Players like Brahim Diaz and Sancho were poached from other academies, not produced by them. Only really Cole Palmer was a bonafide academy product they sold for big money and that's cause Chelsea overpay. it obviously takes a long time to overhaul your academy, in terms of players coming through f...

Name the myriad of youngsters to have come through the City academy? They have been hoovering up the best youngsters from Lancashire and Yorkshire for years with arguably little to show for it. there's an absolute boatload of players - some who've been there throughout their youth careers (not too ...

Yet our academy has produced more internationals than they have. Foden is a local lad, so was always going to be thrust him into the team, to make him the face of the club and justify the money they spent on facilities. The ones they've poached like Sancho, Delap, Gyabi, Gorman will fall by the way...

It's not negative imo but some may see it that way. He is an extremely average Championship manager who fell into an ideal situation at Norwich with a player like Buendia who could carry him. You can see why he is officially the worst manager in Premier League history whose managed 25 games or more...

Finnatic wrote: ↑Tue Dec 26, 2023 2:14 pm I’ll admit I was sceptical when Strujik stepped up

same! then i thought...anyone but paddy!

SG90 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 26, 2023 1:47 pm At least Farke/a few on here will have their excuse at the ready

poor from farke today, still v happy with him generally, but playing same set of players today and not making any changes at HT were big mistakes

SG90 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 26, 2023 1:18 pm Will Farke take too long to make subs as usual?

was a big criticism of him in germany

SG90 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 26, 2023 1:12 pm Cause James ain't helping. I'd prefer to see James off and Willy on.

well he's getting done most times by miller, help from james or not, he needs to be doing better

no real criticism of gray, he's not a fullback and going to struggle against certain wingers

HT, I'd switch gray and spence around and probably put byram on for gray. Get a bit more freshness upfront too

gray needs to come off, had a very poor half against miller

Kennyb41 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 8:57 pm All shall be revealed Dan 26th

told ya! let's hope he's not too tired now!

Always tempting the lure of a 'big' club but you are more likely to develop at a club lower down the league, more game time, which is genuinely important. Look at all the youngsters Chelsea have ruined over the years and for all their investments in scouting and facilities, City bring through very ...

Signing a left back and a number 10 wouldn't be 3 players for each position. We don't have a natural left back (unless you count Firpo) or a natural 10. We have cover but if you have gaps in the first 11 then they should be a priority, those 2 are gaps. Spence was signed to play right back and Byra...

pjm2019 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 8:40 pm We need a LB NOT a player who can cover ( your words)

Apart from cm as that's the only position where we're light

Why would it? That's just having depth it's exactly what we need. no its not, we don't need three players for each position. i mean we could sign a new keeper and a new cb, cm, striker etc. - as long as we can get in better players. who do we sign at lb better than spence and byram without breaking...

Oh btw, with Gnonto getting a fair run out yesterday, i think it was DF readying him to start v Nobend and rest DJ if that helps you at all big Rob :tup: Must dash. I think it was the opposite...give DJ a rest so that he can start the next game. surely won't be making a change to that starting elev...

I'd rather have dan james and summerville based on their form this year - both have been miles better than JH was in the championship for us. Saying that he's a decent player, hardworking (worst corner taker I've ever seen though) and we should command a decent fee for him

You see, this is the thing. How do we know what to buy for huh ? We all keep bangin on about a LB, but we are in the Championship and have - Byram, Spence, Shackleton, Pascal, Hjelde, Firpo, Dallas. What if we're still in the Championship next year, what if we spend £20m on one now, and we don't ge...

Can we lock this ridiculous thread and dish out a temporary ban to whoever started it?!

third in the league and people are talking about replacing Farke :shock: jesus, get a grip. play offs at the end of the season will be considered fine, especially given the mess we were in at the start of the season 1) we won't sack farke, if we stay in the playoffs 2) if we did, it could just as li...