Mahrez | Signed with City

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MaxiPaxi said:
When does the window close? Tomorrow? Who could Leicester get to replace Mahrez at such short notice.
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We have just signed Fousseni Diabate, he scored twice on his debut last Saturday, he looks good, though it’s more likely going to be Demari Gray who will slot into Riyads position.
 
Hope they keep stockpiling players. Eventually it's gonna be hard to keep the players happy especially with a manager like Pep.
 
Leicester Fox said:
We have just signed Fousseni Diabate, he scored twice on his debut last Saturday, he looks good, though it’s more likely going to be Demari Gray who will slot into Riyads position.
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Cheers.
 
Sterling is in trouble with this transfer if it goes through. He'll be temporarily shifted to the left to accommodate Mahrez on the right, then when Sane gets back he'll be in trouble.
 
RooneyLegend said:
Sterling is in trouble with this transfer if it goes through. He'll be temporarily shifted to the left to accommodate Mahrez on the right, then when Sane gets back he'll be in trouble.
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Sterling has had a good season hasnt he? You think Mahrez is a long term option? I ll give it 18 months till he moves again. This is just a stop gap for Sane. This is what they do. They buy and then recycle within a couple of years. They are following Madrid's blueprint for transfers.
 
60 million just to plug a winger problem that they have in the present moment!

And Pep has the gall to accuse United of overspending!!
 
RDCR07 said:
Sterling has had a good season hasnt he? You think Mahrez is a long term option? I ll give it 18 months till he moves again. This is just a stop gap for Sane. This is what they do. They buy and then recycle within a couple of years. They are following Madrid's blueprint for transfers.
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Can't be a stop gap for Sane, they aren't even similar players. Mahrez would be a disaster playing outside left and i'm pretty sure that Pep knows that. He's a big creative influence in a way none of the other attackers are. Him playing on the right will open up the opportunity for Walker to exploit the space caused by him drifting centrally. They'll have to bin B.Silva in some time as he probably won't be happy with bench role and at this time he isn't trusted to play in midfield. They'll probably try to keep Sterling as a squad option due to his versatility. Mahrez will be star there, he has a lot of quality and he's going into a side that attacks pretty much all the time.

Sterling has been good this season but honestly, sometimes you can still see that he doesn't have that high end quality that the very best clubs require for their players and him bundling in a few important goals doesn't change that.
 
I guess that Pep wants to try and win all the trophies and then (maybe) for to PSG next season?!

Can we say 'Oil money talks' ?!
 
Jimmy Skitz said:
Mahrez has 8 goals and 7 assists, dunno what Hazard has
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paulscholes18 said:
12 G, 4 A
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Competition that both players play: League cup, Fa cup and Premier league
Mahrez: 9 Goals and 7 assists.
Hazard: 9 goals and 2 assists.

Hazard plays in the CL where he has 3 goals and 2 assists.

Hazard missed a few game at the begining of the season. not much between them overall in term if output (Goals and Assists).
 
RooneyLegend said:
Sterling is in trouble with this transfer if it goes through. He'll be temporarily shifted to the left to accommodate Mahrez on the right, then when Sane gets back he'll be in trouble.
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No reason why Sterling can't keep Mahrez out of the team.
 
Mr H said:
Competition that both players play: League cup, Fa cup and Premier league
Mahrez: 9 Goals and 7 assists.
Hazard: 9 goals and 2 assists.

Hazard plays in the CL where he has 3 goals and 2 assists.

Hazard missed a few game at the begining of the season. not much between them overall in term if output (Goals and Assists).
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A good example of statistics not being entirely reliable in football. I don't think there's a single person who would put Mahrez in the same bracket as Hazard.
 
Classical Mechanic said:
Christ on a bike Pep is obsessed with spending. A couple of players gets injured for a few weeks and he needs to throw a £100m at it. It's just insane.
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Don't particularly agree with us attempting to sign Mahrez but this idea that it's all in response to a few minor injuries is not true at all. We tried to sign Sanchez on deadline day. We've been after a forward for a while.

Our forwards last season:
Aguero, Iheanacho, Nolito, Sane, Sterling, Jesus (from January).

This season:
Aguero, Sane, Sterling, Jesus.

Nolito and Iheanacho were hardly regulars but filled in when needed and both had some important contributions to the season, and we lack the depth they provided.
 
soap said:
A good example of statistics not being entirely reliable in football. I don't think there's a single person who would put Mahrez in the same bracket as Hazard.
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Of course not, notice the "in term if output" when i said that there's not much between them. they don't offer the same thing to their respective teams.
 
Mr H said:
Of course not, notice the "in term if output" when i said that there's not much between them. they don't offer the same thing to their respective teams.
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I know you're not saying that, just a general observation.

