OTF

Joelinton is not his usual self out there.

Never a fucking yellow that.

Way too much space there.

Gordon with a miracle touch bringing back Ruben Diaz from the brink of death, you'd think he'd have been more appreciative.

Finally some good play.

His energy also seems low.

It'd be worthwhile for City to get some larger, brighter advertisement hoardings around their stadium.

We look a little nervous with our passing.

Fucked his shoulder, hoping it's just jarred.

Plus hardly seems worth a weekly release when the outcome is readily available through a 5 second google search.

Yep, if we won the Carabao Cup with its paltry prize money and finished fifth in the league we maybe sign Barnes but none of the others. Finishing fourth will advance our progression more than winning a cup, once we're consistently top four contenders, with our ownership, it would seem to only be a matter of time before we win a cup.

And we're somehow suffering for their sins. The common belief, perpetuated by virtue signalling media, is that we've bought our success. Whilst our purchases have been key to our continual improvement, not one of them in isolation was outside the price range of a midtable premier league team, let alone one easily selling out 50k+ seats, and critically none of them are players at the top end of premier league wages. Having qualified for the champions league we still haven't moved away from that highly disciplined approach, making astitute purchases of emerging stars who aren't at the peak of their abilities and earnings. We're building a team, not buying one.

How could they not? Listen to Dan Ashworth; results are best tracked against wages. Super high wages and seven years deep into the best manager in the world mean that Man City are head and shoulder clear favourites in every single meaningful match they play.

There's definitely too much polish and not enough substance. It could have done with more of a walk down memory lane to give us a stronger identity prior to the takeover. The last two episodes should be more enjoyable with the run home, it's definitely better seeing the games rather than the surface level 'for the cameras' behind the scenes corporate stuff. That content pretends to give some sort of interesting insight but mostly ends up being a case of when buying less is better, when selling more is better. That really only works if you're a bunch of desperate chancers working on a shoestring budget ala Sunderland 'til I die. There'd be loads of actual interesting content behind the scenes, particularly around the likes of the owner related sponsorship rules that were brought in as a direct response to our new owners, just none of which could be said in front of a camera. Nor could they really accurately cover off how some of the clubs voting have chequered pasts (Chelsea) with Man City's abstinence telling. If they spent a moment going through the spending after Chelsea were bought by Abramovic or City by Mansour it would have given interesting context to the financial fail play impacts that are the most interesting part of our transformation and why what Howe and co have achieved thus far is so impressive.

Good luck with the book Diego, looks a real cracker.

Isn't it fucking lovely to support a club that buys quality players before their prime with the right mentality to succeed. Bruno, Isak, Botman, Gordon, Tonali, Livramento, Barnes, Hall. Long term signings with attitudes and ambition in line with the club, who will help to cultivate our identity and be rewarded with the opportunity to reach their potential whilst enjoying our richly passionate supporter base.

Are we sure that isn't Matty Longstaff?

Reported

And surely there's some interest in Manquillo from Spain?

Does this not turn Burn into a more readily available CB though? 2-for-1. Plus we have Krafth returning from injury who actually played well at CB when called on under Howe.

English and Spanish heritage here, so I guess it's a win.

They've been doing this for bloody ages, buying loads of talented young players, loaning the ones out who arent top echelon and then selling them for huge profits. This is just higher profile players and larger fees. It only works results wise if you have a proper strategy to the purchases and someone to bring them together on the field. For me I'm not sure that Pochettino will be able to do that, but he's going to get a good chance at it, both in terms of money to spent and time to bring an identity to a Chelsea team that has lacked one since Conte. I can't see them jettisoning another manager in a big hurry.