I agree about Mangala.  I think he'll have a really strong second season if he gets the chance.

Think Watford are playing 3 centre backs this year so I'd like us to take Denayer on loan.  We've just signed his Belgian fellow centre back and those 2 plus Carhcart, Britos and Prodl would be a strong set to rotate.

A year in the PL would do him good I think. Means Pep could keep a very close eye on him.

Apparently we're battling your boys for some Torino right back.

I agree about Mangala.  I think he'll have a really strong second season if he gets the chance.

Think Watford are playing 3 centre backs this year so I'd like us to take Denayer on loan.  We've just signed his Belgian fellow centre back and those 2 plus Carhcart, Britos and Prodl would be a strong set to rotate.

This will be his 3rd season

Hate to kick man city fans again after Joe Hart's heroics but wasn't Denayer a bit of a headless chicken for a couple of the goals?

Yeah dropped in at the deep end to a degree and I think his lack of experience showed on occasion.

Will he be playing for City this season or loaned out again?  Will be interesting to see if Mangala has a good season now he has settled in.

I think a lot hinges on Stones (groan) for both players. I'd like to keep Denayer in and around the first team squad, but if he isn't gonna get many minutes then we might as well loan him out again as his 2 previous stints in Scotland and Turkey have been pretty successful. Denayer can also play right back which does give him quite an advantage as both our full back positions have question marks hanging over them.

I'll probably get shot down for this, but I actually like Mangala. Don't get me wrong, he's a walking mistake at times, but when he plays well he plays really fucking well; commanding in the air, strong in the tackle, a very physical presence at the back, and only recently turned 25 so his best years ahead of him. He's a confidence player though, and when his head drops he's gone. He's very effective against the big forwards (Costa, Deeney, Ibra, Lukaku) but does struggle against the smaller nippy ones, whereas someone like Kompany is equally adept against both.

If we sign Stones, and this is looking increasingly likely, something has to give as we can't start the season with Kompany, Otamendi, Mangala, Denayer and Stones in the same squad. Rumours abound that Mangala goes back to Porto on loan if we raid Everton.

Hate to kick man city fans again after Joe Hart's heroics but wasn't Denayer a bit of a headless chicken for a couple of the goals?

Yeah dropped in at the deep end to a degree and I think his lack of experience showed on occasion.

Didn't do much over 2 legs vs us, kept very quiet by our average defence, especially in the 2nd leg. If Mangala has you in his back pocket you should be worried

A great player and talent, will probably notch a few goals but its one thing banging them in for fun in a league that you win by 31 points, and another thing altogether in the Premier League in 2016 where even the 'crap' teams can cause problems.

Good for shirt sales I bet, do they still charge by the letter to have a name on the back?

Not sure where the below first appeared but someone copied it over on Blue Moon. I wish City would take The Sun to the cleaners but their stance is always to remain quiet. Using a picture of Sterling in a story about a wannabe footballer turned drug dealer which had nothing to do with Raheem, fucking go for them City

http://www.101greatgoals.com/news/sun-use-picture-raheem-sterling-tweet-drug-dealing-semi-pro-footballer/?

An antidote to the nonsense
 I have seen the cr*p spouted about Sterling recently and it greatly upset me.

 I too happen to have an exclusive about the ‘blinging’ Sterling family – Raheem’s mum is a nurse at my Grandad’s old age home in north-west London and has been looking after him and a floor of similarly bedridden and incontinent 90-year-olds for years.

 You can imagine that any job like this takes immense courage, dedication, patience and kindness. Raheem’s mum has continued to do jobs most of us dread, despite Raheem’s immense wealth and success. She is dedicated to those under her care at the home and ensures that the residents (some of whom are Holocaust survivors) live out their final years in dignity and comfort.

