Obviously hope you are right.
Think about his distribution though ;-)Pep is too old and was never a goalie to start with.
He can thank dinho that we got to 100ptsPep could replace him as number 2 , Pep hasnt so must think he's fine as our number 2. Didn't do any harm last season and won't this.
I'm not happy at all about our transfer business so far although there is still time to rectify.
What became clear towards the end of last season was an inability to break down well organised defences. It didn't matter in the league because we'd already won it effectively by Christmas. I think we are resting on our laurels. Mahrez is not enough.
As things stand, I would say Pool, United and Spurs have more potent front lines than us. Why haven't we done more in this area?
As you say , L'pool have shored up their defence and will not drop many points against lower sides. Thankfully, United are still being held back by Mourinho's negativity and Spurs will probably pay the price on the pitch for their 1 billion stadium spend.
I don't really comprehend our lack of transfer activity so far. Is it because of FFP rules because I can't believe that Pep is satisfied with our attack?
I do. Yes because the odd ok game isn't good enough. There's posters on here that still think Mangala is ok because he had a good debut.
You think we would have a chance of winning the league with Bravo in net?
Other than an improved back up I think we will be ok.
I kind of like some things about Bravo and want him to succeed but I'm a City fan over individual players and I've no doubt that he would cost us if called on long term....which is why we bought Ederson in the first place.
I dont think many share this view mate. We scored the most goals in the prem last season and made a club record signing over the summer that adds to our options upfront. I think going forward we can match any team in Europe....The only thing I see that can hold us back is at the DM position. I feel there is a big drop off between Fren and someone like Delph and there is no-one with the high-energy, non stop motor that Fern gives us at that postion. I would have much preferred to fill this need from a position of strength instead of waiting another season. Filling that position/need is only going to get more expensive when teams know we must sign someone. For me, players like Gomes are still a few years away from being a CL level DM, so we going to have a big hole to fill....but going forward? Mate...we're world class at every position across the front line....
Oh my daysWell I was replying to that Washington poster who thought we might be resting on our laurels and I do agree with him. Maybe my post had too much hyperbole...about Spurs perhaps... but I stand by my assertion that we have not improved much and could continue to struggle to break down well organised defences.
There was evidence of this in the latter part of last season and I'm not just referring to the L'pool games. I remember clearly thinking this in our games against Southampton, Huddersfield, Burnley and Palace.
Yes, I know we scored a huge number of goals and got a record points tally. Would we have sored so many goals and got so many points without our midfield? And another telling statistic is that we only won the second half of the season by two points - according to one of our posters we only got 2 or 3 points more than Liverpool did in the second half and that was mainly because they dropped points in the last month to lowly sides due to injuries and CL commitments.
Also, would we have finished so far ahead of United if Peg had allowed his players to perform in the same way as they did in the second half of the match at our place? Thank God he's still there.
We've also got several key ageing 30+ plus players who look burnt out: Fernandinho, D. Silva, Otamendi, Kompany, Aguero. Were you impressed with their world cup exploits?
I wasn't at all.
Next season will not be anything like the last one and many posters on here who think it will be a stroll in the park are in for a shock, but you can bet now they will be back on here to criticise Pep for not strengthening more
Well I was replying to that Washington poster who thought we might be resting on our laurels and I do agree with him. Maybe my post had too much hyperbole...about Spurs perhaps... but I stand by my assertion that we have not improved much and could continue to struggle to break down well organised defences.
There was evidence of this in the latter part of last season and I'm not just referring to the L'pool games. I remember clearly thinking this in our games against Southampton, Huddersfield, Burnley and Palace.
Yes, I know we scored a huge number of goals and got a record points tally. Would we have sored so many goals and got so many points without our midfield? And another telling statistic is that we only won the second half of the season by two points - according to one of our posters we only got 2 or 3 points more than Liverpool did in the second half and that was mainly because they dropped points in the last month to lowly sides due to injuries and CL commitments.
Also, would we have finished so far ahead of United if Peg had allowed his players to perform in the same way as they did in the second half of the match at our place? Thank God he's still there.
We've also got several key ageing 30+ plus players who look burnt out: Fernandinho, D. Silva, Otamendi, Kompany, Aguero. Were you impressed with their world cup exploits?
I wasn't at all.
Next season will not be anything like the last one and many posters on here who think it will be a stroll in the park are in for a shock, but you can bet now they will be back on here to criticise Pep for not strengthening more