Was arguing this on here all summer, but was told over and over by posters on mount ‘superiority’ that a winger will help the defence by relieving the pressure, ‘don’t you realise that’.I can actually see your thinking, once again we're basically gambling on our starting back four to stay fit the entire season, meanwhile our 2 starting FB's are injured already and we're forced to see Kolasinac and a midfielder at full-back. While I personally would have Holding ahead of Sokratis but that's debatable. If we're relying on Kolasinac/AMN for long periods this season it'll cost us points. While none of our CB's are exactly Adams-Bould either. Luiz has his moments, Sokratis is brainless and there's still question marks over Holding and Chambers.
It honestly seems to be like we're gambling yet again, what we did plenty of times under the last regime and I don't think it should be overlooked this time either especially if things go tits up. It's alright spending all that money on Pepe but last season it was our defence that let us down and it'll probably be the same this season. In the NLD 3 members of our defensive setup, our DM, CB and GK all made mistakes leading to the two Sp**s goals. Vs Liverpool we lost Matip on a set-piece so he could a free header while Luiz pulled Salah's shirt with quite lazy defending and he was embarrassed be Salah for the 3rd. Just 4 games into the season and already we see our defence is quite unreliable. I can only hope we're gonna be scoring a lot of goals this campaign.
We bought a CB prospect but he's chilling in France.Was arguing this on here all summer, but was told over and over by posters on mount ‘superiority’ that a winger will help the defence by relieving the pressure, ‘don’t you realise that’.
Well, when push came to shove Pepe did nothing to stop more of the same defensive howlers we saw last year. He seems like a good buy, but was throwing all our money at another attacker a good idea when our defence is still ‘mistakes r us’. 5/10 window.
Yoh, Trax with the whip on it here.Was arguing this on here all summer, but was told over and over by posters on mount ‘superiority’ that a winger will help the defence by relieving the pressure, ‘don’t you realise that’.
Well, when push came to shove Pepe did nothing to stop more of the same defensive howlers we saw last year. He seems like a good buy, but was throwing all our money at another attacker a good idea when our defence is still ‘mistakes r us’. 5/10 window.
I wasn’t really counting him on this years list as he has no impact on the team.We bought a CB prospect but he's chilling in France.
Winger position was also a big problem, we had no danger from out wide last season.
Let’s see how it goes. If the mistakes continue then I’m sticking with it.Yoh, Trax with the whip on it here.
Would have thought even you consider it at least a 7.
God willing he won’t be.I wasn’t really counting him on this years list as he has no impact on the team.
Next year if we buy another class CB to partner him, things could be different. Will Emery be here then?
It can still have been an 8 with the shirt pull and crazy tackle in the box... I'm not Emery's back. I thought we looked much improved from the end of last season. I'm thoroughly excited and I expect us to make top 4. I think Unai does too. Half the first team is actually brand new when you think of the changes made. We've got a decent points tally so far and we have players coming back after the break. I can't see what everyone is so upset about.. it's a long season and I believe we have much better tools this season than last.Let’s see how it goes. If the mistakes continue then I’m sticking with it.
The sad thing is most posters think this window is an 8 and that’s why in the last two games the Emery hate has been going through the roof . . . as if the shirt pull and the crazy tackle in the box were his fault.
Was arguing this on here all summer, but was told over and over by posters on mount ‘superiority’ that a winger will help the defence by relieving the pressure, ‘don’t you realise that’.
Well, when push came to shove Pepe did nothing to stop more of the same defensive howlers we saw last year. He seems like a good buy, but was throwing all our money at another attacker a good idea when our defence is still ‘mistakes r us’. 5/10 window.