Love the fire. Sign him!

Did Jordi Alba get any punishment after that. Pisses me off that he purposely knocks into Kounde twice with his shoulder with no attempt to win the ball. He then goes down like a ton of sh*t when a ball glances off his shoulder and face.

16 minutes ago, goose said:

Did Jordi Alba get any punishment after that. Pisses me off that he purposely knocks into Kounde twice with his shoulder with no attempt to win the ball. He then goes down like a ton of sh*t when a ball glances off his shoulder and face.

Don't be silly, he plays for Barca and Spain.

Jordi Alba definitely deserves a good old fashioned Michael Brown tackle

26 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

Jordi Alba definitely deserves a good old fashioned Michael Brown tackle

Think you mean Steven Hunt....

Just now, axman2526 said:

Think you mean Steven Hunt....

Ouch, that’s abit deep

11 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

Ouch, that’s abit deep

Maybe, usually that or Keanes on Haaland come to mind when talking of brutal challanges.

Some report says we're looking to sell Werner in order to buy Kounde. 

Ithink we need Kounde,Tchouameni or equivalents and a left back. Sevilla are in a strong position in La Liga. Won’t be keen sellers. 

36 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

Some report says we're looking to sell Werner in order to buy Kounde. 

Ffs. I have no issue with Werner being sold but this whole sell before we buy stuff shows how far we are from when Roman first bought us. No wonder City are streets ahead.

16 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Ffs. I have no issue with Werner being sold but this whole sell before we buy stuff shows how far we are from when Roman first bought us. No wonder City are streets ahead.

We just announced an annual loss of £153m ... Roman has just bought another huge yacht and is no doubt also looking for an expensive villa in Portugal to accompany his new citizenship.

Maybe the money, or the willingness, just isn't there to splash another £100m on player signings ?

He pays enough on Directors that it is fair to expect them to run the club profitably and for the club to be self-sustaining ... 

 

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Ffs. I have no issue with Werner being sold but this whole sell before we buy stuff shows how far we are from when Roman first bought us. No wonder City are streets ahead.

I find it odd too. I don’t see why we don’t just even out the balance at the end of each transfer window rather than this sell before we buy policy.

Edited January 1, 20224 yr by 2211

8 hours ago, 2211 said:

I find it odd too. I don’t see why we don’t just even out the balance at the end of each transfer window rather than this sell before we buy policy.

Probably because it isn't as straightforward as we think, especially in January, when nothing much happens compared to the summer window. Which club would cough up the multimillion tranfer fee and salary for Werner now, and would he agree to such a transfer? And that's just 2 question marks in a complicated business, where all parties concerned have different strategies for the short and long term.

It will be interesting to see how the club do moving forward finance wise. Our model is based on selling players. Given the current market, selling players is difficult given that teams are broke or struggling. 

18 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Ffs. I have no issue with Werner being sold but this whole sell before we buy stuff shows how far we are from when Roman first bought us. No wonder City are streets ahead.

Its starting to look like we sold a good defender who was under contract unlike Rudiger and Christensen for no reason.

16 hours ago, 2211 said:

I find it odd too. I don’t see why we don’t just even out the balance at the end of each transfer window rather than this sell before we buy policy.

We made a profit in the summer by selling players. We sold Zouma in order to get Kounde.

21 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Ffs. I have no issue with Werner being sold but this whole sell before we buy stuff shows how far we are from when Roman first bought us. No wonder City are streets ahead.

Roman has also contributed to the super inflation of player's prices. As recent as in 2012, 80m transfers are incredibly rare. 

We recorded a loss and it's clear our direction is to be a sustainable club with the odd injection. City is playing with one of the richest nation's GDP at their disposal. Real tough to compare them in an apple to apple manner

22 hours ago, Gol15 said:

Some report says we're looking to sell Werner in order to buy Kounde. 

Sounds as plausible to me as @Valerie going out with both boobs on. We have just two strikers, one not fit, one stroppy and both struggling for form. Why sell one to buy a defender? 

Arsenal spent over £100M in the summer, only selling Joe Willock. They have no champions league either. We have champions league and made over £100M in player sales in the summer.

46 minutes ago, loz said:

Sounds as plausible to me as @Valerie going out with both boobs on. We have just two strikers, one not fit, one stroppy and both struggling for form. Why sell one to buy a defender? 

Maybe because we are this close to lose Rudiger, Christensen, T.Silva, Azpilicueta...

Just now, Gol15 said:

Maybe because we are this close to lose Rudiger, Christensen, T.Silva, Azpilicueta...

I know. But we don't sell one of only one two centre forwards to buy him. Makes no sense at all.

51 minutes ago, loz said:

Sounds as plausible to me as @Valerie going out with both boobs on. We have just two strikers, one not fit, one stroppy and both struggling for form. Why sell one to buy a defender? 

So, very plausible? I always have a spare somewhere, sure, sort of like a false 9, to deploy when the original gameplan fails.

I will miss Werner, such a decent fella.

6 minutes ago, loz said:

I know. But we don't sell one of only one two centre forwards to buy him. Makes no sense at all.

The report probably came out before this new development with Lukaku. 

10 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

The report probably came out before this new development with Lukaku. 

Would still make no sense.

1 minute ago, loz said:

Would still make no sense.

It didn't make sense to sell Tammy and let Giroud go just to sign Lukaku but here we are...