Topic: Man City - cheating bastards rumbled

[JRed]

Stu Brennan from the MEN has posted his joint City/Liverpool team. Oh lordy.

Alisson

Walker - Van Dijk - Laporte- Robertson

Gundogan - Thiago - De Bruyne

Salah - Aguero - Sterling


Wow. Just wow. Walker over Trent, Gundogan!?!? over Henderon or Fabinho.
Sterling over Sadio is more reasonable but is it "snowing" in the MEN offices or something?

I suppose the MEN is just an accurate reflection of how deluded their readership is.

I wouldn’t give it the time of day. The only way to come up with that team is if you  deliberately set out to include more players from Man City than Liverpool. It’s plainly ridiculous.

[Son of Spion]

If I was a journalist whose job it was to write about the most successful Premier League club of the past decade*, I'd find it slightly depressing that the only way to get anyone to take any interest in what I've written was by shoe-horning in a completely different club at every opportunity.


*Going by league titles only

We are major box office. Even in Manchester. 

[Medellin]

Pep crying again..only 13 fit senior players to face Leicester.

[Lee1-6Liv]

Pep crying again..only 13 fit senior players to face Leicester.

If only his Abu Dhabi Daddy gave him some money to spend.

[oxenstierna]

Pep crying again..only 13 fit senior players to face Leicester.

Remember one game he deliberaly had 5 subs on the bench to send some signal

[JRed]

Pep crying again..only 13 fit senior players to face Leicester.

To be fair they’ve only spent around £1.5B on players. They clearly need to spend a lot more.

[12C]

Pep crying again..only 13 fit senior players to face Leicester.

Is that for each position, or in total?

[Romford_Red]

Pep crying again..only 13 fit senior players to face Leicester.

To be fair, Kyle Walker is a bit of an ugger

[sinnermichael]

Didn't realise Jesus was out aswell. It'll be Sterling upfront then unless they play this Delap kid.

[Caligula?]

Injuries you say? Nothing a little money can't remedy. They're close to signing Ruben Dias from Benfica for €55m.

[farawayred]

To be fair they’ve only spent around £1.5B on players. They clearly need to spend a lot more.

To put it in perspective, this is on the same scale as the foreign debt of a small country.

Small country, small team, not much difference...

[Black Bull Nova]

Jesus out 3 weeks and Aguero as well and there is an international break, shit

[Something Worse]

Jesus out 3 weeks and Aguero as well and there is an international break, shit

MBappe World Cup Sponsorship will be announced tomorrow!

[Dim Glas]

Pep crying again..only 13 fit senior players to face Leicester.

good think he only needs 11 to make a team then isn’t it.

[BarryCrocker]

MBappe World Cup Sponsorship will be announced tomorrow!

Neymar has that already sown up.

[harleydanger]

To put it in perspective, this is on the same scale as the foreign debt of a small country.

Small country, small team, not much difference...

Since arriving at City, Pep has spent more on defence than the defence budgets of 86 sovereign nations.

True fact.

[Something Worse]

So 95m this summer on two CBs, who'd likely never play a game together if Laporte stays fit.

Totally above board.

[Dave McCoy]

On the one hand I think it is understandable to complain about how many games the players are being asked to play this year due to Covid.  On the other I just don't want to hear any complaints about thin squad or similar when it comes to ManC, it's just a joke.  Just because you fucked up your squad building while spending £1bn doesn't mean you get to cry about it.  Are they now not favored to beat Leicester or almost any other team in the PL when it's a lineup of Sterling, KdB, Foden and Mahrez as attackers?  Give me a break.

[keyop]

On the one hand I think it is understandable to complain about how many games the players are being asked to play this year due to Covid.  On the other I just don't want to hear any complaints about thin squad or similar when it comes to ManC, it's just a joke.  Just because you fucked up your squad building while spending £1bn doesn't mean you get to cry about it.  Are they now not favored to beat Leicester or almost any other team in the PL when it's a lineup of Sterling, KdB, Foden and Mahrez as attackers?  Give me a break.

He's edging into Mourinho-esque territory now.

The cracks were showing last season, and his arrogant 'Us against the world' mentality has only increased since the CAS/FFP verdict.

I think he'll leave if he can't close the gap this season, as he clearly struggles to tolerate imperfection and will blame everyone but himself. He'll need to build another team if he extends his contract, which he hasn't done anywhere else.

It would certainly be interesting to see him at another club - one where he hasn't inherited the best squad in history as he did at Barca, or isn't managing in a one-team league in Germany, or isn't spending £1billion in 5 years at a corrupt oil club.

