Recent content by iHicksy

  1. Let's talk 'keepers: who do we buy and why?

    I don't disagree with you over martinez, however it might interest you to know that the average age of premier league keepers is 29. Most keepers actually get better with age, which makes sense as physical decline in terms of what they need isn't as intense as your runners on the pitch, they get...

  2. Let's talk 'keepers: who do we buy and why?

    Regardless if he's good or not, 32 is not old for a keeper. What a ridiculous thing to say. Most keepers peak in their 30;s. Edwin was 34 when we signed him and played for another 6 years. At his peak. Neuer is 39. Buffon played til he was 45. Courtois is 32, Becker is 32. Sommer is 35...

  3. Lamine Yamal

    Absolutely, Rooney and Owen were at the peak of their powers at 18-20. Owen's notable drop off was through his loss of pace through injuries, the root cause by being so overplayed and badly man managed at Liverpool. Barca need to be careful that they don't do the same.

  4. Liam Delap | £30m release clause?

    At any given time. I mean for england alone we had Fowler, Owen, Shearer, Wright, Cole. Elsewhere you had Ronaldo, inzaghi, Batistuta, Romario, Suker, Vieri, Shevchenko, Klinsman, Kluivert., Bierhoff, Cantona, ..I could go on. Football was packed with centre forwards.

  5. Liam Delap | £30m release clause?

    On a side note, tt's pretty crazy how there are so few great strikers around nowadays. It used to be that every kid wanted to be a number 9, are they being coached into inside forwards? Back in the 90's i could have named you 15 world class number 9's in the prem alone and easily 30 playing in...

  6. Man United to chase Tyler Dibling if they win Europa League

    I'm actually not a fan of this signing. We need players that can improve us now, my concern is we're going to have too many learning their trade, as we've seen with the likes of Garnacho and Hoijlund. What's more, it's not like he's generational talent, he's not even starting for southampton...

  7. Creating a retired squad with less than 50 international caps that could win the world cup/CL

    ---------------Cudicini ----------------- King---Bruce---Pallister--Danilo -----------------Carrick------------------ Best-----------Zola------------Le Tissier -----------Cole------Baptista------ Bench: Ferdinand, Fowler, Wes Brown, Benito Carbone,

  8. Liam Delap | £30m release clause?

    Sorry sir, won't happen again sir.

  9. Liam Delap | £30m release clause?

    I do absolutely agree with you that players wilt under the pressure of playing for us, so that is absolutely an unknown. However, i think both of those comparisons are unfair and not relevant, and i;ll explain why. For one, the italian league is far, far easier for strikers. This is beyond...

  10. Liam Delap | £30m release clause?

    I do find it laughable people are lamenting a striker who's at the age of 22 is playing for a bottom 3 club in the league with championship level players scoring 12 goals in the prem. You do realise the people feeding him are the likes of Johnson, sam morsy, with Jack clarke with the most...

  11. Arne Slot | manager

    Ah don't you know, Liverpool's one league win during 32 seasons means they dominated the league. Who cares about facts eh or that pesky City team who've won the league 6 times in the past 7 seasons, including 4 times in a row. No, liverpool have been dominant! Hell, they only managed to finish...

  12. Liam Delap | £30m release clause?

    Also slating him for not lighting up the championship at the age of 20 is a joke, he still scored 8 goals for Hull. That's better than most his age. Remind me how was Harry Kane doing in the championship at the same age - oh that's right he scored 2 goals for Leicester.

  13. Liam Delap | £30m release clause?

    I assume he was rated very highly by Wilcox/Berrada - i'd imagine Wilcox in particular is leading the charge and thinks his potential is sky high as he signed him for City.

  14. City and Financial Doping | Charged by PL with 130 FFP breaches | Hearing begins 16th Sep 2024 | Concluded 9th Dec 2024 - Awaiting outcome

    Sorry bit confused by what you mean here. The email's are real but aren't true? They are real e-mails that indicate guilt. All that the above is saying is that they can't be used as the sole evidence to prosecute city because they require the financials as proof. The same way you can't use a...

  15. City and Financial Doping | Charged by PL with 130 FFP breaches | Hearing begins 16th Sep 2024 | Concluded 9th Dec 2024 - Awaiting outcome

    fecking irony of you posting that then doing the exact same thing.
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