On the topic, does anyone remember that nutter of a Spurs fan on here a couple of years ago who would literally argue that, for example, Pantilimon is the best keeper in the league because his shot/save ratio was the highest?
 
Mr H said:
they don't offer the same thing to their respective teams.
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They pretty much do although Hazard is a more powerful dribbler where as Mahrez possess more quality in terms of final pass and shooting.
 
Swift Football said:
It is not easy to bring these youngsters into the first team. It needs lots of confidence and courage to do so. Surely, Guardiola had his role in development of BUsquets, Pedro, Bartra, Sergi Roberto, Thiago, Duelofou, and now we can likes of Zinchenko, diaz and foden. Case can be made we might not have never seen them play under other managers like Pellegrini.
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I'll give you Busquets, Pedro and Thiago but the rest of the names are bullshit. Roberto wasn't a regular, Duelofou neither. He bought Ibra instead of showing faith in Bojan. Foden is miles away and it's only getting further.

Jose gets critcised yet we have Lingard and Rashford actually starting regular games. Shaw has been brought back in. Pogba wasn't Jose's mistake. There is literally no youngster at City getting the game time we have given our lads yet Pep is lauded as a youth genius. Don't call him what he's not.

For all the talk of City's fabled youth system I'm betting we see much more of our lads break through in the next few years.
 
RooneyLegend said:
They pretty much do although Hazard is a more powerful dribbler where as Mahrez possess more quality in terms of final pass and shooting.
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Wait you said Sane and Mahrez dont offer the same thing since they dont play on the same side but now you are saying Hazard and Mahrez offer the same thing?
 
Bwuk said:
Why do they need him?

Theyre coasting the league as it is, and they’ll beat Basel in next round of CL comfortably. By then Sane will be back anyway, plus they have Bernardo Silva.
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Pep is playing this like he is in cheat mode on FIFA.
There are no limits to the funds availablle (which proves that Sanchez chose us for footballing reasons and not money - MCFC would easily be able to match our financial package).
I'd quite like MCFC to spend £200M+ on a player, who'd probably sit on the bench. That'd be amusing.
 
RooneyLegend said:
IMO he's inferior to Mahrez, all depends really on whether Pep is trying to adjust the shape of their attack.
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I'm with you. I don't think Sterling is anywhere near the dribbler or finisher Mahrez is. His movement off the ball is probably better but Pep might well fix that issue with Mahrez.

I hope this doesn't happen.
 
MyOnlySolskjaer said:
Maybe we should try to get Foden from them.
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Presumably this isn't going to happen, but from the little I've seen of him, he'd fit the description of what we want, a very good CM on the ball to act as Pogba's partner in front of Matic in the 4-3-3 when we want more skill and creativity than Herrera provides.
 
RDCR07 said:
Wait you said Sane and Mahrez dont offer the same thing since they dont play on the same side but now you are saying Hazard and Mahrez offer the same thing?
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It's more about playing style rather than sides they play. Mahrez and Hazard drift inwards(or even start centrally) to create for their team from central areas where as Sane stands high on the left and tries to beat his man on the outside and slip the ball between the defenders and the keeper for a tap in. Sometimes he makes a run and the find him and he goes directly to goal. Beating your man on the outside requires the sort of pace that Mahrez simply doesn't have.
 
kidbob said:
I'll give you Busquets, Pedro and Thiago but the rest of the names are bullshit. Roberto wasn't a regular, Duelofou neither. He bought Ibra instead of showing faith in Bojan. Foden is miles away and it's only getting further.

Jose gets critcised yet we have Lingard and Rashford actually starting regular games. Shaw has been brought back in. Pogba wasn't Jose's mistake. There is literally no youngster at City getting the game time we have given our lads yet Pep is lauded as a youth genius. Don't call him what he's not.

For all the talk of City's fabled youth system I'm betting we see much more of our lads break through in the next few years.
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First of all, I do no see everything as Jose vs Pep. There are things both managers are good at and there are few things in which one is different/better than other.

I think Pep has brought more than his fair share of youngsters in his relatively short career. Regarding Roberto, Deulofou - they were not regular but they got a crack, they got a fair chance, and thats what is needed. Its not like a youth has to be regular instantly to be called that he was brought on by a particular manager.

Reagarding youth graduates from City and us, I am sure we are producing more at the moment, it was like that 5 years ago and I doubt its going to change in just 2-3 years. BUt this is Pep's second season, I think we will see more youngsters play under him in seasons to come ( diaz and Foden can get a fair share of games) and for us, I reckon Angel Gomes and Tahith will get chance.
 
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