re: Manchester City 2020-21 thread: EPL Champions

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To me, the story of the season has been the Dias/Stones/Ederson combo. In the background you have Gundo plus Cancelo/Rodri emerging.

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Dias more than anything IMO. Stones has been solid but Ederson has stepped up and been an actual stop blocker this season, something I've hammered him for in the past.

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Bernardo has shown up when we needed him.

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He has been incredible since he put the shirt on. Last year was a step back but he was still solid. I've never seen him have a bad game due to lack of effort.

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Walker and LaPorte in supporting roles.

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This one SLIGHTLY pisses me off. First Laporte. Everyone shite on him because of like 2 bad matches. Outside of that he's been an absolute rock. Walker gets shite on unfairly too. He isn't a god but he caught a ton of shite last season for no reason. He had to cover for our dogshit CB play. He had to do too much and suffered for it.

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I also think you are watching Aguero and Fernandinho’s final season at City. With a bit of luck; perhaps Mahrez’s as well.

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This one is tricky. I think if we get Messi (won't happen IMO) we keep Kun no questions asked. If not, then it goes 60/40. Dinho isn't what he was but he's still a valuable piece. If we can sign him to a reasonable deal he stays. I think we shop HARD for a decent replacement though. If we can't get that then we re-sign him.