Mole_Toonfan

They made it off the back of the fair play award though, not exactly the best comparison.

Yep, couldn't give a flying fuck where we finish tbh.

Yeah and if Rudiger is doing what Van Dijk is in a couple of years time then fair enough, as it is Van Dijk has played in Europe qualifiers for last few years and Rudiger has just about established himself as a talented but young defender in the Bundesliga. It's not even close to being the same thing.

Wolfsburg general manager said they are still in negotiations but no fee agreed yet, but some how Sky perceived that as " DEAL OFF !" .

I asked the same quetsion about Rudiger in the Bundesliga and was shot down for it. Difference is Rudiger is a kid where as Van Dijk has consistently failed to impress where it matters.

Can't see that myself, what's more likely is they both play and Perez drops out for Sissoko tbh.

He's right in this instance now though, Tiote has proved time and time again over the last couple of years that he's crap.

I have to question that if Van Dijk is so good why is it do Celtic constantly concede loads to crap opposition in CL qualifiers.

Gabriel looked like he could handle himself physically, it's Chambers who looked like a fucking mess lol.

If Mitrovic is against this fucking nugget.

Because i felt like it ?

That literally doesn't matter though. For a club like Manchester City, the only relevant question is: does this player make them better? In the case of both Sterling and de Bruyne, the answer of course is yes. Pretty much said that in the second part of the post tbf.

Wish he would tbh, Permanently. In the woods.

Nobody thought Gouffran was gonna play CM tbf If they did i'm pretty sure people would have rather seen Kemen instead.

Christ

Yes he is, but like Sterling i'm not convinced he's worth anywhere near his fee. Having said that i doubt they give a shit and overpaying for quality is better than giving up and getting crap.

Being a Nightcrawler is having an effect obviously.

Silva playing in the middle and just Aguero up front instead of two is also a reason they will do better in the CL as well IMO, unless of course they run into Barca and Bayern again.

Depends what one, because Pardew did have better teams on various occasions and if this coaching staff was in charge of them i believe they would have showed it a lot more often. Alas that's the past and i'm quite excited by this group regardless. Edit: Just realised you're on about the coaching staff

De Bruyne has mainly played on the wings with freedom to roam and he's not really a 10 from a traditional sense tbh, this doesn't effect Silva at all IMO. He'll just come in for Navas and seeing as he's miles better they will only get better.

De Bruyne to City according to Kicker. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/633663/artikel_kevin-de-bruyne-wechselt-zu-manchester-city.html 75m euros and will apparently have a medical tomorrow.

It is when the bloke never ever speaks to the media and makes a point of keeping to himself.

I need to see this sort of summer without sales for at least another 2 or 3 windows before i even contemplate things are gonna change.

This Tiote isn't even better and i say that as someone who doesn't rate Colback at all.