twosips wrote:Ha - dunno what I was thinking there. Think I wrote that bit at 2am. Gonna blame tiredness.
But yeah, Denayer's fantastic. I can actually see him being the go to man for a lot of positions in a back up role this year - I reckon they'll experiment with him a little, and I think he'll be comfortable anywhere. You get the impression he'll be incredibly consistent too. He's just a natural.
Very curious to see how they use Lopes this year. Clearly talented, and there was a bit of a Barkley like directness to his game yesterday as he drove through the middle. He was sporadic, but the whole team was in the second half I thought, but you could see what he brings to the table potentially.
Bluedj wrote:Off all the players on the pitch throughout the game, there were three disappointments and those three disappointments were our first team fullbacks. Clichy, Korolov & Sagna. They maybe here for another season, but they will definately hold up progression for Maffio, Horsefield, Angelino
Denayer, brought a Calmness to the defence once he came on and i just don't see a future for Mangala if I'm being honest, if he stays he's fourth choice by a long shot
Zuccilini, is interestesting. i think he has had two very good performances so far and I would have him around the first team squad next season. based on last year and this years preason, i can't fathom why he was given the opportunnity in Spain. The lad covers the pitch well, gets good blocks in, always looks to make himself available for a pass, and is always looking to ghost onto a pass ala Lampard for goals. Thumbs up from me
Ronnie Lopez, looks exciting and I love his drive when he gets on the ball, he just needs to get involved more in the game
Garcia, this kid just keeps getting better and better. he's a clone of David Silvia.......Oh and anyone "Dick" saying we should sell Merlin, must be of their rock. DS is up there with Colin bell for me and if he stays for another 4-5 years i'll be a happy teady
As of "Ian", this kid has it all........superstar to be, great assit ro Raheem and and excellent composure for his goal. Well done Raheem, Fabulous statrt to your blue career
Well done to Joe on the penalties.........Still pants with his distrubution lol
Lastly, F@@k off all bent referees, that guy was a joke!
Ted Hughes wrote:Bluedj wrote:Off all the players on the pitch throughout the game, there were three disappointments and those three disappointments were our first team fullbacks. Clichy, Korolov & Sagna. They maybe here for another season, but they will definately hold up progression for Maffio, Horsefield, Angelino
Denayer, brought a Calmness to the defence once he came on and i just don't see a future for Mangala if I'm being honest, if he stays he's fourth choice by a long shot
Zuccilini, is interestesting. i think he has had two very good performances so far and I would have him around the first team squad next season. based on last year and this years preason, i can't fathom why he was given the opportunnity in Spain. The lad covers the pitch well, gets good blocks in, always looks to make himself available for a pass, and is always looking to ghost onto a pass ala Lampard for goals. Thumbs up from me
Ronnie Lopez, looks exciting and I love his drive when he gets on the ball, he just needs to get involved more in the game
Garcia, this kid just keeps getting better and better. he's a clone of David Silvia.......Oh and anyone "Dick" saying we should sell Merlin, must be of their rock. DS is up there with Colin bell for me and if he stays for another 4-5 years i'll be a happy teady
As of "Ian", this kid has it all........superstar to be, great assit ro Raheem and and excellent composure for his goal. Well done Raheem, Fabulous statrt to your blue career
Well done to Joe on the penalties.........Still pants with his distrubution lol
Lastly, F@@k off all bent referees, that guy was a joke!
Zuculini has looked very close to City's first team level each game he has played, including last pre season. We don't have a box to box cm player in the EDS atm. But if we sign DeBruyne & he takes Jovetic's squad place, then as it stands, there will only be the potential sale of Dzeko to open up another place. If we decide to continue persuing Pogba, after DeBruyne, then that place is for him to take.
That leaves Zuculini without a place if Pogba or A.N. Other signs. Kelechi also has no squad place for the Champions Lg & doesn't qualify on the 'B' list but would qualify for Prem games as U21 (as I understand it).
As it stands, it would appear Zucculini's future depends on us not signing Pogba.
Nige wrote:I enjoyed both halves of the Roma game and agree with lots of the positives about style, pace, touch and movement.
My only beef comes with Nasri and YaYa. far too often deferring to following each other around, slowing everything down and being obsessive about passing to each other over 4 yards. Often the rest of the team are buzzing around at pace open for an expansive ball but those two ignore it.
