The Squad planning thread

[Delphinho]

Gonna take more than 2 summers to rebuild the squad. In 2 years I think Walker, Gundogan, Kovacic, Bernardo, De Bruyne and at least one of Ederson/Ortega is gone.

Big question marks on Grealish, McAtee and Nunes. Maybe even Stones/Ake

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

Gonna take more than 2 summers to rebuild the squad. In 2 years I think Walker, Gundogan, Kovacic, Bernardo, De Bruyne and at least one of Ederson/Ortega is gone.

Big question marks on Grealish, McAtee and Nunes. Maybe even Stones/Ake

do Walker in jan, get ahead of the game lol

 

[Delphinho]

do Walker in jan, get ahead of the game lol

Kicking out your captain mid season? That’s deffo not happening. Most players look shite atm, give it a couple weeks and he’ll be decent again. Played okay in the first half. Only business I could see in January is exercising Zubimendis release clause. Don’t think clubs will let their players leave mid season unless it’s for an incredible premium which I doubt we’d pay anyways

 

[ProofMCFC]

Gone from wingers who get you 60/70 goals and assists to wingers who if you’re lucky will get us 15. What have we done.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

Kicking out your captain mid season? That’s deffo not happening. Most players look shite atm, give it a couple weeks and he’ll be decent again. Played okay in the first half. Only business I could see in January is exercising Zubimendis release clause. Don’t think clubs will let their players leave mid season unless it’s for an incredible premium which I doubt we’d pay anyways

Don’t need to sell just grab one anyway, I’m expecting nothing in jan tbh.

 

[K-Bo]

feels like the club chose the net spend trophy over the premier league trophy by not triggering bruno G's release clause. would love to see the minutes from that meeting.

 

[fuskarn]

heres a good thread on City's recent spending

 

[01cravend]

We need a rapid fullback to replace what we've lost with Walkers legs going going.... He was the sole reason we didn't concede these breakaway goals all the time.


Need some legs, defensive ability and creativity in midfield..

Need a striker to give Haaland a rest and also to play as a 2 from time to time(when needing goals, throwing kitchen sink ect). Haaland scoring goal a game for Norway in a 2, it doesn't negatively affect his game.
Also we don't have anyone that's good as false 9 as we've ran Bernie into the ground and Phil just isnt good there.

Also if we could, some goals and/or assists from wide would be nice

 

[117 M34]

We need to be looking to replace the older players in the squad (4th oldest in the league) and those that can't be relied on to stay fit.
Let de bruyne go and replace with wirtz.
Sell stones and replace with van der ven or konsa.
Walker and gundo to be released and replaced with a quick full back and someone who can deputise for rodri when required.
+ a back up striker

 

[Gabriel]

We are 100% not going the direction of risk takers. We are the most risk averse team in the premier league. We literally take no risks.

By risk I meant players attempting to dribble and losing possession, rather than passing and recycling the ball. We played well in the first half yesterday, but save for a couple of hopeful long balls over the top, we regularly lost possession when players were either attempting dribbles into traffic or when they simply miscontrolled the ball. As the players tire in second halves we struggle to retain possession even more.