Ask anyone who watched us when Ossie was in charge, took us back to the 50's 2-3-5 formation. Great going forward but leaked like a fish tank made out of a sockI really hope we sort out our defence this window, or at least make a clear improvement, even if it's not perfect.
I feel like we're going to be a bit of a glass cannon otherwise, playing attacking football with a host of capable goalscorers, but hugely exposed at the back and still leaking lots of goals ourselves.
I guess the silver lining would be that every game will be exciting, but I can't say that'd be good for my heart
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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)
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Came through Chelseas academy.
Honestly, if you're not concerned by the fact that we're going to concede 3 every game and most likely won't score a goal all season, then you're clearly a bit of a moron.Ah Matt in ‘I’ll insult anyone who dares to be even remotely positive’ post.
I am shocked. Shocked I tell you.
Nobody has even claimed that we don’t need to improve our defence so what a stupid, pointless post.
I personally struggle to see how we're going to get back onto Europe bearing the above in mind...
I don’t read newspapers, it’s not 1980 pal. Surely someone would have snapped him up for that price? 100% I would do that deal. Similar price, age and ability as MaddisonIt's a release clause that has been reported in every newspaper that exists.
I'd keep Perisic for another season. Sessegnon isn't what we need him to be and is now injured so no takers and Udogie an unknown level in the PL. Davies able but Perisic seems to have decent attacking outputs that could prove great especially in the assist area if Veliz heads into the starting XI sooner rather than later.
Lloris
Spence (loan)
Tanganga
Sanchez
Rodon
Regulion
Hojbjerg
Ndombele
Gil (such a shame he's injured now though)
Perisic or Sessegnon (once again injury)
Kane
We literally have a whole starting XI or players we should be selling in a week. Remarkable really how we still find ourselves looking at the same usual suspects for what seems like 4-6 windows now
Solomon comes across as a Levy special, price lower than value
(edit getting a lot of disagrees, no comment on his quality but rather the reason we bought him in)
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He is getting worse by the day. Total and utter fantasist, it’s painful to read.
Claims he knew about Veliz and it’s not dependant on Harry leaving. But of course never mentions names before in media.
Now this morning:
“Hold this, an old source but potentially been some movement with Harry. Let me repeat, it's an old source but someone who was fairly accurate in the past.”
Cue a few getting their knickers on a twist that ‘this old sauce’ says Harry might be leaving…he follows up with this beauty…
“Not worth getting worked up over, as I said, it's an old source I've not heard off for a while so no idea if it has legs, just interesting he reached out this morning. I'm sure there will be plenty more twists over the next week before the season starts.”
Yes Hotspur88, your earth shattering ITK that ‘there will be plenty more twists’ was really getting me worked up.
What a bell end.
Has a release clause
I’ve said enough times that obviously we need to improve our defence.
Why wouldn’t we pay it? That’s madness for 35M… surely most of the top 7 would pull that lever for 35M, bargain
I get tired of making these predictions look so easy.
It’s hard work making this look so easy
He has a serious injury.
City want him to replace Mahrez ‘pal’.
It’s definitely going to be coached better thus creating a better volume of chances. Hopefully that’ll square off the talent we might lose.
Absolutely no chance we score as many goals. 70 goals last season in the league. Kane scored 42% of those.
Son was dogshit for about two thirds of the season. Kulu was dogshit for the whole season. Richarlison got more bookings for celebrating goals than actual goals. Solomon and Veliz is a kid,
For reference
City 94 goals of which 38% scored by Haaland. Haaland who was an upgrade on any of their forwards in prior seasons.
Arse - 88 goals of which 17% were scored by Martinelli.
We are/were heavily reliant on Kane to not only score our goals, but make them too.
Take that out and we, even with a totally different style of play and formation, will score less goals. We're bringing in punts. not guaranteed goals.
If we weren't so astonishingly unreliable a the back I would take that punt for a year. Batten down the hatches, stop shipping goals and hope the new forwards can step up. But as it is, the most touches they'll get is kicking off a few times a game.
We should 100% go for it.
I reckon City will have him but we might as well try…
Can’t win the lottery if you don’t buy a ticket
Not good enough
Rodon will go as well.
Wasn't Mahrez on their bench more than the pitch?