Uncredible_Hulk
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£4m buy back clause it seems
If that's true then it's an absolute no brainer. We better be activating that clause...
£4m buy back clause it seems
We're one top quality CB away from having a very solid spine of Laca - Torreira - CB - Leno.
It's paramount we bring in a top class central defender this Summer. We saw how Liverpool benefited with an addition of Van Dyke and it should be a priority for us as well.
I'd focus on wide areas after that, we need wingers and a LB. We need trickery and pace and I'm sure we can find a suitable addition(s), especially if we dip into SA market. Nelson will get his chance as well, I'm sure.
Someone we'll have to fill the Ramsey role in midfield, ESR could be a longterm replacement but he's still miles off atm. If there's any funds left I'd try to add a quality CM but it will all depend on how much we can get from player sales IMO.
If I was Emery (or Sanllehi) I'd try to go big on a CB and a winger rather than spread the funds over multiple transfers. I think we can get away with one more season of Monreal/Kolasinac tbh.
Totally agree with this. We need to be focusing on getting in top quality in the positions we are desperate for it. At the moment it’s a winger and a CB.
There’s no point in dreaming up fantasy scenarios about bringing in up to 7 youngsters who will be an instant it. That kind of turn over never helps a team. Now imagine if they’re all 19...
Liverpool have also been helped by a less aggressive press. They still press, of course, but not as often. And they are compact. They are a lot more organised without the ball. Adding personnel has helped, but it’s not the only reason they haven’t suffered as many counter attacks.
I still maintain that the players still don’t look like they know what they should be doing, and I don’t believe that all 10 outfield players aren’t following instructions. Something that needs to be installed is not just a tactical understanding, but a tactical responsibility.
What defines too many chances?I think what needs to happen from now on is we don't give too many chances to players who aren't cutting the mustard. If it isn't working get shot, otherwise we continue to play players who only look worse and their value plummets probably like Mustafi's and Xhaka's. Get shot quick!
Let me summarise this little wish list of yours:Ready for massive changes and fresh blood.
Bin:
Özil, Iwobi, Mustafi, Mhiktarayan, Monreal, and Xhaka.
Buy: 1 World Class Centerback and a left fullback that can also play Center back.
Also need a central midfielder that can replace Ramsey.
Keep: Holding. This dude is promising.
Convert Kolasniac to full time left winger...he is friggin awesome when all he needs to do is attack.
Academy: Bring through Smith Rowe, Nelson, Nketiah, and Saka....maybe others too. Trust in the youth like Tottenham did.
Let me summarise this little wish list of yours:
OUT (9 first team players): Ramsey, Özil, Welbeck, Mkhitarian, Cech, Iwobi, Monreal, Xhaka, Mustafi
IN (3 first team players): CB, LB, CM
And you would play Kolasinac the fat and slow cross merchant at our wings, where Marc Overmars, Robert Pires and Tomas Rosicky used to play.
We are also going to rely on unproven youngsters who will get the Guendouzi treatment from the fans after a few inconsistent games.
We are doomed, aren't we.
Let me summarise this little wish list of yours:
OUT (9 first team players): Ramsey, Özil, Welbeck, Mkhitarian, Cech, Iwobi, Monreal, Xhaka, Mustafi
IN (3 first team players): CB, LB, CM
And you would play Kolasinac the fat and slow cross merchant at our wings, where Marc Overmars, Robert Pires and Tomas Rosicky used to play.
We are also going to rely on unproven youngsters who will get the Guendouzi treatment from the fans after a few inconsistent games.
We are doomed, aren't we.
Seeing the results of **** teams like Sp**s who didn't buy a single player in the summer or Liverpool who buy average players from the premier league (e.g. Wijnaldum from a relegated Newcastle) make me question our whole philosophy. We keep going on about the need to spend big money on top quality players but maybe football is no longer about that. We need a new approach.
Replacing 9 players with 3, and paying 40-60k to the players in 2019. Out of curiosity I checked, and we would get Phil Jagielka for the salary. I don't even know why I'm answering to this post, it's so far from reality.We need to build buddy and stop overpaying for so called World Class players.
Nobody on our team except for maybe PEA and Lacazette should be making over 100K.
The rest should be 40-60K.
First and foremost we need players with good attitudes, Not skill.
I would rather have a team of James Milners than a team of Ozils. Özil has more skill and talent in his left foot than Milner has in his whole body. But Milner is up for the fight and will give his all every match no matter what the circumstances.
We need to start looking at hard working, modest, honest players who have the right attitude and mentality.
You look at Liverpool and see the professionalism of Van Dijk. Milner. Henderson. You see the young players coming in desperate to prove something. Looking beside them and seeing a leader and thinking.....I want to impress him.
City are full of leaders. Players who take responsibility.
Sp**s the same.
Arsenal and United look like 2 clubs lost of identity, direction and leadership. For sure if Klopp/Poch or Pep told their players to eat their own s#$% for breakfast and it would help their performance they would eat if for lunch and dinner too.
Our club is so void of identity and leadership we are only going to go one way which is down.
I'm not sure where to post this but Keown is really hammering home the importance of getting former players back at the club. It's good news with Freddie and Per here and rumours of a return by Edu and Pires. These players will give the club some identity which may help determine the type of player we get.
Milner and Wijnaldum are getting some praise now but I've always thought both were the solid citizens every team needs. They are what Grimaldi was back in the day. You can rely on them. We need more characters like that.
Ready for massive changes and fresh blood.
Bin:
Özil, Iwobi, Mustafi, Mhiktarayan, Monreal, and Xhaka.
Buy: 1 World Class Centerback and a left fullback that can also play Center back.
Also need a central midfielder that can replace Ramsey.
Keep: Holding. This dude is promising.
Convert Kolasniac to full time left winger...he is friggin awesome when all he needs to do is attack.
Academy: Bring through Smith Rowe, Nelson, Nketiah, and Saka....maybe others too. Trust in the youth like Tottenham did.
I shudder at the thought. This is Arsenal, not Stoke.First and foremost we need players with good attitudes, Not skill.
I would rather have a team of James Milners than a team of Ozils. Özil has more skill and talent in his left foot than Milner has in his whole body. But Milner is up for the fight and will give his all every match no matter what the circumstances.
We need to start looking at hard working, modest, honest players who have the right attitude and mentality.