My choice for city,s next manager would be....

[blue lewj]

We also had to address the striker problem, and replace NML at short notice, replace an ageing sol bamba
It was just too much to do in a very short window

It was 12 months. He had two full windows and the Covid lay off to look at it all and he came up with what he has now.

He has gone from blowing smoke up a lot of players back ends to now questioning their commitment and performance levels. If he hasn't worked this out in 12 months then he never will.

While I understand what you mean with the Striker situation and NML we had cover in those positions. The central midfield was a more pressing issue and even more so the right back situation which is still going on.

[Rjk]

It was 12 months. He had two full windows and the Covid lay off to look at it all and he came up with what he has now.

He has gone from blowing smoke up a lot of players back ends to now questioning their commitment and performance levels. If he hasn't worked this out in 12 months then he never will.

While I understand what you mean with the Striker situation and NML we had cover in those positions. The central midfield was a more pressing issue and even more so the right back situation which is still going on.

our central midfielders were basically the only area where we weren't going to lose players to contract expiration, so to get anyone new in we would need to sell first , and as nice as it'd be to get some fresh blood in that area we will have bigger priorities the next summer as well.
we lose hoilett, Cunningham and Bennett, and ojo, tutu and Wilson, so basically the entirety of each flank. that will probably mean we won't be able to address centre mid as well