I think that's a big sell for City, and something we should do better.
City are always prepared to let young players leave, at the right price, and subject to buy back options / sell-ons etc. Over the past few years - Porro, Palmer, Trafford, Harrison, Morgan Rogers, Lavia, Bazunu, Edozie...
This was always Lloris' biggest failing. It wasn't that he was a terrible passer - he wasn't great, but certainly not the worst - it's that it was so often panicked, and so often played the defence into trouble. IMO that's why his stats looked better than you thought - his passes found their man...
A meritocracy isn't just about hard work, it's about the merits of one person being placed above another. That includes hard work, but also includes suitability for the role, outright talent, fitness, form, etc. etc. If, to use your example, Ange decided that our team was going to be better...
Might just be me but I thought we were loads better yesterday after Bissouma went off and PEH dropped deeper into the Bissouma role. Obviously different styles but PEH's forward passing was way better than previous games and really got us going again.
For that reason I'd have PEH in that role...
In a heartbeat.
Class player on his day, but he's as likely to get sent off as he is to lose his man at a corner or let a winger drift in and get a shot off unchallenged. The fact that he's the best of a pretty bad bunch means we're all a bit more obsessed with him than we should be.
If he...
I've had this thought about left-footed right backs before too. I literally can't think of a single one, ever.
I think I recall Benni Assou-Ekotto shifting to RB for half a match when we lost an RB (or two) to injury / red cards. I think it would have been under Redknapp. It was the most...
If he doesn't bring Sanchez on, Porro and Davies end up staying deep to even the numbers. I bet Sanchez on was mostly about allowing the FBs to stay high.
I'm all for sacking him, but the Sanchez sub was a little less simplistic than it's being made out to be
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a release clause (anywhere other than Spain, where it's a right baked into player registrations with the Spanish FA / LaLiga) a contractual matter between a player and his club?
Ie. it's not just a case of a club saying they will pay it, but also of the...
It doesn't seem to have done Palace any harm, signing Eze, Olise and Ferguson (all players it seemed like we had an interest in, and us fans were pretty much universally in favour of, btw) after keeping Zaha seemingly against his will for several transfer windows running.
It's also obscene how much more mobile he looks in that video than he did at the end of the season. As if someone had messed with the aspect ratio of the video to make him look more slender
The number of times he got the ball in promising situations post-lockdown, only to not see the pass (or not be able to execute it) was crazy. Really infuriating. In a way he'd be perfect for Jose - great at taking up great positions in a counter-attacking system (not so good against packed...
I'm no fan of Aurier but these charts aren't a particularly fair comparison since they all compare vs league average. For example, Dumfries is roughly league average (in the Eredivisie) for interceptions blocks and clearances (5.4) but Aurier is way below league average (PL) at 6.6, despite the...
I'm not sure I'd say that 'most' improve. For every Son or Sissoko (maybe Lamela falls into that bracket too, though it took him a lot longer), there are a handful of N'koudous, N'Jies, Soldados, Paulinhos, Stamboulis, Chiriches, Holtbys, Janssens, Fazios (sorry for reminding everyone of that...
Question for those of you desperate for us to keep him - what should we do if he has another season like the one he's just had? Probably after another season like this, we'll be looking at, what, £15m from a desperate midtable club willing to take a punt?
IMO we'd be lucky to get £40m plus now...
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