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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #1020 on: July 17, 2020, 09:55:29 AM »
Sadly I think he’ll be gone. He’s going to be a cracking player.

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #1021 on: July 17, 2020, 10:33:52 AM »
He might have been good but he's not going to get in Citeh's team. If we stay up I can see him staying another year. Not sure if we go down but fingers crossed.
His rate of improvement suggests he will. Pep knows a good player when he sees one, we are now beginning to see this..

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #1022 on: July 20, 2020, 02:00:07 PM »
Sadly I think he’ll be gone. He’s going to be a cracking player.

Agreed.

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #1023 on: July 20, 2020, 02:44:32 PM »
Sadly I think he’ll be gone. He’s going to be a cracking player.

Agreed.

He’s been the obvious stand out since we restarted. His understanding of what’s going on around him has improved hugely.

I’d love him to stay, but can’t see it if the inevitable happens.

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #1024 on: July 20, 2020, 02:54:54 PM »
Is it just a turnaround in form, fitness or has Smith finally worked out how to play him?

...more likely that Pep spoke to him 1-on-1 and told him how to improve to get back to City.

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #1025 on: July 20, 2020, 03:00:23 PM »
Nonsense.

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #1026 on: July 20, 2020, 09:54:32 PM »
he’s always had that touch of class about him

took time to adapt to the unique conditions of the prem but even when he was making a few mistakes and struggled with the pace of the game you could still tell there was something there that would eventually come good

I always thought we’d have a cracking player next season it’s just happened a bit earlier

I’ve got the same hopes for Nakamba

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #1027 on: July 20, 2020, 10:15:07 PM »
I love the way Reina calls him "Duuuugeee" during covid games.

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #1028 on: July 20, 2020, 10:22:30 PM »
He might have been good but he's not going to get in Citeh's team. If we stay up I can see him staying another year. Not sure if we go down but fingers crossed.

They have two years to decide. The only thing that might work against us is if the Premier League/UEFA decide to make this year not count for FFP because of Covid, in which case they might want him back in the next transfer window as his fee wouldn't count against them.

Dont forget that the powers that be have just chugged off the super clubs and given them the opportunity to replace their entire midfield every game with the new 5 subs rule. Next year, City 2-1 up against Sheff U on 65m with an important Champs League game coming up midweek. Pep subs on Foden, Gundogen and Luiz (all three of whom would start for 3/4 of the league teams) to wrap the game up. Any players good enough for the top 6 squads who would have otherwise probably preferred a mid table team for game time will know this. The trap door is slowly being pulled up.

Alex Ferguson was advocating for this setup a decade or more ago.

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #1029 on: July 21, 2020, 01:16:54 AM »
Good to see that if a player doesn't improve, it demonstrates what a shit coach Dean is. If, however, a player does improve it's all praise to Pep Guardiola!!

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #1030 on: July 21, 2020, 07:14:12 AM »
Good to see that if a player doesn't improve, it demonstrates what a shit coach Dean is. If, however, a player does improve it's all praise to Pep Guardiola!!
.   Good point, but if using his improvement as a yardstick we have had some players seemingly going backwards.

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #1031 on: July 21, 2020, 09:09:26 AM »
Good to see that if a player doesn't improve, it demonstrates what a shit coach Dean is. If, however, a player does improve it's all praise to Pep Guardiola!!
.   Good point, but if using his improvement as a yardstick we have had some players seemingly going backwards.

That's a confidence issue more than anything.

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #1032 on: July 21, 2020, 11:30:52 AM »
Doug was just a glorified loan wasn't he?

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #1033 on: July 21, 2020, 11:38:05 AM »
Doug was just a glorified loan wasn't he?

No. If we stay up, he'll probably stay.

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #1034 on: July 21, 2020, 12:20:50 PM »
Doug was just a glorified loan wasn't he?

It's a pretty good loan deal then because they have to pay us an extra £10m to buy him back apparently.

 


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