Edin Džeko - Striker - Manchester City - Part 2 (15 Viewers)

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Joe

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How the hell do any of you know that Conte didn't ask for everyone so far BEFORE a striker? How do you know that depth and reinforcements weren't Conte's priority before a ST?
I'm just really worried that our team won't be the same without Conte. And in the midst of all these accusations against Conte we're going to stall in the transfer market and be confused.
 

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Hust

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Players have more control these days, not the clubs. If Marotta pushes hard enough, and Jovetic really wants us, it should be a done deal.

I'm not asking us to sign players on a whim. Get your facts straight. I'm asking for a quality player from a Serie A team in gradual decline. A very achievable goal one should think.

Oh, and while we are at it, let's just shut down the forum and end all discussions, since we aren't Marotta or Conte, and can't do their jobs. What's the point of discussing shit then anyway, eh?
You are clutching straws here I think.

It would be entirely achievable if Fiorentina weren't battling relagation clawing their way back to a mid table team and trying to keep their best player to help them.

Put yourself in their shoes FFS instead of what you think Marotta should do. They need Jovetic much more than we do and he is under contract. They are free to reject whomever they want whenever they want.

As far as what Conte/Marotta want, I am playing devils advocate here...some of you scream murder that Marotta is an idiot without even considering that perhaps Conte wanted these moves first and foremost before a striker. No one has even considered it I don't think and thats exactly why I brought it up.

Its just easier for everyone to point their fingers to Marotta I guess than trying to think things through a bit more thoroughly.
 

Hust

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I'm just really worried that our team won't be the same without Conte. And in the midst of all these accusations against Conte we're going to stall in the transfer market and be confused.
I am worried too. That's why I think our market plans have changed completely.

So, to those who want a striker will have to can it for a while because we might need a new coach, new CB and Pepe replacement before we can buy a striker.

If worse case scenario happens and max punishments are given...you fuckers better be happy we didn't spend 30m on a striker because our depth/structure just took a massive blow.

All the goals in the world won't help a team that is thin and bleeding goals. We all know this already. So, perhaps not spending millions on a striker might actually have helped us if we get these suspensions upheld and need money to reenforce.

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If it's good, it's Conte. If not, it's all Marotta baby.
Pretty much. lol
 

Linebreak

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Fiorentina don't want to sell.


What is so hard to understand? Jovetic is their player. Whether he wants to leave or not is irrelevant. Neither of you is at the negotiating table with them having to follow a budget. Go support Barca or City if you want star players signed on a whim.

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How the hell do any of you know that Conte didn't ask for everyone so far BEFORE a striker? How do you know that depth and reinforcements weren't Conte's priority before a ST?

That's right...you don't.

Let the people that get paid to run a multi-million dollar club do their $#@!ing jobs.


And you go on doing yours
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Same as last year but we went undefeated.
What a retarded way of thinking. Okay let us never again pass judgement or even comment about what the people running a "multi-million dollar" club do. We just hear and obey and support :touched:
 

Hust

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What a retarded way of thinking. Okay let us never again pass judgement or even comment about what the people running a "multi-million dollar" club do. We just hear and obey and support :touched:
I don't see any of you at a negotiating table with another club.

You make it sound so simple and when it doesn't happen fingers go straight to Marotta and the world ends. When we win its all Conte.


Thank you Klin for the post. Makes perfect sense. :tup:

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I'm so going to quote this bitch in the Dzeko thread real soon.
We are in the Dzeko thread. :shifty:
 

Linebreak

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I don't see any of you at a negotiating table with another club.

You make it sound so simple and when it doesn't happen fingers go straight to Marotta and the world ends. When we win its all Conte.
Who said it's simple to negotiate? If anything it requires a lot of skill, a lot of wit, determination, deft and relentlessness. We are just saying that if we truly want our club to return to the top of Europe when we need one of Europe's (or the world's) top strikers and as such we should be fighting extremely hard to acquire one, not giving up on the first hurdle as seems to be the case with Marotta.
 

Hust

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I'm so going to quote this bitch in this thread real soon.
Much better. :D

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Who said it's simple to negotiate? If anything it requires a lot of skill, a lot of wit, determination, deft and relentlessness. We are just saying that if we truly want our club to return to the top of Europe when we need one of Europe's (or the world's) top strikers and as such we should be fighting extremely hard to acquire one, not giving up on the first hurdle as seems to be the case with Marotta.
We got good deals on the Udinese duo I think. I mean, Vidal was a WC signing was he not? Barzagli on a dime was great. Licht. Gio. Vucinic. Everyone has been pretty darn good, including the youth players brought in.

The hardest thing for a top club (that isn't city, barca, real, etc) to sign is a WC striker. No one wants to sell their star players. We almost have to scout the top talent before anyone else gets them i think.

