I would not have got anyone I would have gone with Laporte, Stones, Fernandinho, Tosin, THB. I would also plan to use Walker as a CB as well if need be.
Matija Nastasic could be added to that list as well, imo.Savic definitely,his issues were mainly surrounding his home life which affected his form,he has developed into a good un and would have saved us plenty of heartache and cash had we stuck with him.
Denayer,Rekik,Mee,and now Tosin (even Boateng might have been handled better?) were never developed properly here - we werent patient enough and saw the cheque book as the best fix.
Hindsight perhaps,but all the above have carved out excellent careers for themselves.
I thought he had a very fair crack,possibly more than he should have.....as by the time we shipped him out,his weaknesses were very apparent.Matija Nastasic could be added to that list as well, imo.
Who do you believe was first choice? and what do you not like about Dias?Pep has played 2x right footed CBs numerous times. Yes the preference is a natural right and left sided player but before Laporte I don't think we had a left footed CB.
I hope i'm wrong with Dias. But he seems to me to be a player that was a couple of rungs down the list. I like the Ake signing and I think we have a number of decent options at right sided CB including Fernadinho and Walker if it came to it. Personally I would have gone with what we have and gone back to the list next summer.
Do we really have to do this thing where we pretend Koulibaly wasn't the first choice for centerback?Who do you believe was first choice? and what do you not like about Dias?
I'd hope he wasn't.I can't see any reason why he would have been.Do we really have to do this thing where we pretend Koulibaly wasn't the first choice for centerback?
Fair enough. He seems to be doing all right for himself.I thought he had a very fair crack,possibly more than he should have.....as by the time we shipped him out,his weaknesses were very apparent.
I wasn't a fan.
Well either way, he very obviously was. Unless you think we were negotiating with ADL all summer just for fun and that basically every bit of reporting was wrong.I'd hope he wasn't.I can't see any reason why he would have been.
I would not have got anyone I would have gone with Laporte, Stones, Fernandinho, Tosin, THB. I would also plan to use Walker as a CB as well if need be.