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Transfers Summer 2022 Transfer Thread.
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Not sure we're in the business of spending 130m on one player.
Which is exactly why we won't be signing either.
just saying thats the calibre we should be targeting, done it in all comps, thats a cl level signing even if he is expensive, up there with vini jr as the top young wingers
Wouldn't say he's done it in Europe. But he is a great player, one of the best young wide forwards in the world.
Just far out of our budget. He's Man City, PSG level money and about as unrealistic as signing Messi.
Milan are lucky to have him. Id have been happy with their new lad de Keatlare.
Pretty sure there were reports that even Man City walked away because of his price-tag.
I've literally just listed 4 games against lower oppo from last season where we had a common problem.... 2 of them were back-to-back home fixtures against teams that quite often struggle to score goals.
When your MFs are outnumbered and the oppo are pressing well then it reduces the amount of time we get on the ball..... Sure; quick, high completion-rate passing can help counteract this, but it wasn't such high value (elite?) passing/creative ability that allowed Kante/Matic or Dembele/Wanyama to be one of very few 2 man MFs that managed to win an EPL MF battle most weeks vs 3 men..... (Both contained players with freakish physical attributes.)
its alot but we basically have a ready made son player, didnt realise sonny would be 31 next year, we need a player like that, one of the best dribblers in the world, scores lots of goals, and his pace will scare many teams, 23 too so will still yet to enter his prime years
levy would never do it though
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We can't afford that for one player. I'd knock Levy for signing crap like Dan James, I wouldn't knock him for not spending 130m on one player.
Wolves and Southampton home games both included Winks in central midfield. So I couldn't care less about those. There's a reason he quickly became 6th choice centre midfield.
Away game we dominated Southampton so not sure how you remembered it differently. We were denied a quite obvious goal too which cost us a further 2 points. Southampton were down to 10 men though, so hard to truly judge.
But in our formation, that's the point of our wing backs. To provide four across the middle third... When we don't move the ball quick enough, opponents swallow it up.
We could have prime Kante in our midfield two and if he's slow on the ball, he's not going to make a blinds bit of difference.
Kante/Matic worked because they were brave on the ball and moved it quickly. Usually to the wing backs or Hazard to create magic.
Dembele/Wanyama worked because Dembele was a rare breed of press resistant midfielder which allowed him to hold possession before moving it on.
Our midfield two are different to both. In that both are really comfortable in possession but aren't necessarily quick or brave on it nor are they elite press resistant midfielders.
Thing is, we know both can be brave. Hojbjerg was fantastic yesterday. He showed bravery on the ball, he pretty much ran midfield and should have had two assists off the back of it. Bentancur however couldn't match him. It was one of his weakest games for us
If we had that Hojbjerg every game partnered eitb the Bentancur we saw at home to West Ham last season, we'd arguably have one of the best midfield pairings in the league. They'd move the ball quickly, be calm under pressure and we'd be alot more easy on the eye in that middle third. Unfortunately, we don't see that often enough.
I'm hoping Bissouma can come in on Wednesday and show us what we're missing. In that he's very press resistant but also very brave and courageous using that football.
Well numerous managers have, enough to have him as a squad player. Maybe it's you that football isn't for.
He certainly isn't wank, but we have moved up a level as a team.
We should take Ross Barkley on a free and see what Conte can get out of him. He's still young.
Oh shut the fuck up you tiresome tosspot
He joined the coaching staff on the 11th July. You pass comment in mid August after watch two games and call it a prophecy.
Get a job, son.
I don't. He's a big fish in small pond type of player, needs to be playing every game.. I would play, Son, Richy and Deki before him.