Yh I agree Tbf when I said double figures I kinda meant kane wants to be getting 20+, sonny 15+ n dele hopefully 10-15 should be his target
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Transfers Summer 2020 Transfer Thread
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I don´t think that´s a terrible eleven. But I´ll answer you.
As I´ve been saying for a while, I think Jose is building the team with two players in front of the back four. I think he will keep the formation (4-2-3-1) while changing the players according to the opposition.
Against big teams, I can perfectly see Jose playing the team mentioned by
Gatsby
. Against teams expected to sit deep, exactly because we are going to need more attacking players, I believe Jose will play a Lo Celso-Hojbjerg pivot, with four attacking players ahead of them - this will happen through the majority of the season, by the way.COYS
Just teasing...
I think we can expect 10 from Bergwijn across all comps too. Could do with GLC & Lucas chipping in more.... Got Eriksens past numbers to cover somehow.
If Sonny is gonna be playing more central we could do with him hitting 20 if he stays fit
Poor form, mate
I don´t think that´s a terrible eleven. But I´ll answer you.
As I´ve been saying for a while, I think Jose is building the team with two players in front of the back four. I think he will keep the formation (4-2-3-1) while changing the players according to the opposition.
Against big teams, I can perfectly see Jose playing the team mentioned by
COYS
Its a starting 11 with almost no creativity or way to create offense outside of GLC and Kane/Son doing something amazing individually.
Just like last year it is a team that relies totally on GLC coming back to the back 4 to collect the ball and move it up to the front players, one of which you don't want to have the ball because of how poor they with the ball at their feet.
Its basically saying remember all those issues we had last year that resulted in us finishing 6th and looking bad doing it? Lets run the same basic team out there with marginal upgrades in two positions and the exact same issues with ball movement and creativity and hope we get a completely different outcome.
Moura, Winks and Davies as starters is embarrassing.
Can I say, I really hate and I mean REALLY HATE those 2 sky twats Kaveh Solekal and Darmesh Sheth.
Like the two of them have the most slappable faces in existence, and the "I've just got a text from a source close to the deal" bit fucks me off an unnatural amount.
I guess with Darmesh constantly pushing Poch about United made me hate the little weasel's guts anyway then tweeted thanking people for the support after a hard few days! what a snivelly little prick!
as for Kaveh with his weird serial killer smile fucks me off too I honestly hate them both to pieces.
Sky chastise Peter Graves, genunie Newcastle fan for having an opinion but these two arseholes can spout all the shit they want for an hour every day and they're lauded.
Fucking cunts, the pair of them.
Like the two of them have the most slappable faces in existence, and the "I've just got a text from a source close to the deal" bit fucks me off an unnatural amount.
I guess with Darmesh constantly pushing Poch about United made me hate the little weasel's guts anyway then tweeted thanking people for the support after a hard few days! what a snivelly little prick!
as for Kaveh with his weird serial killer smile fucks me off too I honestly hate them both to pieces.
Sky chastise Peter Graves, genunie Newcastle fan for having an opinion but these two arseholes can spout all the shit they want for an hour every day and they're lauded.
Fucking cunts, the pair of them.
Going to beg to differ mate.
Yes, it's a fairly common nickname in Spanish, although almost always in my experience for people who aren't actually black or mixed race, but "Spanish but darker than average" if you know what I mean. I know a bloke, half Spanish, half Italian, who everyone calls "Negro" (his second surname is something like Negrini and he's sort of swarthy looking) . A propos of nothing really, he's an anarchist, his mates who call him that are anarchist-punk types (including my brother-in-law), not people you'd associate with racism. Personally, I call him Javi.
I used to have a black mate here from the US, his Spanish family called him "Negrito" which they assured him was cariñoso, "more friendly". He absolutely hated it, understandably.
Even so, the guilty parties, if that's what you want to call them, could give the defence that they considered themselves to be Chris's friends. Suárez wasn't Patrice Evra's friend in any sense of the word.
Words change meaning in their context, as we as Spurs fans know from the "Yid" debate. For example, the word "Scouse(r)" is happily used by Liverpudlians, as well as by non-Liverpudlians when talking to/about people from that city in a friendly way. Say it with a snarl, or add the word "wanker" and its meaning changes 180º. Get in Steven Gerrard's face and say "Eh Scouse" twenty-odd times in 90 seconds and he'll spank you. You probably won't even get to ten.
Which is the essential part of this case. Suárez called Evra "Negro" - not his nickname, no bond of friendship existing - twenty-odd times in 90 seconds, inches from his face. That's incredibly insulting (it would be if you followed me around and barked Bill in my face over and over again in a non-friendly way), and yes, it crosses the line into racist abuse, given Evra's skin colour and Suárez's obvious knowledge of the meaning of the word.
He knew what he was doing and why 100%
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The Doherty deal really is a no-brainer, as was the Hojbjerg deal. There really isn't much more to it.
Prem proven players who add missing ingredients to the squad - what's not to like?
A reliable RB and an industrious, defensive minded midfielder were our two biggest needs.
We got two players in at basically no cost (once we account for selling Aurier) who are both premier league proven and fill our two biggest needs.
If coronoavirus hadn't happened they may not have been the two we signed/wanted, but given the financial reality, it's excellent business.
Now just get a backup/rotational striker and our three biggest needs have been addressed.
I think it certainly is debatable if they add missing ingredients, Hjobjerg especially.
But beyond that there certainly are questions about how much they bring and if we should not be adding better players than these two or in Doherty's case better and younger with better potential.
Both signings are fine signing that help us maintain our place in the top 6 but do little to help us compete for the top 4 both next year and certainly going forward.
RB is solved for next year but still an issue for the club going forward. We still have no true DM and have a major lack of creativity/passing ability in the MF especially if Tanguy is not playing for us.
I think people are ignoring how awful we are at creating chances and moving the ball, especially if Ndombele is not the player he reportedly is.
If we are going with a MF of PEH, GLC and Winks with Moura starting as we are going to have major issues going forward and that would easily become a major need, if not the biggest need we have/had.
It's a bit premature to call Hojbjerg and Doherty "marginal upgrades" before they've kicked a ball for us. My feeling is that they will be huge upgrades.
As much as I love the cult of Sissoko it's crazy that such a limited player got so many minutes for a top 4 club. Hojberg will bring more control in possession and more tenacity off the ball and I think he will elevate those around him. Winks in particular stands to benefit.
I would also be wary of underestimating the impact of Doherty. You mention a lack of creativity in that XI but considering how much of the ball Jose's system gives the right back, having someone there who has been proven to make an impact in the final third (as opposed to Aurier) will increase chances created.
Of course the system relies on GLC, Kane and Son creating and scoring - they are attackers and that is their role. But add to that the box to box presence of Hojberg (See the second goal vs Ipswich) and the threat of Doherty, and with Lucas showing some good things towards the end of the season, I don't think there's a lack of creativity in that team.
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You make some good points but..
Calling moura, winks and Davies as starters embarrassing is a bit much..
Embarrassing to who?
Bit off, this comment.
To a squad that has top 4 aspirations.
To a squad that would be leaving a 60 million dollar player who supposedly has the skills that fit exactly what we need on the bench and not replacing him with a similar style player.
To a squad that just spent 20+ million on a much better player than Moura in Bergwijn on the bench.
With a team that has limited creativity as it is having 3 players that are woeful with the ball at their feet and terrible going forward is brutal. When there are better options on the bench (Bergwijn, Ndombele) is even worse.