Did I cook the books?
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Annual wages of 12M. Would be happy if we paid him half of that to fuck off and spent the remaining 6M on anythingI'm not sure there is a place for him in Postecoglou's fast-paced, attacking system. He's not a full-back, we're not playing wing-backs and he hasn't got anywhere near enough pace to be effective in the front three. He might be able to do a job for another club somewhere but for us he's unfit for purpose.
I think Perisic gets a lot of stick because he is the face of everything that went wrong under Conte. He was Conte's man, the one player Conte categorically wanted and, despite his poor form, he got a lot of game time at the expense of players who weren't on Conte's wish list.
I think it's better for both the club and Perisic that he moves on.
It’s because they’re all on 5 billion a year ffsIt's more that players rarely do 10 year tenures anymore.
Sadly Dawson just fell short.... Definitely deserved one.
Pabio Faratici
Go head then, pull for Ndombele, Sanchez, GLC no ones stopping you. I think everyone would like it if their form turned around, how realistic is it though?
I mean, he passes the eye test. But the underlying numbers aren't promising. In fact, they're dreadful.
I don't think he's anywhere near Caicedos level personally. I think if I wanted anyone from Southampton it'd be their young German centre back.
He scored a decent goal last night and looks a right good player. He’s a young player who’s gets about the pitch well and can do a bit of everything. Would cost a fortune though as is highly thought of and captain of the French 21s.The Lyon guy Caqaueret.
Personally suspect there will be at least 2 other targets they are into that we don't know about.
Kicker CB ratings for 2nd half 22-23 Bundesliga:
World Class:
None.
International Class:
1. Matthijs de Ligt, Bayern Munich
2. Jonathan Tah, Bayer Leverkusen
3. Matthias Ginter, Freiburg
4. Benjamin Pavard, Bayern Munich
5. Mats Hummels, Borussia Dortmund
6. Edmond Tapsoba, Bayer Leverkusen
National Class:
7. Willi Orban, RB Leipzig
8. Julian Chabot, FC Köln
9. Josko Gvardiol, RB Leipzig
10. Hiroki Ito, Stuttgart
11. Niklas Süle, Borussia Dortmund
12. Moritz Jenz, Schalke 04
13. Timo Hübers, FC Köln
14. Micky van de Ven, Wolfsburg
15. Robin Knoche, Union Berlin
16. Piero Hincapie, Bayer Leverkusen
17. Lukas Klostermann, RB Leipzig
18. Nico Schlotterbeck, Borussia Dortmund
19. Philipp Lienhart, Freiburg
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Best Bundesliga centre-backs of 2023 so far
Here are the best Bundesliga centre-backs of 2023 so far, according to German football magazine Kicker.bulinews.com
He scored a decent goal last night and looks a right good player. He’s a young player who’s gets about the pitch well and can do a bit of everything. Would cost a fortune though as is highly thought of and captain of the French 21s.
Four words. Still better than Dier .
I agree but his numbers don’t lie. Very cultured on the ball and willing to work like fuck too.Has the best pressing stats you could possibly look for.
French league is pure farm though
I don't see anything wrong with criticizing them because they are not good enough. Dier for me has been a good buy at just 5M, there are many others who haven't been worth their fee.Not very!
But I'm not gonna be participating in a shit fest at our players just because they're not good enough.
I remember John Lacy. Been supporting spurs since 1975Sounds like you've been around supporting spurs 4 a while.. do you remember another player that got so much stick it effected his performances .. John lacy... When it was announced he was leaving me.. he played and a mate and ME looked at each other in almost disbelief.. he played like the player we were expecting.. unfortunately it was to late .. but just went to show me how a crowd can cause players to lose form ..
Good if we replace him with someone better. Not good if we replace him with a cheapo deadbeat.
I don't see anything wrong with criticizing them because they are not good enough. Dier for me has been a good buy at just 5M, there are many others who haven't been worth their fee.