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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #465 on: April 27, 2022, 09:11:09 PM »
Mahrez took over a year to settle and I suspect Jack will be the same.
I think you might want to compare the stats.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #466 on: April 27, 2022, 09:37:14 PM »
I don’t think it’s all about stats though, it’s about adapting to a style of play. I also think it’s probably a bigger shift for Grealish - he played for a team where literally everything went through him and he’s now one of a number of stars in a system. He has the talent to succeed there, but he’ll have to adapt and that takes time. I don’t really care if it works out, but I’m not surprised it hasn’t yet.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #467 on: April 27, 2022, 09:48:02 PM »
I don’t think it’s all about stats though, it’s about adapting to a style of play. I also think it’s probably a bigger shift for Grealish - he played for a team where literally everything went through him and he’s now one of a number of stars in a system. He has the talent to succeed there, but he’ll have to adapt and that takes time. I don’t really care if it works out, but I’m not surprised it hasn’t yet.

For it to work out, he's going to have to play a lot more than he does now. Their current attacking players offer much more than he does, and they've already bought Alvarez and might be adding Haaland.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #468 on: April 27, 2022, 09:51:02 PM »
Grealish is inverting the "difficult second album" syndrome. He'll be great next season for them, unfortunately. It's the Pep bedding-in way, innit.

I don't think he will. He'll still be behind the likes of Foden, Mahrez and De Bruyne in the important games, as they just bring a lot more goal threat than he does. Then they're likely to have Alvarez and Haaland too.

Their signing of him was pretty revolting really - they just had to sign him, because they could - he was the hottest property and they had to had him. It didn't really matter whether or not they'd really get the best out of their £100m, they just had to show that they could get him.

They are people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

I suspect he'll hang around there for 2 or 3 years, spend a lot of time on the bench and then go somewhere dispiriting like Everton.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #469 on: April 27, 2022, 09:56:52 PM »
Not sure he’ll want to drop to League One.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #470 on: April 27, 2022, 09:57:23 PM »
I don’t think it’s all about stats though, it’s about adapting to a style of play. I also think it’s probably a bigger shift for Grealish - he played for a team where literally everything went through him and he’s now one of a number of stars in a system. He has the talent to succeed there, but he’ll have to adapt and that takes time. I don’t really care if it works out, but I’m not surprised it hasn’t yet.

For it to work out, he's going to have to play a lot more than he does now. Their current attacking players offer much more than he does, and they've already bought Alvarez and might be adding Haaland.

I wouldn't bet against City fans feeling about Grealish the way Real Madrid fans feel about Gareth Bale in about 3 or 4 years.  All the talent in the world, but he's wasted in a team that plays the way City does. He'll either step up and slowly take over De Bruyne's position over the next two years, or he'll become known as one of the most expensive flops in football history.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #471 on: April 28, 2022, 06:49:08 AM »
If Jack was available in a couple of years time, most on here would be wetting themselves with excitement to sign him!

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #472 on: April 28, 2022, 07:16:41 AM »
If Jack was available in a couple of years time, most on here would be wetting themselves with excitement to sign him!

Good news. Roma linked with Doug Luiz again. They must be looking for a corner kick specialist.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #473 on: April 28, 2022, 07:29:24 AM »
You've got to sell at the right time. Get £20-25m for Doug, £10m for Sanson, balances out as minor profit at least, clears probably £100k in wages and gives space for a really dynamic ball playing 8 to share the load of Ramsey and push McGinn and hopefully the elusive dominating defensive midfielder.
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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #474 on: April 28, 2022, 07:40:35 AM »
I don’t think it’s all about stats though, it’s about adapting to a style of play. I also think it’s probably a bigger shift for Grealish - he played for a team where literally everything went through him and he’s now one of a number of stars in a system. He has the talent to succeed there, but he’ll have to adapt and that takes time. I don’t really care if it works out, but I’m not surprised it hasn’t yet.

For it to work out, he's going to have to play a lot more than he does now. Their current attacking players offer much more than he does, and they've already bought Alvarez and might be adding Haaland.

I wouldn't bet against City fans feeling about Grealish the way Real Madrid fans feel about Gareth Bale in about 3 or 4 years.  All the talent in the world, but he's wasted in a team that plays the way City does. He'll either step up and slowly take over De Bruyne's position over the next two years, or he'll become known as one of the most expensive flops in football history.

Coutinho would pass him the trophy.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #475 on: April 28, 2022, 08:39:45 AM »
You've got to sell at the right time. Get £20-25m for Doug, £19m for Sanson, balances out as minor profit at least, clears probably £100k in wages and gives space for a really dynamic ball playing 8 to share the load of Ramsey and push McGinn and hopefully the elusive dominating defensive midfielder.

What's Sanson done to put £5m on the fee we paid for him?

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #476 on: April 28, 2022, 08:59:53 AM »
You've got to sell at the right time. Get £20-25m for Doug, £19m for Sanson, balances out as minor profit at least, clears probably £100k in wages and gives space for a really dynamic ball playing 8 to share the load of Ramsey and push McGinn and hopefully the elusive dominating defensive midfielder.

What's Sanson done to put £5m on the fee we paid for him?

Well, he’s certainly well rested! ;)

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #477 on: April 28, 2022, 09:20:45 AM »
If Jack was available in a couple of years time, most on here would be wetting themselves with excitement to sign him!

Good news. Roma linked with Doug Luiz again. They must be looking for a corner kick specialist.

So why do they want to sign Doug then? :)

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #478 on: April 28, 2022, 09:21:22 AM »
I think that was the joke …

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #479 on: April 28, 2022, 09:22:20 AM »
I think that was the joke …

I know....

 


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