He was proper rolling his spit in his recent presser

I really hope we get something tomorrow and he starts what I like to call entering the dark mind, it's that almost about to mentally accept your cr@p and then quit but you haven't quite accepted it and you ramming your own head through a door

If they lose tomorrow I'm expecting him to come out for his press conference with bits of wood splinters in his head

"I fell into a door, and whishh I hit my head on the door *chuckle*"

Far be it from me to tell Pep what to do (but anyway), but he should think about dropping Haaland to the bench and going back to a false nine and flooding the midfield. Erling's a passenger without KDB and doesn't get involved in play. Meanwhile he has a midfield full of pensioners who are getting out-passed and out-run every game. Make Foden your most attacking midfielder, and get another pair of legs in there to help out and do what City have been so good at for the last decade or so.

Does anyone know (or can point me towards) the current FFP rules on spending etc?

We know City have bottomless riches but how much leeway do they have within the rules? Cos it looks like they need to spend a lot and quite quickly. The keeper looks like he's on his way out, the right back is done, most of the other defenders (and they're already light there) are around 30. KDB, Gundogan and Silva all look close to the end too. That's a big rebuild and - even ignoring the huge threat they're under - looks like a £300M job to fill.

A bit similar to Utd. We know they're rich (well we did till they started sacking all the working class staff and raising ticket prices, so maybe not) but it seems like them spunking millions on worthless dross in the last few years might stop them from spunking yet more millions on new dross to replace them.


Anyone know what the rules are?

I think they would have been fairly tight on FFP a couple of years ago when they signed Haaland. They got rid of a few players that summer, Chelsea signing Sterling really helped them out there as he was on big wages. Haaland's fee was low but the wages are huge. I think they had to offload some wages to make way for his.

Then they won the CL and spent big the next summer but the sales of Palmer and Laporte prob covered all of it for that period. Last summer they spent small and sold Alvarez and Delap for a big profit, so I doubt they are in much FFP trouble. They won't be getting big fees in for the players they need to offload unless the Saudis help them out, so they would be restricted in terms of adequately replacing them with similar quality.

I'd say it's more to do with the case pending. Seeing the likes of Pep and Foden boasting about all the titles they've won as some sort of comeback for being shíte for weeks could signify that they know a big sanction is coming imo. It has shades of Lance Armstrong about it.

Maybe they are in negotiations with the PL to accept a sanction rather than have the case heard. Or it could just be people who don't know how to deal with a loss of form, but they were 11 points behind after 14 games the year Liverpool won it and weren't going on like they are now.

Thought the same thing myself RQ. (KDB has been a total bust since they won the CL. (Him going off injured after 5mins)

Rodri has been a huge loss in all fairness.

He may end up doing a Mason Verger if this carries on

Turning up to pressers with scratches on his face and head

"That's Entertainment!!!... it felt like a good idea at the time"

1 CL in 10 years

Pep has done a great job at City.

They have a core of genuine world class players (Ruben Dias, Rodri & Silva). The rest are good but not world class. I cringe when I hear people saying they are one of the all time best club teams. A Juventus of the 90s would demolish them imho. KDB was decent but plenty of times couldn't get that club over the line in big games. Sterling was similar (Flat track bully). Foden the same.

Some of the signings have not been great. Doku is average and Gvardiol is massively over rated imho. Nunes a total bust.

The biggest waste of space though is Jack Grealish. That lad if he had a brain could have been the best English player in last 20/30 years. Technically the best English player I have seen in a long time. The only year he even vaguely approached reaching that potential was the year they won the CL.

He is a total waste of space. I saw him blaming Southgate for not enjoying being in an England Jersey. Couldn't even get in the City team ffs.

I think Pep's signings have generally been the weakest part of his armour. If you think back to the "great" City team with the likes of Kompamy, Fernandinho, David Silva, De Bruyne and Aguero at the heart of it, then generally he inherited most of those players and simply improved them and turned them into a world class team. Similar at Barcelona, where his skill was in getting rid of the trouble makers and giving space for the young starlets to move into. But his signings have often been patchy.



Wouldn't surprise me if he walks before the season's out. Doesn't seem to be enjoying it at all. Possibly thinking he just doesn't have the answers to the current problem (needs a huge overhaul of the squad and with PSR rules and the possible demotion, they could be out of the top bracket for a while) and it might suit him better to walk away and let someone knew get the blame for not fixing everything.

The main reason why City have suffered is because they no longer have Rodri committing as many tactical fouls without getting booked as possible, apparently that's Baloon Door winning stuff, he has nobody to replace that skillset with to allow the ballers to do what they do, instead City are now easy to play against and can be counter attacked quickly and easily, didn't have to worry too much beforehand as Rodri often stopped so many of the attacks. Luckily for them they have an equally disheveled United coming to town this week. Kind Regards.

Rodri should be booked but ala they let his fould go unpunished, its a type of match fixing ? By letting him get away with it they are setting games up in favour of City , the majority are blindsided by cr@p like booking fixes ffs ,

Now they want penalties foemr time-wasting at goal kicks , they don't even enforce the back pass indirect free kick rule ffs, they have to ENFORCE the rules, its no good playing to the crowd with new rules , start enforcing the current and old laws and rules for a start. We know they won't though.

Is Phillips the luckiest player ever? For such mediocre talent he's made himself quite a career , England International and signed by multiple prem clubs including the oil club themselves

he was decent at the time City signed him...no better than that but barely play for a couple of seasons and then shifting between teams probably largely done now in the top flight..

not sure I buy that one sonts' but maybe..

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Cheer up Pep

I didn't mean Phillips would make up for Rodri's absence, just that they need that type and don't have it. He'd be better than that mug Nunes.

WTF was Gvardiol doing for the second too? An awful finish from Amad which your granny could have stopped. Trying to be all stylish backheeling it, when he could have just stopped it with his instep. Cretin.

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so overated , not really very good is he