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Another attacking mid/playmaker just like City have De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva we need to have two or we will be again playing like a headless chicken in weeks Bruno Fernandes is injured/suspended.
That's not a retirement home. You need 5-10 experienced players to win at the highest level. What I proposed up there would be the lower end of that spectrum. I'd love to buy Marquinhos or De Ligt or Laporte or Varane instead of Silva, but that's not going to happen. For one year he'd be worth just for the experience and mentality he'd bring in the locker room, let alone if he can give you a few good matches in a season.The retirement home I'm talking about is Thiago Silva, Edinson Cavani and Joao Moutinho.
Silva would be a brutal watch in the Premier League at his age, I think. I actually think the same goes for Bonucci and Boateng. Thanks, but no thanks.
Moutinho is decent, nothing more. We should stay far, far away from him in my opinion. Buy someone 10, or even 15 years younger.
I can think of several reasons not to sign Cavani, actually.
One reason Cavani should not be signed is that he's 33, turning 34 in february. Another reason is the wages he's allegedly demanding (€12m net). A third reason we shouldn't sign Cavani is the length of the contract he allegedly demanding (two years). A fourth reason to not sign Cavani is that he's been injured quite a bit this season (4 separate injuries, in fact).
Also, "scores for fun"? 4 goals in League 1, 7 goals in all competitions this season. I know he's not really played much, but 4 league goals sounds like he's not having much fun, then.
That's not a retirement home. You need 5-10 experienced players to win at the highest level. What I proposed up there would be the lower end of that spectrum. I'd love to buy Marquinhos or De Ligt or Laporte or Varane instead of Silva, but that's not going to happen. For one year he'd be worth just for the experience and mentality he'd bring in the locker room, let alone if he can give you a few good matches in a season.
Yeah, Moutinho is decent and cheap and a winner. You're signing him for depth, not to be a starter. Again, I'd love VdB or Aouar for that spot, but it's not realistic.
Age doesn't matter. How old was RvP when we signed him? How old are top scorers in top 5 leagues right now? Wages also don't matter to fans, that's Glazers business. We'd actually be reducing the wage bill if you replace Alexis with Cavani. Not even him, it'd be better to have Cavani than Mata, Lingard and Pereira combined.
How is two years a negative? That's perfectly reasonable.
He has been injured this season, but looking at his career that's an outlier. Of course there's a possibility he could be permanently damaged but that's why we have doctors and players have medicals before signing.
Yeah, scores for fun. Only CR, Messi and Lewa have scored more goals than him this decade. And Lewa took him over this season while he was injured. And 2-3 of those years Cavani played as a winger instead of striker. His minutes to goal ratio is still decent this season even with all the injuries and lack of playing time.
So maybe Sancho & VDB as the quality players and Pau Torres as the prospect
Sancho
Jimenez (If we're not signing Ighalo)
Young CDM
Upamecamo/Konate
Left Back
Need to move on:
Sanchez
Mata
Lingard
Dalot (If Oles not going to play him)
Smalling
Jones
Shaw
Rojo unless he can be 3rd choice LCB
We need an RW, back up AM, Matic successor, Top class CB and possibly LB to compete for the title and in he champions league
The usual policy is 3 players at best so this summer we should be looking to sign an RW (Sancho), a backup AM (Grealish/VdB) and a Top class CB. Sancho and Grealish/VdB are doable but adding a top class CB would be costly and unrealistic. Asides from that there isn't a top class CB available right now that can transform our defense that is currently the joint second best in the league and make it no.1. But we still need a CB since Smalling and Rojo are leaving and our backups can't be relied upon. After Sancho and Grealish and offloading a few players we should still be able to get a cheap low risk high reward CB. Joe Rodon or Kabak are my pick as both would be cheap and could challenge Lindelof and Maguire rather than just being back ups
If we get RW, back up AM and solid rotational CB, then 2021 window we should be looking at another three positions - DM, top class CB and LB but they are dependent on these three things
1) Have Mctominay and Fred shown they are good Matic cover? If not then get a DM
2) Is our defense good and reliable enough to challenge for the title? If not then get a top class CB
3) Are both Shaw and Williams good enough? If not then get LB
The more I see Fred the more I want a central midfielder who is good on the ball, the drop of from Bruno & Pogba to McTominay & Fred is way too big. Saw vs Palace that Pogba needed to sacrifice his game to hold McTominay’s hand, wasn’t until Matic came on which then freed Pogba to play his natural game.
So for me Grealish & Van de Beek are needed along with Sancho if went want to battle for a top 3 place and to get beyond the QF on the Champions League. I know it’s too much to ask for in one summer especially after how 2020 has been. So I think we are 2 good summer windows away from challenging
I would give Tuanzebe one more season to show if he can stay fit and be the guy to partner Maguire going forward.
Hopefully this doesn’t look too much like FIFA/ Football manager
This summer
Sancho & Grealish
January: try and keep Ighalo for 6 more months or loan another striker
loan out Henderson again and maybe James
2021 Summer
Back up forward, Van de Beek, Rice or Neves, if Tuanzebe hasn’t had a good season then Gabriel or Konate
Outs by the end of summer 21
Lingard
Mata
Pereira
Jones
Smalling
Sanchez
Rojo
Dalot
DDG (can’t have Dave & Henderson)
Fred (doesn’t fit our style of play)
Didn't Ajax already announce that Van De Beek has an agreement with them to leave at the end of the season?Sounds very realistic but my gut feeling is that Van Der Beek won't still be on the table this time next year. Neves is a class player and reckon if Rice leaves it will be to join his best mate at Chelsea.
