If our samurai friend can live up to this ideal, we will be blessed.
So a lamppost then. Better than fire hydrant Cedric, I suppose.
If our samurai friend can live up to this ideal, we will be blessed.
WTF you on about? Purely stating some facts rather than being blind to the position WE are in. Just because some of our fan base want to live with their heads in the sand, I don’t. I am praying Sp**s made a mistake and let us have him because they wanted Emerson. Emerson on paper looks like he has way more potential, but things don’t always work out like that.Look at this S**** fan saying "us" and "we".
Per wasn't too bad for a panic buy too so not judging him based on this. Then again, we had a competent manager during that time.Absolute panic buy of the highest order, getting a midtable serie a defender reeks of desperation and in all honesty this deal shouldn't have been sanctioned and it's worrying that KSE are still backing Edu and Arteta like this.
We can only hope this guy becomes a decent squad option
Mazraoui. Watch him in the CL this season.The RB market this window apart from Hakimi wasn't inspiring there were not exciting option to get you a instant upgrade.
i think our first target was Tyler Adams from Leipzig but they clearly didn't want to sell he was even more perfect than Tomi more athlete and better going forward suit the nerdy inverted RB Arteta wanted our next target was Emerson but clearly we didn't want to over spend for him he just above average and for 25-30M euros i'm glad we didn't take it.
I don't like the sound of that. It means our RW will get no support again and 90% of our attacks will be from Tierney on the left.
It will be good to finally have a RB who can defend though. Our right side has been a weak link for years.
Bro that’s all well and good but this team breaks players. Actually breaks them.Nah bro, I’m usually quite negative about our signings in recent years but I think he’ll be a success. I think he’s more talented than Holding/Ben White imo and he’ll surprise a few.
Apparently he’s developed a lot at Bologna but I haven’t really watched him there. Saw him play for the Japan national team during the Olympics. He looked really solid and composed especially against France and was probably one of their standout performers in that game if any of you lot want to check that up. The most interesting thing I took from that was that he was able to comfortably slot in as a LCB and didn’t look out of place which was really impressive.
City do something similar.If he is going to stay back on the right side, whether in a three or a four, it would work better with a right footer ahead of him (AMN?) making the pitch wide rather than Pepe or Saka cutting in and narrowing it.
They would have benefited much more from an attacking, overlapping right back like Celik or Mazraoui.
Mazraoui and Celik don't have particularly great attacking numbers either though do they? I'm luke warm about this one, but think Tomi is at least on the level of those two in terms of talent. In Mazraoui's case in particular he is coming from the Dutch league which is a bigger step up (ok he also has some European experience).They would have benefited much more from an attacking, overlapping right back like Celik or Mazraoui.
He is tall, technical, fast, very two footed with great long passes with either and can play multiple positions. I watched a compilation where he pinged long passes from left position with the left foot like 5 times. In many ways reminds of White.Mazraoui and Celik don't have particularly great attacking numbers either though do they? I'm luke warm about this one, but think Tomi is at least on the level of those two in terms of talent. In Mazraoui's case in particular he is coming from the Dutch league which is a bigger step up (ok he also has some European experience).
We probably lost out to Sp**s on Emerson but as others have said there are no guarantees with any transfer. Emerson seems a bit more balanced than Tomiyasu but Tomi is an interesting prospect so I'm looking forward to seeing him play. It's rare you get a decent 6ft 2 player with pace, acceleration and two footedness. Could be our Ivanovich if it works out.
I think he was target as well but we weren't heavily linkedMazraoui. Watch him in the CL this season.
How is it a panic buy if they have tried to get rid of Bellerin for a long time, and when they get him loaned, they buy their target?This guy might turn out to be decent but you absolutely cannot deny it was a panic buy. Basically our RB options are **** and our CB options aren't much better, conceded 9 goals in 3 games and got done this as a result
Don't know if it was a panic buy, seemed pretty obvious that we needed a RB all summer, just couldn't ship out our current lot I reckon.This guy might turn out to be decent but you absolutely cannot deny it was a panic buy. Basically our RB options are **** and our CB options aren't much better, conceded 9 goals in 3 games and gave done this as a result