All I am saying is, it isn't as simple when working with a budget. It might be one he sells some players, which he really needs to do quickly. Also, if a club doesn't want to sell there isn't a damn thing we can do about it.
 

JCK

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it doesn't matter what you see because in the grand scheme of things what you think is un important and wrong anyway.

i will trust the guy that won the title undefeated before random experts on the net
You can stop going on around that theory, last season every failed transfer was blamed on Conte and every successful transfer was said that Conte wanted, half of that is true.

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Which CF can we afford for that amount?

Higuain wants to stay, RVP prefers the EPL, Cavani is going to cost much more than that, Falcao too, etc.

Let's not even start talking about wage.

The only top quality CF we can get is Dzeko and I hope we will. If RVP goes to City, we have a good chance of getting him.

If we can't get him, Pazzini will do just fine.

Don't mention Jovetic, he is not a CF and definitely not what we need the most.

You do know that Marotta is working with a budget? We don't know how limited it is but don't think that it's huge, especially considering we're trying to meet with FFP's requirements.
Marotta spent more than half the budget reinforcing departments we were already good at.

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Yeah sure. We are going to win Serie A again. As for Europe, let's just hope we get an easy group so we don't get owned!
Winning Serie A is not that guaranteed as you and others are presenting.
 

Fr3sh

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Let's just hope some youth players in the attacking department just explode into WC players...cause clearly we won't be spending. Might aswell not spend on the likes of Pazzini\Boriello and just play the Immobiles\Boakye, if you're going to settle for shit. At least the latter, might turn into something good, if not you can always sell for a couple mills and make profit.
 
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    Edin Dzeko would be fantastic. We need someone who looks for the goal, not the ball.
     

    Robee

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    Marotta spent more than half the budget reinforcing departments we were already good at.
    Departments - any realistic human being knows - that needed to be reinforced if we want to be able to juggle between 3 competitions. Ask Napoli or Milan...

    If you wanted to play CL, Coppa and Serie A with just 3 competitive CM, 4 defenders plus Caceres... Well that's just nonsense and it's clear for everyone to see.
     

    JCK

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    Departments - any realistic human being knows - that needed to be reinforced if we want to be able to juggle between 3 competitions. Ask Napoli or Milan...

    If you wanted to play CL, Coppa and Serie A with just 3 competitive CM, 4 defenders plus Caceres... Well that's just nonsense and it's clear for everyone to see.
    The department that needed most reinforcement, actually it needed total renovation, is our attack. And now where did I say that the new additions were not needed? Just that the forward line was more important to re-build. I guess you are happy with Pazzini so let's leave this discussion there.
     

    Robee

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    The department that needed most reinforcement, actually it needed total renovation, is our attack. And now where did I say that the new additions were not needed? Just that the forward line was more important to re-build. I guess you are happy with Pazzini so let's leave this discussion there.
    You said we were already good at those departments. Well to play on 3 fronts we were actually really really really weak over there. No point in even debating we weren't. So Marotta made sure we have the same strengths as last year, only now with enough depth fr an entire season in Europe and Italy.

    Pazzini as a major signing would be awful. But Pazzini instead of Quagliarella is an upgrade no matter what. Quags is useless to us with Giovinco and Vucinic here.
     

    Hydde

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    Great. So let's go with Dzeko, miss out on signing Cavani/Higuain next season, and watch as other teams snatch all the top players, while we are stuck with their hand me downs :tup:

    It's $#@!ing frustrating. $#@! the sheiks, $#@! the Spanish banks, and $#@! the Russian oil tycoons who are destroying football. Oh, and I can't wait to see how Platini aims to implement FFP with those guys pumping money into their clubs. I'm sure they are going to find loopholes :lol: :howler:
    Well, we need an oil baron of our own, and will not happen anytime sooner :D. So we will have to forget about expensive foreigner WC dudes and try to be creative, finding one on our own.
     

    Hydde

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    Let's just hope some youth players in the attacking department just explode into WC players...cause clearly we won't be spending. Might aswell not spend on the likes of Pazzini\Boriello and just play the Immobiles\Boakye, if you're going to settle for $#@!. At least the latter, might turn into something good, if not you can always sell for a couple mills and make profit.
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    JCK

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    You said we were already good at those departments. Well to play on 3 fronts we were actually really really really weak over there. No point in even debating we weren't. So Marotta made sure we have the same strengths as last year, only now with enough depth fr an entire season in Europe and Italy.

    Pazzini as a major signing would be awful. But Pazzini instead of Quagliarella is an upgrade no matter what. Quags is useless to us with Giovinco and Vucinic here.
    Yes, I said that, we had a good defence and now it's better (if Bonucci does not get suspended) and we had a very good midfield and now it's much better. However, we had a lame attack and we still do, in fact with Del Piero out we have a much worse forward line. Yet we prioritized re-enforcing what were good at not what we got weaker at. You can kid yourself that we might get someone other than Pazzini however I don't see us do anything more.
     
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