City transfer thread

The only people that are discontent are the ones who are pissing their pants over a lack of transfer activity. It's June, most players, managers and agents have been on holiday and nobody really gives much of a **** until tomorrow. Our team aren't even back in pre season yet, so what difference would it make if we signed 6 players tomorrow or had already signed 4 in the last month? Is the world going to run out of players for us to sign? We shouldn't rush this, we did that last season and look where it got us. We need to go for quality over quantity as the majority of our side is more than good enough for this league anyway.

Our back four as it stands is Robertson, Chester, Dawson, Elmohamady. Yeah we've lost two defenders but there won't be many defences in our league better than that. Both McShane and Rosenior are replaceable, don't mistake cult status for squad importance; both were fan favourites but they're not exactly world beaters and it was their promotion experience that we could've done with, but we can just sign somebody else, it's not the end of the world. Same goes for Quinn.

In fact by waiting for other clubs to move it allows us to see who becomes available as a consequence, which isn't such a bad thing at all.

 

I had you as favourite to be stalking our boards like some annoying pest

Your odds keep shortening

 

What an awful bet.

 

3 key players? Apart from Quinny who is decent I am sure we can replace Rosie and McShane. I would use the term key loosely.

 

well said

 

Rosie and McShane going were understandable and long term fair play, Quinn going on a free is a shocker, was good when he played in the PL for us, would have really been a top played in the champo. Gutted about this one, but Bruce reaps what he has sewn.

 

A stitch in time makes the crops grow.

 

It's not, most of the players really don't like Bruce. I don't know how many times it needs saying before ostriches start poly morphing back into people.

 

Seems the N'Doye to Swansea rumours have some strength to them, apparently he is to undergo a medical in the next 48 hours or so.

 

Everyone we've lost so far are very replaceable.

I've said about 65 pages back, if we were to replace Quinn with Leon Britton then I'd be very happy. He'd be a step up.

It's only if we start losing the likes of Chester, Dawson and Jelly that we'd have next to no chance of replacing with comparable quality.

 

We've had an excellent transfer window so far, we haven't lost anyone of note yet, and cut our expenses massively by shedding off some deadwood and average players.

Easily the best transfer window in the championship.

 

We have next to no chance of replacing Rosenior. People with his commitment on and off the pitch are very hard to find these days.

 

They aren't, he loved the club but there are plenty of professionals out there who would do a job and have more ability.

 

To my knowledge we have lost Quinn and that is it

 

We should agree to disagree.

 

Don't get me wrong, I'd have kept Rosie. But for Bruce he'd be warming the bench.

Likes of McGuire and Lenihan need to have the opportunity to step up.

 

Only you're saying it, just because you say it a hundred times it doesn't turn into a fact.

 

Harry's a centre back and Lenihan I know nothing about, except he's very injured.

 

Does anyone think there's anything in the Brady/hooper rumours