Manchester City

[Shaggy]

That Alvarez they've signed from River Plate also looks pretty ****ing good.

[Sus]

Have you seen him play then, Shaggy? Don't know anything about him

[Buzzo]

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[Shaggy]

Have you seen him play then, Shaggy? Don't know anything about him

Just YouTube

[Doc_Piptorious]

https://twitter.com/footballdaily/st...99933621665795

Plucky inspirational underdogs

[RedReet]

Thing is that no forwards thing wears pretty thin when Pep has and has had forwards/strikers there but either did not give them starts or played them in other positions.

Jesus is the starting striker for Brazil more often than not and Pep shunts him out wide.

In the summer, he sold Torres who starts up front for Spain on a regular basis and has 12 goals from 22 games for Spain.

So sytraight away he has/had two guys good enough to be starting strikers for Brazil and Spain but he choose not to play them as strikers for City.

Yet the media narrative is constantly one of how poor Pep never has a striker
and how their results are almost against all odds given they supposedly never have a striker.

How come over the past five seasons the same excuse does not get made by the media for Liverpool and Klopp, after all for most of that time Liverpool have not played with an out and out striker either.

Aye, it can't be used as an excuse by them, especially as you say it's how Pep likes to set up his teams, but it's evident that they would really benefit from having a reliable goal scorer in their side. Each one for their forwards (bar Grealish ) are brilliant and capable of scoring against anyone, but I don't think any of them are clinical (Mahrez being the closest), so a lot of games they are relying on set-pieces or dodgy decisions to decide the game for them.

Personally I wanted them to sign Kane in the summer, I wasn't convinced he would improve them, but I do see why in certain games they feel having a clinical striker would help improve results.

[RedReet]

Still unsure about this. They are usually clinical and have more or less the same goal difference than us, but for sure we are more potent. They need a goal scoring forward, in the same mould as the players they’ve got. Haaland will be a focal point, which they don’t need as it’s not their style. Might be Pep wanting to evolve their game possibly.

We seem to be hoovering all those up.

This year City have been far from clinical, struggled against a lot of sides and goal difference massively inflated over a Covid hit Christmas period. Signing someone like Haaland might create as many problems as it solves and hopefully it does, but I can totally understand why they are looking at that type of player.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Aye, it can't be used as an excuse by them, especially as you say it's how Pep likes to set up his teams, but it's evident that they would really benefit from having a reliable goal scorer in their side. Each one for their forwards (bar Grealish ) are brilliant and capable of scoring against anyone, but I don't think any of them are clinical (Mahrez being the closest), so a lot of games they are relying on set-pieces or dodgy decisions to decide the game for them.

Personally I wanted them to sign Kane in the summer, I wasn't convinced he would improve them, but I do see why in certain games they feel having a clinical striker would help improve results.

Tbh we could use make similar excuses and bleat on about how we have done well without midfielders that get a lot of goals/assists or prior to Jota joining that we were doing it without a central attacker scoing a lot as well as the lack of an AM getting goals.

They have always spread the goals around their team more than we have since Pep went there.

Plus how they are set up favours attackers running in from deeper positions to get onto a cut back or similar so supplying an out and out finisher would warrant a change in their play and whilst the finisher might then get goals from then, it might cause a lot of the goals that come from players arriving late in and around the box to dry up.

I do not buy into the idea that is they get Haaland that they will still score the goals they are getting now and add Haaland's goals on top of that.

[RedReet]

Tbh we could use make similar excuses and bleat on about how we have done well without midfielders that get a lot of goals/assists or prior to Jota joining that we were doing it without a central attacker scoing a lot as well as the lack of an AM getting goals.

They have always spread the goals around their team more than we have since Pep went there.

Plus how they are set up favours attackers running in from deeper positions to get onto a cut back or similar so supplying an out and out finisher would warrant a change in their play and whilst the finisher might then get goals from then, it might cause a lot of the goals that come from players arriving late in and around the box to dry up.

I do not buy into the idea that is they get Haaland that they will still score the goals they are getting now and add Haaland's goals on top of that.