 It amazes all of us that she works long hours wiping up, feeding and cleaning old people, beside the fact that she and generations of her family will never need to work again. Perhaps none are more amazed than my Gran, who has developed a bit of an obsession about Raheem, cutting out the positive articles about him in the paper and giving them to his mum who then passes them onto Raheem. Raheem was touched by this and sent my Gran a thank you letter which she treasures. This a 90-year-old lady who had an ace WWII fighter pilot brother. When my family visit Gran, barely a visit goes by without mention of Raheem.

 I just thought I would write in to add a counter voice to usual sh*te and distortion in the media, now desperate for scapegoats in the England squad. Hopefully this story can relate with the good readers of F365 about the reality most of us live in – where people just try to get on with their lives, do the best they can as human beings, and make other people a bit happier if they can manage it.

 Thank you.
Ryan ‘Shout out to the COYS whatsapp group’ Jacobson

Not winding you up here but heard from a very good source today you boys are looking seriously at Butland as a replacement for Hart.

That actually wouldn't surprise me and much more feasible than Neuer etc who have been touted. We lack 'homegrown' players so just can't see us replacing Joe with a foreign keeper.

I think Hart will get the chance to prove himself to Pep though, at least initially. He probably hasn't endeared himself so far this summer

Fast forward 12 months and Butland has had another solid season, whats the cost? £25m? Birmingham entitled to anything?

Welcome Nolito.

Please don't get homesick.

Snagged my White Lies ticket this morning, and also snapped up a ticket for Cast at the back end of the year in 'ull.

Really hope no more bands I like announce stuff, pretty sure Nationwide would like me out of my overdraft at some point this year

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1366429/life-and-times-of-footie-idiot-raheem-sterling/?CMP=spklr-_-Editorial-_-TWITTER-_-TheSunNewspaper-_-20160630-_-Sport-_-505976548

Usually this is regarded as a success story; brought up in difficult surroundings and from a poor background, father murdered, could've easily ended up on the wrong side of the tracks during/after school but instead is a very successful footballer at only 21 years of age.

Nah, he's just a ''football idiot'' and a national paper feel they can print this turd shite. Shouldn't be surprised really when they have a history of garbage. Tapping up dead kids phones, anyone? Blaming the fans for Hillsborough?

I should probably go to bed

http://www.football365.com/news/mediawatch-stop-the-sterling-hate-campaign

Seem to be edging closer to a deal for Nolito...thoughts on him if he signs?

Must admit I don't know too much about him or seen him play very often. Whilst he isn't one for the future, he should be in his prime years now. Read something that he created the most chances in La Liga last season, and also bagged 12 goals. It's not very often you can snag a Spanish international forward and still get change from £14m.

Anyone who has seen more of him can offer any insight? Struggling to see where he'd fit in at City but I trust Pep's judgement if we get him

He's no Jack Butland but that is much as I know... It's obviously a done deal and I've just read that it will probably be officially announced tomorrow to coincide with the new branding  and the welcome to City weekend for Pep. Yep, if Pep wants him that is good for enough for me...

Pretty incredible that Sterling made it to the front page of the Sun today. Taking the scapegoat shit to new levels but hey ho...

I might have had a little FB rant about that dozens dead in a massive terrorist attack at one of the busiest airports in Europe, but lets go with Raheem Sterling's sink as the front page. It's the house he bought for his mum by all accounts, and the footage is a couple years old. Which is all completely irrelevant cos its just not news by any stretch of the imagination no matter how they dress it up.

How is that piece of shit 'newspaper' still in circulation?

Giggs, an enthralling pundit.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Seem to be edging closer to a deal for Nolito...thoughts on him if he signs?

Must admit I don't know too much about him or seen him play very often. Whilst he isn't one for the future, he should be in his prime years now. Read something that he created the most chances in La Liga last season, and also bagged 12 goals. It's not very often you can snag a Spanish international forward and still get change from £14m.

Anyone who has seen more of him can offer any insight? Struggling to see where he'd fit in at City but I trust Pep's judgement if we get him

The news I've been waiting for; a White Lies tour! New album October and a UK and European tour Oct/Nov. Leeds on 30/11 looking the one.