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FirstbornWds:
I don't want to see the ROCK anywhere aside the CB position abeg.

Make we buy RB if we no go use Kounde.


Good thing De Jong is starting from the midfield today.

I'm not pumped about Lewy scoring yet. He'd have more than enough pressure to deal with for the season. Make we never start to begin heap on am.


I want to see what this front three will do today!!

raphinha is less effective on the left as he's extremely one footed.
I don't know why xavi can't put the ambidextrous dembele on the left and raphinha on the right.

Kilishihunter:
Nah it's probably just for this game to give the others some rest, Lewandoski should at least score sha

Bros continue convincing yourself otherwise until your eye go clear to reality.
Xavi wants to use araujo as RB this season, I've said it several times here and each time, you disagreed

Y'all should better get used to RB araujo. Cuz we're going to be seeing him there alot this season.

modextus:
Where can I stream today's game?

it's a friendly... So YouTube would suffice

hensben:
Halaand goofed today is what we are saying which is true. Missed a sitter and you are saying it’s because of injury, he has injury yet played full game. Make it make sense.

LOOoL
I always knew you were an airhead

Being unfit and being injured are different things entirely

Havertz10:
havertz earned his first champions league medal at 21, haaland should win one first.

your unwavering adoration for harvertz is astonishingly intense

swiz123:
They are struggling with possession because one man doesn't join them to play. He is only waiting to pounce on an opportunity and that is not the way pep plays.

exactly

Havertz10:
City attack is disjointed, gonna be an interesting season.

I think haaland's presence alters their usual fluid style of play

Griffon:
The NPFL came to an end days ago with my boy starting and finishing in all the 38 matches Gombe Utd played this season.

90x38 = 3420 minutes in a physically demanding league.

We’re making contacts with the FA to know if there’s anyone with the record or if the league has a new hero.

no way in hell is this ancestor 22 years of age

BlaqFaze:
Ferran was actually injured when Barca signed him in January if not he would have played more games...Ferran last season was his best in his career, starting games for both City and Spain and scoring goals, at one point he was in everyone's FPL team. You're rating Sterling too much, even Mahrez struggles for game time

ferran was never an outright starter at city, Pep usually rotates his team heavily except for a few- kdb, dias, rodri, ederson.. so I'll understand if you mistook ferran starting considerable amount of games for him being an outright starter.

FirstbornWds:
Guy rest. He started over those two a couple of times and they were fit.

This is coming from someone that watched them play and nothing else.

To further confirm, go and check the injury stats of both players you mentioned and see things for yourself.

oga there's no way ferran started over a fit Mahrez at city. I watched city games too and I hardly ever saw him start.

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BlaqFaze:
sterling was the benchwarmer at city

so was ferran. It was always foden and Mahrez robbing sterling of a starting spot at city.

FirstbornWds:
Swears... The guy just fall hand massively. I was beginning to think he knew what he was talking about until he said that. Worse still, he even talk am like say e day follow City not knowing say na "dem-say-dem-say"

ferran started those amount of games cuz city's attack was plagued with an injury crisis then.
No way ferran starts over a fit sterling and Mahrez.

FirstbornWds:
So FDJ would start over Kessie?

Is that what you are saying?

of course yes. Geez!
Don't let pre season deceive you bro.

Technical ability and brains would always be valued over brawn/physical at Barca and frenkie has the edge over kessie.

FirstbornWds:
I'll take the bolded as nonsense. Kessie has been putting in a lot of work for us and he sure looks like the real deal of strength that we've been lacking.

Although it's not right to conclude yet, but I see him as starter.

And you are entirely wrong about Serie A. I mean, I haven't seen a more wrong thing than your opinion about Serie A.

Lukaku and Abraham are playing well because they had/have a coach that played to their strength. Lukaku's first touch improved massively under Conte. Abraham's hold up play is still poor but he's been good on counters that Mou relies on.

The rest of those names, I can't make a solid case for but I can tell you that you are not entirely right about them.

Then how the heck did Dzeko fit into your logic. Man has always been a baller. Or did you suddenly forget that he was a point at City's early years?