Totally agree, mentioned similar in my previous post. But that being said, when you watch City this year and watch the likes of Grealish, Sterling, Foden regularly miss big opportunities, you do wonder the difference a more clinical forward would make and can understand why they are looking at that type of player.

No doubt if they do sign Haaland, white flags will be raised, FSG out will be trending again and LFC forums will go into meltdown. Personally, I'll be optimistic like you and hope he'll negatively impact other areas of the team, but that being said, if they had him this year I don't think we'd ever have clawed back the 14 points.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Totally agree, mentioned similar in my previous post. But that being said, when you watch City this year and watch the likes of Grealish, Sterling, Foden regularly miss big opportunities, you do wonder the difference a more clinical forward would make and can understand why they are looking at that type of player.

No doubt if they do sign Haaland, white flags will be raised, FSG out will be trending again and LFC forums will go into meltdown. Personally, I'll be optimistic like you and hope he'll negatively impact other areas of the team, but that being said, if they had him this year I don't think we'd ever have clawed back the 14 points.

Yes but again watch the positions from which they came in from to miss those chances.

They generally will have cut between the line that seperates the midfield and backline and arrived late into the box whilst the other teams defenders are marking attackers there.

I have litte doubt that Haaland would score a hatful of goals at City if he goes there, but I suspect that a number of those goals will be at the expense of players who currently notch for City.


Not totally dissimilar to Ronaldo at the red mancs in some ways.

[Mr Pink]

Not totally dissimilar to Ronaldo at the red mancs in some ways.

exactly- city are a much better team than united and I feel like pep will have thought about the fact that he’ll have to change how the team is playing, whereas Ole was just like ohhhh ya I’ll have him, great, thanks..

But still they’ll have to adopt to a new style of play- and they’d be changing a winning formula.. obv I’d rather they didn’t get him, cos he looks class, but I’d be a lot more worried if they were getting mbappe for example…

[RedReet]

Yes but again watch the positions from which they came in from to miss those chances.

They generally will have cut between the line that seperates the midfield and backline and arrived late into the box whilst the other teams defenders are marking attackers there.

I have litte doubt that Haaland would score a hatful of goals at City if he goes there, but I suspect that a number of those goals will be at the expense of players who currently notch for City.


Not totally dissimilar to Ronaldo at the red mancs in some ways.

Again, don't disagree, it reminds me more of our own situation as opposed Ronaldo, that 'proper no.9' phase when loads of fans wanted us to sign a recognised CF. Big difference being that in our situation it was the plebs thinking that a CF will massively improve goal output, whereas in City's, it's Pep.

Also, remember arguing that Mane and Salah wouldn't score as many without Bobby creating space for them and their output would drop with a different type of forward. Then Jota comes in and proves that wrong as they are still as productive, on top of him scoring for fun. (Although obviously he isn't a traditional CF either, brings players into play in other ways. Would also have been a great signing for City )

[wiw]

exactly- city are a much better team than united and I feel like pep will have thought about the fact that he’ll have to change how the team is playing, whereas Ole was just like ohhhh ya I’ll have him, great, thanks..

But still they’ll have to adopt to a new style of play- and they’d be changing a winning formula.. obv I’d rather they didn’t get him, cos he looks class, but I’d be a lot more worried if they were getting mbappe for example…

I'd love to be as relaxed as you The kid scores a goal a game..he is ridiculous. City played with Aguero for years, it's not exactly alien to them. Reeeeally don't want them to get Haaland

[Pablo]

I'd love to be as relaxed as you The kid scores a goal a game..he is ridiculous. City played with Aguero for years, it's not exactly alien to them. Reeeeally don't want them to get Haaland

Same. For me he has elite potential. Signing someone like that can lift everyone else's games too. The difference at Dortmund when he's out is just massive.

I'm resigned to the fact that he's never going to play for Liverpool. He's just not the type of player we sign. But I will be gutted if he signs for City. Praying Real can tempt him to start a new era of galacticos instead

[Fosterbloke]

Just wait until Diaz starts scoring bangers - Haaland meh