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Player João Palhinha

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If he has one good game out of 10, he's still not good enough. We had all of the ball, on the front foot, his non ability isn't as glaring when there's no pressure on him when he has the ball. When were against good sides that press, he is a shambles.
Who in this shit squad is currently performing to a consistently good standard? The blokes a good player has more ability than people give him credit for and has actually chipped in from midfield this season which is more than can be said of gray,bentancur,bergvall,sarr.
 
See that's the problem all you've seen is the goal scored and not the other stuff. But because he doesn't throw 4 step overs and dribble past 3 players he's pony. The guy can play and is more dependable than any of the other shit we have in the middle atm.
he shits all over bentancur in all aspects of the game. hes not the tidiest looking player on the ball, but hes good enough. winning the ball, hes one of the best ive seen. you put good footballers around him who can take the ball and do the technical side, you have to balance it out.

aint balancing shit out with bentancur, hes just a shit player who adds no benefits to the team.
 
Who in this shit squad is currently performing to a consistently good standard? The blokes a good player has more ability than people give him credit for and has actually chipped in from midfield this season which is more than can be said of gray,bentancur,bergvall,sarr.
Yes the squad is shit. I'd sell basically all of them. I also wouldn't spend money on more shit, which is why hat this signing would be. £25-30m on a 31 year old, bad footballer, high wages, inevitable dead wood almost as soon as we sign him.

No thank you.
 
If our goal is to finish between 10-15th for the next few years I'd sign him. Good character to have for a relegation battle. Don't really think there's any case to be made for signing him. Great goal though, he really has chipped in this year in that regard.
 
Probably contributed more than any other midfielder this season. He will be useful for the rest of it but no point signing him permanently.

Too old and we need to go a different direction.
 
The criticism of Palhinha on here is quite something.

"Oh my godz1111 all hez doze is tackle"

Yeh as well as being the best tackler in the league he also has 5 goals and 3 assists (and he barely starts)


All this whilst we have midfielders like Bentancur and Gray who exist and do nothing...literally nothing. Gray has 1 goal 0 assists and Bentancur has 1 goal and 1 assist. They go missing in games and chase shadows yet Palhinha is the issue hahahahahah

Never change thefightingcock experts.
 
IMO the least of our concerns in the midfield. I think if you filled the rest with competent players who can retain and run a midfield, he'd be the perfect player to sit in front of the defence.
 
The criticism of Palhinha on here is quite something.

"Oh my godz1111 all hez doze is tackle"

Yeh as well as being the best tackler in the league he also has 5 goals and 3 assists (and he barely starts)


All this whilst we have midfielders like Bentancur and Gray who exist and do nothing...literally nothing. Gray has 1 goal 0 assists and Bentancur has 1 goal and 1 assist. They go missing in games and chase shadows yet Palhinha is the issue hahahahahah

Never change thefightingcock experts.
Says the dude who argued with me and was a real dick about it, how Frank was a good coach.

Might want to take a back seat there buddy.
 
If we could swap him for Bentancur, I’d do it in a heartbeat. But he might cost 30M and we have sooo many problems in our squad that we can’t spend that kind of money on him.

We almost certainly will though.
 
he shits all over bentancur in all aspects of the game. hes not the tidiest looking player on the ball, but hes good enough. winning the ball, hes one of the best ive seen. you put good footballers around him who can take the ball and do the technical side, you have to balance it out.

aint balancing shit out with bentancur, hes just a shit player who adds no benefits to the team.
He's a vastly better CM than Bentancur. It's unfortunate but there are a lot of posters on this board who can't seem to figure which players of ours are actually decent. Frank has that problem too.
 
There's a reason he's my avatar, bored of reading about people calling him one dimensional etc.

He's a fucking class act and the best we've had at winning the ball in fuck knows how long, we need his experience going forward. Really hope we sign him.

The only real trouble with him is that hes a specialist at the deep central CDM position. He can also stand in at CB. That's about it. He's not a double pivot CM. He's absolutely not an 8.
 
Probably contributed more than any other midfielder this season. He will be useful for the rest of it but no point signing him permanently.

Too old and we need to go a different direction.
Thats it for me, if he were our player i'd keep him around and sell Bissouma and Bentancur (i'd sell them anyway) and bring in a passer. Even if you just played him in the bigger away games. But paying £25m for a 31 yr old when our entire squad is a mess, not so much for me. But this season isnt on him, he's comfortably been our best midfielder and doesnt seem to have been dragged down by our lackadaisical clique.
 
There's a reason he's my avatar, bored of reading about people calling him one dimensional etc.

He's a fucking class act and the best we've had at winning the ball in fuck knows how long, we need his experience going forward. Really hope we sign him.
Like Dier, Winks and Richi and all the other shit fucking footballers you’ve thrown your weight behind.

Clowns like you are why this club is a fucking joke and other fans laugh at us.

:ossie:
 
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