Txiki Begiristain

[Gray]

Came to us in October 2012 and signings since then are:

Fernandinho - 06/13
Navas - 06/13
Jovetic - 07/13
Negredo - 07/13
Demichelis - 09/13
Fernando - 06/14
Sagna - 07/14
Caballero - 07/14
Zuculini - 08/14
Mangala - 08/14
Bony - 01/15
Unal - 07/15
Sterling - 07/15
Delph - 07/15
Roberts - 07/15
Otamendi - 08/15
Serrano - 08/15
De Bruyne - 08/15
Brattan - 10/15
Caceres - 01/16

20 players with only 2 you can really rely on - Fernandinho and De Bruyne.

I wouldn't trust him with a trolley dash.

 

[richards30]

Gundogan
Pogba
Stones
Kante
Bernat
Carvajal
Coric
Lewandowski
Ter Stegen

Get that lot and I'll be his friend again! ;-)

 

[argyle]

Came to us in October 2012 and signings since then are:

Fernandinho - 06/13
Navas - 06/13
Jovetic - 07/13
Negredo - 07/13
Demichelis - 09/13
Fernando - 06/14
Sagna - 07/14
Caballero - 07/14
Zuculini - 08/14
Mangala - 08/14
Bony - 01/15
Unal - 07/15
Sterling - 07/15
Delph - 07/15
Roberts - 07/15
Otamendi - 08/15
Serrano - 08/15
De Bruyne - 08/15
Brattan - 10/15
Caceres - 01/16

20 players with only 2 you can really rely on - Fernandinho and De Bruyne.

I wouldn't trust him with a trolley dash.

KDB, Fern and Sagna from that list. The players he's brought in just aren't good enough on the whole.

 

[argyle]

The transfers of those players everyone on here were very very happy
Things haven't worked out how they should of for some of those players

Plenty questioned the signing of Bony and Sterling. I questioned the signing of Mangala as we originally wanted him one summer but didn't get him but then he had a terrible season before we did.

I think also many laughed at and questioned us getting Delph.

 

[richards30]

Plenty questioned the signing of Bony and Sterling. I questioned the signing of Mangala as we originally wanted him one summer but didn't get him but then he had a terrible season before we did.

I think also many laughed at and questioned us getting Delph.

Delph was signed for being English and the set fee though mate? £8m in football terms these days is fuck all. Even Bournemouth signed some guy from wolves for £12m and he's done less than Delph!

 

[blue b4 the moon]

For £8m Delph is a gamble worth taking.

It's the multi millions on the middle of the defence which is the weight he carries on his back.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Came to us in October 2012 and signings since then are:

Fernandinho - 06/13
Navas - 06/13
Jovetic - 07/13
Negredo - 07/13
Demichelis - 09/13
Fernando - 06/14
Sagna - 07/14
Caballero - 07/14
Zuculini - 08/14
Mangala - 08/14
Bony - 01/15
Unal - 07/15
Sterling - 07/15
Delph - 07/15
Roberts - 07/15
Otamendi - 08/15
Serrano - 08/15
De Bruyne - 08/15
Brattan - 10/15
Caceres - 01/16

20 players with only 2 you can really rely on - Fernandinho and De Bruyne.

I wouldn't trust him with a trolley dash.

God, when you see it listed like that... Sack him now

 

[mancity1]

KDB, Fern and Sagna from that list. The players he's brought in just aren't good enough on the whole.

What will be interesting is how many of the players who have been farmed out to other clubs to get first team football will return to be senior members in the first team.

I would suggest it won't be many if any so unless Sterling Oti and Mangala can fit in with Pep to the level required its a pretty poor return.

Pep or no Pep he would have 4 years at the club this coming October and this summers window will make or break him I would suggest.

We still rely on Hart , Silva, Kun , Yaya to cover for other deficiencies and all of them cannot be relied upon over a 38 game season any more.

Out best propsect going forward cost us wages and support services.

Compare that to Bony who will be off loaded in the summer and you realise how far we have to go to get things right on the pitch.

 

[01cravend]

Txixi is a terrible operator in the transfer market

De Bruyne - £55mil - paid what he's worth
Sterling - £44mil + add ons - about 3 times more than he is worth
Otamendi - £34mil - double what he is worth
Delph - £8.5mil - What he is worth but he is not good enough
Bony - £25mil - LOL
Mangala - £32mil????? - Ripped off by about £20mil
Fernando - £12mil - Could get our money back if he was sold
Willy - £6mil - Overpaid when you consider Arsenal paid £10mil for Cech from a rival
Sagna - Free - Good signing
Fernandinho - £30mil - great signing but £30mil was a tad steep
Jovetic - £22mil - Paid for potential, didn't work out, have to take a loss
Negredo - £16mil - Made 4-4-2 work then hurt his shoulder which somehow has managed to derail his ability, impressively made a profit.
Navas - £15mil - good value
Demichelis - £4mil - Let him move to Atletico before deciding we want him?, forget this season and he was a decent signing.


---------------------Willy---------------------
Sagna---Otamendi---Demichelis--Mangala
--------Fernandinho----Fernando--------
De Bruyne------------------------------Sterling
------------Bony------------------Jovetic-------

Bench:
Delph
Navas
Negredo

Outlay - £303mil+

 

[argyle]

Delph was signed for being English and the set fee though mate? £8m in football terms these days is fuck all. Even Bournemouth signed some guy from wolves for £12m and he's done less than Delph!

Delph really isn't the type of quality we should be going for.

People on here said he won't set the world alight but he'll do a job for us in midfield in terms of replacing Milner etc. He hasn't done that has he.

I'm not slating the player/s I'm saying those in charge of recruitment should have been doing much better.