolutely KILLED with a midfield 2 of just F + IG, and probably too if we played with 3 of them including KDB or DS too...
So why would I need to bench someone? I would seek, or hope the club would anyway, a central player with energy like ferna, but a bit of bite and guile on the ball too.. Then we have a nice mix in the middle. Or, going by your reckoning, we could try Bony there?

 

[Matt Diablo]

I'm so hungover. It might just be someone from the academy, she got ushered off by a driver, I was going home and she was stood in the foyer, I was hammered but she looked fit, not sure what I even said to her initially but I asked her if she was in Manchester for work and she said no, I'm here because my son is signing for city, I'd guess she was about 40, being harsh. Will probably be that kids mum from South America we've nearly signed.

Surely contender for best BM post ever

 

[Danny_Johnson4]

We were bullied when playing a two man midfield that included Yaya.

That won't be happening again.

And we can't have four strikers for one position. That's a ludicrous idea.

Ermmm. Yaya didnt play when we were ran ragged 3-0 against liverpool just for one game, Sure he didnt play in some of the others too,
Not looking to argue with you R.E Yaya as I know he was a contributor, but the players we have in the middle of the park arent up to the very very highest standard required as of yet, or certainly they havent been utilised correctly because its our major weakness

 

[Ajm1985]

I don't think we are but the poster I replied to suggested we could be hanging about in order to save some kind of loyalty bonus. That would be fucking him about considering the service he's given us.

Like I said in my post though, I don't believe that to be the case.

All three I mentioned have at one time been told they are not part of Pep's plans, subject to potential transfers and then it's disclosed they aren't being forced out. Kolarov and Zab in particular have been incredibly close to being transferred. I'm not saying it is the case, but I wouldn't exactly rule it out.

 

[TexasCityzen]

I'm so hungover. It might just be someone from the academy, she got ushered off by a driver, I was going home and she was stood in the foyer, I was hammered but she looked fit, not sure what I even said to her initially but I asked her if she was in Manchester for work and she said no, I'm here because my son is signing for city, I'd guess she was about 40, being harsh. Will probably be that kids mum from South America we've nearly signed.

Surely contender for best BM post ever

Some much needed humor in this thread to balance out the panicked children

 

[simon23]

Im of the opinion also that we need to bolster that central mid area

Fernando although he improved and yet may still isn't good enough
Ferna - absolute quality
Gudongan - absolute quality
Yaya - the real problem.....what do we do with Yaya?????????? On his day he still controls games and can dominate teams. However against fast paced passing teams and teams that press he can become a liability when in a two...but in a 3 what is his role with the others we have?????? Its a real dilemma for Pep to solve and the one that MP failed to do so.

the rest of the midfielders are attacking mids

nasri and silva really help retain possession and provide attacking assists and generally control the game

Kdb is just purely an attacking threat (an exceptional one) but he does flit in and out of games and isn't the type of player to grab the game by the scruff of the neck......

Pogba is gone but regardless of whether he goes to utd or not he is the one we should have got (I understand why we haven't)
Kroos would add that control in there as well (a very hard target to go for).


After that available quality does drop off......

 

[Akiva]

Ok if mine was a stupid post, yours was an arrogant one..
You totally bypassed the point I made regarding the drop in quality over the past 4 years in the striker department, but I suppose that actually making a knowledgable football point wouldnt allow you to make a sarcastic remark; and you would presumably need to actually think for a change

There are only around 5/6 world class strikers on the planet, so I am not expecting one of those, but someone who offers more of a threat than Wilfried would do,

Ok, so when in the past 10 years have Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva played in central midfield. I said central midfield. Centre mid mate, where they may generally have portions of the game where they sit behind the centre circle and need to use actual defensive positioning and experience to either win the ball back or rat around to force a mistake. You have yet again bypassed where I mentioned ignore the attacking midfielders. We would get absolutely KILLED with a midfield 2 of just F + IG, and probably too if we played with 3 of them including KDB or DS too...
So why would I need to bench someone? I would seek, or hope the club would anyway, a central player with energy like ferna, but a bit of bite and guile on the ball too.. Then we have a nice mix in the middle. Or, going by your reckoning, we could try Bony there?

I didn't bypass anything. Your perceived drop in quality in the striker department is irrelevant as long as there is no drop in quality in the Aguero department. Further, Bony isn't the natural replacement, but Iheanacho would be.