Hopefully we will go 433 and if so I fail to see where Nasri's style and lack of mobility fit in.
Oh and as for the wall for the Roma goal, terrible.
Ted Hughes wrote:Bluedj wrote:Off all the players on the pitch throughout the game, there were three disappointments and those three disappointments were our first team fullbacks. Clichy, Korolov & Sagna. They maybe here for another season, but they will definately hold up progression for Maffio, Horsefield, Angelino
Denayer, brought a Calmness to the defence once he came on and i just don't see a future for Mangala if I'm being honest, if he stays he's fourth choice by a long shot
Zuccilini, is interestesting. i think he has had two very good performances so far and I would have him around the first team squad next season. based on last year and this years preason, i can't fathom why he was given the opportunnity in Spain. The lad covers the pitch well, gets good blocks in, always looks to make himself available for a pass, and is always looking to ghost onto a pass ala Lampard for goals. Thumbs up from me
Ronnie Lopez, looks exciting and I love his drive when he gets on the ball, he just needs to get involved more in the game
Garcia, this kid just keeps getting better and better. he's a clone of David Silvia.......Oh and anyone "Dick" saying we should sell Merlin, must be of their rock. DS is up there with Colin bell for me and if he stays for another 4-5 years i'll be a happy teady
As of "Ian", this kid has it all........superstar to be, great assit ro Raheem and and excellent composure for his goal. Well done Raheem, Fabulous statrt to your blue career
Well done to Joe on the penalties.........Still pants with his distrubution lol
Lastly, F@@k off all bent referees, that guy was a joke!
Zuculini has looked very close to City's first team level each game he has played, including last pre season. We don't have a box to box cm player in the EDS atm. But if we sign DeBruyne & he takes Jovetic's squad place, then as it stands, there will only be the potential sale of Dzeko to open up another place. If we decide to continue persuing Pogba, after DeBruyne, then that place is for him to take.
That leaves Zuculini without a place if Pogba or A.N. Other signs. Kelechi also has no squad place for the Champions Lg & doesn't qualify on the 'B' list but would qualify for Prem games as U21 (as I understand it).
As it stands, it would appear Zucculini's future depends on us not signing Pogba.
Nige wrote:Fair point, I also shit myself every time the oppo gets a corner. Roma had about 4 free headers. The count needs to sort that quickly.
Ted Hughes wrote:Bluedj wrote:Off all the players on the pitch throughout the game, there were three disappointments and those three disappointments were our first team fullbacks. Clichy, Korolov & Sagna. They maybe here for another season, but they will definately hold up progression for Maffio, Horsefield, Angelino
Denayer, brought a Calmness to the defence once he came on and i just don't see a future for Mangala if I'm being honest, if he stays he's fourth choice by a long shot
Zuccilini, is interestesting. i think he has had two very good performances so far and I would have him around the first team squad next season. based on last year and this years preason, i can't fathom why he was given the opportunnity in Spain. The lad covers the pitch well, gets good blocks in, always looks to make himself available for a pass, and is always looking to ghost onto a pass ala Lampard for goals. Thumbs up from me
Ronnie Lopez, looks exciting and I love his drive when he gets on the ball, he just needs to get involved more in the game
Garcia, this kid just keeps getting better and better. he's a clone of David Silvia.......Oh and anyone "Dick" saying we should sell Merlin, must be of their rock. DS is up there with Colin bell for me and if he stays for another 4-5 years i'll be a happy teady
As of "Ian", this kid has it all........superstar to be, great assit ro Raheem and and excellent composure for his goal. Well done Raheem, Fabulous statrt to your blue career
Well done to Joe on the penalties.........Still pants with his distrubution lol
Lastly, F@@k off all bent referees, that guy was a joke!
Zuculini has looked very close to City's first team level each game he has played, including last pre season. We don't have a box to box cm player in the EDS atm. But if we sign DeBruyne & he takes Jovetic's squad place, then as it stands, there will only be the potential sale of Dzeko to open up another place. If we decide to continue persuing Pogba, after DeBruyne, then that place is for him to take.
That leaves Zuculini without a place if Pogba or A.N. Other signs. Kelechi also has no squad place for the Champions Lg & doesn't qualify on the 'B' list but would qualify for Prem games as U21 (as I understand it).
As it stands, it would appear Zucculini's future depends on us not signing Pogba.
Dubciteh wrote:Looking forward to todays game should be good.
Are they home after the match today?
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