The College Dropout

I would keep Trippier on Krafth's salary x1.25 for another year and buy another RB to challenge Tino. Like a proper challenger.

Thats often said but it feels like Bernardo Silva has been wanting to leave for years

They won’t. Unless he has a stormer in the FA Cup or League Cup final I don’t see it. They’ll do well to get 10% profit. Selling clubs can use buying clubs against each other to push the price up. This way Man City can let another club do all the hard work and come at the same price. I feel bad for the lad. I don’t think Donnarumma was a long term target. It was opportunistic. He was out of favour at PSG, they wanted him off the books. I think the rain in Manchester has put him off and he wants back to Italy. He’s made so much money at 26, won it all, go back to living the good life in Italy, just the €7m net pay or something.

Wirtz What you’re saying about Nick is kind of what I’m trying to ask and I’m getting at. He’s not some kind of elite baller that would be at this level if he was 5’8. And tbf he scores a fair few with his head. But he needs to use that size to fend players off and impact a game. Whether that’s in his feet to use his quick feet to turn and pass into space. Great.

If we had a 5’8 player that wasn’t particularly mobile or quick, not a great athlete, not a great engine, doesn’t put a tackle in etc. he’d have to be a super technician to succeed at £60m right? Bruno is almost that but he’s a workhorse -and he is a supreme baller.

For me - just in terms of first touch and ball striking from open play https://youtube.com/shorts/JlQ0o1OkrUo?si=pNj-0g-HwVgBKPce I think Woltemade is good at close control dribbling. Has more flair, flicks etc. I also don’t rate Havertz particularly highly either - he doesn’t have top level mentality. I just don’t see Woltemade as a Berbatov-esque baller that can offer little physically and succeed. He has to find a way to offer something physically.

Is a club linked with him for that amount?

Never been a massive Gordon fan but I don t get the constant chat about selling him.

How good do people think Woltemade is technically? Hes good technically for me but not better than the likes of Wirtz or Havertz. A level down from them imo. For Woltemade to maximise his career he has to use his body better imo. His size is an unfair advantage that he needs to learn to use better. I remember when Fellaini played as a supporting striker. He just couldn’t be stopped. He’d pell off onto a fullback And then play, Woltemade has to do more of that.

For me - VAR has to stay and the focus is to make it quicker and a better experience for the crowd. It is shit viewing for sure.

Donnarumma agent has been doing the Tonali agent thing so I think Trafford's exit might be trickier than it seems.

Also a major figure in the Isak debacle

Such a poor hire.

Agreed. They weren’t much good when they beat us recently either.

Didn’t see it. I genuinely think ppl who won’t Var scrapped have forgotten what it feels like to lose a game of football due to a bad decision. It happened regularly.

Yep.

I’m not.

Nah it’s not. The Aguero goal where he was offside the entire time was worse. Didier Drogba got a yellow card for simulation for getting kicked in the chest by a Man U GK. We really forget how bad things were regularly.

That’s an example of the bs that can happen without VAR. Peoppe have forgotten. Refereeing pre VAR was absolutely awful.

I sais for a long time we were too light at CM. We needed another Tonali to rotate effectively with the starting 3 + a Ramsey like player. Bruno has played a crazy amount of games over the last few years. He’s another one who we haven’t managers his international load at all. Enzo Fernandes and Gabriel have been rested from squads as an example. Not Bruno G - playing in fucking Japan. Robust as fuck but finally gets his big injury. Honestly I’m just hoping he’s good for the World Cup. For his own sake.

He should be ok for the WC? Shame he'll miss the big CL games.

Might as well had kept Frank.

Don't think i've ever watched a Conference League game from start to finish. Maybe seen 2 finals in some part.

Criminal that Sissoko and Gini never played CM together in a 3.