Recent content by Georgian

Give him the salary, he deserves it... Bernardo gone, Kovacic probably gone, Marmoush as well, Ake plus That's 1m of week salary budget at least 20% of that will be enough to make Rodri stay Apart from Rodri contract, we will need one CDM like Anderson and one RWB or RW That's it But if...

I would keep Nico Gonzalez and consider his first half of the season as a "successful interview". There is no another Rodri, you should create new Rodri by giving someone chance to improve year-by-year (like we didi with Rodri as well) and after 2-3 years, you may get that kind of player. When...

Funny thing is that, for years, I was expecting some high-ranking Italian manager to come up with the football philosophy Arteta introduced last couple of years. Since Pep revolutionised football, Italian managers like Allegri or Conte or older ones, became like Dinosaurs. Or Simeone for...

We were competing against the best teams unfortunately... Fernandinho-KDB-Silva midfield was great, but in UCL that wasn't enough. We struggled a lot under man-2-man pressure and that's how Klopp broke our centurion's system. Our results started to improve as soon as Rodri-Bernardo duo became...

Doku is like Kyle Walker of wingers.. In his prime, Walker was able to win 1 vs 1 situation against any winger (Vinicius, Mbappe, Neymar, Mane, etc). Now Doku is able to win 1 vs 1 situation against any fullback. Therefore he deserves all the best

I think Rice suits Jose's philosophy more than Rodri I watched Arsenal game against PSG and they parked the bus for 90 minutes and Rice was heart of their defence. I don't think Rodri suits that kind of football as he is used to having an initiative, keeping the ball and attacking. He was...

Club knew about KDB's injuries and he was same age Rodri is now, but they gave him big contract anyway and even though KDB continued being injured a lot, we still benefited from his contribution. Therefore, keeping Rodri as a "luxury player" at least, I think will benefit us like it did in case...

Pep always kept saying that we will see old Rodri next season. So Pep's word is the truth, something we should obviously believe And old Rodri is the best player in the world, even considering today's best players.. Therefore having that kind of player for 1 additional season is better, than...

Nope..

After Pep, we need strong leadership group to maintain the discipline in the dressing room. For that, you need exceptional players, one of which is Gvardiol. I think club should continue Pep's way of choosing team or group of five captains. Ruben Rodri Haaland Gvardiol Donnarrumma or Matheus ->...

well, as it appears he isn't a midfielder he is more of an attacking midfielder or n10 and we can use player of such profile to provide goals and assists, which he did perfectly last season. 15 G+A isn't small number for a substitute player and we definitely need a bench as well at least I...

Imagine Rico plays RB in opposite team and he has to play against Doku... What would be your expectation. OK even not Doku, Semenyo or Savinho or Ait-Nouri...

West Ham (H) Reijnders was brilliant. In December Doku got injured and Pep replaced him with Reijnders, with Oreilly playing LWB more and Reijnders occupying LAM position. He scored great goal against Chelsea as well. Provided assist against Arsenal (A). Fulham (A) great goal There is...

In terms of skills yes. But experience is important as well and leadership. He lacks those. But potential is there and we are lucky to have him. Against Everton, you don't play world-class attackers and Ruben's experience and leadership is more important. Against Arsenal, under...

Was Cancelo or Zinchenko or Delph the best option defensively ? of course not.. Even Oreilly isn't and Matheus also. But since Pep arrived, this +1 player coming from defence and contributing in midfield or attack, has always been our trademark and let's agree - it was successful. That's the...