Ederson definitely left in a few soft ones this season.

I think Mahrez is more likely to leave than Sterling.

Ederson winning Golden Gloves is more down to our defence than his goalkeeping. Still the distributor of the ball in the World.

Good chance Gundo will stay, would be gutted if Bernardo left us.

* best distributor

Ederson still had a higher save percentage than De Gea which ain’t hard as most keepers have a higher save percentage than De Gea. He at least sets your attacks up.

Fernandinho signs out. Brilliant career with us!

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I wouldn’t be too upset if Mahrez leaves, he is definitely a luxury and we will recoup his fee at the minimum. Sterling probably works harder for the system, but his output in the final third is a fraction of what it was a few years back. I think one of will definitely move. I’m sure the coaching staff already have an idea of who will fit a system involving Haaland best.

Ederson is a pretty average shot stopper but he makes up for that in all the other areas

Good article, hard to judge Zinny with all that must be going on in his mind thanks to the little moron Putin but he made a killer pass when it mattered. Can see a LB replacement for Mendy, a DM and with Alvarez and Haaland it will be enough if we keep the key players. Can see Sterling moving on though, possibly Jesus too.

Zinchenkos a decent option in the squad! He’s not suited to every game at LB though, and when he’s called upon due to injury issues against the wrong side he can come up short. Definitely think a FB should be on the cards this summer, we were so ropey at the back when a few injuries hit at the back end of the season.

Alvarez scored a double hat trick the other day didn’t he! Excited to see him play, but surely means the end for 1 or 2 of Mahrez, Sterling, Jesus and Bernardo (hopefully not the latter one!)

We definitely need a LB

And a DM , but not sure Phillips is the right guy to play back up to Rodri and being English will cost way more than he is worth.

Great article. I plan to share my thoughts on the season for the league & CL.

Ederson- The crazy thing is if you had to pick the bones of his performances across the season he is almost faultless. No errors that lead to goals etc. the challenge is we are comparing him to other Top 5 goal keepers and that’s where he comes short as it seems that each time we face a decent team their first chance leads to a goal. I’ve been thinking about his performances a lot and I think due to the lack of action in his box(this season more than most) his concentration levels have dipped and he relies on coming of his line forcing forwards into mistakes rather than taking the right postion and preparing himself to make the save.

I think that’s where Allisson is good. He gets off his line, psyches the attacker into a panic but is still ready and prepared to make the save. Ederson doesn’t and that’s a huge concern. He doesn’t have the greatest reflexes but he is still better than what he has shown this season so I think he will get better.

Walker - Pur best defender this season. Weird season because we had the lowest xg conceded since opta starters tracking these things but I never felt our CBS were great. Dias had a dip and Laporte was poor at the start of the season.

Canceló I don’t know. Leave it to Pro honestly because he made a lot of stupid decisions that could have cost us the league in the last few months. We NEED a left back and I hope we get the Brighton fella.

Bernardo - one of the reasons why we conceded few chances as him and Rodri were our 2 best players. But if someone comes in with a good bud I think now is time to let him go. Not only for his sake but I think pep will move either Foden or Grealish into the 8 role next to KDB. Will be gutted to lose him but not against the club letting him go as he has been an amazing servant. Gundo must stay.

Had a long think about it and between Jesus, Mahrez , and Sterling think I would rather Mahrez left. Great season and has been key in our recent CL performances as he also keeps Sterling out But rather keep Sterling as he is a better player in the league games.

Regarding CBs most city fans know Stones has upped his performances but Pep is still reluctant as he hopes Laporte will rediscover his pre-injury form. Now I won’t doubt Pep as 2 seasons ago I was one of a few slagging of Gundo but if Laporte was to leave I wouldn’t be too sad.

^ fair comments.

The thing that worries me more about Ederson, is if it were us that went to penalties in two cup finals this season in not sure we’d have won both trophies. I never expect Ederson to save pens, or 1 v 1s (how immense was Joe Hart at that), likewise I never expect us to score pens either tbh 😂

Lots of talk about Ake moving. That’d be a shame imo. He is a capable back up

I think it would be a real shame to lose Ake, he rarely lets us down and covers CB and LB. Seems just the type of player we need. Talk of him, Zinchenko Jesus and Sterling going as well as little Fern would mean a pretty extensive rebuild. I know Alvarez plays a similar type game to Jesus but will he be a step up and will he play when needed without fuss?

We conceded 5.32 goals more than expected in last 9 away games the worst record by far in that timeframe lol so De Gea was worst keeper in the league by miles for last few months of the season and then he gets praised lol.

Spurs conceded 11 goals from a similar XG against that Man Utd conceded in same period lol.

Ederson meanwhile conceded 4 goals from 5.12XG in last 8 away games so basically you would have conceded probably 7 goals with De Gea in goal.

According to the papers this morning, Guardiola has a “secret pact” with Bernardo to allow him to leave this summer, if the deal is good for City.

I don’t think it’s ever been a secret our players are free to leave whenever they want providing a suitable offer is lodged?

I do think the club should do all they can to keep Bernardo for another 12 months a least. If Fernandinho, Gundogan and Bernardo all left in one window we lose a lot of experience from the MF going into the new season. And that’s the area we’ve always had a real advantage over the rest of the league.