For context, this time last season we had signed Xavier Simons (sometime in March so doesn't really count) and Liam Delap and that was it until Lokilo arrived on the 18th July. I encourage people to read last year's Summer transfer thread for context.
Sod the instant gratification....we just need a fan base that doesn't complain and moan at everything and feel entitled to know absolutely everything instantly
Replacing a manager = no plan? McCann was replaced following the takeover. Shota simply had to go after ending up being a poor replacement. Rosenior was a gamble that largely paid off, but for where Acun wants to take the club and for the excitement he wants to see, Rosenior fell short in the end. He backed him though, for obvious reasons and was disappointed that we went backwards after rolling the dice. It seems to me that he's now backing Walter. I'm failing to see how this means the club don't have a plan... As for the signings, we've just finished 7th and have prem clubs snooping for our better players. Much of our dead wood (which every club has) is on the way out. Some of the fringe players and loaned out players get a new lease under Walter, along with anyone we bring in. Some signings haven't worked out, but I wouldn't describe our transfer windows as brainless. If anything this squad rebuild will be taking place in order to line the squad up with what Walter needs in order to compete. Whether it'll work or not in the long run is anyone's guess at this point, but none of this means the club has no idea what it's doing, has no plan, nor does it mean we're in a cycle of constantly binning off managers... Not yet anyways. We haven't kicked a ball yet and I can't believe for one minute we'll kick off the season as we are right now. Neither can I believe wheels aren't turning in the background and haven't been for some time. I don't like stupid phrases like 'bed wetting' and stuff like that, but some of the criticism is starting to get a bit ridiculous now. People have their guns loaded, and the ammunition is largely just conjecture... Oscar coming back to be sold. Acun will get bored. Acun forgetting about us for Fenerbache. Walter must be regretting his decision. The new squad's going to be ****. Acun picks the team. The club can't spend anything. If you throw enough ****... Baseless throwaway statements end up becoming gospel over time and I think it's a large part of the reason people are reacting so vitriolically to not having signed a full squad by early July. Concern is acceptable bearing in mind there's a big job to do, but there have been some absolutely embarrassing overreactions too.
Here's to common sense. It's not that we can't acknowledge that it's a difficult job to sign a squad's worth of players and have them ready for the new season, but it doesn't mean it's some kind of impossible, never been done before task either. Reading social media, you'd think the season started tomorrow.
I still think he's massively over rated- but if someone is happy to pay big money for them, so be it - let's see what happens when he's in the Prem - good business for City
Just for the record - I didn’t say we were bringing back Oscar to be sold. I said we were bringing him back to take a look at him, but if he didn’t fit in then he would have some resale value.
Only because if push came to shove and we were in an isolated area in the middle of nowhere and we needed to resort to cannibalism Dennis would be first in the pan because he’s been marinating for years. Medium rare for me.
Never said it was you, but I've seen it said on the cesspit that is Twitter. There are loads more examples I can add to that regarding the club where people make a worst case assumption and just roll with it until others start believing it.
There are no issues with the lack of signings as it's still very early but the club feels like it's been chaos for the last few weeks and there's no semblance of a structured plan and that's where the concern is especially when it's combined with our track record in recruitment
