The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 30th June 2022

[fishhhandaricecake]

It'll be balanced by Ndombele, Lo Celso, Bergwijn and potentially Moura/Royal not being in the team

and don't forget possibly Winksiniho leaving too mate to help with the non-HG issue

Phenomenal ITK yesterday evening and this morning, the momentum is flying right now.

COYS

 

[brasil_spur]

Hopefully another Brazilian comes to us… maybe the one from PSG… seems to be good

Rafinha?

 

[mattspur1986]

Valenciayid
Hopefully Spence and a CB before Korea tour??? AM before season starts…

well di marzio and others have pretty much guaranteed lenglet, just spence to go by the looks of things.

 

[Timberwolf]

Kane, Son, Kulu, Richarlison, Lucas (not bad by any stretch but Lucas isn't up to it and should be 6th choice attacking option at best, we need more than just Richarlison as attacking depth especially competing on 4 fronts if one of those 4 gets injured then we're back to just Lucas off the bench so another AM is vital imo to complete the window this summer.

Yeah I think this is key. That's an excellent attacking 5, but we're only a Kulusevski injury away from Lucas playing every match and, while he's not bad, we've seen the drop-off in quality when he plays over Kulu.

An additional AM who can cover Kulu and play in a CM3 gives us that extra level of depth and creativity that City have in the forward areas and would give us serious options off the bench. Beyond Kane and Kulu we really don't have any other attackers or midfielders that are cool in possession and have that creative spark. If we lose one suddenly the team is full of great runners, athletes and goalscorers but lacking in craft.

Would still be a great window without an AM, but I think that signing is what could elevate us to seriously challenge for silverware.

 

[mil1lion]

I'm pretty confident given our position at the moment that even if we are all done we will be alert to any last minutes bargains. There will definitely be some desperate teams towards the end of the window.

True, I also expect us to turn our attention to the academy once we get the senior squad signings done. Even if AM is the only position to fill come the Korea tour we may only go for an exceptional option if it comes up (a VDV type). I don't think people should expect us to just sign one for the sake of it because one of the youngsters could break through instead. I also don't think people should expect us to spend all money available to us and be more focused on who we sign and not for how much. Most important thing is we fill all the positions with the right profile so good to hear ValY mention all but AM could be done soon.

 

[chrisd2k]

Honestly, you throw in to the mix a quality creative AM like Paqueta who can also play RWF then I seriously think our team is very close to being on Liverpool and City’s level. The only real question mark bring Spence at RWB considering his youth and lack of PL experience, not that I don’t want him.

Thats exactly what I was just thinking. I really hope the AM Val is referring to is him. AG keeps mentioning him too

 

[whitechina]

Forster ;-)

Last I saw~ Forster is already here, I was referring to potential new as yet unsigned players

 

[StanSpur]

With the exception of Djed S., all of the players are non HG.
it's going to be very interesting how we balance this.
All of the ITK this is a really fun time

Levy will go on transerfmkt in late July and pick up 4 out of contract ex league 2 players for £2k a week and sit them on training pitch 32 for the season..... I'm sure the club are looking at this carefully and will, like city in recent years, add some non first 11 if needed. The talk is really good at the moment, i dont see langlet as weakening our defence (which was pretty good last season at the end) and Bremer or Torres definitely improves it. Richarlison is a great signing and genuinely fills that Kane void up front if he has an injury. Like others the RWB position is the only one i go into next season worried about at this point given Spence's lack of experience - it will be targeted for sure by opposition. Very exciting times.

 

[What Lies Beneath]

We are going to revisit Youri tielemans

 

[Ghost Hardware]

I guess thats the mystery creative midfielder. FInd that a bit of an odd fit for Conte.

 

[SpartanSpur]

We are going to revisit Youri tielemans

Interesting. Not sure he could cover Deki like I hoped but a good player nonetheless and a 3 man midfield option.

Be good if we could have a chat about Maddison too.

 

[cookiemonster]

Ndombele 2

Lazy player

 

[nedley]

Again if it's what Conte wants...

Not my creative preference though.

 

[rawhide]

We are going to revisit Youri tielemans

So, do we think this is the AM mentioned above?

(not a direct question for you, more a discussion point).

 

[What Lies Beneath]

Ndombele 2

Lazy playe

Haha let’s not get spoilt now . Im looking forward to shifting the dross in the club

 

[Yiddo100]

We are going to revisit Youri tielemans

With bissouma already here, not totally against this

 

[rawhide]

Also can we get a Tielemans thread to discuss his pros and cons please, young @THFCSPURS19 ?

 

[Ghost Hardware]

So, do we think this is the AM mentioned above?

(not a direct question for you, more a discussion point).

He't not an AM but im assuming yes. Not a fan of his tbh and seems like a really odd fit but there you go.

 

[Scouseyid]

Ndombele 2

Lazy player

Tielemanns? No he isn't!

 

[mil1lion]

If Tielemans sends arsenal into meltdown then I'm in