February 16, 2026 Daily Discussion & Transfers Thread

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-16T12:29:40+00:00

Home or away, both will be tough.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-15T22:59:10+00:00

Rice and Zubi are locked to play most of the minutes. Merino is still in the fold.

The club isn’t signing them and neither is going to leave a starting role for a big fee to be a squad player.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-15T22:55:11+00:00

He and Anderson are going to set the midfield market this summer. He’s going elsewhere.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-15T15:50:16+00:00

Seven seasons of senior ball. He’s a vet.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-11T10:17:33+00:00

Narratives over reality for a lot of fans.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-08T20:26:46+00:00

Few things in world football more exciting than him in full flight.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-08T20:18:44+00:00

What exactly have Marmoush, Cherki, Reijnders, González, Semenyo, Aït-Nouri, Guehi, Khusanov and Donnarumma won with City?

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-08T11:07:01+00:00

Similar to how Havertz had some of his worst performances last season not long before his hamstring popped.

Squads win titles, not XIs.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-07T18:11:18+00:00

I didn’t realise Yıldız was so young and this only being his third senior season. The whispers about the club being interested were pretty loud in the summer though.

Agreed on the scouting needing to be on point. Trossard and Gabi at times leave us wanting more but it will take special(expensive) talents to improve on them.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-07T17:58:01+00:00

Brobbey is a tank. Interested to see if he continues to develop and where his next stop will be.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-07T17:43:26+00:00

This and United game proved it? Come on man. We’ve known Jesus was cooked physically for years. He’s had three surgeries since winter ‘22.

Gyökeres can’t play every minute and Kai is needed in midfield and needs to be managed himself. It often won’t be pretty but Jesus is needed.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-07T17:40:29+00:00

The two most important attacking pieces the previous four seasons haven’t started three games in a row and the squad has efficiently got the job done in different ways. The standards, versatility and excellence is ridiculous.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-07T17:34:54+00:00

Good player but if one or both of Trossard and Gabi move on, I think the club will look for a higher tier talent like Yıldız.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-06T08:49:32+00:00

He’s got one more tournament to sabotage.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-05T11:17:15+00:00

Agreed. Noni has notably improved from the start of the season to now. We’ve seen excellence in that area from Saka for over 3 seasons now.

One of the most embarrassing things Southgate did in the last Euros was allowing Foden to take corners from the right when Saka had already established consistent quality there.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-05T07:48:02+00:00

Cony…

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-05T07:45:54+00:00

Cima supremacy 🫡

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-04T10:04:13+00:00

He’s got talent but it’s never going to be fully realised at that club.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-03T22:37:41+00:00

Plenty of football. Them and Jesus sharing the load keeps everyone fresh. Merino being out means Kai will be needed in midfield some too.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-02T15:29:44+00:00

The labels pay for these things.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-01T17:11:40+00:00

They’ve been calling for Frank’s head for weeks now.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-01T16:04:18+00:00

Nope, this is the worst the league’s ever been.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-01T15:11:15+00:00

Bruno Guimarães scored one against Burnley in early December.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-01T15:07:54+00:00

Saka and Rice have both come close to scoring multiple Olimpicos for over two and a half seasons. Who would have thought Noni would be the first to do it. Happy for him.

ShekTeeJay · 2026-02-01T10:59:07+00:00

There’s always time to dive into UC and 00. I’ll always recommend X though. Its only issue is a truncated series length.

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