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Transfers Summer 2022 Transfer Thread.

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Get in! said:
If you're talking about League 1 team players vs world 11, of course it is. But we're talking about much smaller gaps in quality here. And we're not talking about all players being a substantial drop in quality. Just a handful, which the rest of the players can cover in a system that is focused on minimizing the lesser quality players' shortcomings.
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2 teams:

Both have a top class managers.... One has 8 world class players.... The other has 11.....

Who'd you put your money on?
 
scarletjim said:
I agree with you that it tends to be an unpopular idea on here, but I can see the sense to it, especially the way Conte's systems work. He doesn't really need players to be intelligent footballers in all positions, in certain positions he just needs them to practice the same things a million times so that when the time comes in a match, they just do those things instinctively, no decision-making required. Ok so obviously I'm over-simplifying somewhat there, but you can see the point I'm making - Conte could get the most out of Traore, despite his flaws, more so than most managers could.

In addition, given his limited playing time at both Wolves and Barca, I doubt he would expect to start every game, so I could see him being an option for the types of games where he would be most useful. (There people might think I mean the 'defensive wall' teams, but actually quite the opposite - when WE'RE being possessionally dominated and are stuck on the edge of our own box, being able to get the ball to Traore to smash us 60 yards up the pitch would be a godsend).

But as you say, it's a very unpopular opinion on here, and with so much evidence of his failure to deliver in the past, you can absolutely see why people aren't keen.
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I see a flaw with your cunning plan.....

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DeadlyDefoe said:
This guy wrote a thesis " Set pieces: the 15-goal striker " ..... basically if you can utilise the set pieces its like signing an additional striker , that many more goals could could equate to circa 10-12 points a season , draws into win and loses in draws , every extra pint or % that gets us victory and really actually try to push shitty n varpool, closing that gap, not sure we will really catch them completely but defo close that gap considerably especially when you factor in the player additions on top.
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can see the logic, we often waste the ball when we have a corner and just seem to restart play on set pieces once the opposition have had time to reset. Regardless it's a sign we're now looking at the detail which is what separates the good and great teams
 
ThePreacher said:
I see a flaw with your cunning plan.....

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As I said, "...with so much evidence of his failure to deliver in the past, you can absolutely see why people aren't keen..." - however as I've also said, my 'cunning plan' relies on Conte's systems being very different to those Traore has experienced before, so I'm not sure what point you're making. It wouldn't be the first time that Conte has taken a 'meh' player and turned him into something very effective (if not particularly inspiring) by his systems and methods... ;)

It's all probably moot anyway, because if Conte doesn't want him then neither do I, and there has been absolutely no traction in any rumours on him coming to us in this window.
 
Airfixx said:
2 teams:

Both have a top class managers.... One has 8 world class players.... The other has 11.....

Who'd you put your money on?
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That's not the case, though, is it? It's more like two teams both with world class managers: one with 7 WC players in positions 1-7 and the other with 8 WC players in positions 4-11. I'd take the team with the manager that can get that extra something out of his players and Conte seems to be able to do that moreso than his other world class manager colleagues.
 
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