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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)
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Clubs our size are big enough to absorb costly mistakes. We have to be and 2 games for Udogie and Sarr, (a few more are), hardly proof in my book of money well spent... yet.
Sorry, but waiting for a striker would be criminal.. On this area of the pitch, we wait and it will cost us dearly, even if getting a striker carries no guarantees.
At least the club can then say but we were unlucky. Right now it would be you deserve the sh!t you have left yourselves in..
Agreed. I'm not going to throw my toys out of the pram and panic. I'm going to pick one and commit wholeheartedly to it.
He can play LB, he played in that position for roughly 15 games last season.
Imagine Davies playing as an inverted full back
It never made much sense to me from the start..... The whole idea bubbled up from the fact that VDV played there as emergency cover a handful of times last season (not because he has a substantial past at LB)...... It always seemed to be more about trying people to 'fudge' in and create game-time for the desired new CBs than that anything to do with the LB position itself.
The funny thing is that to a degree the Ange LB role is kinda a hybrid of LB and how Conte wanted his outside CBs to play when we were in possession (i.e. something that Davies had spent the last 18 months doing.
It does appear to be one of the most physically demanding roles on the pitch however... Eso. if it's a back n forth game. So one would rightfully wonder how Davies would cope athletically over the course of 90mins.... Perhaps Skipp or Sarr can be schooled to be the 'freshen up for the final 20mnutes' sub in the games where Udogie is not available?
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I guess that's it. If we were to get a top CB and top ST then I would honestly expect more. Top 4 OR a final. To claw back the ground we lost over the past few seasons. To get neither seems like we might be standing still as Newcastle, Brighton and Villa move past us. They are desperate for some of the euro money.
When did I say ambition?
That's my expectation this season based on where we are at right now. I feel it is quite realistic based on our current circumstances.
I want this season to get us prepared and ready for a huge push next - it will take a bit of patience for Ange ball to take hold no?
Look how long it took Artera to get them to where they are. Their fans calling for him to be sacked then sucking him off last season look like an even bigger bunch of clowns than they normally do.
Being frustrated at where we are now and blaming enic/Levy is all well and good but it doesn't change our current situation and what is realistic to expect from it.
I think its a good model to be buying a potential player and then sending them back out on Loan , regular Game time will help with their development - the trouble is we cant take that risk for a Kane replacement - we need a proven goal scorer to come in and rotate with Richie.
We shouldn't be using a club who bottled an 11 point lead as a barometer of success!
Christ I'd love to have Defoe there now!
Wasn’t this more a case of a condition of signing both as opposed to us wanting to send them on loan?
I'm not sure , but it worked out well
think it's also trendy.
Newcastle play Dan Burn at LB, City play as many CBs as they can, woolwich use White as a RB...
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