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So tired of reading this crap over and over again. Before Mahrez we had only two true wingers for two spots. Its the same fucking thing.

Is Chelsea away no longer a big game?

Don't forget Can.

only thiago an pjanic are better than gundogan and not by much. Weigl and Kovacic may be some day. But you are right...that is the list (with De Jong).

Sure he is different from Silva and KDB I wont argue that...but I DONT think he is that different (in his defensive aggression) than Jorginho.

Yep...the dominoes from that move mean that Gundogan is ALWAYS available for DM and the dominoes from Mendy being back is that Delph is usually available as well. That is a big change from last year.

He looked at Fred in January as a way of keeping Dinho fresh for the CL. In January we were competing in 4 competitions and didn't have a ton of depth at DM. Its also a position we would PREFER to upgrade (if you look at all of our positions that is one that is relatively weak--2 players that...

Almost always this is true. Except it wasn't last year...and there are enough places he CAN play that I wonder if it actually would be good to stay. I acknowledge that normally this never is the case...but he has 4 out of 11 positions (arguably 5 or even 6 if you consider RW and DM) that he...

Not really as I think it is pretty clear that Bernardo was bought last summer as a CM and ended up playing RW because Sanchez fell through. So, really, we just finally got our final attacker that Pep prioritized LAST summer allowing Bernardo move to his natural 8 position to rotate with Kevin...

Not only was Danilo learning the system, he immediately became an option at LB as well, limiting his ability to also play DM.

If he can do what he did against Chelsea regularly (and there is no evidence to suggest he can't), we really don't have anything to worry about.

Yep I agree that in some ways he needs to play. But with this squad it isn't that easy. Foden and Zinc would have played a lot more if they went on loan last season. But, would they be as advanced in their careers or have the same opportunities in the future without the experience of last...

People need to stop thinking of players being only available for one position. What we NEED to do is replace Yaya's position in the 17. We did that with Mahrez (and it was quite the upgrade). Its up to Pep to figure out how they line up. What we definitely do NOT NEED is an overweight and...

Watch this video and then tell me that Gundogan can't do the role. I dare you.

He deserves to stay with the squad if we have space. He can play on the left wing and either of the two 8 positions. He can also play LB until Mendy and Delph are fully back. This would allow any of Gund, Silva, Bernardo, and KDB play the DM role as needed. He won't play much but another...

How does that pertain to anything I wrote?

This logic does my head in. Of course we wouldn't play him at DM. BUT with him in the squad he can play in one of his more natural positions and some of the players that COULD do a fine job at DM can drop deeper.

Pep has a bit of a history of playing people in positions you didn't expect.

But they haven't all played there...

When did you evaluate each and every one of our players at the pivot?