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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)

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Tomo said:
Not sure about being a 6. Gallagher’s weakest point is he is not for the want of a better word a ‘’baller’’ like Bissouma, Bentancur or Sarr. Our system you need the player at the base of midfield to be the best or close to best baller in the team, great press resistance, ability to progress the ball from deep.

He isn’t that guy, he is a more a fighter and hard presser with a good eye for goals, like a Lampard type, a solid number 8 or maybe a number 10.
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No, he's definitely not an ideal 6 for this system, but neither is Hojbjerg and he has been filling in at times.
 
StripiestPilot said:
It just doesn't seem like there is a proper list of priority targets. It all sounds opportunistic.

It seems like Vicario, Maddison, VDV and Solomon were players we actually did our diligence on and now it's just Levy and Paratici rooting around the bins and eavesdropping on what other clubs are doing. We already spent the Kane money so anything more depends on sales. What a sad state of affairs, I feel for Ange.
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We've been watching Johnson since he was in the Championship.
 
StripiestPilot said:
It just doesn't seem like there is a proper list of priority targets. It all sounds opportunistic.

It seems like Vicario, Maddison, VDV and Solomon were players we actually did our diligence on and now it's just Levy and Paratici rooting around the bins and eavesdropping on what other clubs are doing. We already spent the Kane money so anything more depends on sales. What a sad state of affairs, I feel for Ange.
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Counting Udogie, we’ve clearly upgraded at four positions this year (if you include the rarely used Bissouma and Sarr the arguably six). We’ve lost Harry so one (very) significant downgrade.
Ange is far better off than he would have been at the end of last year.
 
GGTH said:
No, he's definitely not an ideal 6 for this system, but neither is Hojbjerg and he has been filling in at times.
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True, hojbjerg is probably the least suited to 6 of all our midfielders given he struggles the most in tight spaces and under a press. The 6 role in a possession team is wildly different to the 6 in a counter attack system. If Hojbjerg stays he should play more like a Kante breaking up play further forward.

Bissouma or Sarr are the obvious 6’s in the squad in our system but they will be off for ACON so maybe Bentancur will need to fill in who knows.
 
Tomo said:
Not sure about being a 6. Gallagher’s weakest point is he is not for the want of a better word a ‘’baller’’ like Bissouma, Bentancur or Sarr. Our system you need the player at the base of midfield to be the best or close to best baller in the team, great press resistance, ability to progress the ball from deep.

He isn’t that guy, he is a more a fighter and hard presser with a good eye for goals, like a Lampard type, a solid number 8 or maybe a number 10.
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TBH, I think we need a player like that to be both Maddison's backup as well as starting alongside him when we want to really attacking.

Biss on his own behind them should be fine.

I just don't like Gallagher cos he'd be super expensive and he's not that good, and as you said he's not very technical.
 
KaneIsAble said:
TBH, I think we need a player like that to be both Maddison's backup as well as starting alongside him when we want to really attacking.

Biss on his own behind them should be fine.

I just don't like Gallagher cos he'd be super expensive and he's not that good, and as you said he's not very technical.
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I do get that however to be fair he has been Chavs best midfielder start of this season and was great at Palace. He is a proper fighter, tough as nails type player with crazy energy and good goal scoring instincts. We could do a lot worse.

He won’t be as nice to watch though, if he covers Maddison he is more likely to smash his way to assists and goals than finesse his way to them.

Eze is my top pick but Gallagher is decent and shouldn’t be sniffed at.
 
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