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Has he shown that here though? He’s picked up some City players but he hasn’t gone out to other clubs and picked up promising 18/19yr olds. He’s just raided the one club he knows about. At Chelsea, like at City he’ll have a much bigger budget to go and get top tier players , which is always easier to do for bigger clubs than mid/lower clubs

Except City have the buy back so they would just trigger that…

Joe Shields deleted his Instagram account now too.

I think a season playing every week and scoring a few goals will benefit us long term. He needs game time, he wouldn’t be starting with us

Lose to city and it’s an easy time to sack him. If we managed to get a point then he gets the next game imo. I don’t think there’s any new news to the article really, sound out a replacement so when they do sack there is no period of no manager. I like him as a person and he did well with no money but I think we now need someone with fresh ideas to get the best from the squad. Someone the players will do anything for. Give 100% every game makes up for the lack of ability, that’s all we ask.

I assume they have a contract with Denmark so want to continue with that. I guess they could have gone logo less on their shirt but it’s a good talking point at least.

The difference between the average positions of each starting XI tonight. we had Adams Armstrong and Moi practically all occupying the same space, and MD being tucked in. I mean Villa were poor too but at least they set up and occupied their own area of the pitch.

That was woeful. Taking Diallo off with no other centre mid availabile was odd. Overrun in the middle and couldn’t string two passes together all night.

A little passing shot from Bednarek…

Where are those graphics from please?

I think we’ll sign a forward and another mid/winger and then loan a full back. Out the door a few both sold and loaned

But given how is loan panned out and his performances after Xmas, do you think we would have taken up the option to buy if he had one? I guess ultimately depends on what the price was, but not sure they were too impressed with him over the 2nd half of the season.

Only 20years out of date. Leicester left Filbert Street in 2002!

It’s clear, we don’t need to sell to buy now from a financial perspective but purely from a number of players one. We have too many in the “first team” squad to manage so have to shift some to bring the squad down then buy more. I think I saw we were at 26/27 senior players currently. Even 11v11 in training leaves us with subs.

How many managers actually have control over signings? Most clubs have give recruitment departments. They may say this is what I need and then these teams do the work on who fits that requirement. It’s no coincidence we sign city kids in the same window we appoint a new head of recruitment

Credibility of source… very low I say given most his stuff is about fantasy football

Some clubs just sign players on a free cos they know they can sell them in a year for money. Richards was one, always going to be a English club interested. Chelsea just done the same with Sarr - it’s not very football but is good business I guess.

Someone is bound to ask: when are the new screens going up? gambling sponsorship Why don’t we go for Werner, Coady, Mee etc..

That Nixon bloke is a loon. Also why would we sell for 50% less than we brought him for? He’s a much better player than 3 years ago

Happens everywhere. We lose a couple to Chelsea, but then pick up some from Spurs. All swings and roundabouts isn’t it

I’m sure City would prefer to loan him to PL side to increase their chance of a bigger selling price next year. If you have a good Championship season there would still be doubts of if you could cut it in PL

Exploring the possibilities, nice and vague.

According to a city fan twitter account. Don’t one I’m taking seriously

I like the away shirt. Modern design, there is only so much you can do with stripes or a plain top so glad we are going out there a bit more.