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- IW8Goalmachine
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I'll give this fella a chance until I'm proven wrong.
At least he didn't cost 35mil
At least he didn't cost 35mil
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can we sign him up?
- Perryashburtongroves
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Given our medical team's record the bloke will arrive fully fit for his medical and leave on a stretcher!
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What worries me is that as supporters and especially as the Club we are being told we want to be, competing with Europes Elite, we all should be setting the bar higher than 'better than Mustafi', that bar's so low a limbo dancer couldn't get under itIW8Goalmachine wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:26 pmI'll give this fella a chance until I'm proven wrong.
At least he didn't cost 35mil
Obviously he gets support until proven otherwise as with any new player it just feels like we are penny pinching in positions we need proven quality in as per usual
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Perhaps if they auctioned off the right to wield said cricket bat they could make enough to buy a proper defender.Perryashburtongroves wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 6:28 am
A massive fucking smack round the head with a cricket bat would be cheaper.
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Flamengo fans are gutted. His insta is full of their fans saying fica pablo. Stay pablo. His missuses too.
He is the first Spanish player to win the Copa.
I wouldnt read too much into him not making it at city - salah didnt make it at chelsea...
Hopefully he is another Martinelli.
He is the first Spanish player to win the Copa.
I wouldnt read too much into him not making it at city - salah didnt make it at chelsea...
Hopefully he is another Martinelli.
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I just find it worrying that a player who was at City when John Stones was playing regularly couldn't get a sniff even in Cup competitions is where we are at, dont get me wrong I'll be happy as a pig in shit if he turns out to be good but it always feels like we are going for defensive players who are never quite good enough, 2nd tier if you like and yet we've known for years the defense was our weakest area
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Perryashburtongroves wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 6:28 am
A massive fucking smack round the head with a cricket bat would be cheaper.
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GoonerMuzz wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 11:38 amI just find it worrying that a player who was at City when John Stones was playing regularly couldn't get a sniff even in Cup competitions is where we are at, dont get me wrong I'll be happy as a pig in shit if he turns out to be good but it always feels like we are going for defensive players who are never quite good enough, 2nd tier if you like and yet we've known for years the defense was our weakest area
The way the world is gone (and especially the football world), everything has become so condensed that if there is a half decent player in the Albanian pub league we will have heard something about him, but yet I never heard of this guy before yesterday I know that there are exceptions like martinelli who no-one had heard about either but (a) he is still a young player (b) he is the rare exception to the rule. This guy was with citehh for a few years and played 3 seasons in spain's top division, but yet no-one had heard of him and that worries me too tbh. I got schooled on here a long time ago about not buying in to youtube clips too much, but as I said yesterday his highlights looked bog average to me.
We need a proper centre back now - what we don't need is another average centre back when we already are top heavy with them. We have luiz, sokratis and holding already there, and if this guy isn't considerably better than him, then I wouldn't touch him with a bargepole. Being better than mustafi is no kind of standard that we should be aiming for, and would make him 4th choice for me. Tbh I would rather stick with the average centre backs than waste money that we cant afford buying another average centre back
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Comments from some Brazilian reporter:
Marí is left-footed, he is very tall and very good in the air, has good positioning and his technique and passing are fairly good for a defender, his main weakness is that he is somewhat slow.
Marí is left-footed, he is very tall and very good in the air, has good positioning and his technique and passing are fairly good for a defender, his main weakness is that he is somewhat slow.
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The day you can educate anyone will be a miracle, they'd have to be pretty far down the food chain.mcdowell42 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 7:01 pmLet me educate you, the sarcasm was aimed at augies post not yours, for the simple reason I have you on ignore, and only see your posts when someone else quotes them.
Also I see you don't deny making fun (having a pop) at someone else's misfortune. That says it all about the level you operate at and what kind of person you are.
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We'd have enough money to buy every defender in the world.Jock Gooner wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:29 amPerhaps if they auctioned off the right to wield said cricket bat they could make enough to buy a proper defender.Perryashburtongroves wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 6:28 am
A massive fucking smack round the head with a cricket bat would be cheaper.
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He played two seasons in the Spanish second division and a season in the Dutch league that's why he's fairly unknown.augie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 12:16 pmGoonerMuzz wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 11:38 amI just find it worrying that a player who was at City when John Stones was playing regularly couldn't get a sniff even in Cup competitions is where we are at, dont get me wrong I'll be happy as a pig in shit if he turns out to be good but it always feels like we are going for defensive players who are never quite good enough, 2nd tier if you like and yet we've known for years the defense was our weakest area
The way the world is gone (and especially the football world), everything has become so condensed that if there is a half decent player in the Albanian pub league we will have heard something about him, but yet I never heard of this guy before yesterday I know that there are exceptions like martinelli who no-one had heard about either but (a) he is still a young player (b) he is the rare exception to the rule. This guy was with citehh for a few years and played 3 seasons in spain's top division, but yet no-one had heard of him and that worries me too tbh. I got schooled on here a long time ago about not buying in to youtube clips too much, but as I said yesterday his highlights looked bog average to me.
We need a proper centre back now - what we don't need is another average centre back when we already are top heavy with them. We have luiz, sokratis and holding already there, and if this guy isn't considerably better than him, then I wouldn't touch him with a bargepole. Being better than mustafi is no kind of standard that we should be aiming for, and would make him 4th choice for me. Tbh I would rather stick with the average centre backs than waste money that we cant afford buying another average centre back
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I wouldn’t worry too much about whether City liked him or not. History (especially recent) is littered with very good players that didn’t make it at big clubs and shit ones that have an excellent Cv.