***Official Summer Transfer Thread***

[Saul Goodman]

[johnny crossan]

[Saul Goodman]

[johnny crossan]

[PeterParker]

I was looking a bit at the first eleven PSG has tonight.
4 of the starting lineup won an european trophy: 3 UCL and 1 Europa League. While Mbappe won the World Cup.
From our squad only Europa league (Fern and Sergio), no UCL or World Cup (Mendy doesn't count because he was in Russia in 2018 just for the numbers).

Maybe that might be an argument on our terrible european run.

[Beefymcfc]

[Beefymcfc]

[PeterParker]

[johnny crossan]

[Hazy2]

Pep is not bomb proof we are not used to such expectations ever, but for me sort the lop sided squad, get us defending as a unit week in week out. I would like him in for 3 years, if not what are we doing?

[Wooders]

[Dubciteh]

Still cant get my head round why we arent after that kid at Leipzig. 21 year old central defender with everything we need, its boggling.

I feel like our squad is all over the place at the minute.

One keeper and no confirmed back up option
3 left backs of which none are of the required level or durability.
6 centre backs with only 2 at the level needed and one who could be wanting out.
We have two attacking central midfielders when we would normally have 3/4 with one of them being inexperienced.
2 strikers of which one is old and injury prone.

Normally we can see a clear two players per position in our squad where all are top notch. Its a bit messy at the moment, we need to clear out so much deadwood and get some new fresh quality in.

We are also badly missing some leaders. I re watched the all or nothing documentary and we had big characters winners in the dressing room. Since then we have lost Yaya, Vinny, Leroy, Dave Silva...even delph looked to be a big character who got the dressing room going. Not to mention the loss of Arteta who maybe a bigger loss than we anticipated as he got english dressing rooms. The new guy maybe a genius but having never worked in England hes not going to be a presence in our dressing room(maybe that will come i dont know).

We have lots of work to do and little time. We need to start this season fast strong and focused or we are all in for disappointment.

[salford city]

[Wooders]

It’s one year but rumour has he might extend for a year - completely agree about the squad balance, it’s an absolute mess, as you say

[carl_feedthegoat]

Ill give PeP till 1week before we kick off before I go after him over his signings for our club- hes had more than enough time ffs !

Up to now , he has spunked 100 plus million on Mendy and Stones and both are failures - proof of the pudding is if we sold them no one would bat an eye lid...actually there would be celebrations...... there is also a huge question mark on Cancelo's appointment..a fuckign 60 odd million question for a player who , up to now , has been average and you certainly don't dish up 60 million plus for 'average'.

Spot light is well and truly on PePs bald head.

[city72]

[carl_feedthegoat]

[Mase]

I do think Rodders might come good. Cancelo, similar to Ange, wasn’t given more than 3 games in a row in his first season. I really don’t know why with some players Pep forces them straight in and doesn’t drop them for ages, whereas with others he barely gives them a chance. Possibly ones he wasn’t keen on buying?

[Hazy2]

Maybe Pep compares every fullback to Alves. Unreal energy possibly the best attacking fullback in the modern era. Defending decent but the attacking outweighs any flaws. I do know, what is bleeding obvious is when we fail to get ahead, every blue thinks the same. Oh dear here we go. If he after jigsaw pieces to fit a system, Khaldoon has to step in. The evidence is clear, sit back force City through the middle and counter. I love Ferna unreal player but done as a force as-much as Vinny was. He has shoe horned him in and ruined him. We need Edderson supported by defending as good as he is. The front 6 or 7 can attract all they want, we ship 1st goal we look fucked, it needs sorting, The scousers are going to take some stopping. We seem to say via the chairman our recruitment is decided by committee in advance no panic buys, we have no evidence of that.

[carl_feedthegoat]