Blue_candy

Am sure barkley was bought just for business purposes, Homegrown and full of potential for 15m.
However we clearly need a proper defensive midfielder next to kante...am sure we already had someone though i wonder who sold him to a rival and then gambled on a one season wonder.

I cba naming a full squad however we need a new  RWB (Roberto) , CDM (Savic) , CB (Experienced) and Striker (Needs to be ruthless)
- Never been keen on our Cm replacements this season, Bakayoko is a joke, drinkwater is just average and barkley doesnt fit the system. we played much better last season when we had an actual defensive midfielder in CM such as Matic.
- Moses looks poor this season.
- Rudiger is good but we conceded too many goals as of late and that is down to Rudiger and Christiensen. 
- Our Strikers are rubbish, I would keep morata as a super sub (the way juventus and real madrid used him) and buy a proper striker that can play technical football such as dybala.
Forget signing second hand players, even antonio conte said we need world class players such as Mahrez, Alex sandro, dybala etc.

I cba naming a full squad however we need a new  RWB (Roberto) , CDM (Savic) , CB (Experienced) and Striker (Needs to be ruthless)
- Never been keen on our Cm replacements this season, Bakayoko is a joke, drinkwater is just average and barkley doesnt fit the system. we played much better last season when we had an actual defensive midfielder in CM such as Matic.
- Moses looks poor this season.
- Rudiger is good but we conceded too many goals as of late and that is down to Rudiger and Christiensen. 
- Our Strikers are rubbish, I would keep morata as a super sub (the way juventus and real madrid used him) and buy a proper striker that can play technical football such as dybala.
Forget signing second hand players, even antonio conte said we need world class players such as Mahrez, Alex sandro, dybala etc.

People acting like he isn't the best player we've had in years and carried us to multiple trophies by himself ffs.

Bakayoko MUST have something on conte. How can he stay on

Anyone else get the feeling that Conte has lost/losing his mojo...

Baka just walks around like a headless f**king chicken ffs...

As discussed in another thread, He doesn't really have the players to change. He has said he chooses the best formation to suit the squad and give it the best chance of winning. This is it.

Matic was awful towards the end and that FA cup final performance was disgraceful. But I'd still have him over Bakayoko in a heartbeat. I'd have Mikel over Bakayoko.

In the latest games we have been poor offensively but in this game we are horrible in the defence as well. And our passes...to the opponent over and over again. christense and Kante have been good. Maarez is far the best player on the pitch.

If you look at the depth man city have in all areas,
defence = mangala, danilo, kompany, if fit, zinchenko
midfield = bernardo silva, gundogan, diaz, foden, toure, delph, 
attack = sanchez, if they get him, bernardo silva, jesus, sane, sterling.
when it comes to our defence and midfield we have depth but not to the quality and quantity of man city, thats why when we play in some games over a short period of time, we look tired/scrappy. Not fun football to watch at all.

If you look at the depth man city have in all areas,
defence = mangala, danilo, kompany, if fit, zinchenko
midfield = bernardo silva, gundogan, diaz, foden, toure, delph, 
attack = sanchez, if they get him, bernardo silva, jesus, sane, sterling.
when it comes to our defence and midfield we have depth but not to the quality and quantity of man city, thats why when we play in some games over a short period of time, we look tired/scrappy. Not fun football to watch at all.

I agree with u 100%...this is what we predicted..lack of quality squad depth will cost us dearly..look at man city's front line...aguero..sane..sterling..kdp...silva...bernando Silva...jesus.......compare that to our front line....hazard..morata...pedro..willian......

Never wanted him to leave in the first place, His aggression is 10/10, strikers need that nowadays

Never wanted him to leave in the first place, His aggression is 10/10, strikers need that nowadays

Whoever is acting calm is chatting sh**, every other top team has improved while we have weakened, our squad is tiny, Hazard is out for first 3/4 weeks (Without him we have no creativity), Fabregas looks like he has lost it imo hope conte learns Kante - Fabregas pairing never works in the big games.

Never wanted him to leave in the first place, His aggression is 10/10, strikers need that nowadays

Never wanted him to leave in the first place, His aggression is 10/10, strikers need that nowadays

Traore sold for 8.8million, anyone think we should have gotten atleast 15?

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LOL Aubameyang would be perfect for us, imagine counter attacking with Auba, Hazard and Pedro 

LOL Aubameyang would be perfect for us, imagine counter attacking with Auba, Hazard and Pedro 

LOL Aubameyang would be perfect for us, imagine counter attacking with Auba, Hazard and Pedro 

im torn tbh. Do i think moses, alonso, matic, cahill, and pedro are good enough to see us become a dominant force in europe? Not really. 
Did they do enough to warrant keeping their places? Yeah totally, a record breaking league campaign deserves faith in the tried and tested.
Conte said that some cold decisions would have to be made in the summer, we have to improve as a team and as a club. Very little room for sentiment left in football. If mendy comes in, he improves the starting 11, or alonso raises his game and improves us. 
I think there is a lot of caution about a repeat of 15/16, so I think the club will make some moves in the summer, and no doubt there will be casualties.

We play three direct rivals in the first few weeks plus Everton without Eden and probably Costa, could be important to get our incoming transfer business done early to help them bed in. You can't win a title in September but you can lose one.