Beating what we have at the moment is not difficult but it’s not the answer.Completely disagree. Luiz is a massive upgrade on what we are at the moment.
Villas engine last season and POTY, just because he hasn't settled in Italy (and been injured despite playing 53 games last season) means nothing - look at villas comparative drop off without him...
We have ZERO midfield, we have ZERO legs and we have players with incredible quality who are all unfortunately 2 years too old all at the same time.
Without even a stop gap midfield replacement, we are finishing 7/8th especially looking at our next 6 games. That's the reality, we need 2 midfielders with energy, Luiz is easily good enough to be one.
What’s wrong with luizBeating what we have at the moment is not difficult but it’s not the answer.
Douglas Luiz is not a massive upgrade he is average at best..a panic buy just because Juve want rid so we can get him.
Energy would be nice but keeping the ball is much more important to me.
We’re probably not going to drop Haaland a week after he signs a 10 year extension.The whole build up from the back into midfield is broken.
One player won’t be enough. Full overhaul needed on the psg game.
We can’t keep the ball at all. No playing composed passes and recycling the ball. Players not making themselves available to play in triangles.
We need to evolve into a team to suit Haaland. Otherwise return to false 9.
The rot is more than I thought. Rodders only highlighted it.
Ask Juve. He gives the ball away and doesn’t have the positional intelligence for us.What’s wrong with luiz
The standard of ball players is atrocious. Forget rodders for a min.We’re probably not going to drop Haaland a week after he signs a 10 year extension.
You’re right that his play means we need to adapt, but he’s shown signs that he is adapting to build up more and has started dropping deeper and running with the ball.
We can be successful with him. We won the treble in his first season.
We just need legs and a refresh.
A lot of that is confidence though.The standard of ball players is atrocious. Forget rodders for a min.
This team can’t pass the ball under any sort of pressure.
Pep said as much himself. Keeping the ball used to be the start if our defence. Throw in no press and it’s a fucking mess.
Get me some proper ball players.
Not often we agree on something, but I share your thoughts about Walker
Good player, good career, good riddance.
They are allowed their opinion. He may have been a good footballer but makes bad life decisions. Let him pull his todger out in Indonesia. I imagine your authorities would divest him of it.What a shit post.
getting pushed about by physically stronger opponents.The standard of ball players is atrocious. Forget rodders for a min.
This team can’t pass the ball under any sort of pressure.
Pep said as much himself. Keeping the ball used to be the start of our defence. Throw in no press and it’s a fucking mess.
Get me some proper ball players.
We have moved too far away from David silva, nasri type player to far too many dribblers who can’t keep the ball and don’t have any impact on the game apart from getting pushed about by physically stronger opponents.
Very difficult to find that player specially in january.We need someone who Like Rodri knows where to stand/ move when the other team are in possession, simply tick the ball along and not half heartedly chase after it like a headless fuckin chicken. It’s that simple. Rodri isn’t particularly fast yet you never see him chase after anyone nor is he sliding about (not that the current midfielder do that) because his positioning is so fucking good he breaks up angles for the other team.
We’re constantly getting run through in midfield as no fucker has the intelligence of where to be when we’re defending. Look at Barry for example nowhere near rodri standard but the bloke did 100 metres in 30 seconds yet his positioning and his sense and reading of the game was unbelievable.
We need a midfield destroyer who can take control of the game and patrol he centre circle and stop runs before they hit our defence . David batty had this down to an art . Not every player needs to be messi in the ball .Very difficult to find that player specially in january.
Plus, who says we Could have 'picked him up' or that we 'passed on him' or any other stuff like that that people say, like we have a given right to just help ourselves to every player out there.we would have been charged far more, Mendes has clients going the other way in that deal
Sort of like Neves last night.We need a midfield destroyer who can take control of the game and patrol he centre circle and stop runs before they hit our defence . David batty had this down to an art . Not every player needs to be messi in the ball .
People are expecting the Luiz of last year's Villa. But they played a completely different game, he was surrounded by a different type of player, and the lot of them had real pace, freedom to just bomb forward whenever they got the ball, and hunger from defying expectations.Ask Juve. He gives the ball away and doesn’t have the positional intelligence for us.
My opinion from what I’ve seen. We could do better.
Joao Neves ripped us to bits tonight. That’s the sort of player we need. If we can’t get one…wait.
I’m a bit of a broken record on this but Kimmich would be a great signing for us as DM this season and rotating next with Rodri