Right Winger... Who do we go for?

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ravi2 said:
And how has our attack looked the last few years?

If you seriously believe we don't need a right winger then all I have to say is you are entitled to your opinion.
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Do you seriously think our attack has looked poor because we didn't play with wide front men? Seriously? There are lots of teams over the past few seasons who have done well without attackers who haven't kept the width. Just look at Chelsea last season with Eden Hazard.

Our forward players are fine, by the way. Mata has been effective for us in a lot of games, and if Martial figures out that RW position (a la Pedro and the Mane of last season) he can be deadly.
 
United Pro said:
As much as I feel like we don't have an out and out right winger, I'm starting to believe that having an overlapping right back that can deliver accurate crosses might be a better solution.
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Just a gut feeling that I have, is that Mourinho will look to bring in the type of FB such as Sandro / Ghoulam, players good at joining in with the attack, and that IF he is considering a Right sided attacker, it will not be an out and out winger, it will be someone similar to Sanchez.
In my thoughts Dybala or even Griezmann will be the type of player that Mourinho has in mind, if anyone at all..!
 
Realistically we need a creative player who can beat a man from the right. Not how many of those are in the world never mind being available.

What I'd give to have prime-Nani back!
 
Trizy said:
Realistically we need a creative player who can beat a man from the right. Not how many of those are in the world never mind being available.

What I'd give to have prime-Nani back!
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Douglas Costa, kingsley Coman, Mahrez, pulisic??
 
Surely If it's true we are looking at a right winger then we should be going all out for Mahrez?

PL Proven, can actually beat a man with trickery and is an ACTUAL right winger, not an inside forward or a left winger playing on the right either
 
Unless someone goes we do not need one. We are stacked attacking wise. What we need is MFs.
 
Hugh Jass said:
Unless someone goes we do not need one. We are stacked attacking wise. What we need is MFs.
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Not really, imo. We literally don't have a right winger. Plus if Sanchez gets injured we're back to where we were, screaming for some world class talent.

Mahrez just fits the bill so much.
 
Ikon said:
Just a gut feeling that I have, is that Mourinho will look to bring in the type of FB such as Sandro / Ghoulam, players good at joining in with the attack, and that IF he is considering a Right sided attacker, it will not be an out and out winger, it will be someone similar to Sanchez.
In my thoughts Dybala or even Griezmann will be the type of player that Mourinho has in mind, if anyone at all..!
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I don't personally think we're going to sign any attacking players, unless some leave or Bale becomes available. If anything, we have too many attackers in this squad that can play on the right, but aren't out and out right wingers. I'd like to think if we were to sign a right winger, it will be someone who is comfortable there.
 
VeevaVee said:
Not really, imo. We literally don't have a right winger. Plus if Sanchez gets injured we're back to where we were, screaming for some world class talent.

Mahrez just fits the bill so much.
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I like Riyad a lot but it just be weird if we went for him now. He's been crying out to be signed for what seems like years, and Leicester haven't been completely against selling him either.....to suddenly interest in summer 2018 would seem a bit like our real targets were unattainable.
 
Alabaster Codify7 said:
I like Riyad a lot but it just be weird if we went for him now. He's been crying out to be signed for what seems like years, and Leicester haven't been completely against selling him either.....to suddenly interest in summer 2018 would seem a bit like our real targets were unattainable.
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Something like that wouldn't bother me. I'd be excited whoever signs though, unless it was Bale because I'd feel like I was waiting til he's injured and we're back at square one.
 
Andersons Dietician said:
Weirdly I was thinking about this today and I do wonder if Dybala was purchased, I suppose he could operate the same way we use Mata. Starting point is the right but tending to end up more in central areas. I’d rather it was a 433 than the 4231 tho.
Dybala does tend to naturally drift more right or operate in that sort of area but a fear would be that he and Sanchez both like to operate quite narrowly so we’d lose that width unless we start to use fullbacks more offensively and get some that can do something in the final 3rd.
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Dybala actually makes a lot of sense if we have more dangerous attacking full backs.
 
Wasn't Mahrez devastated because he couldn't join City in January? Skipped training for two weeks because he was so angry! Feels like he is desperate to join them.

Or perhaps he just desperately wants out of Leicester?
 
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Priorities better be elsewhere during the summer window

However if we lost Martial and picked up Mahrez or Willian we would stronger.

Not saying I want Tony Martial gone but if he’s not going to play then ship him and bring in an upgrade somewhere else on the pitch
 
I heard Douglas Costa plyed RW vs Madrid and had Marcelo in his pocket, didn't get to see the game so hoping someone could give me some insight.

Edit: Leon Bailey would prob be my first choice followed by Costa
 
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How is Malcolm getting on? He looks a star in the making on the right. He can make space for our other players with his dribbling and he has a good shot on him. We need a playmaker in midfield and wing backs too though.... our team looks pretty close to being very good again... until the next meltdown...Hopefully next season we really challenge on all fronts, I think we might have done better this year with the same team but the coaching and desire was lacking. I think we already have a lot of quality in the team when everyone is fit.
 
Cheekiey said:
I heard Douglas Costa plyed RW vs Madrid and had Marcelo in his pocket, didn't get to see the game so hoping someone could give me some insight.

