Jackie_Treehorn
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Country: USA
Player:Martinelli
Careful what you wish for - he might put a two-footer on Lampard on the touch lineI hope this means he comes to us determined to prove a point
Careful what you wish for - he might put a two-footer on Lampard on the touch lineI hope this means he comes to us determined to prove a point
careful, you know he'd try to slip the tongue in8 f*cking million Raul you greasy sex god. I could kiss you.
The moment I heard this rumor I thought of this possibility. We could see real results from his skill on the ball.I don't like Luiz as a footballer and he is anything but a natural defender (which unfortunately is exactly what we need) but for under 10m you'd have to be a fool to not take him undet the current circumstances. Offer him a 2 year contract, he'd have the incentive to play his heart out to get a renewal or a last paycheck at the end of it, PL experienced, winner mentality and we weaken a rival in the process. He'd instantly be our best ball-playing defender by far, thus he improves us, even if going forward. We had trouble in playing out from the back last season.
Exactly. We don't need to rely on Xhaka for anything other than keeping the bench warm.Where this has the potential to help us defensively is by reducing our reliance on Xhaka to distribute from deep allowing us to play Torreria or even Cellabos as our #6.
Where this has the potential to help us defensively is by reducing our reliance on Xhaka to distribute from deep allowing us to play Torreria or even Cellabos as our #6.
Finally someone who understands about football and why you need passing abilities from you CB in modern football. The times when you wanted pure trolls defending has ended. You need at least one of them to be good with the ball. Just like Puyol - Rafita Márquez one was the muscle, Rafa was the brain and class!I don't think Luiz will necessarily start here if all our options are fit. I know for sure that him + Sokratis will be a poor partnership balance wise.
If Holding meets his earlier form for us then it will be between Sokratis and Luiz to be his partner. Luiz will offer fantastic passing and composure, but less recovery speed and power than Sokratis.
Regardless it pushes Mustafi down the pecking order and hopefully out the club. The order of CB's imo:
1. Holding 2. Sokratis 3. Luiz 4. Chambers 5. Mustafi
Wonder who wil be the opted freekick takers now out of Özil, Xhaka Ceballos and Luiz?
He is quality, which makes me think these rumours of 5-8 mil are rubbish. Hes more in the 15-20 range isn't he? 32 isn't that old this day and agePretty sure he can defend. He was in the PFA Team of The Year 2017 and probably not because of his passing skills.
He is quality, which makes me think these rumours of 5-8 mil are rubbish. Hes more in the 15-20 range isn't he? 32 isn't that old this day and age