janpawel

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No better example than this. Those 3 are greats in their position imo

Gonna be a our player of the season at this rate

Didn't Scalvini do his ACL?

I think 5 years is the max for FFP, unless we signed him before Chelsea wound up getting the loophole closed, I can't remember

How much roughly will be left on his contract at the end of this season? Is it just 63m - ((63m / 5)*3)? Which would be £25.2m remaining, so this is where we'd be considering profit above

Konate is an absolute beast at defending on the transition. Rapid and massive And he covers for TAA too. Great player, especially paired with Van Disney

Would rather Villa got a red 😂

So I guess it must be a confidence / mental / rustiness issue when it takes them another 6/12 months to get back to their previous form? I don't imagine he'll be back to his best too soon after he's back

Was thinking when would City/Pep have last lost 3 in a row Crazy

If were Arsenal or City I'd be all over Bruno, he'd be amazing paired with a Rodri or Rice But yeah, we're going to sell at a price that suits us

Hope Havertz gets absolutely smashed, or a red card Both would do nicely

On the topic of players suited to the counter / transition vs possession, I think it's important to have a mix of players, or players who can do both. City have Haaland and Doku who aren't exactly great in possession, Nunes that midfielder who doesn't get a game for them is more of a box to box etc. Chelses have Neto and Mudryk, who are rapid compared to Sancho and Madueke etc Having said that, we clearly don't have many/enough players suited to retaining the ball, partly due to players who are still here before the takeover I agree with TCD on Barnes and Tonali, both good players and we are yet to know how good they will be for us, and I'm hoping they do well. But they only reinforce our existing style of play

I think when he comes back he won't look so good. Like others have said, I thought he was noticeably worse last season, as if injuries have caught up. I also think his finishing was no where near what it was the couple seasons before, and this is his bread and butter with his age Happy to be proven wrong, love him as a player and he could, us loads

Why would you want him to?

Isn't he Chelsea's main RW? Think that opportunity will have passed now

Yeah thats my point, he 'seems' the type

The thing with Howe imo is that he seems exactly the type of manager to review, tweak and improve his systems and playstyle, he seems very intelligent, thoughtful and intentional, imagine having a chat with him, asking him about if he'd consider something different as evidence is showing something not working And him just saying 'no'. Just doesn't add up

I agree and it's ashame we've done it tbh

Yeah you're right, I just mean he was often dropping deep to get the ball and operating on the left hand side / our right side. But yeah he is a number 10 with a free role as you said

If Palmer plays, hopefully he plays on the left side so Joelinton can man mark him Think they preyed on the fact Tonali is new and Palmer would have easier access down that side of our midfield

Isak ain't a 10, he'd offer no defensive ability at all, and I don't see him as a odegard/Palmer type who can thread passes all game long, he's better when he's running with the ball I think he'd be better playing off a striker, Arsenal often play in a 4-4-2 style with Havertz as the target man

Absolutely And in turn, I think this is the weakest Man City have been for a good fear years, and I thought this even before Rodri did his ACL. A lot of their midfielders are getting older / slower No wonder they wanted Rice, Bruno etc

@brummieHow has Onana been for you guys?

Man City even with Rodri, still have someone support him in the middle, whether John Stones, Rico Lewis or a CM dropping in etc, it usually isn't just Rodri there left to defend that space all by himself, though when he is left to it, he is a lot quicker/stronger/taller than our Bruno Man City were even in for Declan Rice, now imagine a midfield 3 of Rodri/Rice and Silva/De Bruyne etc I guess my point is that even the best teams still value defensive stability and having someone in midfield who can do this Bruno is our best DM, AM, best everything until Tonali shows me otherwise imo. Howe clearly rates his ability to beat the press and dictate our play more than anything I'll probably get pelters for this as not many rate him, but I reckon Amadou Onana would have been great for us he's young with great potential. With Bruno as an 8, he could drop deep to support and help build up our play, then has more freedom in the final third when we have possession in their half. Would make the most of his abilities and he'd have someone huge and athletic to help him against counters