Edit: Leon Bailey would prob be my first choice followed by Costa
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I read somewhere Juve are making Costa's loan deal permanent
 
Gordon S said:
Wasn't Mahrez devastated because he couldn't join City in January? Skipped training for two weeks because he was so angry! Feels like he is desperate to join them.

Or perhaps he just desperately wants out of Leicester?
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He just desperatly wants to play for a club that challenges/Play in the CL. it looked like he was ready to go to Roma last summer.
 
NotATroll said:
You seem to have gone from Mata is not good enough therefore we need an actual right winger. It doesn't follow. If your point is that we just need a better false right winger then what I said is no different to what you're saying: my point was that people have little basis for saying we can't play someone on the right who wants to move into the middle. I think they just want a touchline-hugger because that's what they are used to.


I stated how useful he was coming in off the right and overloading the centre. Him being the ten and e.g. Gelson Martins playing on the right wouldn't have given us the same advantage.
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Martins no but mahrez would be much more of a threat and although not a complete technician like Mata, the playmaking side of Mahrez is hugely underrated as he has the capabilities to do both it his lack of work rate that is alarming or more so his output at defending that’s woeful. But we need a balance in our team to help him in this regard. If we signed Mahrez and he replaced Mata our attacking flow and overall play would improve massively for me. But we would need that 3rd midfielder to come in to accommodate him unless we were at OT and had cannon fodder visit.
On a side not that’s one thing about him he’s brought back to OT is the growing belief when teams visit they know they are going to get beat. We lost that air of invincibility at OT under LVG and Moyes but under Jose the belief is coming back and I love it.
 
I would love it if we go for Isco. It is probably not possible but imagine him instead of Mata on the right flank. He did pretty well last year on the right .
 
Gordon S said:
Wasn't Mahrez devastated because he couldn't join City in January? Skipped training for two weeks because he was so angry! Feels like he is desperate to join them.

Or perhaps he just desperately wants out of Leicester?
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Nobody wants to join city... he just wanted to move somewhere to play CL football and earn a load more money.
 
ravi2 said:
Whats funny about that? He is exactly the type of winger we should be interested in
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Funny? That's a drooling smiley. Not a laughing one. Please god tell me I don't have you explain what it means.
 
Cheekiey said:
I heard Douglas Costa plyed RW vs Madrid and had Marcelo in his pocket, didn't get to see the game so hoping someone could give me some insight.

Edit: Leon Bailey would prob be my first choice followed by Costa
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I love Bailey but the last thing we need is another young inconsistent winger
We already are having trouble accommodating Martial and Rashford
Now I know Bailey plays on RW but still he's a bit inconsistent to be a constant starter for us IMHO
 
GM K said:
Dybala actually makes a lot of sense if we have more dangerous attacking full backs.
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Yeah, the only issue is Jose tends to mark fullbacks and I don’t think that would suit Dybala and personally I’d rather the fullback was more worried about our player than our player having to man mark him.

Do kinda think priority for us is midfielders and fullbacks this summer. With Rashford, Martial,Mata and Lingard there is cover for all the front positions. All of them should be able to play RW also even tho pre Sanchez arrival I would have thought that is where we would play him.
 
Andersons Dietician said:
Yeah, the only issue is Jose tends to mark fullbacks and I don’t think that would suit Dybala and personally I’d rather the fullback was more worried about our player than our player having to man mark him.

Do kinda think priority for us is midfielders and fullbacks this summer. With Rashford, Martial,Mata and Lingard there is cover for all the front positions. All of them should be able to play RW also even tho pre Sanchez arrival I would have thought that is where we would play him.
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What do you mean by this?

Good post overall.
 
GM K said:
What do you mean by this?

Good post overall.
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It’s just that his wingers tend to have more defensive instructions. It’s part of our defensive set up with that low block. Our wingers or Jose’s tend to retreat to a safe distance keeping their fullback in front of them which for me invites an opposition fullback forward.
I’ve no problem with our wingers going back and keeping an eye on the fullback but i’d Want them to be in a position where the fullback is more worried about play breaking down and where our winger is who should be in a position where if needed he can get back at the fullback to help out or penetrate inbehind. Our wingers just don’t penetrate at all because they are too busy in defensive positions and for me that would be a waste of Dybala as he just doesn’t have the athleticism to get up and down like that and hurt people.

I guess that also is a reason for his supposed intrest in Peresic being as he sort of fits that type of player.

In saying this tho I would say Sanchez has had more freedom than the others on that left and hasn’t tracked back as much.
 
Wayne's World said:
Surely If it's true we are looking at a right winger then we should be going all out for Mahrez?

PL Proven, can actually beat a man with trickery and is an ACTUAL right winger, not an inside forward or a left winger playing on the right either
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I'd be happy with Mahrez.
I like that he knows how to play well, in the EPL. There shouldn't be a long settling in period and he should be able to hit the ground running.
 
sunama said:
I'd be happy with Mahrez.
I like that he knows how to play well, in the EPL. There shouldn't be a long settling in period and he should be able to hit the ground running.
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He's another inverted winger though? Plays on the right and cuts in on his left.. Our three behind Lukaku end up running into each other as Sanchez and Mata both cut in off either side.. Mahrez wouldn't do much to help this
 
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