Salah played for Roma and Fiorentina and is currently bossing the EPL. You should as well have called him a flop.

dude you're living in your own world of delusion.
Kessie wouldn't be a starter with FDJ or Bernardo present. He'll be an option from the bench and a rotational piece.

FirstbornWds:
Ferran was not a bench warmer... Get that straight. He only got relegated to the bench when he got injured. In fact, he started more games than Gabriel Jesus.

Then as regarding Sterling, I don't know how you watch Sterling last season doing the work of Grealish after the latter wasn't gelling with the team well. Gundogan was fringe, so I get that.

lmao at "ferran wasn't a benchwarmer". So was he starting over Mahrez, sterling and foden?
I'm not sure you watched city matches. Cuz your takes are terrible , no offense

Kilishihunter:
Romero most likely gets his information from the board or someone close to them so I'm not doubting him just as I didn't do so for the other signings, It's really complicated and dependent on fdj's availability in our squad so let's see

Romero has gotten alot of infos wrong in the past you know.

Well like you said, we'll see how it goes.

Kilishihunter:
Sterling saw reduced game time last year until an injury to I think Foden or Jesus can't remember who made him a constant presence in the EPL at the start of the year, Remember we were really linked with Sterling coming on loan last year with the player even open to it before he started seeing game time due to that injury and our focus then had to be drifted to ferran
Lewandoski was an important part of Bayern, Christensen & Kessie rejected contracts from their team to come so I don't see any major obstacle except us paying a really expensive fee, Also remember Jorge Mendes (his agent) has really been involved and helping Laporta as a go between during this past two transfer windows, Dude almost got us Felix before tico blocked it so unless pep manages to convince him and he agrees like you said, they won't find it easy, From the look of things Silva wants to escape KDB's shadow plus you're also underestimating city's capability to get a nice replacement pep would fine-tune to his standard, they've made more than €200m in player sales just this summer minus their oil cash, Pep hardly holds players against their will

well let's agree to disagree.
You're just excited and failing to see things from City's perspective cuz he's linked with us.
What I know is that Bernardo isn't leaving City, until next season.

Kilishihunter:
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OkpaNsukkaisBae:
ogbeni laporta is on cruise control.... wen he talk say europe beware that BARCA is back as a BIG player in the transfer market.... we think say na joke.

lmao.
There's 2 options on the table for FDJ to either reduce his wage or leave.
So how's Bernardo Closer to Barcelona when we've not even settled the frenkie conundrum? Or am I missing something

Call me pessimistic but Romero's definitely clowning

Kilishihunter:
Bro Of course I know benardo has a contract with City but what I'm also letting you know is that pep hardly stops his players if they wanna move, you think pep wanted to let Ferran go at first instance before we ended up overpaying 55m+ for him or he doesn't know xavi wants Silva? Sterling nko that city were offering a new contract?, And Sterling & haaland's cases are not mutually exclusive cause Sterling's major competition on that LW was jack Grealish and sometimes Jesus, Haaland is a pure striker not a winger,
As for ake it was truly reported that chelsea had agreed a fee for him while city were looking at kounde as his replacement, suddenly city upped the price by 10m which made Chelsea back out so Fabrizio may be right or not about pep there, You also know that chelsea tried again for ake recently which made city again to veer towards kounde which was late as he had already committed to us by then

like I said, "importance to the team" is the keyword. How important was ferran Torres to city? He was just a bench piece, and seeing that we were dumb enough to overpay for a bench piece, they let him leave.
Sterling was most times rotated with gundogan as a false nine with city last season. He got less important for city with each passing season. Guardiola mostly played foden on the left gundogan as false nine and Gabriel Jesus or Mahrez on the right. He barely started sterling and when he did, it was at false nine. Now haaland is there to take over the 9 position. Sterling became even more useless, but they were fine with him staying since he provides them more options in attack. It's just like the case of depay with us. A good offer came and they let him leave.
Bernardo is an important piece of pep's team, there's no one in that squad that can replace him right now and paqueta is a big gamble, and IMO, not half as good as Bernardo. City wouldn't just let him leave like that. I believe pep would talk him into staying for one more season and being the calm and trouble free guy he is, I see Bernardo agreeing to stay one more season.