[ScouserAtHeart]

To be fair, Kyle Walker is a bit of an ugger

[Medellin]

According to the PhysioRoom injury list City have 7 senior players out.
2 of those out are in isolation with Covid & the other I would probably be right in saying Aguero was rushed back true Pep style before he was ready..
We have 5 senior players out.
Newcastle 8 players out..Burnley 7 players out..

https://www.premierinjuries.com/injury-table.php

[Flaccido Dongingo]

According to the PhysioRoom injury list City have 7 senior players out.
2 of those out are in isolation with Covid & the other I would probably be right in saying Aguero was rushed back true Pep style before he was ready..
We have 5 senior players out.
Newcastle 8 players out..Burnley 7 players out..

https://www.premierinjuries.com/injury-table.php

But we all must buy into the narrative of poor put upon Pip.

[calvin]

Is this Ruben Dias character from Benfica they're signing any good? Can't say I've ever heard of him. Seems like he was their 3rd or 4th choice. Happy they're not getting Koulibaly

[JRed]

Is there anything Pep won’t complain about?
Almost £1.5B spent on the squad and they can’t cope with a few injuries? They don’t have any more injuries than a lot of other clubs have.
Pep is getting so tedious now , worse than Mourinho in my opinion.

[PeterTheRed ...]

Is this Ruben Dias character from Benfica they're signing any good? Can't say I've ever heard of him. Seems like he was their 3rd or 4th choice. Happy they're not getting Koulibaly

He is a good young (23) ball-playing central defender. Even though he is pretty tall (6'2"), I am not sure that his transition to the PL will be easy. No doubt a step down from Koulibaly, who would have been a perfect fit for what they need at the moment.

[jacobs chains]

According to the PhysioRoom injury list City have 7 senior players out.
2 of those out are in isolation with Covid & the other I would probably be right in saying Aguero was rushed back true Pep style before he was ready..
We have 5 senior players out.
Newcastle 8 players out..Burnley 7 players out..

https://www.premierinjuries.com/injury-table.php

I'd love it if a journalist grew a pair and said this to him in his next press conference.

[Medellin]

Ruben Dias value on Transfermrkt is £31.5m (contract expires 2024) & City paying £50m.

[killer-heels]

Man City will batter Leicester no matter what side they put out. Rodgers cannot for the life of him win at a big teams ground.

[Scottymuser]

Is this Ruben Dias character from Benfica they're signing any good? Can't say I've ever heard of him. Seems like he was their 3rd or 4th choice. Happy they're not getting Koulibaly

He appears to be first choice CB for Portugal and won MOTM in the Nations League Final.  Don't know much more about him other than that

[Something Worse]

He's really good on FM, I'll miss him

[Scottymuser]

Ruben Dias value on Transfermrkt is £31.5m (contract expires 2024) & City paying £50m.

To be fair, transfermarkt are always a little odd on valuation - Jota is worth £25m according to them, so 60% overpayment (identical to Dias') - yet Havertz was the same as the 72m that Chelsea paid?

[Skeeve]

According to the PhysioRoom injury list City have 7 senior players out.
2 of those out are in isolation with Covid & the other I would probably be right in saying Aguero was rushed back true Pep style before he was ready..
We have 5 senior players out.
Newcastle 8 players out..Burnley 7 players out..

https://www.premierinjuries.com/injury-table.php

If you look at those who are out, they can still select 10 out of the 11 that started their previous league game and can readily bring in £60m of Mahrez into the starting lineup, so just usual Guardiola whinging as he's noticed the transfer window is still open and he has time to pry more money out of his paymasters.

[Dim Glas]

To be fair, transfermarkt are always a little odd on valuation - Jota is worth £25m according to them, so 60% overpayment (identical to Dias') - yet Havertz was the same as the 72m that Chelsea paid?

Transfermarkt being a German website may explain that 

But yeah, they are all over the place with evaluations, it’s a great website, but the player valuation part of it is just very subjective and maybe more accurate for certain teams or leagues.

[PeterTheRed ...]

Transfermarkt being a German website may explain that 

But yeah, they are all over the place with evaluations, it’s a great website, but the player valuation part of it is just very subjective and maybe more accurate for certain teams or leagues.

Well, they have us as the most valuable team in the World, so I'd say they are 100% accurate.

[RJH]

Well, they have us as the most valuable team in the World, so I'd say they are 100% accurate.

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By their valuations, you could get Jones (€5m) and Minamino (€10m) for less than Lingaard (€17m)

[Ratboy3G]

A breathed a huge sigh of relief when I saw poor Pip was able to muddle on through and name a full match day squad, without having to forfeit.
It's such a shame when a managers hands are tied by a penny pinching chairman.

[PeterTheRed ...]

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By their valuations, you could get Jones (€5m) and Minamino (€10m) for less than Lingaard (€17m)

So, you are saying there is even more room for improvement?

[Ray K]

Tough day at the office vs Wasim and Waqar. But I'm sure Graeme Hick will get back on track with a big ton vs Derbyshire next weekend.

[ScouserAtHeart]

The bald fraud getting exposed

[Zoomers]

Needs another billion