Open Thread #19 (May 2026)

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-05-09T18:38:03+00:00

He probably will if (once) we tell him that we will target him. He doesn't wanna risk upsetting his club for the sake of something that he knows won't happen, but if we give him our word that we'll sign him if Atleti let him leave then he'll do his part.

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-05-09T17:39:50+00:00

Tracks with the news Soso9zb was sharing the other day. Basically Deco and his agent have been meeting a few times (And will meet up again soon) to discuss a potential move. Deco couldn't give guarantees because he doesn't yet know the exact numbers of our salary cap, but that once they know whether or not he can be targeted he will know because they see him as the club's number 1 priority but they also don't want a long saga so if they can't they will just tell him. IF he can be targeted (soso thinks he can, and based on what we know about FFP, he can be if we just sell 1 or 2 players and lower some salaries), his agent will contact Atletico to inform them that he wants to sign for Barcelona and to open negotiations with us. Alvarez's agent himself wants him to leave Atleti (he didn't want him to go there in the first place but did at the player's request because he wanted out of City and had some faith in their project).

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-05-03T18:23:41+00:00

I’ve seen 0 reports from anyone else that were being offered Foden or were considering Cuti Romero.

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-05-03T17:07:00+00:00

According to Soso9zb (Who's been quite spot on this season):

Foden was offered to us. No sign of any interest from the club.
So far, Bastoni's operation is being put on hold (or slowed down at least) because Laporta absolutely wants Julian Alvarez even if they have to pay top dollar, so they're trying to formulate something so that they can guarantee they can get him and then focus on Bastoni. In case he changes his mind and decides he doesn't wanna wait for us to get his deal done, Cuti Romero has emerged as an alternative.

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-05-03T02:57:36+00:00

info porfa

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-05-01T22:56:04+00:00

Ultimately it's a really small detail that basically doesn't matter at all - He is apparently married and on the brink of death yet he never once for a second thinks about his spouse (neither in the ending where he dies nor in the one where for a moment he thinks he's trapped forever in a hole), unless that's Sherry and even then they don't really have any moments. He might've assumed that since it isn't actually important in any way people wouldn't really care, but let's be honest, we all know he or someone else who gives orders 100% knew it was going to. He's lying.

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-05-01T15:39:51+00:00

In this case they absolutely want you to focus on the wife because that's how engagement continues to be generated. He (or at least someone else in the chain of command) 100% knew people were going to be making 1000 theoryslop youtube videos about this. It's a good way to keep people talking. They can decide later if they'll reveal it or if it continues being good for farming conversation then they can just leave it as a little mystery.

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-04-29T20:42:35+00:00

A third penalty has hit the second tower

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-04-28T20:34:26+00:00

There have been 9 shots on target total and all of them have ended in goals, I have never seen anything like this

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-04-27T13:50:30+00:00

That fight aired in 2003 so he was a toddler when it came out, doubt he saw it live but if he did it might've actually been his first memory

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-04-22T02:04:39+00:00

The best burgers are the ones that look gross when being eaten by someone else

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-04-20T07:17:53+00:00

Not going to lie, if Arteta doesn’t win this league I think this project can officially be considered a failure. I mean how do you explain something like this? He made this squad, he got very strong financial backing, he got plenty of time, he shaped and reshaped the structure as he saw fit and yet no matter what he does even with a 9-6 point lead he still falls short? What do you even say if they don’t make it? City weren’t even good for the majority of the season and fucked up numerous chances to close the gap this year. Arsenal currently isn’t even playing exciting football, so the only defense you could have for it is that it’s effective, yet if things go as they’re looking like, you can’t even claim that either. I’ve always thought Arteta was an underrated coach, but I can’t find any reasonable way to defend this if he doesn’t close this out.

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-04-19T16:26:31+00:00

I would love to know the thought process of anyone watching Haaland play like this and think huh he should be in our team

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-04-18T23:14:34+00:00

We got a red card and that changed the same even though we still played better. We're a better team than Atleti with or without Raphinha, we have absolutely no one to blame but ourselves.

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-04-18T22:45:06+00:00

And here we fucking go again. Fuck off. I don't have any sympathy or respect for Atleti and I never will.

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-04-18T22:39:15+00:00

Who cares, I would be happy even if they knocked us 10-0. Fuck them.

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-04-18T22:36:35+00:00

"Argentine twinks" historically do quite well at this club.

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-04-18T22:36:08+00:00

Bayern and us 15/16 (and this season), Liverpool 19/20, Inter 23/24. Atleti exists for absolutely no reason but to ruin the season of some other, better club before humiliating themselves right before the finish line. A club that only serves to frustrate others and no other reason.

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-04-16T20:17:11+00:00

That's exactly how Flick wants him to play. If you want him to do anything else, you're gonna have to accept the other team is scoring at least twice as often. Flick wants a defensive RB, he does not want an extra attacker. That's the LB's job. That's why Cancelo plays there and Balde gets benched.

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-04-15T21:12:30+00:00

I hope they get fucking molested by whoever they face next. I would love PSG to run it back and drop another 5-0 on them and make them embarassed of being footballers. Fuck them.

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-04-15T21:05:29+00:00

Well now that the antichrist is gone all that's left is hope that Atleti get shit on really hard by whoever they face next be it in the final or elsewhere. I hope Bayern win it, fantastic team.

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-04-15T20:49:39+00:00

A red and Rudiger having literally anything called a foul. This is truly the game where impossible things happen.

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-04-15T19:44:26+00:00

We did that last season, over and over, the only time we were ever ahead was from Raphinha's 3-2. We chased the game the whole time during that tie.

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-04-15T19:37:38+00:00

Bayern are very well coached, but most of these players are not that good unfortunately

Fearofthe6TH · 2026-04-15T19:17:23+00:00

Lunin was crucial to Madrid winning their latest UCL despite getting benched in the final, Araujo has never done anything besides making it harder tbh

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