Recent content by MCFC-alan88

In my opinion, if we’d have gotten Paqueta in the summer we’d have barely felt Gundos on field loss. If he’s cleared we should absolutely be all over it. Add in Savio and I think that’s all we need. Maybe a new backup if Ortega leaves, which I wouldn’t begrudge, he’s far too good to be #2.

Pep ceded the midfield before the game even began and Alvarez has been anonymous as the 10.

If he wasn’t made of glass, I’d agree with you. I like him and he’s a solid addition to the squad, but you only need to look at the Arsenal game to see he’s not even remotely a six.

He was on fire at the start of the season playing off the right, he doesn't have the awareness yet to play in the middle. Which is why Pep needs to swap Bernardo and Foden's position.

We don't need a different line-up, we need a different formation.

I posted this in the Palace post match thread, and I stand by it. "It all boils down to a lack of protection in the middle. With no Stones moving forward, Rodri is on his own, with no KDB, Rodri pushes up and leaves a massive gap behind him. With Walker and Gvardiol (ake) having permission to...

Foden should be on the right, Bernardo should be sat next to Rodri rather than creating overloads on the wings, and Nunes should round out the midfield 3. Rodri as the only defensive-minded midfielder doesn't work.

I will never understand why a player will throw his body at a ball to stop it going out for an opposition throw, only to save it for them. Combine that with a wonderful through ball by Rodri and I don't think that could be any worse.

It all boils down to a lack of protection in the middle. With no Stones, Rodri is on his own, with no KDB, Rodri pushes up and leaves a massive gap behind him. With Walker and Gvardiol having permission to go forward, it essentially leaves 2 defenders on the counter. It didn't happen in the...

Can you imagine a world where Ederson gets within a furlong of a Pen? That would be a beautiful world.

This is what happens with poor midfield purchases. I like Kovacic, but he's made of glass, Pep doesn't trust Nunes yet and Phillips is a paperweight. With KDB injured our midfield isn't strong enough. Don't even get me started on Bernardo playing on the wings and popping all over the place. I'd...

Kovacic is Injury prone, Nunes is still an unknown and Phillips is out the door. We need an 8 that can cover 6 so we can rest Rodri, or cover him should he get injured. I'd go as far as saying we need someone in January for that position. The problem is who. No one in the CL will want to sell a...

Palace will be harder to deal with than Wolves, with only two days left in the window.

Does make me wonder who next on the list is. If there even is one with this little time left.

I don’t disagree that it’s a bargain, but it certainly feels like he only wanted Liverpool. In hindsight we should have bought Enzo when we bought Julian.