I think both N'dombele and Sessingnon with coaching, will be assets. Whether they get the time is another matter. Sessingnon could offer more offensively from than left in terms of delivery, than Aurier from the right he can't defend either sadly
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I'll answer the last question first it 100% would have been worth it to pay the likeness fee. Dybala is worth that and more and would have been an amazing add to the team.
I think that it should have been enough to get Poch out of his funk and have us higher than 14th but it also took forever for GLC to get in and my only concern is whether Poch (or Jose) would have been willing to sit one of his favorites to get Dybala and GLC in or would him being here only have resulted in GLC being held back. To me Dybala should have meant a lot of less time for Moura and Dele but these two have been managers favorite boys so not sure it would have happened.
If used properly a team with Dybala and GLC playing in it should have been able to much better withstand the loss of Kane and still been able to create goals. It should have resulted in Poch not needing to continually run out the same garbage that wasn't working and give him options to change up the squad and tactics.
However, I worry that Poch was so frustrated/burnt out/whatever it was that it just would have resulted in the same frustrating line-ups we saw except now instead of GLC taking too long to be introduced it would have been him and Dybala sitting on the bench while Winks, Sissoko and Lamela tried to break clubs down and provided us with a masterclass on passing the ball into defenders shins.
I see Tom Huddleston is out of contract now at Derby. He ticks all the transfer criteria that will no doubt have Levy salivating at the gills. He’s free, nobody else is interested and is past it. I suspect though that our Great Leader will play it tough naturally and - even more naturally - any prospect of a deal will quickly fall apart.
We could have just taken the money we were willing to spend and snatched Bruno Fernandes tbh.
Too old, no resale value.
I didn’t say he was his first choice, we know he wasn’t that summer, but there is no way on earth that Levy spends a record fee on a player without Pochettino - who was now effectively manager, we no longer had a head of recruitment at Poch’s behest - being part of that decision. No way.
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I am not sure how reliable that is but please god be true and please Levy do not F this up by asking too much. Take whatever they are offering and get him off the team right this instance.
i would rather go into next season with no RBs then bring Aurier back in that role.
I was listening and the radio and it sounded like nearly all of Woolwich's attack came from the left. Definitely need to rethink Aarons if Tierney is dominating him that easily.
Here we go again with the assists, the last assist for Bergwijn's against United really put it on a plate for him.
His final ball is awful, far too inconsistent. He'd have 15 fucking assists if he could pass/cross the ball.
Aarons is just not good enough, I've said it every time I've watched Norwich play, which is maybe 6-7 times at this point.
Sure, it's inconsistent but he's still 2nd in assists.
I'm not even saying I like the guy but we need to bring someone else in if we do ship him out, that's all.
As mentioned before the conclusion that you should take from that assists can be overrated not that Aurier is any good. We have all seen him play and he is in no way coming close to creating a lot of chances (unless you count the ones he creates for the opposition) and is not a good passer of the ball.
60 goals conceded by Norwich gives them the worst defensive record in the league with Villa.
Up until about 3 weeks ago the mantra was, "Let's sign both their full backs!"
Up until about 3 weeks ago the mantra was, "Let's sign both their full backs!"
I don't know, I disagree with some of this. I think he's pretty good going forward all things considered. He's certainly not elite at it but he makes some pretty smart runs and gets in dangerous positions. His passing is not good or bad, it's passable.
We can certainly improve on him, my point is if he leaves, we need to bring someone in.
He is useless said it before saying it now.
We need to bring someone in whether he goes or not.
60 goals conceded by Norwich gives them the worst defensive record in the league with Villa.
Up until about 3 weeks ago the mantra was, "Let's sign both their full backs!"
I am not saying we should or shouldn't bring them in but their FB's are the least of their worries when it comes to giving up goals. The midfield of that team is more than happy to let guy run at the defense unopposed as well as leave guys unmarked.