surrifox Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 3 hours ago, Mike Oxlong said: No Mame Biram Diouf No Cry And No Townsend either - happy days
Mehrez Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 (edited) Very happy, Maddison looks a class act and will be a big player for us. Ricardo fills a much needed void at right back and seems to have been a bit of a coup for the club, looking solid at the back with three new quality centre backs as well as keeping Maguire. I don’t have any quarrels with the Ward signing he will provide adequate cover for schmeichel - if the fee is what it is reported as then perhaps it’s a bit too much but I’m not really bothered about fees it’s not my money. As others have said I’d have liked another winger in an absolute ideal world but im hopeful Puel can get a tune out of Ghezzal. For some reason I think Gray will kick on this season. Vardys new contract the icing on the cake. As a side note I’m quite suprised there wasn’t much by way of interest in Ndidi (happily) I’d like to see him and Maguire tied down to a new contract soon Edited 9 August 2018 by Mehrez
Guest Col city fan Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 I think it’s more important that we kept hold of Vardy and he’s signed his new contract...and Maguire. Wilf has stayed with us too. Frankly, few of us know how our new signings will do for us, especially not in the short term, but we pretty much all know how important to the club these aforementioned three are. We’ve had a good window in terms of moving on the correct players and keeping the correct players.
mod hero Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 14 minutes ago, Mehrez said: Very happy, Maddison looks a class act and will be a big player for us. Ricardo fills a much needed void at right back and seems to have been a bit of a coup for the club, looking solid at the back with three new quality centre backs as well as keeping Maguire. I don’t have any quarrels with the Ward signing he will provide adequate cover for schmeichel - if the fee is what it is reported as then perhaps it’s a bit too much but I’m not really bothered about fees it’s not my money. As others have said I’d have liked another winger in an absolute ideal world but im hopeful Puel can get a tune out of Ghezzal. For some reason I think Gray will kick on this season. Vardys new contract the icing on the cake. As a side note I’m quite suprised there wasn’t much by way of interest in Ndidi (happily) I’d like to see him and Maguire tied down to a new contract soon On the subject of Ndidi, young and has a great future I’m sure. Apart from winning tackles though (which he does very very well) I think he’s quite limited.
HighPeakFox Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 The majority of the starting 11 will not be Immortals - so we can see evolution now, and the further away 15/16 gets, the easier it becomes for a new team to emerge from the huge shadow that amazing season inevitably caused. 4
49er Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 (edited) 5 out of 10. No one really knows how good our activity in the transfer market has been until the new players have an opportunity to play, so let's assess things in three months time. When we bought Slimani, Musa, Kaputska and Mendey a couple of years ago I, and I would imagine most City fans, had visions of a top four finish with bags of goals being scored by our new strikers. The transfers we have made show that, despite winning the Premier League two seasons ago, we are not able to attract the top notch players. We are now in the list that includes West Ham, Everton and Southampton. I think we should have gone for some players with Premier League experience (Evans, obviously has this). I want all of the new players to be a success, but we would be fortunate if that were to be the case. Our season depends on Vardy, Maddison, Ndidi, Nacho and Maguire. If they are on song, they will lift the others around them. I still think that the Premier League is over hyped, and there are some exceptionally weak teams. How on earth can we contemplate not finishing above the likes of Bournemouth, Burnley, Huddersfield, Brighton, Palace, Southampton...? Edited 9 August 2018 by 49er 3
Guest Col city fan Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 4 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said: The majority of the starting 11 will not be Immortals - so we can see evolution now, and the further away 15/16 gets, the easier it becomes for a new team to emerge from the huge shadow that amazing season inevitably caused. It’ll go one of two ways now. We‘ll either see evolution in terms of playing in a different style, introducing new players and filling round holes with round pegs, or we’ll crash and burn. I have no idea which it’ll be.
Guest Col city fan Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 1 minute ago, 49er said: 5 out of 10. No one really knows how good our activity in the transfer market has been until the new players have an opportunity to play, so let's assess things in three months time. When we bought Slimani, Musa, Kaputska and Mendey a couple of years ago I, and I would imagine most City fans, had visions of a top four finish with bags of goals being scored by our new strikers. The transfers we have made show that, despite winning the Premier League two seasons ago, we are not able to attract the top notch players. We are now in the list that includes West Ham, Everton and Southampton. I think we should have gone for some players with Premier League experience (Evans, obviously has this). I want all of the new players to be a success, but we would be fortunate if that were to be the case. Our season depends on Vardy, Maddison, Ndidi, Nacho and Maguire. If they are on song, they will lift the others around them. I still think that the Premier League is over hyped, and there are some exceptionally weak teams. How on earth can we contemplate not finishing above the likes of Bournemouth, Burnley, Huddersfield, Brighton, Palace, Southampton...? Excellent, sensible post. Refreshing to say the least.
49er Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 I forgot to add, why didn't we sign Tadic (proven in the Premier League) instead of Ghezzal?
