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Maybe it's a bit early, but people clearly want to discuss how the new season might pan out, so here it is. Now then, last year we had a 0/19 correct predictions of the Prem champions. Can we do better this time? Have at it footie fans!
Cop out!I suppose as a neutral, that's who I want to win - entertainment.
Cop out!
Yeah, that's a worry for me, but presumably Pep knows what he's doing.City signed a big name today, but also a big name with a poor injury record.
I think everyone's been aware for months that Yaya's on his way out. I wonder whether he might stay, see out his contract and have an easy life for a season or two warming the bench. I get the impression he's not one of those players who chew the carpet to play every game. I think that slightly detached, less than 100% commitment attitude has shown in his performances this last season. It might be more likely that City take the initiative to sell him than he takes the initiative to leave.Hope it goes well for Gundogan. Yaya is done as Gundogan is a direct replacement.
Yeah, that's a worry for me, but presumably Pep knows what he's doing.
I think everyone's been aware for months that Yaya's on his way out. I wonder whether he might stay, see out his contract and have an easy life for a season or two warming the bench. I get the impression he's not one of those players who chew the carpet to play every game. I think that slightly detached, less than 100% commitment attitude has shown in his performances this last season. It might be more likely that City take the initiative to sell him than he takes the initiative to leave.
Last time I voted for Chelsea right when the season ended and we've all seen what happened. I'm not voting until the league opens, but right now I tend to go with Manchester United.
Mourinho is good, but he needs to buy players first before Man U can go for the shambles of last season to be title contenders
Rooney, Martial and Rashford are a great offensive power. If they get Zlatan too ManU will be the most dangerous team in the premier league. De Gea is IMO the best GK in the BPL. What they really need to do is to get their defense improved. They need a good defender, a young one preferably, like Stones from Everton, it won't be cheap seeing that Barca want that guy as well.
Well, despite Rooney, Martial and Rashford United scored 22 fewer goals than the league's top scorers, guess who.
City are apparently thinking of making a big bid for Griezmann, who would be a much more powerful addition to any squad than Zlatan.
Of course it's in defence that City need to spend big, so let's hope Pep has some ideas up his sleeve for that. I'm hoping that that doesn't involve Stones, who I think is waaay over-rated.
The Jose factor is just to big to ignore for me. He will have that talented squad playing like champions and will not doubt strengthen them.
I'm sorry Andy but I think Pep could get found out at Man City. The guy has always inherited great squads, not this time though.
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Problem for City is that even with Pep they will have a hard time attracting players from the top clubs. City has one thing going for it and that is massive wages so for a player like Marquinos who is on massive wages already at PSG, and wanted by clubs with lots of tradition like Barca and Man United... well them you have a problem. Laporte is a different problem as he wants to stay in Spain.
So what City should do is go for players like the one they just signed... players who have shown ambition, have talent and would never be too attractive to the real big traditional clubs.
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Ha ha! Sure. No one else wold have wanted Agüero, Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling or...Gundogan.
You boys can remain in your little, nostalgic Nineties la-la land where the 'Big Four' is still a meaningful term, Mourinho and Wenger are still geniuses, and United and Liverpool haven't been asset-stripped out of relevance. Clearly United will return to greatness with Mou's parked bus tactics, Klopp will receive hundreds of millions to spend and no one will be attracted to the Etihad by anything other than money.
Unsurprisingly, I don't really take your opinions (although they are clearly baits rather than opinions) seriously since Pete voted City for champions only after we'd won our first 5 games, and Higgins thinks Mou is still a genius, but that Pep is a fraud. Tee-hee!:lol:
When was the last time city won the title vs when was the last time Jose won it?Ha ha! Sure. No one else wold have wanted Agüero, Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling or...Gundogan. You boys can remain in your little, nostalgic Nineties la-la land where the 'Big Four' is still a meaningful term, Mourinho and Wenger are still geniuses, and United and Liverpool haven't been asset-stripped out of relevance. Clearly United will return to greatness with Mou's parked bus tactics, Klopp will receive hundreds of millions to spend and no one will be attracted to the Etihad by anything other than money.
Unsurprisingly, I don't really take your opinions (although they are clearly baits rather than opinions) seriously since Pete voted City for champions only after we'd won our first 5 games, and Higgins thinks Mou is still a genius, but that Pep is a fraud. Tee-hee!:lol:
When was the last time city won the title vs when was the last time Jose won it?
When was the last time city won the title vs when was the last time Jose won it?
We won it the previous season and finished second to Chelsea. Where was Chelsea when Mou got sacked. Hint: it wasn't second. Mou was found out. Pellegrini wasn't. He exited our club, unfortunately IMHO, as the most successful manager in our history.
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