LexingtonSpurs
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As long as Sterling stays at City, Walker won't have to worry about being the most overpaid player on the roster...
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£50m is ok, equal to the most expensive defender of all time.
The real question is not wether he's better than Trippier, but wether he's better than the midfielders he's going to face when playing us and others. Deployed correctly he's been flying for us, Guardiola will play him very differently. His full backs often play in the centre of the park so he's going to take a kicking from Wanyama and Dembele.
We are weaker overall without but not entirely weaker against city. I look forward to stuffing them.
The real question is not wether he's better than Trippier, but wether he's better than the midfielders he's going to face when playing us and others. Deployed correctly he's been flying for us, Guardiola will play him very differently. His full backs often play in the centre of the park so he's going to take a kicking from Wanyama and Dembele.
We are weaker overall without but not entirely weaker against city. I look forward to stuffing them.
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Class deal. We don't have money to throw around so selling a dispensable player for £50 mill that that can be reinvested.
worcestersauce
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Adrian Durham on talksport trying to make something of it, selling to a rival blah blah, but it ain't really coming off, plenty of calls fair enough but no whining as far as I heard.
The more I think of it the more I think Poch was clever to play Trippier at the end of the season, how much calmer are we now knowing we can trust him than we would have been.
The more I think of it the more I think Poch was clever to play Trippier at the end of the season, how much calmer are we now knowing we can trust him than we would have been.
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If the player wants to leave and there are no good offers from clubs overseas, then I'd rather he goes to city than to united, Chelsea, pool or Arsenal.
He's 27 and is at his peak. He's probably got about 2 years more before he starts slowing down. His main asset is his speed and without that, there's nothing much else that he could offer a team that will be challenging for top honours each season and has the money to get top replacements.
Pep might also not be at City in a couple of years time and the new mgr may not consider Walker as first choice material by then.
I think this is the highest fee that we will ever get for him and if he wants to leave then this is the right time.
He's 27 and is at his peak. He's probably got about 2 years more before he starts slowing down. His main asset is his speed and without that, there's nothing much else that he could offer a team that will be challenging for top honours each season and has the money to get top replacements.
Pep might also not be at City in a couple of years time and the new mgr may not consider Walker as first choice material by then.
I think this is the highest fee that we will ever get for him and if he wants to leave then this is the right time.
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50 mill for a player that on match day could polarise a fanbase ... Yeah.
LexingtonSpurs
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This is what I love about this site - nobody ever overreacts!
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£50 million for a player we already have a replacement for? Not bad at all. Walker's clearly a top defender - you can't be 1/4 of the best defence in the league for two seasons in a row and not be good. However, if there was a weak link among those four he was it. While he had become more consistent in recent years he is still prone to the odd moment of madness. Also, he's nowhere near as good going forward as a player of his physical attributes and experiences should be.
Trippier isn't as good defensively - yet - but he is far more effective going forward. If we can bring someone else in to keep that position competitive and use the rest of the money to strengthen elsewhere then it's a good deal, even if we're strengthening a rival.
Trippier isn't as good defensively - yet - but he is far more effective going forward. If we can bring someone else in to keep that position competitive and use the rest of the money to strengthen elsewhere then it's a good deal, even if we're strengthening a rival.
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Absolutely gutted re Walker, I honestly thought he would stay as he has been here so long there is just no loyalty in football anymore! to Man City aswell - seriously? Small Club just lots of money...
We must react though as we will be labelled as a selling club again and anyone who thinks Tripps can step in and replace Walker is crazy.... and certainly was not at Wembley for the cup semi or a number of other games I can list from last season.
Tripps is a great back up for the smaller games (Watford etc) but got found out many times against the bigger teams... I remember sitting in west lower v man u and Martial absolutely destroyed him, we brought on Walker and it fixed the issue....
I was at Wycombe and similar there winger ripped tripps apart, eventually causing tripps to fall over and do his hip...
I think he is great but anyone not sad or thinking walker going is not weakening our squad must be crazy.. he is a massive loss to us as a football first 11 and we must sign someone to replace him and quickly before we give players like Alli / Dier reasons to want to leave as once again see us as a selling club.
Money means nothing to us as a club if it don't bring us trophies - its the team that wins trophies, not Enic bank balance.
We must react though as we will be labelled as a selling club again and anyone who thinks Tripps can step in and replace Walker is crazy.... and certainly was not at Wembley for the cup semi or a number of other games I can list from last season.
Tripps is a great back up for the smaller games (Watford etc) but got found out many times against the bigger teams... I remember sitting in west lower v man u and Martial absolutely destroyed him, we brought on Walker and it fixed the issue....
I was at Wycombe and similar there winger ripped tripps apart, eventually causing tripps to fall over and do his hip...
I think he is great but anyone not sad or thinking walker going is not weakening our squad must be crazy.. he is a massive loss to us as a football first 11 and we must sign someone to replace him and quickly before we give players like Alli / Dier reasons to want to leave as once again see us as a selling club.
Money means nothing to us as a club if it don't bring us trophies - its the team that wins trophies, not Enic bank balance.
Trippier is not a Walker replacement please stop saying this...
I am sure we will buy another right pacy back and there will be a rotation between Trippier and the new player
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Agree on this, it could have been an £80 million fee. Fact is we have strengthened a direct rival with the best right sided full back in the league. Tripper is good, but he's not a Kyle walker. If perieira comes in, don't think poch puts him straight in. He always eases new signings in. We shall see though.
we'll certainty see KWP is what i can see and 50m going into the concrete
Don't you reckon the reason he did this this season was because he had four fullbacks whose legs had gone? He basically said outright that he didn't have fullbacks that could run up and down the pitch for 90 minutes.
I reckon Walker will be deployed as a player that stays wide, and that he'll use Fernandinho when he wants a player that's more comfortable at tucking in.
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I don't buy this 'weak link' tag, however, I do feel he was the most expendable based on the number of other RB's about.
Rose would have been harder to replace as there are less quality LB's around.
Equally, you'd be less inclined to replace either CB, as part of their quality is the way they play as a partnership.
So, if there's one of the back four you'd accept going, it's Walker, but that's based on the difficulty to replace the others rather than a question of his ability.
To say he is a weak link does him a disservice.
Rose would have been harder to replace as there are less quality LB's around.
Equally, you'd be less inclined to replace either CB, as part of their quality is the way they play as a partnership.
So, if there's one of the back four you'd accept going, it's Walker, but that's based on the difficulty to replace the others rather than a question of his ability.
To say he is a weak link does him a disservice.
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Poch is the full back whisperer though. That's my only hope that we will be ok losing him.
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Defence mechanism so it seems like we're actually the winners here.
But Nope not having it, Trippier isn't in walkers league and we've fixed a massive problem for man City.
It's shit ultimately but we'll be okay I feel as long as we don't loose anymore 'weak links' from the first choice 11
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