FirstbornWds:
Your opinion. But I'd like to see it happen. I don't see a way Kessie will come from the bench.




Well, it's their business. I am not pumped about the move so... Whatever they want to do, their business.
Let us a get a Right back. That's my major concern now.

like I said, you're overrating kessie, just because he's had a decent pre-season. Even Arthur melo became prime xavi during pre season.
Kessie wouldn't be a starter for us. He's not that good. He is coming from a league where the game is played at a very slow pace, that you don't have to possesss the slightest of intelligence to succeed there. Why do you think most players who flop in laliga and epl go to the serie A and flourish? Lukaku, Abraham, brahin Diaz, bakayoko, heck even old man dzeko is balling at the age of 36 in Serie A.
Kessi will find it difficult in the more fast paced laliga where there's little time to think about your next move with the ball. He's just coming to add steel/a different dimension to our midfield; from the bench of course.

Kilishihunter:
Oga if Bernando wants to leave, he'll leave, Same stuff that happened with Sterling, Pep tried to get him to sign a new contract but he was insistent on moving to chelsea, Why will Jorge Mendes start offering him to barça and Vardrid out of the blues if he's not willing to move? Somebody that offered himself to us when we went to broker a deal for toress, During the last transfer window he was heavily linked with vadrid from England, Im not too keen on him but if he wants to move and barca still want to pursue him he'll be here before August 30th, Ake not moving was cause city wanted 60m euros which Chelsea backed out of

mate, Bernardo is under a contract at city. Which one is if he wants to leave he'll leave Y'all should try and be logical. The only thing he can do is to make a request for them to allow him leave, and it will be in the hands of guardiola and city to grant his wish. They let sterling leave cuz he wasn't a starter for them, they got haaland and sterling became even more disposable.
Bernardo on the other hand is a crucial player for City and there's no replacement for him, Paqueta is a gamble I'm sure Pep is not willing to take so late in this window.

Ake didn't move because guardiola changed his mind according to Fabrizio. Chelsea had already agreed a fee with city before the sudden turn around.

FirstbornWds:
I didn't over rate Kessie, what I am saying is... His position is one that lacks competition but you see Pedri, he'd have to do more to convince Xavi to play him ahead of Bernado. Not like I mind though because I personally want him to have lesser minutes to avoid injuries in the long run.

Then again, I tell you that we've been having box to box since Xavi left. In fact, Xavi doubled in for us as that but majored as a CM since there was an Iniesta that could create magic with Messi up front. His decline started when he lacked that pace to compliment his abilities and that's where Rakitic came. The Vidal and Paulinho saga only became obvious because Messi orchestrated our attacks mostly so we needed an extra figure in the box.

Guy, If benardo comes, he'll play on the right side of the midfield while pedri will play on the left. They will not be in direct competition for a starting spot. Gavi and kessie will come from the bench. All this one you dey talk na long story.

FirstbornWds:
Talk about adaptation, Pep is a master at helping that. If Barca makes a bid and the player wants to leave, then I don't think Pep would blink an eye to stop him.

You're talking like this because you're a Barca fan and you want the move, but look at it from city and Pep's pov, it'll be disastrous to let a player as important and talented as Bernardo leave now, as city are competing on all fronts, especially to win the Champions league.

Wether pep is a master or not, there is no assurance that paqueta will adapt and start giving high quality performances immediately. Did you know it took this same Bernardo a whole season to adapt to city? No dey talk wetin you nor know.
Pep will talk Bernardo into staying for one more season, like he did with Ake who wanted to move to Chelsea.

FirstbornWds:
In a barca team that plays 433 steady, he can play as a creator or a winger. Now, the only creator we have in midfield is Pedri, and heal is not as prolific yet. We already have a Kessie that advances into the box and can double as a CM too. So, I think the competition in that midfield is with Pedri which I don't have a problem with because I wouldn't want the guy to get injured as frequently because of too many games.


