Listen to me very carefully I shall say this only once.
City are FINISHED
FINISHED?!!
As they should. Any club should buy him if he was up for sale. Pep is trying to break him down and rebuild him. But he is perfect as is. Pep was badly lacking someone to break the lines against Arsenal and called on him
La Fin
City remind me a little of man United Fergie post Ronaldo. They are a bit shite but nobody really notices.
How pep kept Grealish and signed Doku over palmer Iāll knew now. With palmer they probably end up in the champions league final last year.
I would say that Oscar bobb chap looks phenomenal and he could lift them on his own. It often only takes one player.
Iāve never got the Grealish thing. He used to get fouled a lot at Villa. Pranced about a bit as well.
Seems to have little character as well. Type of fella who could well at Newcastle. Big fish in a small pond but wouldnāt shock me if heās at ranger in a few years either.
Heās a game changer if used properly. But Pep doesnāt like him giving the ball away Iād say.
He could easily be at rangers in a few years. Hopefully itās Celtic at least
20 years ago he would have been one of the greatest of all time.
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The loss of Rodri is huge alright. Heās by far the best in the world in his position.
And I think they could do with replacing Kyle Walker. He looks a shadow of himself.
Iāll look foolish after they win the league by ten points. But City peaked two years ago when they won the champions league and have been sliding since.
De Bruyne, Rodri and Gundongan was peak centre mid.
All a few years older. KDB injured a lot. Rodri gone for the year. Gundongan left and was brought back, which I think shows Pep knows they slipped without him.
Poor fella trying to juggle multiple wives and mistresses and babies. Canāt be focused on the game.
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They didnāt have gundogan last season which will help.
I dunno at a 100 plus million Iād love to know what games he is turning for city.
I just donāt see it. Best goal tally in the league is 8. Palmer got 22 last season. 6 already this season.
He was grand at Villa but since he left have improved significantly as well.
Heās not overly quick. He doesnāt score a lot. He isnāt a workaholic either.
Heās very meh for me anyway. Your man Doku is useless as well.
Grealish also crossing it into Haaland and playing for city so his stats should be padded as well.
Nah. Grealish was quality at villa. Freedom to do whatever he wanted and genuinely exciting to watch. Pep makes him recycle it way more. But he won a champions league. Id say hes happy wnough. Although drinking himself off the england team was probably a poor move
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Meh quality at Villa in the premier league doesnāt equate to a whole lot.
Always struck me as a big fish in a small pond.
Think his big moments for city was missing two easy chances v Real Madrid when 5-3 up in a champions league tie. Real Madrid scored two late on and won on penalties.
City copied the old Chelsea model of buying/ signing ridiculous amounts of youth talentā¦ youāll get 2/3 thatāll play for seniors every few years. But youāll also flog a good clatter of them for good profitā¦ What theyāre offering these young players and their families Iāve no idea but itās one way they went to help beat ffp. Itās still sports washing but just a different model.
Every club is surely trying to sign young players. Chelsea took it to a huge level ten years ago tbf.
Of courseā¦ But City went ridiculous the last few years. Think they had nearly 30 u21s out on loan last year aloneā¦ Theyāve been fined a couple of times for breaches relating to payments around signing young players . Think theyāve made nearly 500m from sales of youth players with most having never played for the senior team.
It stinks.
Paddy footix knows more about football than Pep 
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Rico bro
Will the Lassana Diarra case bring down transfer market as we know it? Will the Lassana Diarra case bring down transfer market as we know it? | Fifa | The Guardian
Interesting article here