Morgan Rogers

[Beard82]

From my understanding of the financial stuff - it seems pretty much impossible hell be here next season.  I agree with Dante - this will likely be his peak - a bit like grealish. 

But - that seems to be the main point of modern football - do what will create the most clicks.   Everything is working exactly as it should - hell leave us and Man Utd (or whoever) will be no better - he'll probably not hit the heights everyone expects now he is at an "elite" club.  We'll get worse - and have to spend another summer trying to juggle impossible finances. 

All the time Man Utd and Chelsea have finances way worse than us by most measure but will drop millons. 

But Morgz to Man Utd - think of all of the hours sky will be able to dedicate to this.

Morgan Rogers is 23. Jack was essentially 26 when joined Man City. Rogers has a number of years to continue to improve. He's been playing at the top level for less than 18 months. He's had a meteoric rise. It should be expected he has some ups and downs as his career for us and for England evolves. He started so fast so our expectations got elevated probably too high. But when you look at experienced players like Asensio last year he was scoring at a crazy rate and it tailed off. I'm sure Morgan Rogers will find his level and it will be a very good one because ultimately he's a very good footballer.

Oh I agree - but I think his development risks fall off if he when he somewhere else.  Might be wrong - but how often have we seen it.  Like you say he has age on his side of course.

[LeeB]

He might be first player I know of to move somewhere to play less football the way Unai flogs him.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

I think Rogers will struggle after a big money move.  He has credit in the bank with us and is, relatively speaking, ignored by the media. 

That will quickly change if he’s a £100m player and at a “Man U”.  He’ll be torn to shreds when he has one of these bad runs; and the risk is he’d never recover.

I’m not condoning selling him but I’m pretty confident the villa version of Rogers will be his best version.

Not that I want him to go but I feel similarly. The grass isn’t always greener, we fit him and he fits us, there’s quite a few recent examples of big money moves, £100m + transfers, not particularly working out.

[Mister E]

I think Rogers will struggle after a big money move.  He has credit in the bank with us and is, relatively speaking, ignored by the media. 
That will quickly change if he’s a £100m player and at a “Man U”.  He’ll be torn to shreds when he has one of these bad runs; and the risk is he’d never recover.
I’m not condoning selling him but I’m pretty confident the villa version of Rogers will be his best version.

Hmmm, not sure about that. I think that in a team where there are more creators opponents will perhaps give MR less attention (relatively) than he currently gets and therefore he will have more space to do what he does well. And, he's still in the developmental stage of his career.
Like Watkins, he seems to be physically pretty resilient and that will put him in good stead too.
If he does go, it'll all be about where: if he goes into a team that is too reliant on him he may fail to live up to the hype; if he joins a more mature and successful team he will thrive and grow.

[PeterWithesShin]

Much like when we were talking about EmiM possibly leaving, it's a very small pool of clubs that can afford him, and even smaller that need him.

If we assume 100m as the price for Rogers, not many have that money and how many of the ones that do also need him.

[PeterWithe]

Well we didn't create much after he went off.

Other than the easiest chance of the match with a magnificent reverse tap by Emi

I forgot Watkins chance, but to be argumentative, that was it, one, and Rogers' one over the bar was the easiest of the season, on a Ronnie Rosenthal level.

[Crown Hill]

I think most of the speculation is coming from his agent who needs to ensure bids reach the release clause agreed in his contract last year. Let’s hope it’s nearer 100 than 80!

[eamonn]

Apparently, there isn't one.

[Drummond]

I think most of the speculation is coming from his agent who needs to ensure bids reach the release clause agreed in his contract last year. Let’s hope it’s nearer 100 than 80!

Or he'll sign another new contract in the summer....

[Beard82]

I think its different than Emi - you can only play 1 GK and you dont tend to rotate them.  I think any of the Sky 6 would be happy to pay the money for him.  Man Utd particularly

the other thing to bear in mind is it wont be that different - its not like he gets to play with better players when he moves - as ultimately were a top team now (under Unai) at least so I think it is going to be more about how he works in another systems and when he is likely to be rotated

[Brazilian Villain]

Clearly his head has been turned. https://x.com/Gradient_Sports/status/2044071810757529911

"No player in the Premier League this season has covered more total distance than Morgan Rogers - 339.5km."

[olaftab]

Yes but I would like to know meters per minute  stays? He has played more minutes than anyone else.

[algy]

I think Rogers will struggle after a big money move.  He has credit in the bank with us and is, relatively speaking, ignored by the media. 

That will quickly change if he’s a £100m player and at a “Man U”.  He’ll be torn to shreds when he has one of these bad runs; and the risk is he’d never recover.

I’m not condoning selling him but I’m pretty confident the villa version of Rogers will be his best version.

Agree here. The other thing is, for us, is that we’ve paid £15m for him. He doesn’t have a £100m price tag for people to question if we’d overpaid for him.

[FatSam]

Yes but I would like to know meters per minute  stays? He has played more minutes than anyone else.

That’s a different question though to whether or not he’s exhausted. If he has covered more distance than anyone else, then that is all ‘miles in his legs’ as the saying goes, and would be a good indicator that he might be exhausted

[FatSam]

Well we didn't create much after he went off.

Other than the easiest chance of the match with a magnificent reverse tap by Emi

I forgot Watkins chance, but to be argumentative, that was it, one, and Rogers' one over the bar was the easiest of the season, on a Ronnie Rosenthal level.

To be fair, Ronnie Rosenthal was aiming for an open goal. Neither the Watkins nor the Rogers chance was unobstructed by goalkeepers and/ or defenders.