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sterling would have no chance

partially agree. but i think foden should still play. bias obviously but he undoubtedly has the talent. think i'd go with ------------prickford------------ walks---stones---gay----gomez ---------foden-----rice--------- sakha----bellend-----gordon ------------kane--------------- in possession - push stones alongside rice, freeing foden pace on both wings when out of possession i think jack should be there and playing on the left. a major fuck up by GS

assumed he was injured, but looks like i was wrong. just not called up. madness.

the usual stuff that $#nts do, diving complaining, just being a general cheating, um, so and so.

quite possibly, but i don't think so. but it's hard to separate i guess. it was his antics in the games between city and dortmund then real madrid then made me not like him. took me a few years to warm to kyle walker as i couldn't stand him at spurs.

it wouldn't matter as the bellend wouldn't pass to them anyway. he just runs with ti until he loses the ball or scores. play the bellend in place of kane then the team can function behind him

We all see things differently. That's fair. But to say not agreeing with those heatmaps means you don't understand football is just not correct. There is more to football than heatmaps. so pretty much what i said earlier. he starts out wide but not as much as he used to. a comparison of the heatmaps shows that. he drifts inside. his 2024 heatmap shows that, his average ratings are higher when he plays inside. And to quote Guardiola this month... Having yet to deploy Foden there in his career, Guardiola claimed the midfielder has the potential to flourish in a deeper role. That is despite the 24-year-old scoring 27 goals last season and largely being seen as an attacker, either through the middle or on the wings. "When Phil plays as a right-winger, he can do it," said Guardiola. "In the beginning when he played as a left-winger, he played well. In the middle he can play right, left, in the pockets - no problem. "What I would like in the end is that he plays as a holding midfielder, or one of two holding midfielders. For that, he needs to understand the game as a whole, in everything, not just 'me'. "But at the same time, he has this instinct, natural, like the big talents, in the final third. I’m not going to stop him. I’m not going to step in and say, 'Don’t do that!' Because he’s unique." Discussing the prospect of Foden moving further back in midfield, Guardiola added: "Sometimes it is the step one has to gain as a football player, playing in that position which carries some duties for the team." Right i best get back to earning a living developing software.

you got more than a glimpse of his personality when he "bumped" that serbian guy

that's because bellingham doesn't like to pass

fair enough. i just don't see him as a left back. but then we are short on options

well i was asked my opinion and i watch every game so i have one. although my memory is gone. he may be listed wide in a front 3, but that's not where he stays.

i know he scores goals, but kane just looks like a cart horse

pickford looked ok yesterday. looks a prick but did ok. stones looked a little rusty. hopefully he'll shake it in time for more serious games. was impressed with guehi last night. not sure he's along term solution but he did a job. walker was decent. trips just looks past it. but you guys know better than me.

think a massive problem was shaw not being fit last night. don't like shaw but trippier just isn't up to it on the left anymore. At City we like to push our full backs high and wide, chalk on the boots. interchanging with the wingers. allows the wingers to play inside. foden benefits from that style. also the year pre haaland we played foden (amongst others) as a false 9 and won the league.

he's the kind of player you want in your team for sure. but he is also a massive bellend. the biggest bellend i've seen on a football pitch for sometime. glad he's english mind.

most effective? coming inside. as for theoretical positions, he does play out wide sometimes but not as much as he used to. you'll normally see chalk on doku, guardiol or grealish's boots on the the left wing with bernado, foden or walker out on the right. but we change it around so much i'm not sure that bellingham passed to him last night. made me wonder if there is animosity between the two from the CL. but then i realised bellingham doesn't like to pass to anyone. stupid observation. bellingham is obviously way better than kalvin phillips but england seemed to have a better balance when he linked with rice. bellingham has changed the dynamic from a team performance to the bellend show. just to be clear, KP is rubbish now.

so unrestricted in terms of pumping cash into the club, the team, the infrastructure, the ground, and the wider local community but checks could be, zero debt, squad limit, home grown requirements, academy players in first team should be rewarded somehow (and i mean long term academy like Foden) etc. and i don't believe that the VERY best players would be happy sitting on the bench. i think real madrid are an exception.

and ban red as a shirt colour

and another thing. they should abolish the rule that says you can have £105m debt over a 3 year people. I thought that was meant to be whilst clubs got used to spending restrictions to help with rainy days. It's now used like a speed limit on a road. make it zero debt.

We don't win it at a canter though. and last year was a 3 horse race until 1 of the horses pulled up lame. An uncomfortable number of our titles have been final day wins. Older City fans have been dropping like flies due to the stress i'm sure. Our spending is not the reason we've won so much (yes a massive factor as it always has been). the reason was very clearly Pep. Unrestricted spending doesn't win you the league. The correct squad / manager combo does.

not so sure about that. it doesn't need to be unchecked. just not restricted. you have way more money than us. we have way more money than chelsea. chelsea have more money than anyone would reasonably spend on a football team. the squad limits alone would probably keep things fair as the very best players want to play not sit on the bench. for me the rules should be aimed at keeping the overall quality high. so investment good, debt bad.

Yeah i'm okay with the orange. tbh i hadn't thought about you guys wearing black and white stripes. Has there already been a vote that i wasn't aware of?

I have a fairly clear view point. Take another look at City and scrap the spending restrictions. City are debt free. That's the only rule you need (maybe some debt allowed, like mortgage against assets, so as not screw clubs like Man U over). City are incredibly well run. City behave with respect towards the wider community. The Premier League needs to be the richest league in order to maintain pace with the rest of Europe. Restrictions threaten that. City have massively invested in East Manchester. And it's paying off. Those cranes are to do with building a third in the one remaining two tier end. They are also building a hotel and new fan zone. Getting ready for non-league football.

I hope 14 clubs fall into middle east hands. then we can all vote for whatever we like. If that happens i think liverpool should have to play in prison stripes and have to carry a bag of swag.