I'm happy with the list of potential sales-minus Nacho. There's no point keeping non contributors.
How much of his "defensive failures" were his fault or as a result of the team defending poorly?
Besides I find it seriously hard to imagine us selling Monreal and then getting a sufficient starting quality LB in as a replacement. We're apparently already near the end of our budget and it's not like Nacho is gonna get us a huge transfer fee so reinvesting in a replacement of serious quality probably isn't likely at this stage.
What Monreal gives you is experience, leadership, a committed professional and a very good defensive full-back. In my opinion he's a good player to have considering the rest of our defensive lacks experience unless Lichtsteiner is gonna be a starter which I doubt.
Why get? We already have the better option in Kola
And now this barca youngster
Ainsley to
vice captain nacho monreal.
I think there's some attachment to the idea that we needed some "Steel" in our squad. I don't necessarily disagree, but left back is not the space for that steel, and we shouldn't be sacrificing quality for strength there.Not sure where this idea Kolasinac is better then Monreal comes from
. He's been ****.
Monreal has the edge over Kolasinac for me, Kolasinac is a threat offensively but questionable defensively and looks very rushed on the ball which gets found out when teams press us, also, for me, he appears to lack stamina and if we are going to be a high intensity side he may well get found out in that area as well.
Unless we have a viable replacement already lined up i don't see this one happening.
Wrong on all accounts!
Lacks stamina? Well you get tired when you actually defend and not just pretend like Monreal
Rushed? He tries to make stuff happen instead of just waiting
Monreal has the edge over Kolasinac for me, Kolasinac is a threat offensively but questionable defensively and looks very rushed on the ball which gets found out when teams press us, also, for me, he appears to lack stamina and if we are going to be a high intensity side he may well get found out in that area as well.
Unless we have a viable replacement already lined up i don't see this one happening.
Wrong on all accounts!
Lacks stamina? Well you get tired when you actually defend and not just pretend like Monreal
Rushed? He tries to make stuff happen instead of just waiting
You speaking nonsense again. Monreal is the much better defender of the pair. Monreal was also a very good threat going forward last season. However overall Kolasinac is the bigger threat going forward in my opinion.
When he's trying to defend Kolasinac regularly gets caught out by nippy wide players because he turns like a jumbo jet.
I would prefer Kolasinac to start if his fitness improves. But what you're saying in regards to last season is nonsense.
You speaking nonsense again. Monreal is the much better defender of the pair. Monreal was also a very good threat going forward last season. However overall Kolasinac is the bigger threat going forward in my opinion.
When he's trying to defend Kolasinac regularly gets caught out by nippy wide players because he turns like a jumbo jet.
I would prefer Kolasinac to start if his fitness improves. But what you're saying in regards to last season is nonsense.