The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

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The Fury said:

I don't think Hart regrets it either, paid Man City wages, living the life in Italy. :P

Don't get me wrong, Bravo may be a great keeper but not suited to the Premier League (yet). Look at Di Maria, superb before he came to Man U then well, did very little for one season, he found it hard in the prem and has done better when going back to Europe. I just feel it would have been better if Pep spent time making Hart the player he wants instead of buying a player he wants, as Hart had the experience he needed already.

And Pastro, you are right on the defence, Stones has yet to live up to the money they spent on him but he's young and his time will come, but Kompany was such a stable for years, it's hard to just replace someone like that and expect things to work out.

I am confident that Pep can make this work eventually and from what I know about Bravo that he can lift his level. But I guess this season will be hard(possibly they won't win anything) and I'm not sure if fans and the owners are willing to wait.

I thought about this today since they were analyzing the goals on tv. Big mistakes when starting plays and ball loses on dangerous places, added to poor reaction by the keeper. Pep's teams have been more compact in the middle and it looked like he was making it that way in the start of the season but lost it in some point.