How many of those outs do you think will happen this summer then. I reckon it will be Smalling, Rojo, Lingard, Sanchez and maybe Jones/Dalot.
The two critical positions, for me, are RW and DM with CB also in consideration but it really depends on whether we trust Tuanzebe to outgrow his injury problems or he is now another Phil Jones.
I just don't think we will have funds to buy another player like back up AM, if we sign Sancho and we already have Pogba who is as good as Bruno up the pitch we wouldn't need one. Unless of course if we can pick one from the relegated teams for a reasonable price.
What we need more in midfield is a successor to Matic who comes in to share the load right now. I think AZ's Koopmeiners would do well because he has the skill set to be the DLP like Carrick whilst being defensively sound. Such a good passer from deep will give us the option of maintaining a reasonable level of creativity from midfield even if we lose Bruno and/or Pogba.
The more I see Fred the more I want a central midfielder who is good on the ball, the drop of from Bruno & Pogba to McTominay & Fred is way too big. Saw vs Palace that Pogba needed to sacrifice his game to hold McTominay’s hand, wasn’t until Matic came on which then freed Pogba to play his natural game.
So for me Grealish & Van de Beek are needed along with Sancho if went want to battle for a top 3 place and to get beyond the QF on the Champions League. I know it’s too much to ask for in one summer especially after how 2020 has been. So I think we are 2 good summer windows away from challenging
I would give Tuanzebe one more season to show if he can stay fit and be the guy to partner Maguire going forward.
Hopefully this doesn’t look too much like FIFA/ Football manager
This summer
Sancho & Grealish
January: try and keep Ighalo for 6 more months or loan another striker
loan out Henderson again and maybe James
2021 Summer
Back up forward, Van de Beek, Rice or Neves, if Tuanzebe hasn’t had a good season then Gabriel or Konate
Outs by the end of summer 21
Lingard
Mata
Pereira
Jones
Smalling
Sanchez
Rojo
Dalot
DDG (can’t have Dave & Henderson)
Fred (doesn’t fit our style of play)
I think next season comes a season too soon for Garner and much as we love him McTominay shouldn't be in this conversation as a potential starter. Matic's performances are prone to steep declines if he is overplayed and we need a genuine first team contender as his understudy so that we have the luxury of using Matic when he is fresh and at his best.Yeah there is no doubt we need a DLP type player but am absolutely certain this will be top priority next summer.
The reason I think that is because Ole wants to give McTominay/Garner chances to be Matic deputy next season. I am not saying that is the right decision but that is what think will happen.
I think next season comes a season too soon for Garner and much as we love him McTominay shouldn't be in this conversation as a potential starter. Matic's performances are prone to steep declines if he is overplayed and we need a genuine first team contender as his understudy so that we have the luxury of using Matic when he is fresh and at his best.
Yeah I get that and I agree that's what seems to be happening but that would be a mistake. As good as Matic can be we have also known how poor he can be when off form and if he plays one too many games.I think if we were going to sign a DLP this summer then Matic wouldn't have signed a 3 year contract
Still think it will be this summer
Sancho
Grealish/VDB
Upamecano/Konate/Torres
We will look at the CDM situation over the next season and also can see us bringing in striker when Ighalo leaves
Donny Van De Beek, Ajax CMWho is VDB?
Compare our midfield three to Liverpool's or City's:
Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Henderson
Rodri, Gundogan, KDB.
Matic, Pogba, Bruno.
On this balance, ours looks really strong, stronger than Liverpool's and even perhaps stronger than City's, overall.
It's a great midfield three and the names show quality and creativity and talent.
Alas, it gets smashed against most sides, why? Well for one, Bruno plays as a SS/free role. Pogba also would be suited too and wants to operate like this, pick up the ball in random areas, ping a few balls etc. No structure and keeping shape is neigh on impossible.
In comparison to Liverpool, there is a real lack of workmanship, defensive duties, quickness on the ball. The three of Liverpool recycle the ball into the front three or wide options QUICKLY.
We do not do that, that midfield will not be a success without the addition of work horses and quick passers.
So who do we buy? Honestly open to suggestions because I don't think this will work long term.
Any chance we could get Thiago,forget about the age he is class on the ball. Still want to sign Grealish too
Why do we need two players that can play 10 and 8 when we have no DM asides from an easily fatigued MaticWe looked that toothless last night I hope we sign both Grealish & VDB,if it means no CB then so be it even though I know that sounds nuts.
Great point, I think though we need another CAM/creative CM we need a DM with good on the ball skills more. We should take advantage of Matic's presence to sign a young promising DM that we can groom to step in after next season. Fred and McT don't have enough on the ball to do what an in form Matic does.Why do we need two players that can play 10 and 8 when we have no DM asides from an easily fatigued Matic
I think we should get an AM/8 too and a DM then we sell one of Fred or Mctominay. We don't need both of themGreat point, I think though we need another CAM/creative CM we need a DM with good on the ball skills more. We should take advantage of Matic's presence to sign a young promising DM that we can groom to step in after next season. Fred and McT don't have enough on the ball to do what an in form Matic does.
I think getting someone like Koopmeiners will serve us well because in the absence of Pogba we can pair him with McTominay and still not lose much in terms of progressing play up the pitch because he is such a good passer from deep. If we get Sancho then our creative issues, even in the absence of Pogba and Bruno, will be mitigated because he could play as the AN