Ted Hughes wrote:Tokyo Blue wrote:lets all have a disco wrote:Maybe we should play Fernando elsewhere.
Aye, Boundary fucking Park.
I don't get why people are so down on Fernando. He's done some shit stuff & some good stuff. He hasn't had many top games or total shit games but plenty of 'so so' ones. I would say that is similar to the rest, apart from a couple who have had a lot of shit games, Vinny & Zabba for a start.
He hasn't proven himself good enough for City so far this season, but very few have. At least he has a bit of an excuse, being a new player.
Ted Hughes wrote:It's even become obvious to the formation obsessed dickheads on Sky tonight, that City were outrun.
The makeup of the squad cannot easily be changed to fix that in a short time, if we are to bring in top quality. We can't just buy runners, we will need real high quality players who are also high energy. We will have to spend big to get that, & the availablity will also be an issue.
The same people were mentioning how Chelsea were both out footballed & outmuscled/outrun, by PSG.
I think we have had a transition in this country, to playing a much higher level of football, but the very best teams in Europe are now doing that, with a high level of energy as well.
I don't think we can fix that in one season. We can improve on it & maybe still win the title, but I think it will take two or three seasons to rebuild to that level, otherwise we risk chaos inbetween.
Mikhail Chigorin wrote:Earlier in this thread, there was some talk about either Evolution or Revolution.
I'm firmly of the Revolution persuasion and, if it were my responsibility, I'd wield the axe quickly, ruthlessly and in a widespread fashion. I'm somewhat impatient and the thought of gradually re-building over a five or six year period doesn't appeal to my thinking.
Of the first team squad, I'd only be prepared to keep Hart, Clichy, DeMichelis and David Silva (who I would build a new team around) as definites and I'd be prepared to off-load the others and replace them with one or two high quality signings, to play alongside a bunch of our talented youngsters.
In such circumstances, I'd completely write-off next season (and, perhaps even the one after that) as part of the total learning curve but, thereafter, I would hope/expect that with a fresh, young, energetic and hungry squad, we could do ourselves more justice than we are doing at the present.
In such a scenario, our wage bill would be appreciably reduced and we would have funds available for team strengthening, as and when, in any transfer window.
We would miss out on the Champions League for several seasons and, arguably, we might not even make the Europa League but, at the end of the day, this omission would be temporary and we would return stronger than ever.
I don't suppose, however, that this would appeal to our owners, so it's purely and simply my own thoughts, which would never come to fruition.
Vive la Revolution.
dave watson's perm wrote:Pellegrini on his way according to the Oracle that is Robbie Savage on the headline on the BBC football page.
Fuck that - I'm believing nothing until I hear it from Danny "City insider" Mills
Mikhail Chigorin wrote:Earlier in this thread, there was some talk about either Evolution or Revolution.
I'm firmly of the Revolution persuasion and, if it were my responsibility, I'd wield the axe quickly, ruthlessly and in a widespread fashion. I'm somewhat impatient and the thought of gradually re-building over a five or six year period doesn't appeal to my thinking.
Of the first team squad, I'd only be prepared to keep Hart, Clichy, DeMichelis and David Silva (who I would build a new team around) as definites and I'd be prepared to off-load the others and replace them with one or two high quality signings, to play alongside a bunch of our talented youngsters.
In such circumstances, I'd completely write-off next season (and, perhaps even the one after that) as part of the total learning curve but, thereafter, I would hope/expect that with a fresh, young, energetic and hungry squad, we could do ourselves more justice than we are doing at the present.
In such a scenario, our wage bill would be appreciably reduced and we would have funds available for team strengthening, as and when, in any transfer window.
We would miss out on the Champions League for several seasons and, arguably, we might not even make the Europa League but, at the end of the day, this omission would be temporary and we would return stronger than ever.
I don't suppose, however, that this would appeal to our owners, so it's purely and simply my own thoughts, which would never come to fruition.
Vive la Revolution.
Peter Doherty (AGAIG) wrote:We're losing Jovetic and Milner in the summer so they'll need replacing to begin with. I'd get rid of two out of Silva, Nasri and Toure and a left-back is essential. Not sure if that's evolution or revolution but (given I doubt we can confidently fill any of these spaces with youth-team players) that's a big outlay and difficult task given the quality of the players involved, and the poverty of the sums we'll receive for them (nothing for Milner and cut-price for Toure).
DoomMerchant wrote:
Also, have a fucking winter break so that when we start this shit again the best teams in your league don't go on a run where they win 3 in fucking 12 matches post-xmas because they're fucking absolutely knackered. For fuck's sake.
cheers
Mikhail Chigorin wrote:Earlier in this thread, there was some talk about either Evolution or Revolution.
I'm firmly of the Revolution persuasion and, if it were my responsibility, I'd wield the axe quickly, ruthlessly and in a widespread fashion. I'm somewhat impatient and the thought of gradually re-building over a five or six year period doesn't appeal to my thinking.
Of the first team squad, I'd only be prepared to keep Hart, Clichy, DeMichelis and David Silva (who I would build a new team around) as definites and I'd be prepared to off-load the others and replace them with one or two high quality signings, to play alongside a bunch of our talented youngsters.
In such circumstances, I'd completely write-off next season (and, perhaps even the one after that) as part of the total learning curve but, thereafter, I would hope/expect that with a fresh, young, energetic and hungry squad, we could do ourselves more justice than we are doing at the present.
In such a scenario, our wage bill would be appreciably reduced and we would have funds available for team strengthening, as and when, in any transfer window.
We would miss out on the Champions League for several seasons and, arguably, we might not even make the Europa League but, at the end of the day, this omission would be temporary and we would return stronger than ever.
I don't suppose, however, that this would appeal to our owners, so it's purely and simply my own thoughts, which would never come to fruition.
Vive la Revolution.
freshie wrote:Mikhail Chigorin wrote:Earlier in this thread, there was some talk about either Evolution or Revolution.
I'm firmly of the Revolution persuasion and, if it were my responsibility, I'd wield the axe quickly, ruthlessly and in a widespread fashion. I'm somewhat impatient and the thought of gradually re-building over a five or six year period doesn't appeal to my thinking.
Of the first team squad, I'd only be prepared to keep Hart, Clichy, DeMichelis and David Silva (who I would build a new team around) as definites and I'd be prepared to off-load the others and replace them with one or two high quality signings, to play alongside a bunch of our talented youngsters.
In such circumstances, I'd completely write-off next season (and, perhaps even the one after that) as part of the total learning curve but, thereafter, I would hope/expect that with a fresh, young, energetic and hungry squad, we could do ourselves more justice than we are doing at the present.
In such a scenario, our wage bill would be appreciably reduced and we would have funds available for team strengthening, as and when, in any transfer window.
We would miss out on the Champions League for several seasons and, arguably, we might not even make the Europa League but, at the end of the day, this omission would be temporary and we would return stronger than ever.
I don't suppose, however, that this would appeal to our owners, so it's purely and simply my own thoughts, which would never come to fruition.
Vive la Revolution.
You'd get rid of Aguero?
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