CheersFYI, I have added in PEA, Lacazette and Nketiah for comparison.
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CheersFYI, I have added in PEA, Lacazette and Nketiah for comparison.
And they hype Martinelli as much as Saka who plays on the other side. I mean Raphina can play LW but it’s certainly not his strong suit.Kind of a shame, though gun to my head I do believe Richarlison is the more suitable player for our current needs. I fear Raphina (though I absolutely wouldn't turn him down) would simply be trying to compete with Kulusevski while I could see Richarlison being able to start in either Son or Kane's positions when required.
The scum's business is a little strange. Jesus was a no-brainer and will be a default starter (hence why he's settling for them) but I really don't see why they'd try for Raphina when they apparently hype Saka so highly and the money would be far better spent elsewhere on their team.
I think it is more about the fact that in this scenrario we would put all emphasis on today, and would not have resources to prepare for tomorrow. While for example current club of Salah is just doing that...
But if you pay >1m EUR salary for trio that might still have contacts left when they are past their prime will tie your hands.
What are you on about?
We literally just bought an EPL MF for our first XI!!!
Agree, I don’t see why we are not going in for raphina. Just the sort of player to light up any gane especially. bus parkers. He would much needed starting 11 quality tithe squad. Also remember kulu is still young and there were games last season where he was ineffective and was then dropped/ rested next game. He may also a dip in form this season so no reason why we shouldn’t have gone for raphina. Goons are adding good PL quality to their forward line.We need top quality CM Modric type, or we are going to be in trouble against tight team. We are also lacking a magician type of player. Raphina could be that guy, so losing him to Woolwich is going to be bad.
People should also stop dreaming. Obviously for complete players the sums are going to be high. Nothing wrong in 80m for 20 years old super talent.
The price are super higher compare to before, and even small clubs wanta big money for their top talent. Every single transfer is a risk.
Torres back in the day was world top striker, and proven in PL and he was total garbage in Chelsea.
Langlet or whatever his name is, is complete s...... If we end up with that guy, then shame on us.
Also does people read what Conte was saying ? He pretty much stated that he ain't happy with the depth of the team. He also stated that there are going to be 5 subs, pretty much hinting that we need larger squad, and to have his options.
On top of that he literally said that he is not happy with just competing for top 4, and wants to challenge for title.
Good luck doing that with only transfers in the region of 25-35m.
You may sign good players for that money, but also in that region you going to have a lot of misses.
Also most of the time you won't get complete players for that money.
For a plain example of that, is for let's said for 40m. you may get a good defender, that is good at tackling and positioning, but not that good in air, and terrible with the ball on foot.
Anyway i prefer to spend big on a very young player, like in the region of 20-23 years, compare to do that on 25-28 years old one.
Jesus +18.05?! Ha ha ha! Woolwich scouting at its best.Son is -24.14
Kane is -21.15
Lacazette is -5.24
PEA is -2.76
Richarlison is -0.95 at Everton but +4.52 inc Watford
Nketian is +0.84
Werner is +9.60
Benteke is +10.49
Gabriel Jesus is +18.05
Edit: added Lacazette, PEA and Nketiah for shits and gigs.
Mate they can all be wrong, when I was younger I was the best player on the planet....I don't disagree with you post, but would someone in here explain to me why so many scouts think that this kid is now and will become the best player in his position in World football?
Why are all of them so wrong?
Dream realistic signings
Bremer
Ndicka
Spence
Richarlison
That would be amazing business with the players we already have. And only a total spend of 155m ish. If we can sell some players we have cash
dream or realistic?to spunk in January too.
Exactly, on top of that, there is always a chance someone even our best slips their form. Also competition in the team is always good and push you further and will improve the squad.Agree, I don’t see why we are not going in for raphina. Just the sort of player to light up any gane especially. bus parkers. He would much needed starting 11 quality tithe squad. Also remember kulu is still young and there were games last season where he was ineffective and was then dropped/ rested next game. He may also a dip in form this season so no reason why we shouldn’t have gone for raphina. Goons are adding good PL quality to their forward line.
There's always gonna be drama with Conte.Has Conte penned a new deal yet? It can't be healthy going into the season with him out of contract by the end of the season - Suggests there would be dramas come new year if negotiations break down.
A fast winger......I think I have just the chap.Kulu is great and i like him a lot, and he is very young and will become better and better, but he still lacking speed, and in some games we will definitely be better with a fast winger on that side.
Has Conte penned a new deal yet? It can't be healthy going into the season with him out of contract by the end of the season - Suggests there would be dramas come new year if negotiations break down.
I had him in my fpl team when he was at Watford, his ability and dribbling was fantastic but he'd miss chances.
His goalscoring record has been decent overall with Everton (although you'd have hoped for more than 10 goals last season given he played CF...).
One stat that could be quite useful- what is his goals vs xG conversion ratio? I saw a stat that in recent PL seasons, Kane & Son are by far the top with Jesus one of the worst. Wonder where Richarlison lies there.
Is Conte getting the signings he asked for last season? He may walk away if he doesn't before start of new season.Has Conte penned a new deal yet? It can't be healthy going into the season with him out of contract by the end of the season - Suggests there would be dramas come new year if negotiations break down.
Supposed tier 1 Gooner ITKs apparently saying Raphina to them is nailed on
A few links to Hakan Çalhanoğlu from Inter Milan starting to emerge - Turkey's captain, can play as AM and CM, specialist free kick taker, has played almost 200 games for both Inter and AC Milan.