Gone for a Burton
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I thought he had earned the right to be kept (or loaned).
Very strange decision to " Stay, Go, but no loan ", very strange.
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Catastrophic transfers are killing us.
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Very strange decision to " Stay, Go, but no loan ", very strange.
Obsession with wingers has killed us now we have a shed full of them and are trying to play through the middle
Bleeding obvious we have always needed cover
centre Half Holding midfield
Media have rammed it down our throats that we’d be fucked if Vinny got injured then it was Laporte then Fern KDB now Rodri
What do we do ….. bring back Gundog
Don’t believe any of it but can’t help reading BBC gossip every day and 9/10 it’s claimed we are looking at wingers all the time ffs
Bleeding obvious we have always needed cover
centre Half Holding midfield
Media have rammed it down our throats that we’d be fucked if Vinny got injured then it was Laporte then Fern KDB now Rodri
What do we do ….. bring back Gundog
Don’t believe any of it but can’t help reading BBC gossip every day and 9/10 it’s claimed we are looking at wingers all the time ffs
eyalluvitt
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In hindsight we massively undervalued himDon't think Chelsea would have accepted one after paying £40m and add-ons.
We normally insist on them where we have accepted lower fees.
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Doku I’m unsure about. But savinho has the ability to be every bit as good as mahrez if not better.One things for sure, I didn’t realise how good Mahrez was until we brought in Doku and Savinho.
Makes me appreciate everything he did for us now!
Lad needs time but his technical ability is not in doubt.
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Agre, but the ‘reasonable prices’ nonsense needs to stop. If a player is good enough, pay what it takes. Reasonable prices is how we ended up with phillips and nunes.We certainly can’t afford to make the same mistakes in the next 2/3 windows. The signings need to be spot on. There are good players out there who can be signed at reasonable prices. We need to find them!
Time to pay top dollar for top quality. You aren’t getting Wirtz or musiala type players for reasonable prices. And these are the quality of player we need to replace kev, gundogan, stones, walker etc…
I’m wary of us turning in to Wenger who became obsessed with unearthing gems as his transfer policy.
We did this with Alvarez but it’s far too hit and miss. For every Alvarez we have a plethora of failures.
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I don’t think it’s necessarily the players we’ve brought in that’s been our undoing. After all, we’ve just won 4 in a row!
It’s more the fact that the spine of our side has completely gone at the same time. I’d class Ederson, Stones, Dias, Walker, Rodri, KDB and Haaland as our spine. They’re the ones who when fully fit, start in their favoured position.
A mixture of bad luck with injuries, poor squad depth and a sudden loss of legs (Walker and KDB) have contributed to this.
Of course, we can sit here and say the club should have cashed in on Walker and KDB in the summer. Or brought in an understudy for Rodri. But hindsight is a wonderful thing. Kovacic would have been a fine deputy for Rodri if we had a fit KDB and Walker (from last season) regularly playing. Likewise, spending the £80+ million required to get a stand in for Rodri would have been considered a waste of money if Rodri remained fit. A drop off was always going to happen, this perfect storm to our spine has just made it far worse.
The good news is we’re still in with a chance of finishing in the top 4, reaching the latter stages of the CL and a rebuild is around the corner. If we bring in someone like Ederson and Robinson to add some much needed mobility to the side in Jan, I still wouldn’t rule out this being a successful season.
It’s more the fact that the spine of our side has completely gone at the same time. I’d class Ederson, Stones, Dias, Walker, Rodri, KDB and Haaland as our spine. They’re the ones who when fully fit, start in their favoured position.
A mixture of bad luck with injuries, poor squad depth and a sudden loss of legs (Walker and KDB) have contributed to this.
Of course, we can sit here and say the club should have cashed in on Walker and KDB in the summer. Or brought in an understudy for Rodri. But hindsight is a wonderful thing. Kovacic would have been a fine deputy for Rodri if we had a fit KDB and Walker (from last season) regularly playing. Likewise, spending the £80+ million required to get a stand in for Rodri would have been considered a waste of money if Rodri remained fit. A drop off was always going to happen, this perfect storm to our spine has just made it far worse.
The good news is we’re still in with a chance of finishing in the top 4, reaching the latter stages of the CL and a rebuild is around the corner. If we bring in someone like Ederson and Robinson to add some much needed mobility to the side in Jan, I still wouldn’t rule out this being a successful season.
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Hindsight is an exact science on here....and growing in popularity !!In hindsight we massively undervalued him
Centre forward options is far more important than Centre half cover!Obsession with wingers has killed us now we have a shed full of them and are trying to play through the middle
Bleeding obvious we have always needed cover
centre Half Holding midfield
Media have rammed it down our throats that we’d be fucked if Vinny got injured then it was Laporte then Fern KDB now Rodri
What do we do ….. bring back Gundog
Don’t believe any of it but can’t help reading BBC gossip every day and 9/10 it’s claimed we are looking at wingers all the time ffs
We only have 2 wingers, unfortunately they are not very good.
Priority.
1. Holding midfielder.
2. Striker.
3. Right back.
If we can get them in January, a big if, which probably won’t happen, we’ll be alright.
Or City have told Pep no money will be available (because of the 115 decision due next year), and have written this season off with just hopes of a CL place, and a good run in the CL and FA Cup with the current team and squad.
1. Holding midfielder.
2. Striker.
3. Right back.
If we can get them in January, a big if, which probably won’t happen, we’ll be alright.
Or City have told Pep no money will be available (because of the 115 decision due next year), and have written this season off with just hopes of a CL place, and a good run in the CL and FA Cup with the current team and squad.
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Will look better after a goal and the team picks up (hopefully), Mahrez was frustrating at times but delivered under pressure.Doku I’m unsure about. But savinho has the ability to be every bit as good as mahrez if not better.
Lad needs time but his technical ability is not in doubt.