I don't get the issue with Davies. I think we can assume that Rose is now back to being first choice and has ended the season reasonably well, and more importantly, he's stayed fit and injury free. This puts Davies back into the backup position, in which he's perfectly acceptable. Most teams would kill for a back up LB of that standard. Lolpool have moreno and milner ffs.
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Transfers Summer 2019 transfer thread
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It is not. Isco is a stylish close control dribbler who slips in little passes and play quick combos - and doesn’t tend to pull the trigger from distance nor cross the ball early from an inside channel position - his style is like the 2 Silva’s or prime Mata and Özil.
We need a more efficient player who can provide quicker service to take advantage of the runs of the likes of Dele and Kane’s nous in the box or set Son off on quick counters, which is what Eriksen or De Bruyne. I’m very big on James Maddison for this reason. He’s very close to Eriksen in style.
2017 all 5 players were bought in August.
2016: Wanyama 23/6, Janssen 23/7 and the other 3 all August
Lost 5 of the last 7 since Harry got injured v City
- Lamela is 2 managers and one director of football ago compared to Serge & Vin. Hampered by injury.
- Vin perfectly fit the profile of players we needed at the time.
- Serge represented someone of quality who still had room to improve. Most were rather excited by his purchase when made.
Unfortunately much of this kind of shit is done behind the scenes (and subsequently blurred by all the media & ITK bullshit) so it's hard to asses to any deal of accuracy what goes on with the whys and wherefores behind the deals.
My suspicion is that we should put more effort into our scouting, but hard to 'prove' this.
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Grealish is apparently valued at 60m mate, if you’d be willing to pay even 40m for him I really don’t know what to say. You can buy a much better player for 40m. If we can get him for 25m max then cool, anything over that is overpaying.
Ben's class. Suckas don't know this.
This is my feeling too, but as you say, who knows. We seem to lack sense of purpose and direction.
Ben Davies is literally the perfect defensive squad player. Ronseal. No frills. Tactically aware. Good decision making. Versatile. 7/10 guaranteed.
And over the last three seasons?
I don't have the stats but we had different players so it's not relevant. Right now we are missing Harry Kane big time.
What different players?
We´ve barely signed anyone
As far as I know, our attack consisted of Eriksen, Son, Dele and Llorente last season too, when Kane was out.
The season before, when Kane was out, we had Dele, Eriksen, Son and Janssen.
Two common demoninators in there whos poor form might account for the recent losses, where we were winning games without Kane earlier, when they played well.
I’m assuming the 60 million is bullshit.
As a defensive gesture by Aston Villa, it's right out of Levy's playbook. If they don't make it through the playoffs, I think the price would be a lot less than that.
And watch how they perform tonight without Firmino and Salah - a real test of their brilliant back up squad.Worth noting Liverpool had a mini-spell with a RB crisis.... Went on a streak of draws and subsequently LOST the league title.
#DEPTH
(they'll probably win 4-0 now with Origi and Sturridge grabbing 2 each)
For what it's worth, my take on it is...
Desired outgoings - Janssen, Vorm, N'Koudou, Llorente (probably)
Outgoings against our will - Alderweireld, Eriksen
'Painful' outgoings to improve the team - one of Dier/Wanyama, one of Trippier/Aurier, remote chance of Davies
Now, it's not like all these need replacing given how much Poch has ignored some of them (see: N'Koudou and Janssen), but there could definitely be a substantial recruitment job if Toby and Eriksen end up going.
Essential incomings - new RB, new CM
Incomings if Toby and Eriksen leave - new CB, new CAM
Smart additions if we want to improve - new CAM anyway (even if Eriksen stays, we need an alternative like Grealish to keep him on his toes and prevent burnout), a new striker who can come on for Kane at 70 mins if required.
So really it could be anywhere between 2 and 6 incomings (maybe more if we buy some prospects), and I think the club would do well to be bringing in closer to the latter number than the former.
Oddly this is the first time I would agree with you
Yeah, I think this is just about perfect. I would just add a couple things
1. It bears repeating, the two best signings we can make this offseason are Toby Alderweireld and Christian Eriksen. If we lose those players we will pay extensively in either replacement costs or lost points (which ARE financial assets, that IS a real fiscal cost), or both. The cheapest option is almost certainly meeting their wage demands.
2. With Vorm leaving we need a homegrown GK to take that spot, and I'm not sure our youth ranks can provide one at the moment.
3. In general, we need to sort out our squad nationality construction situation.