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1 hour ago, Bredbury Blue said:

 

So everyone bar you has the opinion that this is not your normal season due to the effects of Covid.

Of course it's not normal due to covid, but we were discussing you stating it was a  weird season due to unusual scores.

3 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Sorry Ronnie but your mate trying to post in street-cool english just ain't cool.

I think it's more the case that either his English just isn't very good or perhaps he is suffers from Dyslexia, neither are a reason to mock someone.

42 minutes ago, Bredbury Blue said:

It will probably level off but you can't deny it's been pretty weird to date. One example, almost relegated team 7 vs 2 champions - that kind of thing happen during normal seasons? NO it doesn't.

So 4 or 5 high scoring games with Liverpool being on the end of one of them makes it a weird season (when we are not even a quarter of the way through the season ) ? it's not like sh*t teams are at the top of the table and decent teams are in the relegation positions, now that would be weird.

1 hour ago, Bredbury Blue said:

When Mourinho was at ManU there were lots on the footie forum criticising his ability. His record and his ability for me is without question, he might not be the special one but he's a top manager. One of the most impressive things for me was when he subbed Joe Cole and SWP after only 26 minutes of a 1-0 Chelsea defeat at Fulham in March 2006 - i get sick of watching managers waiting, trusting their players until the 60-70th minutes, when it's too late to affect a match. If it ain't working early doors, sometimes you have change it.

 

He's doing a decent job at Spurs and he'll have no better chance than this weird season to finally land a trophy for Spurs.

 

Why is it a weird season ? 4 of the teams you'd expect to be in the top 6 or 7 are in the top 4 places and no doubt some of the other top teams will find there way into the top 6 or are you calling it is weird because City aren't in the top 6 ?

14 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

 

Just a shame the big one is not on the list !

How the hell did the sniper get into Anfield last night ? was it some sort of Islamphobic attack on Salah does anyone know ?

Bit confused ! first you say "Macro arrived to excavate footing holes" (confirmed by picture) you then say "They then took the first piling and using the macro tried to sink it down to bedrock" I.e.2 different methods,  so what is the method  to be used as per the drawings ?

10 hours ago, jellydog said:

And while I'm in a bad mood, what the heck has happened to Bernardo? Two seasons ago he was on top of his game. Last season saw a drop off, and so far this season he's offered nothing. Plus, he's apparently a right wing jackass.

Can you elaborate on that jelly, not sure what someones political stance is  has to do with football anyway !

5 hours ago, bangkok blue said:

Not in Thailand they don't.... sadly ????

According to this they do !!!

https://www.beinsports.com/th-en/tv-guide

1 hour ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Extracts from The Athletic article on City's recruitment.

 

Looks pretty much to me that Txiki (Director of Football) is in charge of recruitment. He finds several options for a position and then Pep gets involved - as opposed to Pep says go get me player X.

 

"City realised a while back that they had to be smarter than their rivals. They already had an enormous network of scouts to identify the best young prospects in the world. Yet their recruitment processes changed when the club set up a new department a few years ago, going by the title of “emerging talent.”

 

many supporters might not be aware such a department exists or know a great deal about the former lower-league striker, Gary Worthington, who runs it. Yet it is a huge operation

 

Worthington was recruited from Chelsea in 2010, where he was in charge of academy recruitment 

 

Soriano and his colleagues set up the “emerging talent” department, taking advantage of the fact the City Football Group (CFG) has eight different clubs under its umbrella. Which means that City’s talent-spotters are not just scouting for Guardiola these days but also New York City, Melbourne City and all the rest. This, in turn, means they can develop players within their own network of clubs. It also means they can potentially save millions on players in the future.

 

The organisation believes it has the most sophisticated database of scouting reports in existence. Indeed, there are so many scouts working for CFG, the people at the top cannot even be sure of a precise number. It is a global operation these days.

 

Due diligence is key and City’s scouts are not just entrusted to find players but also to speak to the agents and whoever else may be relevant to learn more about their prospective signings. Begiristain, who is provided with 45-minute video analysis of potential targets, brings in Guardiola when the list is whittled down to four or five names. The director of football also insists on watching each player in a number of live matches because, as he tells colleagues, he wants “the smell”."

