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Biggest issue is that City are going find themselves massively up against the homegrown rules wall this summer.

That strategy has the added bonus (though it can be hard to see it) of being self-selecting, too. So you only sign the players who understand the value of playing for us in terms of improving their game and furthering their career. The players...

Encouraging if true. This was always the model to revive the club, offer young players the opportunity to prove their talents and then sell for a big profit. If he's smart he will see this is the best move for his career also.

Players definitely care about architecture. The reverence which Anfield and Old Trafford get spoken about makes that obvious. Dortmund in similar boat. Whether they care for ours or Spurs new stadium is a different matter and only time will...

The big massive stadium we've just built would be a good start. State of the art and best in the country. The atmosphere and passion of the fans would be another. After that it's probably going to have to take a (hopefully short term) rebrand of...

There's better ways to build us up than having to point to when we were good a century ago. Times have changed, no one outside of blues cares about it.

No but they also won't care about that when they have actual trophies in the 21st century

We can't bring over any U18s anymore and it wouldn't get actioned anyway. Anyone who thinks a PL club is going to operate a tip line anyone can use is in cuckoo land

Of course. We should be offering 2 anyway, the real question is should we go to 3

Meanwhile other clubs can show clips of strikers where the video is in colour and the offside rule exists

Well just spread his tackles around the team like we did with Lukakus goals.

Very likely. Theyve only got 2 decent midfielders

If 80 million pounds is almost nothing to spend then I'm excited for this new friedkin era

Every single finish goes exactly where you expect him to put it. It's remarkable how little variation he has

Not forgetting living in London and how much more they’d be able to pay him too. They’ve also been handing out stupidly long contracts out like sweets to try and get around PSR regs.