Now, don't underestimate what Pep can make Paqueta into. Imagine him balling at this level despite playing with less tactical manager. If Pep handle for one season, he go ripe pass anything

lol. Bernardo isn't coming to battle with pedri for his place. If he comes, he'll play as the right interior of the midfield 3.
Wtf you on about kessie? I think you're overrating him.
Kessie would definitely be a bench piece if Bernardo comes, end of story. Box to box isn't compulsory in a midfield 3. Xavi and iniesta played together and neither were box to box midfielders. Barca don't even play with box to box midfielders, we only use them as a stop-gap e g Vidal, paulinho et al.

The chances of Bernardo leaving city is really slim, I don't see it happening. You're talking as if paqueta wouldn't have to adapt to a different weather, country and people. It'll definitely take time before he settles and there's no assurance that he'll be as influential as Bernardo has been .
Letting Bernardo go is a big risk that I don't see Pep taking.

FirstbornWds:
This guy is coming to battle Pedri for his position in midfield. Now, the only position that's left with only one player is the B2B position which only Kessie will man if FDJ leaves. We need to consider that this is going to be a long season for us and we most likely can't just hope that Kessie will stay fit for the most part.


If the guy lowers his wages, then he might not leave. I don't think Xavi will actually play him as CB unless he it's really important.

I foresee some of our youngsters going on loan cos this thing will be too jadded to accommodate babies.

@ emboldened, nah he's not.
He actually complements pedri as the right interior CM... Pedri will be the controller- making the midfield tick, while Bernardo will be the more attacking cm- bringing creativity and supporting the front three.

I still don't think he'll come anyway. Man city would be stupid to let him leave so late in the transfer window and Paqueta isn't half as good as Bernardo.

BlaqFaze:
De Jong has to leave for it to happen

exactly...

paiporte:
we don't need any bernado Silva, all we need right now is a good backup Lb for alba and also see if we can get Azpiliqueta

if FDJ leaves we'll definitely need to replace him.. and Bernardo fits the bill

Kilishihunter:
My brother You win abeg, I don taya to repeat the same thing over and over again, Fdj is the best and everyone else is at fault, Enjoy bro

I just tire. I keep repeating myself and he keeps skipping my points .
Dude just dey make argument go round and round like carousel

felix00:
There's no set formation. Barça should play according to the needs of the squad as long as it is possession based attacking football.

This is the last reply from me tho. It's clear you can't hold a convo online without insults so make we just clear each other way

The 433 is perfect for the needs of the squad except frenkie.. and we can't alter stuff for frenkie when he's not the next Messi. Lol
Don't you get it?

Lmao. Arsenal wey no go smell top 4 for for the next 5 years

felix00:
Frenkie fanboy. Lol. Do they exists? I'm saying drop busi.

If frenkie does what's best for frenkie, he is a villain and does not love the club. If Barça does what's best for Barça, it's just business. Lmao.

Do you sha. He talk frenkie fanboy

if I talk wetin dey my mind now you go say I dey insult you.
Frenkie cannot play as a single pivot. Our midfield will be bypassed and smoked if he plays there lol.
He loves to drive forward from deep and he's not very good defensively. Frenkie has to play in a double pivot to flourish and we don't play that way.
Mate, We can't change/alter our formation and jeopardize other players because of frenkie

felix00:
Dembele showed brightly after not when xavi insisted he won't put him in the stands. Adama was even playing well in that period.

Messi did not have a contract. End of story. He has no case. He is not a Barça player. Frenkie has a contract, he should not be blackmailed into anything

dembele Shone bright because he's a very good player and he got a perfect manager to maximize his ability, xavi. When xavi got the job as manager, he talked in detail about dembele and how he wanted him to stay, he knew how important a fit dembele can be to his team.
Adama is an extremely predictable and one dimensional player, he lacked end product, he doesn't even start for small wolves.

Messi was the best player in the world and laporta had to sacrifice him for the benefit of the club. Frenkie on the other hand has done nothing to prove he deserves to be the highest paid player for Barca. If he wants to stay, he should reduce his wage, if he doesn't want to reduce his wage, he can leave, and if he doesn't want to leave either, hands will be forced to get dirty(he'd be told he'll sit out the full season on the bench), for the good of the club. We are not Frenkie FC.