 

 

 

 

Is that the best you can do ? i thought you were going to actually have facts to prove you were right.

8 hours ago, mrbojangles said:

 

I think you are over simplifying a complex system where the stakes are high. We aren't talking about buying loaves of bread here,  this  process is  about huge investments splashing out 50 million+ quid nowadays on any decent player.  If you don't think there are thousands of players to be looked at, why did Liverpool hack our scouting system and get fined for it? There was a movie about baseball or american football on player stats, think Brad Pitt was in it. Well that is how it's done nowadays. Science and stats, stats and science. 

 

Of course Pep may have some recommendations of who he fancies looking at and ask to see that stats on the guy, he will also be part of the final say of a short list but there are so many complications in transfers nowadays, particularly with agents complicating contract demands, that a head coach doesn't insist on getting who he wants.  He will compromise

 

 

All i'm saying is that when it comes down to buying high profile players for the first team, it's Pep job to pick and choose who he wants and he makes the final decision, obviously there is due diligence from other areas at the club but ultimately he has the final say.

As for your comment "Pep doesn't have time to watch thousands of players play and critique" of course he doesn't but the scouts/ analysis teams that are doing that job are generally looking for hidden gems that haven't already been picked up by the big clubs, probably a system more suited to someone like Soton who are more likely to pick up that sort of player and play him in the first team, lets face it generally our first team signings over the last 10 seasons have been been established household names in the football world that hardly need to be scouted in fact i can't remember the last player who played in our team who was bought as a hidden gem !

13 minutes ago, Bredbury Blue said:

He was 4th choice if we believe the press - although City have been linked with him for some time.

 

He was the right profile, price, Benfica need money and we were able to offload Otamendi.

I didn't say he was Peps 1st choice, so are you saying that he was given to Pep by his Dof  who said " Pep this is your new CB'' and that Pep didn't get the final say ?

6 hours ago, mrbojangles said:

 

Got to disagree with that. Pep doesn't have time to watch thousands of players play and critique. That's what our scouting department is for. Transfers are a combined effort of many people in the club. They look at a whole heap of players and do an initial sift. Pep may have a preference on a certain player but that's all at that point. 

 

Pep and his coaches will come up a wish list of positions they want to fill. More importantly, they will advise on the type of player they want. i.e. for City at the moment, it has to be 100% a player who can distribute and comfortable on the ball. A huge criteria nowadays is the personality of a player. Never used to be an issue in the olden days but nowadays they want a team player and someone who fits in with the rest.

 

Txixi and co will already have agreed a transfer budget with Mubarak and will then look at the positions to be filled. They will then instruct the scouts to come up with a short list of candidates that suit the criteria given. This will then be put in front of all the coaches to come up with a preference and taking into account affordability and permission to talk to the club/agent/player etc. And so it goes until a transfer is done. Whether it be with your preferred choice or another. Dias for instance, allegedly wasn't our first choice but Napoli were holding out for money that City didn't value Koulibaly at. Therefore, we stepped up with choice number 2 and got a deal including Otamendi going the other way. We have shown time and time again that we will not be held over a barrel for transfer fees and will walk if it doesn't make financial sense.

The above might apply to lower level players and youth players etc but certainly not first team players and i think your over complicating things to be honest if you think that there are thousands of players that need to be looked at for a club like CIty to improve a position in the team, Pep would know all the top players in Europe that fit what he is looking for and that certainly doesn't run in the thousands more like 6 at max, i doubt very much scouts had to sift through 1,000s of players to come up with Rodri, Mahrez, Dias, Cancelo, Laporte etc, are you saying that they paid 60 odd million for Dias and that he wasn't Peps choice ?

18 minutes ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Why do clubs have a Director of football to oversee such things as transfers?

So I listed honestly the players and my opinion on them so let's have yours and we can discuss the ones we disagree on.

Your comment on Laporte shows how little you know about City and is embarrassing.

 

Spot on Bredbury, Citys D of F would oversee transfers after Pep has chosen his man.Why would Pep let a D of F choose players for him ?

