From what I have seen so far from Maguire, he would have been a great fit for this city side. In fact him and Laporte could have formed a deadly combo.
Manchester City 19/20 season
- Thread starter Gentleman Jim
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Honestly this is a blessing in disguise for City. Stones-Otamendi is a disaster waiting to happen. Fernandinho is someone who can be depended on to keep calm under pressure and not make a big Otamendi/Stones esque mistake.
Stones is really overrated in my opinion. Massive massive fraud. He's very lucky to be playing for City. If he played for any other side in the league bar the top two he would be exposed. Phil Jones 2.0, with less injuries.
Stones is really overrated in my opinion. Massive massive fraud. He's very lucky to be playing for City. If he played for any other side in the league bar the top two he would be exposed. Phil Jones 2.0, with less injuries.
Is Fernandinho even fit?
Move Walker inside and play Cancelo?
They have an academy they should try using.
He is yeah, it was one of the reasons they didn't buy a CB this summer.
If Erik Garcia doesn't get a chance now then he and all other youth defenders should leave the club in January.
I have zero sympathy for them. If they win the league we wouldn't hear the last of their 3 seasons in a row conquest. But then I don't want Liverpool to win it either and so I can't really be arsed about who wins it between the two.
Hope we get our shit together asap.
Hope we get our shit together asap.
Dont they have like 5 RBs/LBs , Im sure some can play CB.
Can't we loan them one for free. We need them.
Mental they left themselves so short. Paying for it big time with the injuries, remains to be seen of course if there will be more results for them like at the weekend.
Still as defending champions who's next objective, presumably, is to go and win the Cjampions League, it's just madness.
Still as defending champions who's next objective, presumably, is to go and win the Cjampions League, it's just madness.
Yeah no Laporte and no Stones is just a killer. One single fit centre back. Terrible planning for a club with our resources.
No need to laugh, he is right. He hasn't had single season without major mistakes in many games throughout the season, nor showed he is anywhere near top CB. Guardiola being clueless when signing defenders shocker.
These are our best hope to stop Liverpool? Oh dear.
I'm really surprised they didn't try to match your bid. As said his style would've suited Pep down to the ground and he's a more reliable CB than Stones.
As good as Rodri is they've got good depth in the CM area so I didn't feel that signing in the summer was that essential (could've waited until January perhaps to get him) but getting in a CB after Kompany went was essential and now it's really hurting them.
Good news for City, He's shit.
I don't think Walker is capably of playing as a CB in a back 4.
Maybe they should test some of the youth from their famed academy.
Besides Stones is garbage, not much of a loss. They have enough solutions in existing squad itself such as Walker and Fernandinho.
Besides Stones is garbage, not much of a loss. They have enough solutions in existing squad itself such as Walker and Fernandinho.
For the game tomorrow I'm expecting a defence of Cancelo, Fernandinho, Otamendi, Zinchenko. That should be good enough to see us past most teams in the league given our superior midfield and attack but whether we can keep pace with Liverpool is an entirely different question. We could do with Mendy getting match fit as soon as possible because while he's far from excellent defensively he's certainly more competent than Zinchenko. With our current injury problems we must have the shortest team in the league. Ederson must be our only likely starter who is at least six foot tall? That's going to be a big problem. If we had to play Liverpool with our current personnel I genuinely think they'd virtually be guaranteed a goal from a set piece.
Otamendi is worse and he's the only fit one.
I'd back Otamendi over Stones. Both are error prone but I trust Otamendi more and at his best he's an incredible defender whereas Stones even on a good day is nothing special. Stones has never had seasons in football like Otamendi did in 17/18 or his last year at Valencia.
Yep is all falling nicely into place for Liverpool to win their first league for 30 years.
Otamendi just always looks trash to me. He's City's version of Lovren. Stones is far from convincing but I'd have him before Otamendi.
I've always felt that Otamendi is often underrated. His recent performances have done me no favours but I still stand by that view. At any rate I would not even contemplate the idea that Stones is better than him.
Given how much money they have ploughed into their academy, surely they have a half decent junior who can be trusted? It's been over 10 years since the takeover, must be some talent in there lurking around
Agree to disagree.
David Luiz is looking for a gig
I'd rather stick Pep at centre back.
Tell me about your outcast experience. I mean, did you get a sudden conversion to liking red? Did you go there undercover? Did you develop a taste for the Ed Woodward school of diplomacy? Or does it have something to do with Denis Law? I dont want to derail the thread but im curious
Shows how fecking shit football has become that my response to City - of all clubs - having a defensive injury crisis is mainly worry and disappointment.
Cant believe they let Kompany leave. Hope all these injuries don't affect them too much, for everyones sake.
Well, maybe we finally get to see the 'highly rated' Eric Garcia. If he can't get a game now I'll have to conclude he's simply not good enough, or Pep just can't trust inexperienced youngsters (in which case they might as well leave like someone suggested earlier) . Same feeling I get wondering how United youngsters can't get a game over massively underperforming senior players.
I’d say the Lovren comparison is accurate. Lovren can have a good run of games where he looks solid and then he’ll make a daft mistake or get caught out and cost his team an entire game on his own. That usually happens in a way similar to what happened to Otamendi on the weekend.
Otamendi seems similar to me. I always thought Stones was better than him.
This. Though I reckon this is, genuinely, Liverpool's year for the PL...
I might stick a few hundred on it to at least get something out of it.
It's not like Kompany will add up anything anyway aside from filling up the medical room.
They didn't sign anyone, that's the mistake. Letting Kompany go was the right decision because he is declining rapidly in a physically demanding league.
Pique level quality and it wouldn't surprise if Garcia goes back to Barca in the next couple of years.
Thats a crazy idea!
They were so close from getting a transfer banned. Maybe that's why they were so reserved in their pursuit of top quality CB.