Unfortunately, this is what happens when utterly incompetent people run a football club. That is arrested levels up from a mere manager, but still takes time to implement. In the time being we have to do something, and of those two paths, there's scouts or manager. In this instance it's not even a momentary pause to pick the more prudent path relative to our predicament.
Why not? He was never the alternative for Maguire, that was just wishful thinking by the anti-Maguire gang
Don't see how that changes anything. We still have the same CB options we had before we knew who the captain is.
We might be thinking of going with three at the back, or playing Martinez in a deeper MF role, he is a versatile player that understands how Ten Hag wants to utilize him.
Why? If anything it's Varane who should be worried now if this signing goes through. Anyway Varane will be injured soon so we won't have a problem.
How? Maguire’s distribution is better when he’s on the right.
@Dante's post needs to be in here.
At the point when we have at least 2 we can rely on?
Plenty of high lines have less quick defenders. Your high line depends on the pressing, not on the defenders just running back.
It's still very risky without any recovery pace. Wasn't that AVBs downfall at Chelsea, the high line with a struggling Terry?
Again the only conclusion is that AVB team structure wasn't good enough to have a high line in the premiership. Pep and klopps is. Ralfs isn't, hence why every CB we had last season including varane looked very bad at different times
Not sure what VDS has to do with player transfers considering he’s the CEO & not their sporting director. He actually deals with the commercial side of Ajax and apparently is really good at it. So more Woodward than Murtough.
Which ones as slow as the proposed one, particularly with two cb's who pressure for the ball and none who sweep behind the proactive one?
I'm not convinced he's for CB anyway. Think he will be a CDM position and CB cover if needs be.
Hummel's was slower and is one of the most celebrated high line defenders of last 20 years.
that is a wild assertion...why does maguire being captain negate the need for a CB with a completely different profile and style of play??
More likely the other way around. He's a CB. He's not a midfielder.
Indeed.
Yeah but this is England. You can’t play a high line and win the PL with slow CBs hence why Pep plays proper sprinters there.
Pretty sure he's capable of playing both. Nobody knows what ETH is planning until we see him on the pitch.
You named one player, not two. I asked which partnerships.
Yes, thought that too. Maguire might still be not good enough, but that won’t be because he’s moved to the right. There’s a chance ETH doesn’t think the captaincy is that important and Maguire will be up against Varane for playing time.
Unless he's being brought in to play in midfield? Ten Hag did say today that we are, "searching for players in the midfield, where we have a need, and also the offence."
At the point we have 4 quality ones.
Maguire and lindelof have no pace and were excellent a couple of seasons ago. Maguire top three defenders in the league in defence and attack. I'm sure the geniuses said it was impossible. And we didn't even have a good coach then, we probably had Michael Carrick coaching the defensive shape and protected by mcfred. Football isn't played on paper. Maguire and Martinez could work as part of a squad
Blind-De Ligt under ETH. Which one is the fast one? Dias-Stones. Which one is the fast one?
How? Maguire isn't guaranteed to start.
I must have missed that season, Lindelof and excellent are like oil and water, replace with mediocre and it is still too generous
Not many managers take the same strategy and 11 game after game. Journalists get peoples imaginations going with this stuff but in reality lots of players can play beyond 11Who was the journalist that said ETH wants to drop Varane for Martinez and drop Sancho for Eriksen. They might be on to something afterall...
You must be a giant then.
As if by magic Luckhurst is reporting Maguire is training alone due to a knock and Varane hasn’t come out for the afternoon session
They didn't play in anything like as high a line. We played counter-attacking football at Maguire's best; soaking up pressure deep and hitting on the break. This is optimal for slower defenders.
At the same time ETH did not just come to all these conclusions himself, he probably got help from scouts when he was at Ajax.
