The spending is not over!

tolmie's hairdoo said:
A fun few weeks still be had.

Great for City.

Not so good for the transfer forum.

Fecking terrible for our rivals.
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Baines in, Kolarov out
 
SwiftBlue said:
This is probably a daft idea but couldn't we take out two birds with one stone and play Kolarov as a left winger as he's near useless defensively yet good going forward and then buy a left back back-up for Clichy?
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No. He's even worse wide left because he can't get past anyone and isn't a very good passer.
 
LOOOOL This loser from goal.com made an article of the "Winners and Losers" of this summer's transfer window so far and listed Man City as loser but probably mistaked us for United. Bias idiot had to say this:

"Manchester City were always going to loosen their belts after last season’s trophyless campaign led to the departure of manager Roberto Mancini. But the Italian’s successor Manuel Pellegrini has been hung out to dry by a reckless spending spree. Having already disposed with €111m, only Monaco have spent more this window. Yet City’s current squad is arguably weaker now than it was when it flopped so horribly in Europe last term.

The signings of Alvaro Negredo and Stevan Jovetic at a combined cost of over €50m smacked of desperation following the failure to capture primary targets. These are forwards far inferior to their predecessors Mario Balotelli and Carlos Tevez who departed for just €28m. Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho, at €40m, was also horribly overpriced and only Sevilla winger Jesus Navas at €20m can be regarded as good business. All of City’s arrivals will perform adequately, but a club with the ambitions of challenging for the Champions League must set the bar much higher. Pellegrini's men are currently light-years behind Bayern and Real Madrid."

Even worse is that he has a picture of Navas, Negredo and Jovetic with the word Losers at the top.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2013/07/26/4142539/the-winners-and-losers-of-the-summer-transfer-window-so-far?ICID=HP_HN_3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editor ... ID=HP_HN_3</a>
 
Garganese hates English football (and especially City) and is one of those who feeds a large anti-Premier League sentiment among Goal's commenters (where everyone and everything is overrated). Garganese is a smug bastid on Twitter too.

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Di Maria
Coentrao
Pepe

We should get a left sided attacking player, I know jovetic can play there but still need an upgrade on sinclair, and sinclair shipped out
 
If we are serious about the Champions League we need Pepe for his experience

As Tevez said, City froze in Europe last season. The players thought it was something else and froze. I don't even know if Pepe is enough. What we need more than anything else is an opening win to take the pressure off, and for that we need a decent draw

But I'd still buy Pepe. Kompany has the winners attitude on the pitch. He was way below par last season, but you can't have enough players who will put themselves on the line every game, and will not be beaten
 
Marvin said:
If we are serious about the Champions League we need Pepe for his experience

As Tevez said, City froze in Europe last season. The players thought it was something else and froze. I don't even know if Pepe is enough. What we need more than anything else is an opening win to take the pressure off, and for that we need a decent draw

But I'd still buy Pepe. Kompany has the winners attitude on the pitch. He was way below par last season, but you can't have enough players who will put themselves on the line every game, and will not be beaten
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Totally agree. Pepe could well turn out to be the best signing we make this summer.
 
hgblue said:
Marvin said:
If we are serious about the Champions League we need Pepe for his experience

As Tevez said, City froze in Europe last season. The players thought it was something else and froze. I don't even know if Pepe is enough. What we need more than anything else is an opening win to take the pressure off, and for that we need a decent draw

But I'd still buy Pepe. Kompany has the winners attitude on the pitch. He was way below par last season, but you can't have enough players who will put themselves on the line every game, and will not be beaten
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Totally agree. Pepe could well turn out to be the best signing we make this summer.
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Prone to mistakes and his on-field lack of discipline and diving antics make him a liability imo.
 
MonkeyButler said:
hgblue said:
Marvin said:
If we are serious about the Champions League we need Pepe for his experience

As Tevez said, City froze in Europe last season. The players thought it was something else and froze. I don't even know if Pepe is enough. What we need more than anything else is an opening win to take the pressure off, and for that we need a decent draw

But I'd still buy Pepe. Kompany has the winners attitude on the pitch. He was way below par last season, but you can't have enough players who will put themselves on the line every game, and will not be beaten
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Totally agree. Pepe could well turn out to be the best signing we make this summer.
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Prone to mistakes and his on-field lack of discipline and diving antics make him a liability imo.
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You mean he wont let Messi rip him to shreds. He doesn't play like that every game

Last season he received 7 yellows and 0 reds in La Liga
 
Marvin said:
MonkeyButler said:
hgblue said:
Totally agree. Pepe could well turn out to be the best signing we make this summer.
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Prone to mistakes and his on-field lack of discipline and diving antics make him a liability imo.
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You mean he wont let Messi rip him to shreds. He doesn't play like that every game

Last season he received 7 yellows and 0 reds in La Liga
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I agree - with the engineer at the helm he might not be such a liability.
 
Marvin said:
If we are serious about the Champions League we need Pepe for his experience

As Tevez said, City froze in Europe last season. The players thought it was something else and froze. I don't even know if Pepe is enough. What we need more than anything else is an opening win to take the pressure off, and for that we need a decent draw

But I'd still buy Pepe. Kompany has the winners attitude on the pitch. He was way below par last season, but you can't have enough players who will put themselves on the line every game, and will not be beaten
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Wasn't all about freezing imo...we needed a bit of luck as well, which we didn't get...

I know this sounds like old stuff, but the season before last, we could and should have had 2 penalties in the first 20 mins against Bayern - Boateng on Silva and then Richards - when the score was 0-0...then being 2-1 up in Madrid last season...a bit more luck and we would have certainly made the knock out stages the season before last and if we had got a result in Madrid, it would have changed the complexion of the group as well...

My wish?? A bit more luck!!! We had/have the players...
 
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