6 hours ago, Deino said:

Pep is the worst chequebook manager thus far. His squad keeps changing each summer and they still rely on Kompany

Needs to win league or a big trophy this year otherwise big failure. Us chelsea fans can't really complain too much considering the money we spent in the years following romans takeover. 

Tell you what f**k Danilo ... if he's content to be second choice again all season to walker and mendy rather than resurrect his career he's not worth having anyway. I hate that city do this tho reminds me of me playing football manager age 13 on cheat mode.. I hope pep fails spectacularly and his signings flop the slimy w**ker 

This is an early nomination for Flop of the season, what the hell is he thinking signing as a backup full back? Most players would turn it down knowing there's a 52M first choice counter-part there.

Im gutted 

Guardiola like to rotate, and no one will be certain starter. Not to mention he could use him on both backs, as well as in the midfielder, like he did with Philipp Lahm.

 

Just now, brakeit said:

Guardiola like to rotate, and no one will be certain starter. Not to mention he could use him on both backs, as well as in the midfielder, like he did with Philipp Lahm.

 

Lahm was good though.

2 hours ago, enigma said:

Needs to win league or a big trophy this year otherwise big failure. Us chelsea fans can't really complain too much considering the money we spent in the years following romans takeover. 

Football was always going to go in that direction. The media's framing it in such a way that Chelsea was one of the first clubs to start it but that's not true at all. Utd have bought big before Roman's takeover. Utd bought both Rooney and Ferdinand for 30m+ when they were younger and splashed out for Veron and RVN. 

1 hour ago, brakeit said:

Guardiola like to rotate, and no one will be certain starter. Not to mention he could use him on both backs, as well as in the midfielder, like he did with Philipp Lahm.

 

Lahm was different. Lahm had the characteristics of a midfielder that played RB. Pep is trying to emulate Cruyff's Total Football. Danilo might be converted to a winger but I think Pep won't put him in central midfield.

I've no interest in Danilo but I wonder what you think of Ricardo Pereira? I like him.

I haven't watch him play a lot.

''Danilo said: ‘It wasn't a difficult decision to choose City over Chelsea.''

 

I mean what ? Why in God's name would you pick current and multiple BPL champions over a club with only really too much money ? 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4729992/Danilo-confirms-snubbed-Chelsea-join-Manchester-City.html#ixzz4nvePHfln 
 

6 minutes ago, Geert The Flyer said:

''Danilo said: ‘It wasn't a difficult decision to choose City over Chelsea.''

 

I mean what ? Why in God's name would you pick current and multiple BPL champions over a club with only really too much money ? 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4729992/Danilo-confirms-snubbed-Chelsea-join-Manchester-City.html#ixzz4nvePHfln 
 

The atmosphere at the Etihad stadium is what done it.

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, Geert The Flyer said:

''Danilo said: ‘It wasn't a difficult decision to choose City over Chelsea.''

 

I mean what ? Why in God's name would you pick current and multiple BPL champions over a club with only really too much money ? 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4729992/Danilo-confirms-snubbed-Chelsea-join-Manchester-City.html#ixzz4nvePHfln 
 

I think that's unfair on City, People have said the same about us since 2004. Danilo is a d**khead nonetheless, choosing a benchwarming position over a first team spot. Moron, clearly just after the cash.

20 minutes ago, RMCM said:

I think that's unfair on City, People have said the same about us since 2004. Danilo is a d**khead nonetheless, choosing a benchwarming position over a first team spot. Moron, clearly just after the cash.

Or so confident about this abilities thinking he will earn a starting place.

21 minutes ago, RMCM said:

I think that's unfair on City, People have said the same about us since 2004. Danilo is a d**khead nonetheless, choosing a benchwarming position over a first team spot. Moron, clearly just after the cash.

I don't think it is. Regardless of what people said, City is a club of very little identity and a very unimaginative phylosophy. In contrast to us, they really are all about the money, but when people see an owner they turn thinking off and pigeonholing on. Moreover it's Manchester instead of London, and a bench spot instead of a competitive first team chance. I can only assume we were not desperately all in for Danilo...

I'm surprised he has chosen City over us, but then Pep being the manager and making sh*t loads of signings, you do wonder if he's going to make City the next big thing.

I get the feeling Chelsea will remain as a top stable club, competing for champions league etc. Guardiola's City could either stay like City or go to the very top and become the best team in the world that everyone are envious of.

Guardiola has done it with Barcelona and Bayern, even though they were already very good. 

7 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

I'm surprised he has chosen City over us, but then Pep being the manager and making sh*t loads of signings, you do wonder if he's going to make City the next big thing.

I get the feeling Chelsea will remain as a top stable club, competing for champions league etc. Guardiola's City could either stay like City or go to the very top and become the best team in the world that everyone are envious of.

Guardiola has done it with Barcelona and Bayern, even though they were already very good. 

Heynckes Bayern team was far more impressive than Pep's though, they went backwards under Guardiola

52 minutes ago, RMCM said:

Heynckes Bayern team was far more impressive than Pep's though, they went backwards under Guardiola

Heynckes' team can be said to be the epitome of efficiency. 

Pep's was all flair and fancy but didn't really leave any results in the CL

17 minutes ago, Deino said:

Heynckes' team can be said to be the epitome of efficiency. 

Pep's was all flair and fancy but didn't really leave any results in the CL

Thats being very disingenuous to Heynckes team which was as good on attack as any team Ive seen, and very exciting to watch. Much better than Peps tippy tappy percentage sh*te.

1 minute ago, dkw said:

Thats being very disingenuous to Heynckes team which was as good on attack as any team Ive seen, and very exciting to watch. Much better than Peps tippy tappy percentage sh*te.

Really? I thought it sums them up nicely, every attack more or less leads to goals and some were very entertaining. Every attack had purpose and wasn't just passing for passing's sake.

2 hours ago, RMCM said:

I think that's unfair on City, People have said the same about us since 2004. Danilo is a d**khead nonetheless, choosing a benchwarming position over a first team spot. Moron, clearly just after the cash.

This annoys me (not necessarily your post but the comments you refer to) we were regularly qualifying for Europe pre Roman, I'm sure the last time we completely missed out on any sort of European qualification before Roman was actually a year after I was born in 1994, I could be wrong but we were definitey not some bottom feeder club the way people like to make out.

 

City on the other hand were in the lower leagues a matter of years before the Arab money came in, completely different IMO.

 

I still don't think we can complain all that much but we certainly didn't come from the same place and city have all but beat our spending in half the time.

f**k him, and the press, all jumping all over the story, wouldn't add to our team, let Citeh spunk their money on B+ grade players..

I don't think we're too fussed, he was good for Porto, poor for Real Madrid, so the signing is an expensive gamble and there are probably better options. 

3 hours ago, Valerie said:

Or so confident about this abilities thinking he will earn a starting place.

Maybe, he would be more likely to earn a starting place at Chelsea though, money is the dominant factor in his decision. Otherwise, I can't see why you'd turn down the League champions, solely to work with Pep? Not buying it. 

I think we should delete or move all rumours of players to a bin who went elsewhere.

Have fun sitting on the bench.

For starters he wont sit on the bench bcoz he can play lb and rb