I think is issue is nobody has faith in Mendy anymore due to his injury history and the toil those injuries have taken on him we are essentially starting yet another season where a cm will be playing more games at lb then our lb. Mendy should be our back up lb IMHO he is very inconsistent and I don't believe he is capable of playing every 5 days or so. Hope in wrong on both accounts.I think if you apply one standard to our squad, then you have to apply it to EVERY position at EVERY one of our rivals.
So - who is Trent's back up? Robertson's? Who steps in if VVD gets injured? What about Salah, who steps in when he goes down? In all those positions you think they have better options than us? If not then why won't the fact they don't have 2 world class players in every position come back and haunt them?
All that isn't to say that I wouldn't also like a left back. The point is that there's a long way from "we could do with another specialist left back" to "we won't win the league because we don't have a specialist left back back up for Mendy".
Liverpool have Gomez, Van Dijk and Matip competing for 2 positions. As for Salah they’ve added Jota. TAA has Neco Williams as cover. Liverpool bought a Greek international left back. The replacements won’t be are at the same level but they do offer decent cover.I think if you apply one standard to our squad, then you have to apply it to EVERY position at EVERY one of our rivals.
So - who is Trent's back up? Robertson's? Who steps in if VVD gets injured? What about Salah, who steps in when he goes down? In all those positions you think they have better options than us? If not then why won't the fact they don't have 2 world class players in every position come back and haunt them?
All that isn't to say that I wouldn't also like a left back. The point is that there's a long way from "we could do with another specialist left back" to "we won't win the league because we don't have a specialist left back back up for Mendy".
Inside knowledge, no. I do feel easier for young academy lad, Doyle for instance, to replace the legs of ferny, than the guile of a more advanced Gundogan.
one of us, one of us, one of us...Y'all need to stop I'm actually going to start feeling welcome on this forum again. Haha.
Neco fucking williams? How is that decent cover? He's bang average.Liverpool have Gomez, Van Dijk and Matip competing for 2 positions. As for Salah they’ve added Jota. TAA has Neco Williams as cover. Liverpool bought a Greek international left back. The replacements won’t be are at the same level but they do offer decent cover.
We have Mendy, who mostly due to injury, has failed to live up to expectations, and no other specialist. Zinchenko, Ake and Cancelo are all options but none are natural left backs.
The real issue is that our only left back hasn’t been consistently fit enough or performed well enough. The mistakes at Wolves and Chelsea last season were costly and he looked rusty at Wolves, ropey against Leicester, admittedly he wasn’t the only one. He was much better against Burnley but that has to be the norm for him or he will get targeted a lot this season.
I think is issue is nobody has faith in Mendy anymore due to his injury history and the toil those injuries have taken on him we are essentially starting yet another season where a cm will be playing more games at lb then our lb. Mendy should be our back up lb IMHO he is very inconsistent and I don't believe he is capable of playing every 5 days or so. Hope in wrong on both accounts.
Liverpool have Gomez, Van Dijk and Matip competing for 2 positions. As for Salah they’ve added Jota. TAA has Neco Williams as cover. Liverpool bought a Greek international left back. The replacements won’t be are at the same level but they do offer decent cover.
We have Mendy, who mostly due to injury, has failed to live up to expectations, and no other specialist. Zinchenko, Ake and Cancelo are all options but none are natural left backs.
The real issue is that our only left back hasn’t been consistently fit enough or performed well enough. The mistakes at Wolves and Chelsea last season were costly and he looked rusty at Wolves, ropey against Leicester, admittedly he wasn’t the only one. He was much better against Burnley but that has to be the norm for him or he will get targeted a lot this season.
i suspect she did it all on her own , how dare a woman have an opinionHe crossed the line when he got his wife to bitch about the Lyon game.
You refer to having the same faults and I think this is important. I think for Leicester's first goal the problem that instigated their attack was when Fernandinho dived into and missed a tackle about halfway into the Leicester half, that took our forwards and midfield out of the game and with our defenders being so high we were left stranded. We seem to concede so many goals from losing possession in our opponents half even from our corners or free kicks in the past 2 seasons or from long balls over the top. Our style "we defend by attacking" is high risk and when we don't score in some games we concede too often from individual errors. Somehow I think our strength is our weakness and we are a player or 2 short of being able to maximise that style, so maybe if we don't have the players to make the style almost foolproof we should slightly adjust the style to suit the players we have.You both make good points, but the only issue is the faults we have are the same ones we have had for a couple years Kompany was injured a lot towards the end, now we have obviously bought Dias who will hopefully be the CB we need, although I see him as Otamendi's replacement and Laporte needs to be the Vinny replacement in terms of leadership. Fernandinho was already
Do feel for Rodri to be fair. He obviously divides opinion on here
Agree with this 100% it puts too much pressure on. Keep seeing Dias is the Kompany replacement. That's a hell of a lot of pressure to put on the lad. I think its Laporte who needs to fill that role in terms of leadership at the back. Same with Foden and David Silva. Bernardo needs to be the man to fill that role and allow Foden to grow into. Rodri divides opinion on here, he gets compared to Busquets, but let's not forget he had Xavi and Iniesta helping him out as well as a back line of Alba, puyol, pique and alves. Rodri has had a make shift back 4 in Otamendi, stones fernandinho, whoever we can slot at LB and Walker and Cancelo! While I agree we cant consistently spend our way out of the problem, I do feel a solid LB was important to have got this window as Mendy is unreliable and the others are just stop gaps. Tottenham got a lot of stick for buying the a LB from Real Madrid due to that buy back clause, but are they really in a worse position than us when it comes to LB now? The have a potentially solid LB for 12 months at least and have that time to scout a decent replacement if Madrid do come back. We in the meantime have the problem of a poor LBs and have to wait to get a decent one
we have signed three playersIf our window is over, was there something which happened mid way through it in which our Board changed their mind? Khaldoon clearly said multiple signings and we ended up with a CB after the PL started. I just hope Pep's contract issue doesn't have anything to do with this.
In any case, I am more than happy with this window. PL contenders for sure, but need certain players like Mendy, Bernardo and Torres to find form for Champions League.
Yes, posted with authority because I know it will be right, and it has been proven time and again.Yoy have avoided the main point...you post with such authority aa they are so snappy...you about as much as everyone else
..nothing yet the manner in which you post suggests you yhink otherwise...
Try usung the words...in my opinion....or i beleve....not just statwments of facts with no explanation
That’s patently untrue and I’ve no idea how you’ve come to that conclusion, mate.
i suspect she did it all on her own , how dare a woman have an opinion
That post fully proves my point about the massive double standards whereby we expect our squad to have two world class players in every position whilst we don't come close to applying that standard to our rivals.
Yep.We'll see at the end of the season then eh pal?
She doesnt have to ask his permission or tell him what she is about to tweetShe is of course entitled to her opinion and maybe her views are indeed her own. If you are trying to tell me that zin did not know of her intentions or pass on his thoughts on the matter before she went public then I am indeed wrong.
Anyway what does it matter. It was unfortunate for Pep and ultimately zin.
Blindly repeating the same bollocks when faced with facts is the symptom of a deeper problem IMO. Just look at the US right now.