Holloway Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 If we got him back this summer would he be a starter? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 1 minute ago, Holloway said: If we got him back this summer would he be a starter? Yep he should be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 1 minute ago, Holloway said: If we got him back this summer would he be a starter? He'd probably end up wide left again if he was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I'd play bruno Anderson joelinton/Tonali depending on the game. we need as much creativity in the middle as we can. Then we could push Ramsey higher up on a flank were he played for villa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 4 minutes ago, Holloway said: If we got him back this summer would he be a starter? For the amount he'd cost he'd have to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 1 minute ago, Fak said: For the amount he'd cost he'd have to be. Exactly he'd be probably 80 to 100 million you'd think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 So he's starting ahead of Miley? Not for me like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Just now, Holloway said: So he's starting ahead of Miley? Not for me like Rotation games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 We'd have joelinton bruno Anderson miley tonali Ramsey to rotate that's a strong six. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Just now, andycap said: We'd have joelinton bruno Anderson miley tonali Ramsey to rotate that's a strong six. Fair Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 We'd be strong which ever three we played. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Understand he’s a local and all that, but I still struggle to comprehend how anyone would like us to go/try for him for the amount of money he’d cost. Good player yes. However, how much would he actually strengthen us? Especially when you consider how that amount of money could be used to strengthen other starting positions where we’re actually much weaker, both when it comes to starting positions as well as depth. Would be an idiotic use of funds. I would like us to sell Willock and get another CM in, but not one for that price (at the cost of other more urgent positions). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 3 minutes ago, Ikon said: Understand he’s a local and all that, but I still struggle to comprehend how anyone would like us to go/try for him for the amount of money he’d cost. Good player yes. However, how much would he actually strengthen us? Especially when you consider how that amount of money could be used to strengthen other starting positions where we’re actually much weaker, both when it comes to starting positions as well as depth. Would be an idiotic use of funds. I would like us to sell Willock and get another CM in, but not one for that price (at the cost of other more urgent positions). We do need a player who can pick the ball up and drive the ball forward through the centre of midfield. Joelinton was doing it against Man U and it made all the difference. Whether Elliott would be that player I don't know. I think he did have that skillset but never really saw it for us, and at Forest I haven't really followed his career as much. In the games I saw he seemed to have a lot more time and space on the ball than he got here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 2 minutes ago, TRon said: We do need a player who can pick the ball up and drive the ball forward through the centre of midfield. Joelinton was doing it against Man U and it made all the difference. Whether Elliott would be that player I don't know. I think he did have that skillset but never really saw it for us, and at Forest I haven't really followed his career as much. In the games I saw he seemed to have a lot more time and space on the ball than he got here. I agree that we need this type of player. However 80-100m on Elliott would be a terrible use of funds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I don't think it's a realistic transfer either way, for several reasons. We need several players, so it's a lot to pay for just one, and also would he even pick us anyways? Not sure he'd pick us just because he's local if he could instead get paid more while fighting for the biggest trophies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bonk Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I can see him coming back once he's got a big money move and run his contract down at that club. Comes here as a seasoned pro for a few years similar to Tripps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 £100m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 3 hours ago, The Prophet said: Feels Wharton would be a better fit for City than Anderson. I think Wharton lacks the legs and the bite. Wharton is better on the ball but I don’t think he can cover the wide ground Anderson can. Not as aggressive as well. I might be misprofiling Wharton but I think Anderson is better under pressure too. Got those quick feet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 42 minutes ago, Erikse said: I don't think it's a realistic transfer either way, for several reasons. We need several players, so it's a lot to pay for just one, and also would he even pick us anyways? Not sure he'd pick us just because he's local if he could instead get paid more while fighting for the biggest trophies. He was at the league cup final tbf. If he believes in the project and the wages where good he might choose us. He’s not turning city down for us mind but most of the rest yh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 (edited) We likely won’t have Europe next year and won’t have the games to keep six starting caliber CMs happy. So aside from the fact that he’d probably choose to go to a club with higher wages and CL football anyway, it’s bad allocation of resources for us as well unless Tonali or someone else is leaving. Edited March 6 by oldtype Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe1984 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 1 hour ago, Shearergol said: £100m Maybe 50 and give them Elanga back... 🤣 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 30 minutes ago, oldtype said: We likely won’t have Europe next year and won’t have the games to keep six starting caliber CMs happy. So aside from the fact that he’d probably choose to go to a club with higher wages and CL football anyway, it’s bad allocation of resources for us as well unless Tonali or someone else is leaving. Ouch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monters Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 36 minutes ago, oldtype said: We likely won’t have Europe next year and won’t have the games to keep six starting caliber CMs happy. So aside from the fact that he’d probably choose to go to a club with higher wages and CL football anyway, it’s bad allocation of resources for us as well unless Tonali or someone else is leaving. With 5 subs and attacking the cups there’s plenty of games, we play with three midfielders so six is the optimum. Joelinton will always miss games, Ramsey too and Bruno has picked up the worst injury of his Newcastle career. Won’t argue about price being a potential blocker but not squad numbers or I’d hope to never read posts criticising Eddie for lack of rotation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 2 hours ago, The College Dropout said: I think Wharton lacks the legs and the bite. Wharton is better on the ball but I don’t think he can cover the wide ground Anderson can. Not as aggressive as well. I might be misprofiling Wharton but I think Anderson is better under pressure too. Got those quick feet. I agree, Wharton doesn't cover as much ground and struggled with the defensive side of the game, but he's much better with the ball, hence why he feels more like a Man City player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vexred Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I think he'll end up back with us, after 4 or 5 years at Citeh or wherever he ends up. I'd hate to see him playing for Man U. Whoever did the Anderson deal really fucked up by not putting in a buy back clause. We'd be in a great position if they had. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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