Skerritt

I hope he makes us regret selling him. I still think he could have made a large contribution to our squad this season. If we played more attacking football where he got more of the ball and didn''t get frustrated he could have easily grabbed 10-15 goals again.

Oh look. A post about rankings and statistics. Lets go on it and waste my time writing a pointless criticism on it instead of posting something constructive that contributes something to the post. Get a life.

In South America, I can only see São Paulo and maybe flamenco competing with us. Santos were very much so a two man team and now Neymars gone, Ganso will have very little to aim for.

For a start, 60-70 has a rather wide boundry so there could be 10 better teams outside Europe than us. Secondly, I can''t even think of 2 teams that are better than us outside Europe. Think before you speak you mingmong.

According to FIFA, Norwich are the 131st best team in the world (However that''s wrong as Rangers are about 60th), 95th in Europe and the 9th best team in England. What would be your realistic rankings for us. Mine would be In the world, 60-70th Europe, 60-70th England 9th (Due to the huge signings we''ve made)

Top half finish would be great We need a couple of strikers to add depth and a new Center back. An attacking mid would also help to add more competition for wes. Fer and Wolfswinkel will be good to watch but Swansea also look to have got a Good player in bony. I reckon ricky will have a good season, as will ruddy. Fer will have a good season but as he''s a holding midfielder he won''t get the credit he deserves. Villa fixtures are always interesting. As are the games against the big clubs because there''s always a chance you can pull off a good result. I''m looking forward to Palace away most because its close to where I live and west ham away least because they''re hard to beat at home. The 4-2 win when Newcastle were flying high a couple of seasons back was my most memorable game because I missed the game so finding out we won was great. Kinnear isn''t fit to run a lemonade stand. Never mind a football club. Cocky and arrogant with no filter on what he says. I would live Cabaye and sissoko in our side. Ben Arfa also looks good and marveux looks like a nifty little player. Pardew is a good manager but can be inappropriate, like when he pushed the Lino. I can see Newcastle improving greatly on last season and finishing 11th

The finish was still exceptional. To curl It as much as he did requires a lot of skill

I know it''s very early on in Murphys career and he only played against a weak team but could he compare with Raheem sterling. From what I''ve seen he seems more confident on the ball than sterling and has a better shot but sterling seems less greedy and has a better delivery of the ball. Either way I feel we have a talented player on our hands.

How many goals do you think our players will score next season in the prem? Ricky 17 Quags (if we get him) 12 Hooper (if we get him) 10 Snodgrass 9 Pilkington 6 Fer 4 Bechio 3 Martin 3 Hoolahan 3 Bassong 3 Turner 2 Olson 2 Redmond 2 Howson 2 Johnson 1 Bennett 1 Bennett 1 Whittaker 1 Garrido 1 What do you think?

[quote user="iron_stan"]too old, too expensive, no resale value and not enough quality to drag city up a level, no point[/quote] Dont know who you''ve been watching. Class act. Incredible finish. Fairly good in the air. Not got a lot of pace but enough to beat most center backs. Would be unbelievable to see the Wolf and Him upfront together.

Future England international. Quality signing.

[quote user="iron_stan"][quote user="Skerritt"]The youth players shipped out though have all still got good contracts in championship and league one teams so still have good careers ahead of them.[/quote]yep youre right, im not arguing they will probably have futures in the game.butwe see clubs like utd and southampton who have brought through academy players and they go into their first teams, not all of them, but quite a few over the years. Now i appreciate there are factors like catchment areas, reputation etc but city at one time did have the knack of doing a similar thing. genuinely suspect we will look back and regret releasing smith, francomb showed a hell of a lot of promise as well when he had his chanceits been a long time and the release of the latest batch suggests its not going to change anytime soon[/quote] Im with you there mate. Adeyemi, Smith and Francomb all looked excellent prospects. Luckily we have a very good youth team coming forward with the Murphies an toffolo. The future is looking bright.

The youth players shipped out though have all still got good contracts in championship and league one teams so still have good careers ahead of them.

Pilks is worth much more than 5m. He scores a lot of goals for a winger and he creates a lot of chances. On his day, he can be our best player and when he was injured, it really showed how much it affected our form.

I met him at Center parcs and he was happy to take a picture with me. Very nice lad.

I do hope we dont get Al Habsi to replace him. Most accident prone keeper.

In all fairness though, although this rumour is a load of b**locks, I would love him to come to the club and it would be the type of signing I would love to see the club make.

Sad to have seen him go to be honest. Looked like he still had something to offer when he got a bit older and if he stayed with the club and developed, I feel we could have made a decent player out of him. I expect him to do very well at Oldham and would not be surprised if we see his name around the championship or some weaker prem side soon.

[quote user="The ghost of Michael Theoklitos"][quote user="Skerritt"][quote user="GJP"][quote user="Skerritt"] If de gea is with 18m than ruddy must be worth about 4billion.[/quote] De Gea is a brilliant ''keeper to be fair. There hasn''t really been anyone better than him since he''s been in England. Though Ruddy is top class too. [/quote] De gea is a good Keeper in the Spanish leagues but doesn''t quite cut it in a physical league like the prem. if he were to play in the Spanish league he would do very well. Very surprised to see him in the team of the season, but then again, it''s man utd so other keepers from ''small clubs'' like begonia and mignolet (or even Guzan) don''t get a look in.[/quote]But he adapted. For me, in the last half of the season there was no better ''keeper in the Premier League. Mignolet was up there, but De Gea did some amazing things.I think a lot of people saw De Gea struggle earlier in the season, and then wrote him off too early.[/quote] Fair enough mate. I personally think we have better in a more assured, dominating keeper who gives confidence to the defenders infront of him. De gea is an unbelievable shot stopper but his biggest flaws for me are his dominance in the air and his lack of communication with his defenders. They don''t seem assure when he is in goal.

[quote user="GJP"][quote user="Skerritt"] If de gea is with 18m than ruddy must be worth about 4billion.[/quote] De Gea is a brilliant ''keeper to be fair. There hasn''t really been anyone better than him since he''s been in England. Though Ruddy is top class too. [/quote] De gea is a good Keeper in the Spanish leagues but doesn''t quite cut it in a physical league like the prem. if he were to play in the Spanish league he would do very well. Very surprised to see him in the team of the season, but then again, it''s man utd so other keepers from ''small clubs'' like begonia and mignolet (or even Guzan) don''t get a look in.

Pinky finger on his left hand.

I know this is just a twitter rumour so is most likely bullsh*t but someone has reported we turned down a 4m bid for ruddy from an unnamed prem club. That has got to be a joke. He''s worth 3-4 times that. If de gea is with 18m than ruddy must be worth about 4billion.

I don''t even think Titus bramble would be able to get up the pitch in time. He would leave them all on side with no defenders back.

http://youtu.be/8RIbPfWMNJc Stopped A strong inter attack from getting any shots away.

Definitely worth the 3m. Great player and unbeleivable potential.