Giroud starting to look like Lionel fucking Messi now innit
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Transfers January 2020 transfer thread
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Think he would definitely be suited to playing there, he plays in a 4-4-2 and sits the deeper of the 2 CMs
Clubs are realising that when players reject contract extensions with less than two years to go (he has) then they have to sell or risk losing all the value ... big clubs can afford it but the mid-table ones can't.
Also, FWIW, (and I say this as someone who likes Alasdair Gold) I see nothing in his poo-pooing of the story other than opinion.
Where’s our new striker? :mourbringit:
Well this is the January conundrum fighting against what you want to do long term. You can:
1) Pick up whatever dude is available now regardless of fit/how good he is, just some guy that wears a #9, and hope he scores goals over the next 3.5 months.
2) Get creative with a front 3/4 and rely on playmaking from Lo Celso/Ndombele to create goals in lieu of a striker that will be bought in the summer.
It's the same with a DM. And its probably why we want loans with an option to buy, which is why we brought Gedson on. Bergwjin was bought because he fits the mold of what the club wants to do (age, production, data, potential, etc..).
Shit-canning a manager mid-season, especially one that had been so ingrained with the club for over five years, is a huge change. Who knows what the exact plan was last summer outside of buy some fucking midfielders and guys Poch wanted, which we did. We are also selling players we don't want and loaning out youth, which is great.
Put another way, if Jose is not comfortable not bringing in a #9 we will know about it sooner or later or he is really on his best behavior.
The year is 2080
Spurs have just bolstered their ranks by signing another box to box midfielder and tricky but inconsistent winger
An 87 year old Harry Kane is still leading the line with 77 year old youngster Troy parrot set to be sent out on loan to gain some experience
The club are thought to be happy with their attacking options going forwards
Spurs have just bolstered their ranks by signing another box to box midfielder and tricky but inconsistent winger
An 87 year old Harry Kane is still leading the line with 77 year old youngster Troy parrot set to be sent out on loan to gain some experience
The club are thought to be happy with their attacking options going forwards
This was from a Statsbomb piece in late 2018
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Dele above Ndidi tickles me.
It would be typical of our scouts to identify a player with no legsHojbjerg is too random not to have legs.
Mkhitaryan and Gueye arent at those clubs anymore... how old is this, or based over a number of seasons?
Also I have no real idea what this means, it sounds like corporate bullshit from a soul-crushing meeting
Hojberg is a solid player. Obviously an upgrade on Dier/Wanyama/Skipp (loan him out) and would be good competition for Winks, with more natural defensive instincts.
I would not be against this and it would soften the blow of not getting a striker in. Hojberg, Ndombele and Lo Celso is a VERY good midfield 3.
That said, seems unlikely Southampton would let their captain go at this stage of this season. They can still get good money for him if he leaves in the summer.
I would not be against this and it would soften the blow of not getting a striker in. Hojberg, Ndombele and Lo Celso is a VERY good midfield 3.
That said, seems unlikely Southampton would let their captain go at this stage of this season. They can still get good money for him if he leaves in the summer.
September 2018 or something?
That was from an article from late 2018 to be fair. But Alli did finish as our best pressing player (pressures/90) last season. Which I think says more about how lax our pressing became under Pochettino, than it does about Alli.
Yes, Sammy we have. Look at what we were in 14/15, decent team but leaky and nothing like 15/16 where we really started to have an identity and then 16/17 where we were unquestionably the best team in all but the final table result. Two years!
I'm sure you'll continue to misrepresent his point or continue to fail to recognize what he actually meant because A) you're Sammy or B) every thing exists in your world to mischaracterize, misconstrue, or misunderstand in order for you to bend it to fit your twisted logic or argument. In retrospect that looks like 1 reason.
Or Sammy you could be more charitable to the best manager (results and play) you've had in your time and consider his point was A) made in a second language B) supported by empirical evidence C) a plea to DL to invest in players worth the time investment so that what we got out the other end would help us in our endeavors.
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