Ashleymcduff
Well-Known Member
So you want a player to fail because u want to see a meltdown in here?
Some fucking fan you are.
No not at all but everyone is acting like he’s gonna all of a sudden solve our problems when he won’t
So you want a player to fail because u want to see a meltdown in here?
Some fucking fan you are.
No not at all but everyone is acting like he’s gonna all of a sudden solve our problems when he won’t
I am very much pro Koulibaly, just not at the ridiculous figures suggested by De Laurentiis. If we pay £70-90m for him, it restricts the activity we do in other areas of the pitch which are equally, if not more important in my opinion. You suggest 5 players, that's beyond unrealistic if we spend so much on one player. It is also an almighty huge gamble, if it doesn't work out with Koulibaly, you aren't going to be able to sell him on. On balance its a signing that doesn't make sense for me unless we can dramatically reduce the fee because we have very good young player who are more than capable of playing now.it’s like CTID assumes all those Pro-KK think he should be out only signing
Buying one CB doesn’t fix everything but buying at least one top CB, a better LB, and likely needed a FW and a new CM will fix a lot of big gaps and holes. KK takes us a long way on that but the others get us over the mountain
No one is talking him down as a player, there is absolutely no doubt in his ability. The reasons are financial primarily (it's a huge gamble, there's no middle ground, there's no back out plan if it doesn't work out and I think we have a limited pot this summer which is better spent in other areas: LCB, LB, LW), he's a player I don't think we necessarily need. The other reasons are tactical, we have 4/5 right footed CB's and only 1 left footed CB, that for me is a bigger issue if Laporte gets injured again.It’s amazing the amount of time and effort a few posters are putting in to talking down one of the best CB’s in the world.
But I wonder what the end game is? Do they hope Txiki is reading the thread and pulls out of the talks (if any are actually taking place)?
Do you genuinely think nico, stones, garcia and thb can see us winninf 4 comps?I am very much pro Koulibaly, just not at the ridiculous figures suggested by De Laurentiis. If we pay £70-90m for him, it restricts the activity we do in other areas of the pitch which are equally, if not more important in my opinion. You suggest 5 players, that's beyond unrealistic if we spend so much on one player. It is also an almighty huge gamble, if it doesn't work out with Koulibaly, you aren't going to be able to sell him on. On balance its a signing that doesn't make sense for me unless we can dramatically reduce the fee because we have very good young player who are more than capable of playing now.
No one is talking him down as a player, there is absolutely no doubt in his ability. The reasons are financial primarily (it's a huge gamble, there's no middle ground, there's no back out plan if it doesn't work out and I think we have a limited pot this summer which is better spent in other areas: LCB, LB, LW), he's a player I don't think we necessarily need. The other reasons are tactical, we have 4/5 right footed CB's and only 1 left footed CB, that for me is a bigger issue if Laporte gets injured again.
As for the end game. Why are you on here? Do you hope Txiki is reading this and will buy him? You try and act all superior and make out that everyone who has a differing opinion to you the master of all things football has an ulteria motive, it's sad and pathetic as fuck. We're here just like you to have a debate, to say our opinion, listen to others and maybe we'll change our view, maybe we won't. If you don't talk and don't argue about things occasionally nobody's view ever changes.
Do you think Koulibaly will solve all our problems and win us 4 competitions? No chance. There's not a player in the history of English football who has won 4 competitions (league, CL, FA, league cup) in one season.Do you genuinely think nico, stones, garcia and thb can see us winninf 4 comps?
Nico - rash, slow, another year older.
Stones - injuries, confidence, physicality
Garcia - promising but will commit plenty of mistakes (due to age) which could kill his confidence & career at his age. Small and lacks speed.
Thb - same as Eric but better in the air.
If we sold nico and stones garcia will get plenty of gametime as Koulibaly can also play as lcb.
There is plenty of deadwood we can sell to buy 4/5 players in and reduce age of squad.
Stones, nico, gundo, zinchenko, Angelino.
Loanees to sell Roberts, tosin, aleix garcia, Harrison, yangel herrera, etc
We will sell youth players as well as a budget before sales.
So 4 players plus Koulibaly isn't exactly "unrealistic". But we each have our opinions.
How many errors have lead directly to a goal? If you're putting a points total on it, you have to back that up.Fernandinho isn't a natural centre back, plus he's 35 and has already cost us a few points trying to play in that position.
He’s just another Mangala can’t wait for the meltdown in here when he’s getting some for pace every single week
I see what you mean about Mangala, this shows all his touches against Liverpool good and bad, see how you make the comparison ? I mean everybody was trying to sign Mangala ahead of us.
my arse