This is going to hurt city as mendy was looking really good
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If he’s out for 9 months then I’ll wager it’ll be a race between City and Liverpool as to who can buy their preferred Southampton player in January.
City are mental. Player gets injured, first thing manager says is we'll look to buy in January.
Promote some fecking youth players for once.
Promote some fecking youth players for once.
Imo for a top side, I don't even think our options are decent.
Isn't this precisely why he bought a £25m backup full-back in Danilo?
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Not a big fan of this guy on Twitter usually but I love him shutting down Castles here. Too many journalists tweet like their word is the gospel truth.
What a legend.
I must admit that I was a tad worried when Castles Tweeted that as he's been right about a fair bit of stuff these past few months so assumed he may have the inside track on this, but that reply from Mendy is funny as f*ck!
I still think he’s probably out for a while.
Ahahahahahahaha!!!!
Yeah, that's the feeling I'm getting too.
I'm still laughing at him firing those shots at Bald Dunc.
Great player and just as good on twitter. Will become a massive fan favourite......if he can get himself back in the team after he's replaced in January.
Agree although, tbf, you can still make an educated guess on an ACL tear without an MRI
Good job mods.
Has any player ever called out castles like that before? Or any journalist? It's pretty hilarious.
Has any player ever called out castles like that before? Or any journalist? It's pretty hilarious.
Ah Crap! I want us to win the league with every oppo side having a reasonably fit side. Don't want their fans giving these sort of excuses
Don't really see anything funny about the tweet other than Mendy being his usual dick self.
Lots of outlets have reported concern/fear of ligament damage. Castles is merely parroting it without stating it's confirmed as Mendy is implying he has with his refrain.
Lots of outlets have reported concern/fear of ligament damage. Castles is merely parroting it without stating it's confirmed as Mendy is implying he has with his refrain.
Love it.I don't think they'd use it as an excuse to be fair, what with the level of talent they clearly have at their disposal.
It's just strange that the first thought is to buy new in January when clearly he's going to have to experiment anyway. Personally hope Leroy sane has been looking good defensively in training and he puts more responsibility on him, because if he's left to keep playing the way he is, he'll tear the league apart, phenomenal talent
I read it in a sarcastic tone. But I can see what you're saying, although defending journos usually means you are one yourself?
How has that been made clear? He's been excellent whenever called upon so far.
Because he is terribly one footed and not really pacey. Therefore, being played on the left, Danilo can only cut inside which every opponent player will know. So he can't contribute much offensively and given Pep's previous comments and the recruitment regarding full backs, this is a key aspect in Man City tactics.
Either Mendy is a bit thick or something is getting lost in translation. Saying “concern that injury is x” just means it’s a possibility they’re worried about. And an ACL rupture is top of the list of worrying possibilities with every nasty knee injury.
Obviously, a formal diagnosis can’t be made until after the MRI. He’ll look like a bit of a prat if these concerns that Castles is reporting on turn out to be justified.
I really don't care what other fans have to say, I just want to win the league.
That's true if it does end up being in the 6-9 months bracket, this tweet will look bad.
Why is everyone laughing at mendy? He put concerns at city that it is ruptured... I should imagine they are concerned.
Also. They do have “test to see if ruptured ACL or not”. It’s called an MRI scan.
Love journos being called out but Castles reported a concern that city have. He said they are concerned he MAY have ruptured his ACL. Which obviously is a 9 month lay off. You don't need to be a doctor to report the concern of a club, being a journalist can help though.
Pep's comment is the difference between how they are ran and how we are ran, we've been without a top LB for 2 seasons now and went into this season waiting on a guy that has been injured for the best part of 2 years to hopefully come good, meanwhile swapping the position every week.
All he is saying is no one has done that test yet to see if he has ruptured it. He isn't saying there is no test available
Yeah, I get that. But it’s kind of ironic that he’s calling out Castles for tweeting as though he’s a doctor in a tweet which is poorly worded in its own right.
Yeah, shame on us for trying to be patient with a talented young player who’s already at the club. We should follow their lead and buy! buy! buy!
Tbf English isn't his first language and here lies the problem. Perhaps he should have asked before wading in.
Agreed.
Way to jump on something just to try and play to the crowd, I wasn't criticizing either club, just making an observation.
Well my initial response was to a guy who stated that we'd probably just splash out 80m on Alex Sandro to cover the Mendy injury because with unlimited money available that's what we do.
My response was to give the name of an alternative player who would cost about 20m and said that we go beyond the obvious.
There are occasions where we need to get the top available player for a pressing need but you have to get those signings over the line.
It's not always the richest club that gets the man, the quality of players in the squad, the Challenge of the domestic League, the management and training facilities together with remuneration and the desirability of location all play a part.
As does the timing and quality of the bid.
On other occasions you are buying for the future and via your scouts and contacts trying to get the jump on your rivals. I gave examples of those types of players also.
To summarise my point is that we will splash the cash when necessary but it's not all we do.
I didn't realise your observation was entirely neutral. Anyway, as you can see, I much prefer our approach. I already hate the way PL spending has lost the run of itself. The day that clubs start to talk about buying a replacement the next window for every player who gets a semi-serious injury is the day we've definitely jumped the shark.
If he's out for 6-9 months the last thing he'll be concerned about is a tweet
I remember Falcao doing it... I can't find the tweet though