Country: Wales
Feel like they’ve included us just to take the p*ss.
I don't know how to perceive info from Sky, it always feels that they are a few days behind.
Everything about our image is brilliant
Everything about our image is brilliant
I noticed on Transfermarkt that our squad has the youngest average age of the top 6. With the players we are targeting, Saliba (18), Tierney (22), Ceballos (22), Soares (23) and maybe Kos and Monreal leaving it could get even younger.
I think this must be a planned direction from upstairs. It looks like they are trying to build a young squad that can bloom in 2-3 seasons time. Nearly all the players we are linked with are young and it has also been hinted at that our best youth prospects will start filling squad places at least at first.
It could be a little rocky along the way but I am all for it, maybe a bit of short term pain for long term gain.
True that. Good thing is that all these signings would be of perfect age to join the club and actually make an impact. Not too young like Gendouzi or at the later end of career like Sokratis/Lichsteiner.I’d be delighted with a window where we picked up Zaha, Tierney, Ceballos and (delayed) Saliba, even if it meant we didn’t have a major CB upgrade for another year.
LB and winger were the priorities and Tierney / Zaha are as good as it gets in that regard.
Sokratis + one of Holding / Chambers at CB isn’t elite
but both the young English lads have room to develop. Will admittedly be chucking them in at the deep end but there’s only so much you can do in one window with our budget.
Hopefully we add a RB replacement for the first few months of the season to strengthen the unit.
For all those lovers of AFCAMDEN out there.
I noticed on Transfermarkt that our squad has the youngest average age of the top 6. With the players we are targeting, Saliba (18), Tierney (22), Ceballos (22), Soares (23) and maybe Kos and Monreal leaving it could get even younger.
I think this must be a planned direction from upstairs. It looks like they are trying to build a young squad that can bloom in 2-3 seasons time. Nearly all the players we are linked with are young and it has also been hinted at that our best youth prospects will start filling squad places at least at first.
It could be a little rocky along the way but I am all for it, maybe a bit of short term pain for long term gain.
Why can't this club ever do their business early? This happens every season - we undervalue the importance and value of having new signings train with the team for a full pre-season. Instead, players come in right at the start of the season with no relationship or chemistry with their teammates and don't even start looking like a team until October.
Surely team chemistry and effectively integrating new players into the squad is worth more than the 1m we're haggling over?
They didn't know what European competition they'd be playing in until May 29 so it would've been difficult to do the ground work on transfers earlier without being able to give assurances over CL football.Why can't this club ever do their business early? This happens every season - we undervalue the importance and value of having new signings train with the team for a full pre-season. Instead, players come in right at the start of the season with no relationship or chemistry with their teammates and don't even start looking like a team until October.
Surely team chemistry and effectively integrating new players into the squad is worth more than the 1m we're haggling over?
They didn't know what European competition they'd be playing in until May 29 so it would've been difficult to do the ground work on transfers earlier without being able to give assurances over CL football.