Imagine having Antony, Nkunku, and Nunez in our side. It is possible.
Antony | Here we go! €100mill, contract until June 2027, option 'til 2028.
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Don't see what the fuzz is all about.
The average of our right wing is Juan mata, Elanga and occasionally Rashford. He is WAY above average walking into our side.
That shouldn't be the standard, we shouldn't be recruiting relative to what we've got. Good luck building a silverware winning team with that approach.
Like Antony isn't? the guy is class and all the stats point to it.
What makes you say that?
Wrong, they aren’t hated because they are flair players. Fans are frustrated because they know they could deliver so much more than once every 5 or 6 games. Fans love flair as long as there is some semblance of trying
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Good Lord you’re behind the times if that’s the only measure of a decent winger.
What do you think we need our wingers to do in a Ten Hag system? Then we can discuss who would be a good statistical fit from there.
That's the biggest load of bullshit i've ever read....first of all Pogba isn't a flair player, he's fuking lazy
martial has some flair to him but his attitude sucks and his effort is fuking useless
that's why the fanbase can't stand them ....don't give a fuk about flair or not. Ronaldo was a flair player during his spell at United but he produced the goods which is why everyone loved him. He had flair but he also had an end product.
If he tried that kind of step over /instep control in the PL even once he would find himself getting targeted big time. Ronaldinho was the only player I ever saw do those pointless bits of skill in a game and not want to slap. You have to be likeable to get away with it.
Not if we buy Rice for 100M this summer. We'd likely have to miss out on two of them. I'd have Nunez and Nkunku ahead of Antony priority wise
Ah so you shouldn't judge a forward based on his goal involvements. Sure that makes sense.
Yes, Those 2 are a must for me too.
Cmere lads, where are these stats that point to him being really good?
He passes the eye test for me so I'd love to be proven wrong, but he does seem a little wasteful and I'm not sure he'd adapt to the PL.
He passes the eye test for me so I'd love to be proven wrong, but he does seem a little wasteful and I'm not sure he'd adapt to the PL.
The Ajax team today and even recent matches without Antony is just full of average players. They are missing this guy a lot.
They definitely missed him. He opens up space for others with his fantastic dribbling ability, and has the penchant to create something out of nothing. Berghuis who replaced him on the right isn't even close to the ability of Antony.
This is cool. It lines up perfectly with what I was saying here
Feels an inevitable signing doesn’t it? With ETH all but confirmed, our weakness in that area and our relationship with Ajax it feels that way.
I hope so. Such huge potential and so fun to watch. We haven’t had a livewire like him in the side since Nani.
Definitely feels like one that checks too many boxes for ETH and the club. I guess it now all depends on 4th and the subsequent budget.
28 goals in 128 apps in club football. Most of those games were in Holland
Another wide player who you have to doubt would ever score more than 10 goals a season from open play in the PL.
Where are all the goals going to come from if we keep signing players like Sancho and him? We are going to need a 40 goal a season striker to complete.
Another wide player who you have to doubt would ever score more than 10 goals a season from open play in the PL.
Where are all the goals going to come from if we keep signing players like Sancho and him? We are going to need a 40 goal a season striker to complete.
If we're in the market for left-footed right wingers, is Antony better than Raphinha?
I guess that they would cost a similar amount.
I guess that they would cost a similar amount.
The idea is to put together players who compliment one another, and trust that their output will improve. Because of the danger Antony poses and the attention he gets, it freed up space for Sebastian Haller to do what he’s good at and find the net. Assuming we do sign Antony, that means Sancho will make the left wing spot his own and then we have creativity and skill on both flanks for the first time in forever it seems. Naturally, whoever plays through the middle will find themselves with a good number of chances Per match. I think Antony is the perfect compliment to Jadon, but so much of it will depend on the players we put in the middle of the park. These guys need the ball zipped Into them with accuracy so they can just turn and go, and right now we don’t have a player that will consistently find a players feet.
Bruno, Striker, Sancho and Antony is enough goals isn't it? Each capable of double figures. Bruno 15+ and striker should be looking at 25+.
I know it isn't as simple as that, but that has to be the goal doesn't it?
It’s a valid concern. For that reason alone I’d prefer Karim Adeyemi above all for the right, assuming MG is done.
That said, with the age of Sancho and Antony, there may also be reasonable expectation that goal output will increase.
We have a goal scoring number 10 who will make up the difference. That and a new striker should be plenty for now imo
If the #9 that comes in will also be our penalty taker then our 10 won’t make up the difference at all, he likely won’t be a 20 open play goalscorer. He’s more likely to get similar numbers to the wingers like 10-15.
But he doesn’t need 20, 15 odd would do. Adding in his assist making as well more than makes up for it. Who else has that behind the front 3? City?
Say Sancho gets 10 next year and Antony hits 5 then you add in Bruno’s 15, that’s 30 goals either side of your striker. In a front three that’s more than enough, that’s the leeway Bruno gives us.
Hell last season we had Bruno, Marcus and Cavani hit 45 odd between them with Greenwood scoring 12. The season before the we had all our front 3 hit 20 goals plus.
I honestly believe we have too many goal scorers in our side and a player who creates and can pass a ball is a welcome addition. It’s why our attacking play is very ABC, knock it forward into space, down the line etc. it’s their striking instincts kicking in when they automatically try to cut in and get a shot away, we are a team that’s forgotten how to go on the outside.
Who is Graeme Bryce? I think we need to stop posting nobodies source especially that mufcmpb has been tweeting information from nobodies sources.
To be fair he's only just turned 22 this year. Too ealy to say that we have to doubt his quality based on that.
That’s fair enough. Although I also think Bruno would struggle to get 15 without pens too, certainly in the league anyway. But regarding a creator, I think Sancho will fill that role. I think one of each either side of a striker is ideal. A Sancho and a Greenwood/Rashford type. Especially as there is no guarantee that we are going to get the 25+ from whatever striker we bring in.
With regards to City, I think there situation is different. It all starts from back to front. Territorially, the team is good enough to play majority of the game in the right areas, so the goals will come. If we can sustain enough pressure and move the ball quickly and continuously around the final third, we can get goals from everywhere. Right now, the whole team isn’t good enough.
Currently, Raphinha is probably better and I have seen Raphinha above Antony in pecking order of RW in national team. But Raphinha is 3 and half years older than Antony. I like Raphinha though since I have watched him more and I know the guy is quality.
Bruno already had 9 league goals without penalty this season in poor team. He wouldn't struggle to get that 15 league goals in much more creative team and if we assign him in the same role as Lampard was at Chelsea behind the striker, it's even very possible for Bruno to get that 15 league goals.
Adeyemi is away to Dortmund.
If they can find the money to actually pay for him.
Think that'll be easy with Haaland going to City.
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