5 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Seen it.

Again, so are you a City fan?

When i keep refering to city as "we" i thought that might have given you a clue !

16 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

1. "So because someone is saying Pep has had his day that makes them not a blue". Don't believe I said that. I did say I didn't think you were a blue (which is a different thing entirely) as I wasn't aware of you on here. But if you are a blue,  welcome.

 

2. "then you go on to say about idiots on social media ranting about Pep out, so does that also mean that there not Blues either". Don't believe I said that either. I believe it's premature to want to get rid of a manager who won us...(you know what he won us)...playing great football because Liverpool have come good again after 30 years and we were only 2nd best and/or because we haven't won the CL. 

 

So are you a City fan?

Do you want to get rid of Pep and if yes, why?

See post 4374.

1 hour ago, RonniePickering22 said:

I see Dias is off to City....bad news that.

 

Meanwhile where is our new striker??

You were never going to pay 68m euros for him mate.

50 minutes ago, Bredbury Blue said:

How quickly people forget! Not sure if you are a blue (think you are not) but since the Lyon game there are idiots on social media ranting on about Pep out. Bit premature I'd say. The only way I'd join in that is if Pep has told management that he has no intention of extending his contract, then I'd say if someone decent was available to bring in now then it might be worth biting the bullet and bring in a new manager (why wait till next close season?). I'm not convinced about Poch, and I could see that when Pep moves on we appoint from within or someone who's been through the club and knows it well like Arteta, Viera, etc.

I'm not sure if we can catch up Liverpool this season but once we bring in Dias and get the injured / sick back I think we'll be a lot better.

 

Two things Pep has to sort out urgently (assuming we get a RCB in this week):

1. Teams (bar some top 6 clubs) have learnt that the best way to play City is 5-4-1, soak up pressure and hit on the break with fast runners (Wolves, Leicester and others have used this effectively), and we just don't seem able to break them down. Need a new plan Pep.

2. Find a decent LB. Ask any City fan who was our last decent LB and some like me will go all the way back to Willie Donachie. Mendy came with a big reputation, got injured almost straight away, and while fit now has lost his pace he relied on. He's not the answer or Zinchenko. Cancelo finished the season well at LB, is injured now but deserves another chance but is unlikely to be the answer. At the moment I'd play Ake there presuming Laporte is fit. But we need to sort this <deleted> out that's gone on since Clichy and Kolorov were moved out.

 

Next up Burnley in Caraboa on Wednesday...if you are fit you play.

 

So because someone is saying Pep has had his day that makes them not a blue, strange, then you go on to say about idiots on social media ranting about Pep out, so does that also mean that there not Blues either ?

Wow 68m + add ons Euros for Dias i hope he is decent and can play CF.

3 hours ago, balo said:

Many top teams are struggling now because of the short preseason.  This weekend has produced a lot of surprises!   Not only in England, Bayern losing 4-1 , Dortmund 2-0.  
City 5-2. Can't remember so many weird results at the same time. 
  

 

West ham Wolves

Pep out, Poch in !  had his day i'm afraid, squad no longer good enough and cannot keep blaming injuries with the amount we have spent over recent years.

1 hour ago, Peter Denis said:

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12 hours ago, Sheryl said:

You are still in the acute (though post-viremic) phase. At that stage, supportive care alone (e.g. paracetemol and NSAIDs) can suffice unless they are insuifficient to control symptoms at which poibnt you shopuld see a rehumatologist re possibel addition of a steroid.

 

If it continues beyond the 3 month mark then other meds would be indicated and should definitely see a rheumatologist.

 

good article here though rather technical  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6771335/

Thank you.

Virus started on the 25th July with extreme joint pain but not lasting too long and was only tested for Denge at that time. Arithritis pain in joints started at the beginning of Sept and was recently tested for  Chikungunya virus ab IGG anti-bodies of which the level was 1:160.

Doctor has said there's not a lot can be done and just have to let it takes it's course, so are you suggesting Sheryl that i see a Rhematologist ?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Just been told that i have the above due to previously having the Chikungunya virus, anyone have experience of this, length of time etc.