Max Wall Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 Just now, 49er said: 5 out of 10. No one real knows how good our activity in the transfer market has been until the new players have an opportunity to play, so let's assess things in three months time. When we bought Slimani, Musa, Kaputska and Mendey a couple of years ago I, and I would imagine most City fans, had visions of a top four finish with bags of goals being scored by our new strikers. The transfers we have made show that, despite winning the Premier League two seasons ago, we are not able to attract the top notch players. We are now in the list that includes West Ham, Everton and Southampton. I think we should have gone for some players with Premier League experience (Evans, obviously has this). I want all of the new players to be a success, but we would be fortunate if that were to be the case. Our season depends on Vardy, Maddison, Ndidi, Nacho and Maguire. If they are on song, they will lift the others around them. I still think that the Premier League is over hyped, and there are some exceptionally weak teams. How on earth can we contemplate not finishing above the likes of Bournemouth, Burnley, Huddersfield, Brighton, Palace, Southampton...? I think 5/10 is incredibly harsh. We strengthened 3 key weak areas immediately. Ok, no one knows how any signing will work out but those areas of the match day 11 needed addressing and they have been. No one was happy with our back up keeper options either. We've also addressed that, the fee seemed steep but we'll only know in time whether it was money well spent. Add to that the two centre backs and keeping Maguire, the transfer of Musa and the loans for Ulloa and Slimani and I think we've had a way better close season than average, which 5/10 is. 1
49er Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 1 minute ago, Max Wall said: I think 5/10 is incredibly harsh. We strengthened 3 key weak areas immediately. Ok, no one knows how any signing will work out but those areas of the match day 11 needed addressing and they have been. No one was happy with our back up keeper options either. We've also addressed that, the fee seemed steep but we'll only know in time whether it was money well spent. Add to that the two centre backs and keeping Maguire, the transfer of Musa and the loans for Ulloa and Slimani and I think we've had a way better close season than average, which 5/10 is. When Sven signed the likes of Peltier, Danns and Mills we thought that he was plugging the gaps that we had. When we sold Mahrez for £60m and Musa for ?£15m, I was expecting a significant investment in new players, bearing in mind the money that the likes of Wolves and Fulham have spent. What happened? Why didn't we spend say £30-40m on a decent replacement for Mahrez? 1
st albans fox Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 4 minutes ago, 49er said: When Sven signed the likes of Peltier, Danns and Mills we thought that he was plugging the gaps that we had. When we sold Mahrez for £60m and Musa for ?£15m, I was expecting a significant investment in new players, bearing in mind the money that the likes of Wolves and Fulham have spent. What happened? Why didn't we spend say £30-40m on a decent replacement for Mahrez? We bought Ghezzal for that role. I don’t think puel wants to be rigid in his week to week formation and style which a top class mahrez replacement (expecting to play every game) would hinder. Ghezzal will play some games but will be easy to rest so we can fiddle with our set up and personnel to suit the opposition.
Max Wall Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 4 minutes ago, 49er said: When Sven signed the likes of Peltier, Danns and Mills we thought that he was plugging the gaps that we had. When we sold Mahrez for £60m and Musa for ?£15m, I was expecting a significant investment in new players, bearing in mind the money that the likes of Wolves and Fulham have spent. What happened? Why didn't we spend say £30-40m on a decent replacement for Mahrez? I take all of those points. I'd hope Maddison, Pereira and the two centre backs do more than plug the gaps but only time will tell us that. Given the outgoings, transfers and loans and Vardy resigning coupled with everything else, I still think it was a better than average window. We'll agree to disagree @49er
49er Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 Just now, Max Wall said: I take all of those points. I'd hope Maddison, Pereira and the two centre backs do more than plug the gaps but only time will tell us that. Given the outgoings, transfers and loans and Vardy resigning coupled with everything else, I still think it was a better than average window. We'll agree to disagree @49er Nice to be in touch again @Max Wall 1
49er Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 Just for you @Max Wall for old time's sake. Name the City player:
Max Wall Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 Just now, 49er said: Just for you @Max Wall for old time's sake. Name the City player: I'm pretty drunk mate. I have absolutely no idea Big Ben Alouane? That is unfortunately the best I have.
49er Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 1 minute ago, Max Wall said: I'm pretty drunk mate. I have absolutely no idea Big Ben Alouane? That is unfortunately the best I have. Incorrect. New signing
Max Wall Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 1 minute ago, 49er said: Incorrect. New signing You always do this Big Benkovic?
Swalesy6 Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 If we're planning on playing 3-4-1-2, then its been a perfect window. If Puel is sticking with his 4-2-3-1, then we really needed to pick up a more experienced and proven RW. Could even try out a 3-4-3 with Maddison and Ghezzal/Gray behind Vardy/Nacho, but I think a new RW would have been important for that formation as well.
49er Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 2 minutes ago, Max Wall said: You always do this Big Benkovic? Correct 1
Ian Nacho Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 Wolves and Fulham have had the best transfer window in most people's eyes but ours is definitely under the radar. Fantastic window. 1
Frost Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 I'm really pleased with the window after today but there's a few we need to ship out to European clubs, which will be loans inevitably as no clubs will pick up their massive contracts combined with a transfer fee. In an ideal world we would've got someone with more pedigree than Ghezzal to replace Mahrez but we need to give new signings time to prove themselves. The overspend on Danny Ward is a bit mind blowing and seems completely unnecessary, especially given Schmiechel didn't move on. Nothing wrong with Jakupovic as No.2. Overall, strengthened the defence nicely, not too many complaints - time to 'trim the fat' so to speak.
murphy Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 42 minutes ago, Max Wall said: I take all of those points. I'd hope Maddison, Pereira and the two centre backs do more than plug the gaps but only time will tell us that. Given the outgoings, transfers and loans and Vardy resigning coupled with everything else, I still think it was a better than average window. We'll agree to disagree @49er What? Vardy resigned? Seems a bit drastic. Why was I not informed? 1
BenTheFox Posted 9 August 2018 Posted 9 August 2018 6.5/10 for me. We've really strengthened the core of the squad, but I'm concerned that don't have enough quality out wide and that a lack of creativity may be an issue as a result. We've got some very competent footballers in Ndidi, Schmeichel, Maddison, Maguire, Pereira, Silva etc. and good goalscorers in Iheanacho and Vardy. But I'm just wondering if we're lacking a bit of a spark.
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