16 Jan 2026 16:35:58
Another good signing for city from palace this time.
I think they will go hard after elliot Anderson in the summer.
16 Jan 2026 19:48:30
Assuming they sign Anderson and get Guehi over the line, those 3 players signed are the three players that we desperately needed to lift the quality of our squad another notch. Those three additions would have secured us a run at the top echelons of the EPL, but instead we chose to dispose our manager and do nothing.
I was reading how City have churned 14 players since 1st Jan 2025, lowering their wage bill and creating flexibility in the transfer dealings. We on the other hand do nothing, succumb to player power and keep useless assets and skewed wages to further limit ourselves.
This summer, we again have an opportunity to rip apart the squad. I can't be bothered to list them anymore but we have at least 14 players that need to leave for one reason and another.
I suspect we will do nothing, because we have no plans. Time will tell.
I will accept Tuchel in the Summer. I want Keane, but that's not happening until Fergie passes away. I guess we just keep going around in circles.
I pray for OT to be absolutely empty against City, a boycott that is befitting of our current status.
16 Jan 2026 20:42:09
Jimbo
Keane was not a great Manager, he's pretty much admitted that himself. Is Guehi all that? Nobody on here has suggested we should be pursuing him. Anderson yes, but let's see what happens in the summer. Anderson, Baleba, Wharton, there are other options.
You are right about how efficient City are at buying and selling players, we do seem to take forever when they are wham bam, thank you ma'am.
16 Jan 2026 21:32:13
Elliot Anderson would be my dream signing in midfield, he has that Bryan Robson all action midfielder vibe going. The kind of midfielder who is so well balanced that you can play him alongside any other midfielder and it just works.
He works hard, is great defensively, and will step up and grab a goal when you need one, he's also becoming a real leader on the pitch.
That said even with UCL football it might be difficult for us to get him given the disarray the club is in right now. Frustratingly he looks City bound, and he'll captain them to titles in the future, I'm sure of it.
The biggest issue we have is that until we know who the next permanent manager will be it is almost impossible to even work out what type of midfielders we might look in the summer, let alone names of potential targets.
While I think a club can bring in players in most positions that are adaptable to most managers style of play, the midfield is to vital to how a manager wants to play.
Every manager wants centre backs who win duels, are fairly quick and mobile, and good on the ball. They all want, or can make use of a tall strong target man type striker, or a quick tricky winger.
However, the midfield is absolutely vital for how a manager want to set his team up. Does he need a deep-lying playmaker, a disciplined holding midfielder, a dynamic box to box player, a tireless work horse, a feisty bull dog type player who'll snap into tackles.
Does he want his midfielders to sit deeper, have good technical ability and expansive passing range to ping balls forward, or to be tireless high pressing monsters.
The midfield gives the team it's identity, and the club will have to bring in the right midfielders to suit the manager or he will struggle. It's that simple.
The club have been linked with all of Baleba, Wharton and Anderson, yet all three are distinctly different midfielders.
16 Jan 2026 21:44:47
That doesn't mean he can't handle the UTD post AJH.
We have had some great managers come through the doors and they have all failed to a degree.
I say give him the job if we can't get Tuchel and send Fergie out to pasture to stop him interfering with the club. Legend or not, his time has passed.
17 Jan 2026 05:01:55
Guehi is miles better than anything we have at CB all our CBs are very poor, It comes to something when probably our best is McGuire! Never been impressed with Yoro, you all said he is great! You all said I was wrong when I said Deligt is just unreliable because injuries, how’s that turned out and Martinez is not great either, shipped more goals than ever since he been back!
17 Jan 2026 08:04:24
Good posts Jimbo.
17 Jan 2026 09:10:42
Guehi is a class defender for both club and country.
I think most fans didn't talk about him because realistically we couldn't compete for his signature in the summer against liverpool or in January against city as opposed to not wanting him.
Says it all really about how far we have fallen.