Savinho

[ricky2tricky4city]

I always found that a false economy, spending money and loads of it has only worked for the successful clubs, in large because of their ability to spend it again if those they spend large on failed.

We couldn't and still can't afford that level of mistake, so for all the hype and TBH I am excited with this season, the large spending on the 2 CM and CB have to work, for us they just have to.

For me its always been about the right player, not the right money spent in the grand scheme. BTW before anyone jumps on that and gets the wrong end of the stick, I am delighted we are securing the players the manager wants with the money and ambitions they are using to spend it, but they still have to be the right players, if they are then the money parted with matters not a jot

I get it Marty... you're not one of those fans

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

I get it Marty... you're not one of those fans

 

[monkeybarry]

and a forward written by Rivaldo…

A forward you say.....?!

 

[Finney Is Back]

The only thing that shifts the needle with a lot of fans (as you've found) is spending money. Lots of it. That translates as easy emotional gonads wins.

Many other things are just as important, and harder to get right.

The right manager for example (I.e. not Thomas Frank)

 

[Bedfordspurs]

The right manager for example (I.e. not Thomas Frank)

He was never a manager
Not convinced it was even the real Thomas Frank and was a clone taken from his school teacher days whilst the real one worked as a hairdresser

 

[Raziel]

I always found that a false economy, spending money and loads of it has only worked for the successful clubs, in large because of their ability to spend it again if those they spend large on failed.

We couldn't and still can't afford that level of mistake, so for all the hype and TBH I am excited with this season, the large spending on the 2 CM and CB have to work, for us they just have to.

For me its always been about the right player, not the right money spent in the grand scheme. BTW before anyone jumps on that and gets the wrong end of the stick, I am delighted we are securing the players the manager wants with the money and ambitions they are using to spend it, but they still have to be the right players, if they are then the money parted with matters not a jot

We have spent money in the past, on 3 x 25M -40M players instead of 1 x 100M player. So far our net spend is behind last 3 summers.

The stadium is working as planned, we can afford a miss or two, we couldn't in the Covid years, the stadium build years.

 

[SissokoWasGood (BoL)]

We have spent money in the past, on 3 x 25M -40M players instead of 1 x 100M player. So far our net spend is behind last 3 summers.

The stadium is working as planned, we can afford a miss or two, we couldn't in the Covid years, the stadium build years.

Yeah I think this mentality of worrying what would happen if a singing doesn’t work out is what holds us back. I don’t want to mortgage the future of the club; and I trust the people in charge aren’t doing that. And so we need to start acting like the club with the stadium, revenues and profile that we have.

Otherwise, it’s impossible to have a football strategy. No deal will ever be perfect and so we don’t get exactly who the manager wants. That manager inevitably fails or gets frustrated and we have to restart the cycle,

I believe it’s possible to be sustainable and be more aggressive. I really like what we are doing.

 

[SissokoWasGood (BoL)]

Chelsea have put a cut off for City to bid for their players.

Possibly all connected

This could well be true and I have to say City’s stance on Savinho fascinates me.

We clearly want him, they clearly don’t want him that much by how much they play him, and yet despite us being willing to be bigger spenders now, this deal has taken much longer to do.

 

[metalgear]

This could well be true and I have to say City’s stance on Savinho fascinates me.

We clearly want him, they clearly don’t want him that much by how much they play him, and yet despite us being willing to be bigger spenders now, this deal has taken much longer to do.

i know pre season isn't indicative of anything, however savinho has been getting a lot of minutes and freedom to strut his stuff. i believe that Emirates Marketing Project genuinely do not want to lose him, however, there is plenty of evidence sav wants the move (transfer request, social media shenanigans).

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

Yeah I think this mentality of worrying what would happen if a singing doesn’t work out is what holds us back. I don’t want to mortgage the future of the club; and I trust the people in charge aren’t doing that. And so we need to start acting like the club with the stadium, revenues and profile that we have.

Otherwise, it’s impossible to have a football strategy. No deal will ever be perfect and so we don’t get exactly who the manager wants. That manager inevitably fails or gets frustrated and we have to restart the cycle,

I believe it’s possible to be sustainable and be more aggressive. I really like what we are doing.

That wasn't the point I was making and I am not worried

 

[Legohamster]

i know pre season isn't indicative of anything, however savinho has been getting a lot of minutes and freedom to strut his stuff. i believe that Emirates Marketing Project genuinely do not want to lose him, however, there is plenty of evidence sav wants the move (transfer request, social media shenanigans).

I imagine he was given a promise of minutes last year and that never happened, so he wants off

 

[Lemonade Money]

So far our net spend is behind last 3 summers.

Interesting. So the only real change, is we've swapped a long term strategy (youth prospects), for a short term strategy. Let's hope the manager sticks around.

 

[Daisuk]

We just need to move on from this, no way is he worth 85 mill. Find someone else.

 

[ShipOfTheseus]

We just need to move on from this, no way is he worth 85 mill. Find someone else.

Isn’t that what the club has fairly obviously been trying to do all summer, to no avail?

 

[Gutter Boy]

We just need to move on from this, no way is he worth 85 mill. Find someone else.

Its supposedly 85m euros, so £70m

 

[harr1984]

Its supposedly 85m euros, so £70m

Even as someone who thinks he will come and do well, I think 70m is steep.

But if we do agree a deal then lets see what the actual price is - lost count of the number of times the fees end up being nothing like what is speculated....

 

[Mosquito_Coasting]

Only way this is okay money is if RdZ really really likes him.

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

This could well be true and I have to say City’s stance on Savinho fascinates me.

We clearly want him, they clearly don’t want him that much by how much they play him, and yet despite us being willing to be bigger spenders now, this deal has taken much longer to do.

I think it's simply we butted up against a moment where we have to sell to be able to spend some more. Spence and Romero sales will unblock that pipe. (That obviously goes for any purchases)

 

[Gazza Dazzla]

I think it's simply we butted up against a moment where we have to sell to be able to spend some more. Spence and Romero sales will unblock that pipe. (That obviously goes for any purchases)

Yep it seems pretty clear that we burnt through the capital that was injected by the owners this summer with the early spending and now we’re in a position of having to sell to fund new buys, hence the business slowing down and looking very much like how we’ve always operated. If only they pumped in money each summer under the other guy…

 

[Gazza]

It’s getting closer was pictured with a pen in his hand walking down the high street