Recent content by mattyads

It’s shocking, the club is thrashing about with absolutely no plan.

This is it! Our transfer policy continues to be appalling. We have stacked up mounds of average players at an enormous cost. You sign best in class, or you don't sign anyone and focus on youth. This process of signing low end Prem and players with a small body of work behind them in Europe...

I’d have preferred Rodri to announce he was leaving like Bernie and we could have given him a proper send off. It’s stacking up to be another poor window, the club are quick to tell you plans are all set, but it doesn’t feel like it.

I know the task of replacing the last generation of talent was always going to be a hard job…but deary me. Some of the names we are linked with, and the signings we have made, make me want to board the transfer window up!!

He’s 100% a 6. He’s mobile enough to get fwd when allowed, but he’s a 6.

Has anyone seen him play for his club? I’ve got to be honest, I’d not heard of him, and I’m always a bit nervous about signing a player on the basis of a World Cup. Well one game in the World Cup. I really hope I’m wrong, but this feels like it’s Rori leaving this summer..

Disgusto

The level between Elliot and Rodri is frightening.

Source? I've got to confess, I'm the second person who doesn't imagine we will play with a triple pivot of Elliot, Rodri, and this kid. Like most people , he caught my eye in the Brazil game, but in truth, its a side show. Rodri staying is key to any short term success.

I understand your sentiment, and thats a fair observation, very few clubs have the gravitas to consistently attract ready made world class talent, but our ability to now be one of those clubs should be the lasting legacy of Pep’s time. Let's be honest, the boring truth is, the clubs that...

Exactly!!

Lol..you can't just ignore me because I question signings. Have a convoy, its footy Pal, its what it's about.

At 23, I'm guessing he wants to be playing week in week out. I was thinking 18-21. Like I say, I don't think the an upgrade on Nunes. Similar level with different qualities.

Do you think he gets in ahead of him? I think there a similar level of player but with different qualities. For me you either buy a much better player, or a much younger understudy.

He's quick, yes he will run up and down a lot. Technically, he's poor, and positionally awful. We are falling into this trap if padding out the squad with mediocrity. There so much room to improve the first XI, that should be the focus.