cosmicway 1,333 Posted May 24, 2024 Share Posted May 24, 2024 Mhsc, bigbluewillie, OneMoSalah and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,509 Posted May 24, 2024 Share Posted May 24, 2024 15 hours ago, Strike said: Rest like Gundogan, Ferran, Jesus, Zinchenko all left. Even Ake and few others were close to being sold Ferran, Zinchenko can be easily replaced in the City machine. They didn't really need G.Jesus either when you have Haaland and Alvarez up front. Gundogan is the only real loss for City & Pep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted May 24, 2024 Share Posted May 24, 2024 (edited) 15 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said: Yes, and not that cynical. That approach is endorsed by many clubs, especially in the Championship. I cite Bristol City, nice shiny PL standard stadium, ✔️ (makes the fans feel special), billionaire owner, ✔️, profitable from buying land and developing a 'sporting quarter', ✔️ profitable from selling any player that is PL material, (the list is phenomenal) ✔️ quite happy to make a profit, and let the team wallow in mid table mediocrity✔️ So many owners dont care where the revenue comes from, and for some success is just another fucking headache they could do without - as that puts pressure on them. We were lucky to have 20 odd years where winning trophies was the owners be all and end all. I like the Bristol example. But it can get even worse. Look at HSV. One of the historic Bundesliga founding clubs. 6 times German champion, (legacy)Champions league winner 1983, From wealthy Hamburg, Germanys 2nd largest City, bankrolled by Germany’s richest man KM Kühne (40bn in the bank), iconic 4 star stadium . All the ambition in the world and they have been playing 2nd tier division for years now. A similar case could be made for Schalke or Köln. The point is, even with money and ambition a club can get ruined by poor management. We ofc have the advantage of superior TV income and less restrictions (german clubs can not be fully owned by investors) but our owners are even more incompetent than the HSV and Schalke hierarchies who are at least experienced football ppl Edited May 24, 2024 by Magic Lamps Fulham Broadway and Fernando 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,142 Posted May 24, 2024 Share Posted May 24, 2024 This board are so fucking backward the mystery person is probably Poch bigbluewillie, MoroccanBlue, Thor and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,492 Posted May 24, 2024 Share Posted May 24, 2024 4 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said: Ferran, Zinchenko can be easily replaced in the City machine. They didn't really need G.Jesus either when you have Haaland and Alvarez up front. Gundogan is the only real loss for City & Pep. Prepared to sell Ake and sold Laporte, Mahrez as well. Even sold Pedro Porro and Lavia when they were young. I think they are quite liberal in selling even their good players if the player decides to go. Lucky for us that Shields got wind of Palmer wanting to leave. Fernando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted May 24, 2024 Share Posted May 24, 2024 (edited) 1 hour ago, Strike said: Prepared to sell Ake and sold Laporte, Mahrez as well. Even sold Pedro Porro and Lavia when they were young. I think they are quite liberal in selling even their good players if the player decides to go. Lucky for us that Shields got wind of Palmer wanting to leave. Funny thing is I don’t think City have/will have missed any of them. Even Gundogan. They’re still on for a domestic double, a season after winning the treble. Many people thought they’d flaker off this season due to hangover from previous season/lack of motivation. For me, Pep very rarely gets it wrong when it comes to selling players. Doesn’t mean they’re bad players but how many bar Ibra have really gone on and proved him wrong over a prolonged period? And even then, Pep & Barca still won much more than Ibra did in that time frame. I mean Palmer could hypothetically do it (performance wise at least) but again, he is still young. The next seasons for him will be interesting as people will now expect what he did last season every season. Edited May 24, 2024 by OneMoSalah Strike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,383 Posted May 24, 2024 Share Posted May 24, 2024 8 hours ago, Special Juan said: This board are so fucking backward the mystery person is probably Poch Some M Night Shamalyan twist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,479 Posted May 25, 2024 Share Posted May 25, 2024 (edited) Fucking useless dog, hope it's the last time we hire a pathetic Tottenham loser addict. Edited May 25, 2024 by TheHulk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,098 Posted May 25, 2024 Share Posted May 25, 2024 (edited) 6 minutes ago, TheHulk said: Fucking useless dog, hope it's the last time we hire a pathetic Tottenham loser addict. It was a mismatch of squad building & manager choice. Maybe originally when they appointed Poch they thought they were building a squad that would suit him, with Ugarte "locked in" and they ended up building something really not suited to him at all. Of course if Poch was an elite coach he would have adapted, and found a way to get through the season without the shambles that we saw happening. Manager choice so far is the owner & directors biggest failing. A bunch of uninspired hires that..turned out to be uninspiring. Edited May 25, 2024 by Mhsc Fernando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted May 25, 2024 Share Posted May 25, 2024 (edited) Can see us having no Europe next season now. Not sure we're going to jump through the FFP hoops required for Conference League. Edited May 25, 2024 by King Kante Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,479 Posted May 25, 2024 Share Posted May 25, 2024 Cheers to Cuckchettino who can't win a game while leading and being a man up. Fucking loser. Vesper and mkh 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted May 25, 2024 Share Posted May 25, 2024 20 minutes ago, TheHulk said: Cheers to Cuckchettino who can't win a game while leading and being a man up. Fucking loser. This kind of thing is missed by the Poch fans when the season overall is taken into consideration. For sure we got better when everyone came back, but our lack of game management throughout the season was the single biggest reason we did not sleepwalk into 4th. Fernando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,334 Posted May 25, 2024 Share Posted May 25, 2024 Happy we sacked him. Couldn't even get Europa League. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted May 25, 2024 Share Posted May 25, 2024 33 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said: Happy we sacked him. Couldn't even get Europa League. It was n't up to him any longer. The main reason we are unhappy is because the sacking probably means the board have in mind to allow us to become weaker next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,280 Posted May 25, 2024 Share Posted May 25, 2024 the season in general was ok. poch didn't do a brilliant job, but he wasn't a real disappointment either. under normal conditions, 6th place is enough for the europa league. it just so happens that an eighth place doesn't usually win the fa cup. it's not the end of the world, although it's annoying. there's been progress this season, but I'm not upset about the change of coach. the main focus is to avoid too many injuries and I'm sure we'll fight for the top 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted May 25, 2024 Author Share Posted May 25, 2024 It is a fake but damn funny. Also scary how good the fakes are becoming. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLtGS1jd/ Blue Armour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,585 Posted May 26, 2024 Share Posted May 26, 2024 12 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: It is a fake but damn funny. Also scary how good the fakes are becoming. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLtGS1jd/ Interesting and that is the problem in the future. How we will know the real from the fake? Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,219 Posted May 31, 2024 Share Posted May 31, 2024 On 26/05/2024 at 00:13, ZAPHOD2319 said: It is a fake but damn funny. Also scary how good the fakes are becoming. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLtGS1jd/ wow, that really looks like t could be a real vid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,334 Posted June 1, 2024 Share Posted June 1, 2024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,492 Posted June 1, 2024 Share Posted June 1, 2024 Farewell Poch. Will barely remember you were at the club Mhsc and mkh 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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