Neville Kneville said:Delighted with this signing, but it's interesting to note that his stats compared to minutes played in the past year, are not as good as either Jovetic or Dzeko.
I think he brings something different & will give us a new option, but it's just interesting that those two get so little respect from many people, & yet are obviously doing something right when they play, if their stats are better than a bloke we are paying 30 million for.
He may turn out to be a better fit for City, but clearly neither of those two are so bad as some people make out.
AntonDonJuan said:You get a chufty badge when you have mentioned it 20,000 times. Only 17 more to goIanBishopsHaircut said:For the first time ever I was ITK
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FantasyIreland said:AntonDonJuan said:You get a chufty badge when you have mentioned it 20,000 times. Only 17 more to goIanBishopsHaircut said:For the first time ever I was ITK
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IanBishopsHaircut said:For the first time ever I was ITK
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There's a lot to be said for being a KFA on this forum.cookster said:IanBishopsHaircut said:For the first time ever I was ITK
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There are !evels if players. In the highest echelons you have Messi and Ronaldo. A shade below them you have Aguero, Xavi (of 2-3 years ago), Iniesta and Neymar and just a shade below them you have what I would call top players eg: Silva, Yaya, RVP, Falcao, Rooney, Sanchez, Hazard, Fabregas, Kompany, Tevez, Di Maria, Suarez, Bale, Robben, Ribery, Lahm, Ibrahimovic and Costa.Marvin said:Considering that Lukau cost close on £30m and given the cost of other strikers, £30m is cheap. What matters to a cash rich club is not the cost, but whether he improves us, and I think he will.Dribble said:We've been royally rinsed for £10m more than his actual value, but a player is worth what someone is willing to pay for them, and if its what we have to pay to get him and he's the difference between title success or none, then so be it.
Bony and Aguero is a terrific front two on paper.
We've got to see the real thing, but on paper is there a better front two in football?
A lot of City fans say that it has been a few seasons since City went out and bought a top player. We're just about to do it
TFC said:Neville Kneville said:Delighted with this signing, but it's interesting to note that his stats compared to minutes played in the past year, are not as good as either Jovetic or Dzeko.
I think he brings something different & will give us a new option, but it's just interesting that those two get so little respect from many people, & yet are obviously doing something right when they play, if their stats are better than a bloke we are paying 30 million for.
He may turn out to be a better fit for City, but clearly neither of those two are so bad as some people make out.
Not really blue, (all due respect to the Swans) but minutes played for Swansea and minutes played for the Champions are apples and oranges.
I see this lad fitting right in where Negredo did at the beginning part of last season, (as Negredo's did) his brute strength is going to compliment Aguero perfectly and I expect to see a lot of 442 with these two together. Mouthwatering.
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EXCLUSIVE: Manuel Pellegrini at The Lion King in London, our sources asked him about Bony, his reaction: "It is done"
Dribble said:There are !evels if players. In the highest echelons you have Messi and Ronaldo. A shade below them you have Aguero, Xavi (of 2-3 years ago), Iniesta and Neymar and just a shade below them you have what I would call top players eg: Silva, Yaya, RVP, Falcao, Rooney, Sanchez, Hazard, Fabregas, Kompany, Tevez, Di Maria, Suarez, Bale, Robben, Ribery, Lahm, Ibrahimovic and Costa.Marvin said:Considering that Lukau cost close on £30m and given the cost of other strikers, £30m is cheap. What matters to a cash rich club is not the cost, but whether he improves us, and I think he will.Dribble said:We've been royally rinsed for £10m more than his actual value, but a player is worth what someone is willing to pay for them, and if its what we have to pay to get him and he's the difference between title success or none, then so be it.
Bony and Aguero is a terrific front two on paper.
We've got to see the real thing, but on paper is there a better front two in football?
A lot of City fans say that it has been a few seasons since City went out and bought a top player. We're just about to do it
I've probably missed a few like Koke, Goetze, Reus, Draxler, Sterling, Isco, but these are players who I believe need a couple more years at the very top to be consistently considered as part of the highest level of footballer, although on present form they probably deserve to be there. Then comes the next level; world class potential and its here that I currently see Bony alongside Sturridge, Erikssen, Thiago etc.
I have high hope for Bony and believe he'll do well for us, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating. He's caused our defence more than a few problems, but so did the strikers at West Brom, Crystal Palace and QPR. All I'm saying is if this was 9 goals ago in the summer and Swansea insisted on £30m then, most of us would probably have wanted City to stick 2 fingers up and walk away, not because he's not a good player, but just based on the price quoted.
As it stands, we're a striker short, with the balance of our strike force just returning from injury, so right now signing Bony makes complete sense. Taking FFP in to consideration, I'd have preferred a fee closer to his previous £19m buy out clause than the £30m we're supposedly paying if reports are correct. But ultimately in Txiki, Ferran and Pellegrini I trust.
EL APACHE TEVEZ said:pity he isnt here for the chelsea game, we could fuck them up a bit more than what we're going to do
Matty said:Lukaku, a proven premier league goal scorer, cost Everton £30m. I really can't see why there's so much concern from City fans, and media scoffing, over City paying £25m (rising to £28m if we/he succeeds) for Bony, a proven premier league goal scorer. When Everton did it they were showing ambition and it was applauded, yet now it's City's turn the usual suspects come crawling out and start making snide comments. Fuck em. It's jealousy. It's fear. It's demonstrative of a lack of intelligence.
Matty said:Lukaku, a proven premier league goal scorer, cost Everton £30m. I really can't see why there's so much concern from City fans, and media scoffing, over City paying £25m (rising to £28m if we/he succeeds) for Bony, a proven premier league goal scorer. When Everton did it they were showing ambition and it was applauded, yet now it's City's turn the usual suspects come crawling out and start making snide comments. Fuck em. It's jealousy. It's fear. It's demonstrative of a lack of intelligence.