SUPERTOON Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 17 minutes ago, neesy111 said: Not sure on Ake How come ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 No matter how close any journalist is or is not to PCP, they're not going to get told the truth about our budget. It helps absolutely nobody except the selling clubs to know how much we've got to spend. It'd be commercial suicide to let the correct number into the public domain. Nobody knows. Or at least, nobody who's saying anything knows. Anything you read is guesswork, or a number put out there that's deliberately incorrect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, Chris_R said: No matter how close any journalist is or is not to PCP, they're not going to get told the truth about our budget. It helps absolutely nobody except the selling clubs to know how much we've got to spend. It'd be commercial suicide to let the correct number into the public domain. Nobody knows. Or at least, nobody who's saying anything knows. Anything you read is guesswork, or a number put out there that's deliberately incorrect. These are exactly my thoughts too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmk Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 9 minutes ago, Chris_R said: No matter how close any journalist is or is not to PCP, they're not going to get told the truth about our budget. It helps absolutely nobody except the selling clubs to know how much we've got to spend. It'd be commercial suicide to let the correct number into the public domain. Nobody knows. Or at least, nobody who's saying anything knows. Anything you read is guesswork, or a number put out there that's deliberately incorrect. I do agree with this.. But I guess on the flip side there could be hints to the media attempting to keep expectations in check. But we won't have to wait too long now to see what happens! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Signing three players makes no sense if we want to progress let’s say we sign three left back centre half centre forward no challenge for dubravka happy with our midfield options no cover for the wings ? means we can only sell 3 to keep the 25 man squad let’s say Gayle clark ritchie we keeping darlow ? fernandez manquillo lascelles murphy hayden lewis hendrick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 No sensible club would have a plan like “we’ll sign three players” anyway. Doesn’t make any sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 7 hours ago, Emotic said: “Eddie’s Samba Mags” Sign him and Targett, use him as left winger. Sell ASM. Proper laughing like an idiot at that for some reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 3 hours ago, Manxst said: seriously? Yeah, seriously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, McCormick said: Yeah, seriously. Wow…. you don’t think Benzema, for instance, might get ahead of him…? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 20 minutes ago, JonBez comesock said: Signing three players makes no sense if we want to progress let’s say we sign three left back centre half centre forward no challenge for dubravka happy with our midfield options no cover for the wings ? means we can only sell 3 to keep the 25 man squad let’s say Gayle clark ritchie we keeping darlow ? fernandez manquillo lascelles murphy hayden lewis hendrick If we bring in three, we could get rid of six. Three didn't make the squad last year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 I was just using examples we could sell hayden lewis gayle then what happens ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 There is no reason for the club to put out any information to the media at this point. Anything concrete purported to be coming from them is a lie. Agents certainly have motivations for leaking, as do other clubs. Neither of those parties will leak anything beneficial to us. You can assume most of the paper talk is stuff like this. For once, I'm quite confident the club has an excellent , well-conceived plan and I'm satisfied to watch it play out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 I took Hope’s quote to mean 3 bigger money signings, not the total amount of signings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 (edited) Was never sure on Ake at Bournemouth but every Bournemouth fan I've encountered has said that he was absolute quality. Every time I've seen him at Man City he's been defensively sound like, very comfortable on the ball and a goal threat as well. Edited May 31, 2022 by Kid Icarus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 3 signings with one of them being to get us back to where we were at the end of the season would be depressingly Ashleylike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 36 minutes ago, JonBez comesock said: Signing three players makes no sense if we want to progress let’s say we sign three left back centre half centre forward no challenge for dubravka happy with our midfield options no cover for the wings ? means we can only sell 3 to keep the 25 man squad let’s say Gayle clark ritchie we keeping darlow ? fernandez manquillo lascelles murphy hayden lewis hendrick He says we'll sign 3 players for around the £30m mark. Not that they'd be the only 3 signings. Most journos seem to think a Striker, right wing and CB are our top three priorities this summer so that's probably the three we'll spend the bulk of our budget on. The fact we're so heavily linked to Lodi and Henderson suggests we'll still be spending a decent amount elsewhere too. We'd have Tragett signed already if we were running on a limited budget. We'll go big this summer there's no need to worry about that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 I'd prefer us to prioritise a midfielder over a centre back, but I think we'll be after both. Shelvey would hold us back more so than Schar or Burn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: Was never sure on Ake at Bournemouth but every Bournemouth fan I've encountered has said that he was absolute quality. Every time I've seen him at Man City he's been defensively sound like, very comfortable on the ball and a goal threat as well. He should be sound though in that city side, although haven't watched much of him at city as he's hardly never played when I watched them. Yeah I wasn't too convinced by him at Bournemouth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 My issue with our CBs is their retrospective ages, think signing a younger one is needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Manxst said: Wow…. you don’t think Benzema, for instance, might get ahead of him…? Apologies, In his position I meant . Edited May 31, 2022 by McCormick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Just now, neesy111 said: He should be sound though in that city side, although haven't watched much of him at city as he's hardly never played when I watched them. Yeah I wasn't too convinced by him at Bournemouth. He's played a fair bit for Man City this season towards the end. Haven't seen anything other than quality from him tbh, defensively, on the ball, and from set pieces. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Who’s better Ake or Botman? Ake has always looked decent when I’ve watched him but just didn’t quite seem to fit in with the style of play at City Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Just now, Dr Jinx said: Who’s better Ake or Botman? Ake has always looked decent when I’ve watched him but just didn’t quite seem to fit in with the style of play at City Botman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 minute ago, The Prophet said: Dont think they’ve got the funds? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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