Come on mate he really doesn't. He adores this club. And he could equally have had that injury playing/training for us, as has been the case umpteen times.
OK let me spell this out to you. What we need is one thing & FFP is another, however the 2 are connected, but that STILL doesn't mean we don't need to fill those positions.O
I don't know where you get that assumption from, "Pep and the Club want". All we know is that Pep wanted Sanchez who does not even play in one of the positions you listed. And a cb, a position I agree we need cover in.
Now bearing in mind West Brom wanted £35M for JFE and Sanchez with less than a year left on his contract was going to cost £60M. How much do you think your extra 5 players would have cost and how do we square that with Fair Play?
You are spot on. As much as i love vinny, i think he should be the 4th choice cb. Scouts be active and find some young koscielny, alderweired, who would be cheap but quality and if possible experienced. I like alderweired though.I don't go with this theory that him playing for Belgium costs us.
Imo all it has done, is stop him from breaking down in the middle of a City game & us having to shuffle the defence, which is what Pep opted for as an ongoing risk, when he decided to gamble on him being a key player this season.
If he turns up on Saturday & is motm, there is no guarantee he'll play again in Oct. It can & probably will happen, at any time.
Imo, Vinny should effectively be the 4th choice cb, a player who can step in when he's fit & help if things go pear shaped & the younger players (& some older ones) learn the game. Not the mainstay of the defence.
The mainstay of the defence, should be the bloke we sign next.
I don't go with this theory that him playing for Belgium costs us.
Imo all it has done, is stop him from breaking down in the middle of a City game & us having to shuffle the defence, which is what Pep opted for as an ongoing risk, when he decided to gamble on him being a key player this season.
If he turns up on Saturday & is motm, there is no guarantee he'll play again in Oct. It can & probably will happen, at any time.
Imo, Vinny should effectively be the 4th choice cb, a player who can step in when he's fit & help if things go pear shaped & the younger players (& some older ones) learn the game. Not the mainstay of the defence.
The mainstay of the defence, should be the bloke we sign next.
I agree with your post. I think it would be a bit much to try and stop someone playing international football with a World Cup coming up. Like you say if it wasn't that game it would probably be midway through one of our games. Since Vinny has been out Stones has stepped up though and is playing really well IMO. I think we have only conceded 1, against West Brom, since VK got injured.
Stones has done really well, but in the last couple of games has had a couple of Stones moments & I hope we don't see that creep back in.
Otamendi has done well too, but has still had several potential game changers & got away with it.
If the pair of them could cut that out, we would be ok v most teams. The problem is whether we are still ok v Chelsea. We weren't v Liverpool, but that was a mistake having Otamendi in a 3 v pace imo, which was unfair on him & caused his head to go.
That unfortunately is the problem with out two centre halfs, not a lack of ability but the unnecessary mistakes they make.
Otamendi for me is the most frustrating because due to his age he should be experienced enough when to dive in or not. His mistakes are carbon copies everytime and sadly are more likely in the biggest of occasions.
We need to rebuild and move on FFP or no FFP.