It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

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Colin Bells Boots said:
Maybe hard, but with the correct amount of determination and commitment it is not impossible - however much people keep saying it.
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Nothing is impossible, but if you're a top-level footballer wanted by the top clubs in Europe, you might want to know whether the club will play in the Champions League next season, whether it will still be in the Premier League, and whether the best manager in the world will still be there before signing a multi-year contract. So, don't be surprised if players reported as our targets in January prefer to wait until the summer.
 
Delphinho said:
Both Diomande and Akanji could play as a defensive RB. Don’t think we’ll sign two RBs personally
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I'm including two because I want them to be Akanji-like defenders, both a RCB and RB.

I mean, we NEED 2 down the line, like I said, the depth simply isn't there. Maybe we don't need all 4 in one go, 2 or 3 quickly, and the 4th eventually down the line (like 1 year or 1.5 years max, waiting too long is negligent by the board).

I kind of look at it as we need 3 "raw' CB's to partner a more attacking LB or RB.

So let's say we get Livramento so we have Gvardiol and him as rotating, then we need ATLEAST 6 solid options for the CBs.

Attacking Fullback: Gvardiol, Livramento

Back 3 Defender: Dias, Akanji, New LCB/LB, New RCB/RB, young Doyle, broken Ake and Stones

I don't think that is "quite" good enough for the back 3 depth. It looks good to have 7 options for 3 spots, but 3 of those options are young or broken.

I think for squad planning, its fine to do it in stages and get just the 3 defenders you outlined asap, but I'd like us to not wait too long to bring in a 4th defender that will be desparately needed when Ake/Stones go in like 2 years (bring in before then).
 
Just because you invent a system…high press…inverted fullbacks…high wingers…John stones coming in from defence to midfield etc doesn’t mean that you’re the best at it full stop. Teams have copied us and are now better than what we were. Will a Bruno or Zubi give us that edge of winning games in the last minute? Doubt it. Would anyone else coming in other than vini jr? Doubt it too. New players aren’t the answer in the short term, although the average age needs reducing. We need to be telling the kids they’ll get their chance - don’t go for first team football elsewhere. Stay. Mentality shift is required. Hindsight alert, but with Palmer, Lavia, Rogers, Porro, Couto we aren’t losing today.
 
Uglyassin said:
Just because you invent a system…high press…inverted fullbacks…high wingers…John stones coming in from defence to midfield etc doesn’t mean that you’re the best at it full stop. Teams have copied us and are now better than what we were. Will a Bruno or Zubi give us that edge of winning games in the last minute? Doubt it. Would anyone else coming in other than vini jr? Doubt it too. New players aren’t the answer in the short term, although the average age needs reducing. We need to be telling the kids they’ll get their chance - don’t go for first team football elsewhere. Stay. Mentality shift is required. Hindsight alert, but with Palmer, Lavia, Rogers, Porro, Couto we aren’t losing today.
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I just realized that your username is ugly as sin. I always read it as ugly assassin.
 
vincent said:
Mate. You have taken quite a bit of stick on here (including from myself) in the last few years but I bet you feel like turning round and saying ‘I fucking told you all’!
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I don’t revel in this at all mate, stings like fuck to be honest but it has been coming I’m afraid :-( you must always push on and go bigger every season but we’ve stagnated now and even Pep can’t sort it
 
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