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#200490 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
bluemoon.
Seriously, though, Barkley's better than Rodwell and there's more of an opening for him than there was for Rodwell.
#200486 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
bluemoon.
Wouldn't mind seeing it happen but I suspect it'd take a mammoth fee.
#200402 Old Trafford Lounge
bluemoon.
#200273 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
bluemoon.
Just watching MOTD now. It's not making Mike Dean look any better, Zabaleta's first shouldn't have been a yellow and Yaya should really have had a penalty.
#200230 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
bluemoon.
Not 100% sure if the red card actually was a red (I haven't seen any replays yet) but Mike Dean had a shocker overall. The only thing to really annoy me about that game.
#199168 Champions League 2014/15
bluemoon.
When?
#198340 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
bluemoon.
#198198 Old Trafford Lounge
bluemoon.
#198145 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
bluemoon.
Daley Blind reminds me of a younger, slightly quicker Dutch version of Gareth Barry. Understated, versatile and efficient.
#197818 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
bluemoon.
Ah, fair enough then. Our squad definitely isn't significantly better than Chelsea's. It's pretty equal really.
#197792 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
bluemoon.
I don't think it's a case of that though. Pellegrini has regularly played 4-2-3-1 in the past and our youth teams all play 4-3-3. I think we'll be changing formation on a more permanent basis. That's not to say we necessarily have great squad depth, as I said we are weak in central midfield and arguably at left-back too but the weaknesses aren't that great. They're easily comparable to Chelsea's lack of depth at centre-back for example.
#197778 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
bluemoon.
You're assuming Pellegrini will stick with the 4-2-2-2 all the time, there's no guarantee of that at all. We are definitely light in central midfield though, I suspect we'll make a rare January purchase for a new centre-mid.
#197739 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
bluemoon.
#197266 The Manchester City Thread
bluemoon.
I'm not against financial reforms; they are needed but they shouldn't be designed to safeguard the big clubs the way FFP is, and there should probably be some provision for the clubs with hundreds of millions in debt hanging over their heads.
#197259 The Manchester City Thread
bluemoon.
My understanding was that FIFPro (the players union) were threatening to stick their noses in. Presumably over the effect it would have on their members who aren't at fault for any of this.
Fingers crossed. In its current state FFP is a disgrace.
#196695 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
bluemoon.
Aye but not for a while. He's been on a downward spiral since the Dortmund game in 2012.
#196590 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
bluemoon.
Haha. I'm almost offended that you'd think I thought Joe Hart was that good.
Thibaut on the other hand, he's fucking brilliant.
#196589 The England National Team
bluemoon.
Meh. He's basically a central midfield version of Rooney. Lots of passion and aimless running.
#195984 Old Trafford Lounge
bluemoon.
#195457 Old Trafford Lounge
bluemoon.
Yeah, I wasn't aware of it until recently either. That said even if he hadn't, the fact he's done it with great success for both Madrid and Argentina should be proof enough that he's not wasted there.
#195251 The England National Team
bluemoon.
#195250 Old Trafford Lounge
bluemoon.
Yeah, that's complete bullshit though. He's played centrally for Madrid, Argentina and Benfica. He's probably played there for Rosario Central too.
#195187 The Manchester City Thread
bluemoon.
No chance of us signing a striker in January. Maybe a midfielder not a striker.
Don't see it.
I there's more chance of a new midfielder and a change in formation. We could easily switch to a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-3-3 (which all of our youth sides use and Soriano and Begiristain are fans of).
#195046 The Manchester City Thread
bluemoon.
#194796 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
bluemoon.
He's definitely improved since then but I agree on the first point. It didn't seem like a particularly big gamble at the time and it definitely doesn't with hindsight.
#194676 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
bluemoon.
#194575 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
bluemoon.
Nope. Whole season loan-deal. This is kind of my point, we have options but, when you start talking about Demichelis and Kolarov playing in midfield, they aren't really good enough.
Hopefully we're just saving our pennies for a massive spend next summer on Pogba etc.
#194568 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
bluemoon.
Aye, I can see how it might work, I'm just not sure it will. The fact we lose Yaya to the the Cup of Nations in January (along with Lampard) makes me think we might be a bit too stretched. It's worth noting that we've also just got rid of the two most qualified backups for that period as well in Huws and Zuculini.
#194555 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
bluemoon.
He was supposed to be back for end of September or October. I'd be alright with that if we had more creative options but of those three, Silva is the only one who reliably creates. Nasri seems to have gone back in his shell and Jovetic whilst very creative is pretty hit-and-miss with his delivery.
I hope I'm wrong but I don't have a particularly good feeling about this. On the upside it seems like Nastasic is still around, so hopefully that means Boyata can fuck off as far away from the team as possible.
#194548 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
bluemoon.
I'd be alright with Negredo leaving if we replaced him (either with another striker for the 4-2-2-2 to work or with another creative midfielder for a different system) but to get rid of him without even replacing him leaves a bad taste. I'd be shocked if we didn't get a buy-back and/or healthy sell-on clause for Huws, it's the only way it really makes any sense.
To be fair given the our later exploits I'm not sure it can be said that we have 'noticeably' improved.