The Squad planning thread

[TonyM]

You seem to have forgotten who our manager is and completely missed out how important technique and intelligence is to him.

You seem to forget what we had in Walker, Fernandinho, Kompany and Bernardo (to name a few). All monsters at one thing or another. Not just technically good.

Technical capabilities should be a given at this stage. Freakishly fast/strong/athletic is the difference maker on top of that imo.

 

[Marvin.]

Divin Mubama seems to be progressing very well at Stoke and in the England u-21.

Where will he be in 12 months?

 

[TurboDuo]

Hola

 

[USA_SkyBlue]

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Eww

 

[CΛL]

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Hola

Genuinely don’t think that’s as good as the starting eleven we put out now.

 

[K-Bo]

So, Bernardo, Ortega and Stones leave at end of contract. Kovacic and Ake moved on as well due to injuries/being out of favour. Those are the likely departures.

On top of that, you could see Maybe Trafford going. And one of the wingers (I'd say Bobb most likely IMO, not exactly taking chances with both hands this season). I'd say those are the possibles.

Then maybe long shot departures are Rico (Lack of playing time) and Rodri (if he opts not to renew, he'll have a year left and you'd assume we would sell in that scenario)

Obviously not all of those players will go, but hard not to see at least 5/6 exits this summer.

 

[Skrastins]

So, Bernardo, Ortega and Stones leave at end of contract. Kovacic and Ake moved on as well due to injuries/being out of favour. Those are the likely departures.

On top of that, you could see Maybe Trafford going. And one of the wingers (I'd say Bobb most likely IMO, not exactly taking chances with both hands this season). I'd say those are the possibles.

Then maybe long shot departures are Rico (Lack of playing time) and Rodri (if he opts not to renew, he'll have a year left and you'd assume we would sell in that scenario)

Obviously not all of those players will go, but hard not to see at least 5/6 exits this summer.

there was a talk regarding extending Stones

but yea, Ake and Ortega might leave as soon as January, Ake is getting attention from Prem clubs and Italy

i would also expect for Trafford to go on loan to get playing time for WC

 

[K-Bo]

there was a talk regarding extending Stones

but yea, Ake and Ortega might leave as soon as January, Ake is getting attention from Prem clubs and Italy

i would also expect for Trafford to go on loan to get playing time for WC

Think there was talk of extending De Bruyne as well, I just find it hard to believe with stones injuries and the money he's on, and the fact that he's not really been 1st choice this year.

We'll see though, maybe a wage reduction and 1 year rolling deal for stones might be doable.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

i would also expect for Trafford to go on loan to get playing time for WC

When I see Trafford and WC in the one sentence, I immediately think "old toilet"

 

[Dax777]

Romano definitely knows what he’s on about with City as of recent. Also the murmurs about Semenyo mean there’s likely some truth. I think everyone sees Nunes as a temporary fix despite how well he has played as of recent. I think it’s the correct thing to do.

Or, or, or, Romano puts the obvious 2 and 2 together. Perhaps even reads a minute of blue moon and notices so many fans whining about those 2 positions

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

. And one of the wingers (I'd say Bobb most likely IMO, not exactly taking chances with both hands this season). I'd say those are the possibles.

he has had a major injury and it’s only been half a season. Are we really giving up on young players that easily