Oh I see, you mean DCM? I think Gundogan can play there, or Fernandinho. Perhaps you expect Pep to play more than 1 or 2 there? I doubt it. Pep never played more than 1 there at Bayern and often none at all.

I'd love Toni Kroos too btw, or Thiago. But I'll not be surprised if we don't get them and Pep is successful this year anyway.

 

[Ajm1985]

Im of the opinion also that we need to bolster that central mid area

Fernando although he improved and yet may still isn't good enough
Ferna - absolute quality
Gudongan - absolute quality
Yaya - the real problem.....what do we do with Yaya?????????? On his day he still controls games and can dominate teams. However against fast paced passing teams and teams that press he can become a liability when in a two...but in a 3 what is his role with the others we have?????? Its a real dilemma for Pep to solve and the one that MP failed to do so.

the rest of the midfielders are attacking mids

nasri and silva really help retain possession and provide attacking assists and generally control the game

Kdb is just purely an attacking threat (an exceptional one) but he does flit in and out of games and isn't the type of player to grab the game by the scruff of the neck......

Pogba is gone but regardless of whether he goes to utd or not he is the one we should have got (I understand why we haven't)
Kroos would add that control in there as well (a very hard target to go for).


After that available quality does drop off......

To be honest, Yaya was getting bullied off the ball quite frequently. It would be nice for Pep to be in charge of the Yaya of a few years ago but I can't see how he could work wonders with him

 

[simon23]

To be honest, Yaya was getting bullied off the ball quite frequently. It would be nice for Pep to be in charge of the Yaya of a few years ago but I can't see how he could work wonders with him

I agree.

Thats why I think we do need someone else

 

[jollylescott]

At this early (I repeat early) stage we look like starting the season with the same midfield four as last season - Yaya, the Ferns and Delph. Of course this will change when Gundogan eventually gets fit. However to me starting with the same midfield is a scary situation because we were overrun in midfield by all our major rivals last season. Sure people will say that it was because of the way Pellegrini set the team up, but I am still not convinced that starting the season with the same four is going to work, even with Pep's magic touch.

I thought Pep was mad about acquiring midfielders. After last season it wasn't hard to make a case that Yaya, Fernando and Delph were not good enough for a Pep midfield. So I personally am surprised that it looks like all three will be staying. I would have thought there would be young, hungry midfielders out there that our scouts would have identified. Of course it's hard to prise players like Kroos and Thiago away from their current situation, but what I was hoping was that we would freshen the team up with young legs.

Last season we had the oldest squad in the premiership. I have to say that it will be disappointing if we can't refresh the squad with players in that 21-25 age bracket who will bring a youthful hungry edge to the team.

At this stage it also seems possible that we will have the same 4 fullbacks as last season. This also has to be of concern.

We really need an injection of youth, so to my mind it's a big risk to start the season with the same midfield as last season, and potentially the same fullbacks.

 

[Jazzman]

At this early (I repeat early) stage we look like starting the season with the same midfield four as last season - Yaya, the Ferns and Delph. Of course this will change when Gundogan eventually gets fit. However to me starting with the same midfield is a scary situation because we were overrun in midfield by all our major rivals last season. Sure people will say that it was because of the way Pellegrini set the team up, but I am still not convinced that starting the season with the same four is going to work, even with Pep's magic touch.

I thought Pep was mad about acquiring midfielders. After last season it wasn't hard to make a case that Yaya, Fernando and Delph were not good enough for a Pep midfield. So I personally am surprised that it looks like all three will be staying. I would have thought there would be young, hungry midfielders out there that our scouts would have identified. Of course it's hard to prise players like Kroos and Thiago away from their current situation, but what I was hoping was that we would freshen the team up with young legs.

Last season we had the oldest squad in the premiership. I have to say that it will be disappointing if we can't refresh the squad with players in that 21-25 age bracket who will bring a youthful hungry edge to the team.

At this stage it also seems possible that we will have the same 4 fullbacks as last season. This also has to be of concern.

We really need an injection of youth, so to my mind it's a big risk to start the season with the same midfield as last season, and potentially the same fullbacks.

And where do you play Nasri, Silva and de Bruyne?

 

[jimmy blue shoes]

Serious lack of sense of humour in the transfer thread this year,gone are the fun and gifs etc,what is up with everyone?

We want our shiny new toys and we want them now!