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but Holding’s hair transplant was painless
IF Bernardo Silva is on his way out from City he is our guy imo.
Would love it, but he is good enough to play for any team in the world.
IF Bernardo Silva is on his way out from City he is our guy imo.
Seen you pushing for Dasilva for some time now and he's looked good the few times I've caught any of Brentford's games. Do you see him as part of a pivot together with Thomas then?For CM, this is the kind of thing I want to see:
He could definitely play in that type of role IMO but I probably wouldn't make that a static pivot as I'd want to be able to exert the team on the opposition, to borrow a phrase from the great Arsène Wenger. I'm thinking of what Arteta wants, and he obviously wants a Xhaka-like presence next to Partey, so I'm thinking of players who can offer that without being slow coaches. I do think Sambi Lokonga really fits the bill in terms of being able to pass progressively while also having a bit more about him in terms of press resistance, ball winning and (importantly for me) able to run fast and often.Seen you pushing for Dasilva for some time now and he's looked good the few times I've caught any of Brentford's games. Do you see him as part of a pivot together with Thomas then?
Lol, 1:08 in the Dasilva comp - see there's a Xhaka in Championship as well
Posted and asked about some pages back, but didn't get a response. Hopefully we'll get some insight here though. My only concern (from not knowing anything about him) is his low assist numbers. We really need more chance creation, but maybe he would facilitate thatI'm still reeling from the Buendia debacle. Never would I imagine we would be losing players to Aston Villa. Anyways I digress, the rumour mill has linked us with Portuguese midfielder Ruben Neves. So I decided to do some YouTube scouting and then the YouTube algorithm recommended Pedro Goncalves of Sporting Lisbon. He's seemingly replaced Bruno Fernandes and has taken Sporting to a league title and have spoiled the duopoly of that league. Kid looks elite, 23 goals from midfield, great dribbler, really tricky, low-centre of gravity. Seems like the Raichu to Buendia's Pikachu, if you get what I mean. Could we realistically obtain him? To those who regularly watch the Portuguese league, how good is this guy?
Best out there.
Ridle Baku looked absolute quality in the U21 final today. First time hearing of him.
Personally, I feel like we need an additional goal-scorer more. If we are losing Lacazette and Auba is on the decline we desperately need goals from somewhere. I understand the concerns about chance-creation but I feel that is more an Arteta problem than player problem. If Arteta could be a little less rigid, I'm sure our chance creation will improve, although saying that, maybe a new right back could help in that department too.Posted and asked about some pages back, but didn't get a response. Hopefully we'll get some insight here though. My only concern (from not knowing anything about him) is his low assist numbers. We really need more chance creation, but maybe he would facilitate that
What’s the deal with Aouar’s mentality?Buendia would have been an amazing creative midfielder because he provides press-resistance, high progressive carries/passes, and solid contribution in terms of xG/xA.
I was looking at fbref.com for similar midfielders. Because Buendia doesn't have stats posted on FBref, I used Gundogan as a proxy (a goalscoring '8' with many progressive carries and passes).
Based on players with similar stats the best options would be Aouar, De Paul, B. Silva.
Silva would be an amazing marquee signing, but he can go to any club in the world. Aouar is great in terms of quality, but I wonder about his mentality. De Paul I don't know very well, but 9g+9a is very good from midfield especially playing for a mediocre club.
I think I'd prefer them over Ødegaard, even though I do rate him highly still. Ødegaard is very intelligent, links play very well, does more defensively than those three, but his output is not amazing. Think his output could be close to 5 goals and 8-10 assists in a full season at Arsenal, which would be quite good.
From what I remember last summer he (and his agent) thought he was too good for us and demanded outrageous fees at the last minute.What’s the deal with Aouar’s mentality?