GaudinoMotors
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The misses. We will never know what they'd have been like under Pep.
The convenient mantra on here though, is to say, "dodged a bullet".
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Txiki Begiristain to leave role at end of season
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The convenient mantra on here though, is to say, "dodged a bullet".
January is is big chance to redeem his legacy. two first eleven players + hopefully Echeverri being ready on top of that two for first squad and he is more of a Alvarez-Jesus impact rather than Kayky.
after the treble we really did us no favours in the market. way too comfortable, happy with plan D when plan A wasnt happening, or not even having much of a plan (Gundogan resigning completely out of the blue due to Barca decision to bin him, or lack of Alvarez replacements lined up)
whatever we fail to correct in January it will be left for Viana to rectify. he is in for hell of a job now. from a great position after the treble we will likely be in a bit of a must rebuild and must get it right mode.
after the treble we really did us no favours in the market. way too comfortable, happy with plan D when plan A wasnt happening, or not even having much of a plan (Gundogan resigning completely out of the blue due to Barca decision to bin him, or lack of Alvarez replacements lined up)
whatever we fail to correct in January it will be left for Viana to rectify. he is in for hell of a job now. from a great position after the treble we will likely be in a bit of a must rebuild and must get it right mode.
eyalluvitt
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Loaning him to Chelsea for a season would have saved us 100m as he would be very much part of our side when he came back. Hindsight, £40m & all that but he is a top top level premier league player nowI’m sorry but you can’t seriously use an example of not signing elite players because they want to keep Oscar Bobb happy !!! Ffs Txiki sold Cole Palmer ! Bobb might turn out to be a decent City player but he has never been one of the most highest rated players in Europe.
I doubt Bobb will be a regular when he gets fit - selling Palmer is the biggest fuck up of Txikis time at City - will go down as one of the biggest PL tfr fuck ups.
to be fair Bobb jumps a level up in skills and soon becomes Messi type of players by each month he is out injured. I dont think thats good idea as it will put incredible pressure on him to when soon he is fit to play. I would be be happy if he delivers a quarter of what Palmer is doing at Chelsea now in terms of G+A. knowing Pep 2-3 mediocre games from Bobb and he might get the McAtee treatment. I have seen stranger things than that.
big big problem is all our rivals have one focal player doing immense in G+A as a creator and as a scorer (Saka, Salah, Palmer) while Foden would be this for us and he has 1 goal and no assist in the PL this season so far. due to being injured a lot and when played he was dogshit. to think Txiki was happy to sell Alvarez who delivered 30 G+A overall in all comps last season without replacement, wow. we will pay the price, no worry.
big big problem is all our rivals have one focal player doing immense in G+A as a creator and as a scorer (Saka, Salah, Palmer) while Foden would be this for us and he has 1 goal and no assist in the PL this season so far. due to being injured a lot and when played he was dogshit. to think Txiki was happy to sell Alvarez who delivered 30 G+A overall in all comps last season without replacement, wow. we will pay the price, no worry.
"Our recruitment has been excellent "Our recruitment has been excellent , everyone signs the odd dud but we get rid of them quickly . The new batch are still settling so too soon to say about them , he has on the whole been fantastic and he brought pep here
Disagree, he's made some quality signings and produces some absolute gems in the likes of Jesus, Alvarez and Akanji but he has made some poor signings for big money.
Squad management since the treble season has with hindsight been poor inn the extreme.
The reason? Far too loyal at times, complacent and fear of offending the PL due to the 115 case.
We now need a serious and expensive rebuild and have left Viana with a very difficult job when he should have come into a well oiled machine.
The next two windows will define the club in the coming years, get it wrong and we will be on the outside looking in , in terms of titles.
Tixki overall has done a superb job in the way he has built the footballing side of the club from top to bottom, our scouting is outstanding but some of his first team signings and planning is not as good as it should have been.
Bluesince1979
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Whos the new batch?Our recruitment has been excellent , everyone signs the odd dud but we get rid of them quickly . The new batch are still settling so too soon to say about them , he has on the whole been fantastic and he brought pep here
We definitely did with Sanchez because his legs went Walker style just before he left Arsenal. Was no lack of effort from him unlike some of the clowns they signed like PogbaThe misses. We will never know what they'd have been like under Pep.
The convenient mantra on here though, is to say, "dodged a bullet".
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Not signing Joao Neves & Willian Estevao was a big mistake.
nellyonthewing
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The formula appears to be that an injured players ability improves exponentially for every month they don’t play.to be fair Bobb jumps a level up in skills and soon becomes Messi type of players by each month he is out injured. I dont think thats good idea as it will put incredible pressure on him to when soon he is fit to play. I would be be happy if he delivers a quarter of what Palmer is doing at Chelsea now in terms of G+A. knowing Pep 2-3 mediocre games from Bobb and he might get the McAtee treatment. I have seen stranger things than that.
big big problem is all our rivals have one focal player doing immense in G+A as a creator and as a scorer (Saka, Salah, Palmer) while Foden would be this for us and he has 1 goal and no assist in the PL this season so far. due to being injured a lot and when played he was dogshit. to think Txiki was happy to sell Alvarez who delivered 30 G+A overall in all comps last season without replacement, wow. we will pay the price, no worry.
Can you elaborate or put some context on "the fear of offending the PL" bit?"Our recruitment has been excellent "
Disagree, he's made some quality signings and produces some absolute gems in the likes of Jesus, Alvarez and Akanji but he has made some poor signings for big money.
Squad management since the treble season has with hindsight been poor inn the extreme.
The reason? Far too loyal at times, complacent and fear of offending the PL due to the 115 case.
We now need a serious and expensive rebuild and have left Viana with a very difficult job when he should have come into a well oiled machine.
The next two windows will define the club in the coming years, get it wrong and we will be on the outside looking in , in terms of titles.
Tixki overall has done a superb job in the way he has built the footballing side of the club from top to bottom, our scouting is outstanding but some of his first team signings and planning is not as good as it should have been.