Spike 5,100 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, Danny said: Only Lucas and that was at the beginning of the season. He’s decent enough James but his decision making isn’t that good and neither is his end product, if he didn’t have that blistering pace he wouldn’t be at Old Trafford. Wan Bissaka is just a superior footballer and will hold down a spot in United’s first eleven for years to come, James won’t. We'll see, won't we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,201 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Spike said: We'll see, won't we? That’s not how debates end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,100 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Just now, Danny said: That’s not how debates end What's to debate!? I can't predict the future here. Wan Bissaka could have both of his ACLs explode tomorrow and never play again and James could only play another three games in his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,201 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, Spike said: What's to debate!? I can't predict the future here. Wan Bissaka could have both of his ACLs explode tomorrow and never play again and James could only play another three games in his career. You could throw in some unrelated arguments that leads us to arguing about religion and politics instead of James and Wan Bissaka. That’s always a good tactic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,100 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Just now, Danny said: You could throw in some unrelated arguments that leads us to arguing about religion and politics instead of James and Wan Bissaka. That’s always a good tactic I'm okay I'd much prefer it if the discussion degenerated into a diatribe over 'plastics', 'gloryhunters', and 'locals'. For instance: 'Manchesta Citeh is real Manc, Yernited is for daytrippers with prawn sandwhiches...ugly cunt'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,201 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 26 minutes ago, Spike said: I'm okay I'd much prefer it if the discussion degenerated into a diatribe over 'plastics', 'gloryhunters', and 'locals'. For instance: 'Manchesta Citeh is real Manc, Yernited is for daytrippers with prawn sandwhiches...ugly cunt'. Raging arguments through the night about locals/glory hunters is a thing of the past on this forum unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael 1,116 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Guardiola really needs to buy some quality defenders in the summer. Otamendi is a liability, he commits way too many fouls and he gets done at the highest level too many times. He's a good defender but he's not an elite defensive player. Fernandinho is not a natural defender and Zinchenko is not a natural left-back, their natural positions are in midfield. Fernandinho does a decent job in defence, but he doesn't play as well as he does in midfield. The same can be said of Zinchenko, who's an excellent crosser of the ball, but he's not a natural fullback or defender. Pep needs to buy some natural central defenders and fullbacks instead of playing certain players out of position, because this is actually costing City precious points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machado 1,710 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 "Guardiola needs to buy" is never a good start to a post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Mel81x+ 3,612 Posted March 9, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted March 9, 2020 All this really will make more sense when we find out City's fate in the CL and the rest of their adventures next season. If City take this kind of game to the CL second round they'll get ejected very fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Blue 1,898 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 5 hours ago, Danny said: Raging arguments through the night about locals/glory hunters is a thing of the past on this forum unfortunately Yeah, i killed that off when i pointed out united are not even a Manchester club ..when they moved out of Manchester 100+ years ago they should of changed the name to Trafford too Trafford Red Sox has a nice ring to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machado 1,710 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Bruno Fernandes certainly is a personality. Breathes football and positively influences everyone around him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMike 3,009 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 7 hours ago, Michael said: Guardiola really needs to buy some quality defenders in the summer. Otamendi is a liability, he commits way too many fouls and he gets done at the highest level too many times. He's a good defender but he's not an elite defensive player. Fernandinho is not a natural defender and Zinchenko is not a natural left-back, their natural positions are in midfield. Fernandinho does a decent job in defence, but he doesn't play as well as he does in midfield. The same can be said of Zinchenko, who's an excellent crosser of the ball, but he's not a natural fullback or defender. Pep needs to buy some natural central defenders and fullbacks instead of playing certain players out of position, because this is actually costing City precious points. How much has he spent on defenders since he went there? He must have spent £200m on full backs alone. Stones and Laporte were around £50m each as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True Blue 971 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 City is dog shit this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael 1,116 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 3 hours ago, LFCMike said: How much has he spent on defenders since he went there? He must have spent £200m on full backs alone. Stones and Laporte were around £50m each as well. Laporte is injury prone and Stones who has also had troubles with injuries, always makes loads of mistakes when he plays. As for the fullback positions, the right-back position is well covered, with Cancelo and Walker two quality players. But at left-back City only really have one player for that position in Mendy. There aren't any other natural left-backs at the club. So my point is that he should buy quality players in these positions who are not injury prone. Otamendi and Stones are not good enough at the highest level in my opinion and while I rate Laporte, he seems to be a cripple. Zinchenko shouldn't be playing at left-back, perhaps City can get away with playing him there when they are playing inferior opposition, where they can utilize Zinchenko's superb crossing ability. But against top teams, he's a huge liability in that position. Having just one recognised left-back in Mendy, is not good enough for a club of City's stature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God is Haaland 618 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 10 hours ago, Machado said: "Guardiola needs to buy" is never a good start to a post I was gonna say. That's usually how HB's posts start after they lost: Players a,b & c are trash. We're gonna replace em with players x, y & z. Next season we're going to be unstoppable. One or two seasons later: Players x, y & z are trash. We're going to replace em with players k, l & m. This is the PL fan cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted 1,776 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Have any of City's defenders really improved at all with Guardiola? He seemed to be getting a tune out of Stones for short time but that's gone away again. More generally it's weird how the squad's motivation has just plummeted. It's really like they're built to dominate and then don't know how to respond when things don't go to plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,100 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 8 hours ago, Happy Blue said: Yeah, i killed that off when i pointed out united are not even a Manchester club ..when they moved out of Manchester 100+ years ago they should of changed the name to Trafford too Trafford Red Sox has a nice ring to it Shows what you know...they usually wear black sox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero 5,265 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Bruno Fernandes shushing Pep was glorious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman 5,938 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 35 minutes ago, Cicero said: Bruno Fernandes shushing Pep was glorious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God is Haaland 618 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 8 hours ago, LFCMike said: How much has he spent on defenders since he went there? He must have spent £200m on full backs alone. Stones and Laporte were around £50m each as well. He spent roughly € 500mio on GKs, fullbacks, centerbacks and defensive midfielders combined. On FBs only he spent €232mio. On CBs only he spent €~125mio. Otamendi, who cost €45mio, was bought one season before Guardiola's arrival. Mangala, who cost the same, was bought two seasons before Guardiola's arrival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero 5,265 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 10 minutes ago, God is Haaland said: He spent roughly € 500mio on GKs, fullbacks, centerbacks and defensive midfielders combined. On FBs only he spent €232mio. On CBs only he spent €~125mio. Otamendi, who cost €45mio, was bought one season before Guardiola's arrival. Mangala, who cost the same, was bought two seasons before Guardiola's arrival. Mental Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman 5,938 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 8 hours ago, CityTheBest said: ??? I'm a 28 year old man. And no I won't blame VAR, I'll blame the referee for hopeless and giving United everything. If you’re 28, the education system has failed you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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