Douglas Luiz

Mayor West said:
Great age
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Yep. Over 300 games played. Lots of experience. Might not be the long term solution but we simply couldnt go on any longer with what we had in the squad.

January can be difficult to get exactly who you want, however this is a decent signing and should help us significantly all things considered… Fingers crossed it happens
 
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i'm unsure regarding the deal for douglas luiz on one hand it's a midfielder which we desperately need but at the same time not sure he's the curtain raiser we need
 
ScottSinclair said:
Agreed but also hesitant to be too positive. Ipswich were awful and wide open. We found a confidence and rythm we haven't had in months, but yet to see how we respond when better team apply pressure on us
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Oh yes one swallow does not a summer make.

Pep said as much ( not the swallow proverb) but that it was much better but nowhere near as we can be.
 
thomas1307 said:
i'm unsure regarding the deal for douglas luiz on one hand it's a midfielder which we desperately need but at the same time not sure he's the curtain raiser we need
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He will take 6 months to just understand how we play and what Pep wants from him. Took Rodri and Fernandinho a year or two to get to grips to the requirement. Kind of a pointless loan. And we can do so much better than sign him. It is the most crucial position in our team and imo, determines how successful we will be come end of season. The board have had months to figure out a target since Rodri went down. We’ve now addressed 3 positions before this, which baffles me. I get they’re all important and you sort what you can, but this is by far the most important one.

He’s not a bad player, he’s a decent player, but there’s levels to playing for us.
 
leo_city said:
He will take 6 months to just understand how we play and what Pep wants from him. Took Rodri and Fernandinho a year or two to get to grips to the requirement. Kind of a pointless loan. And we can do so much better than sign him. It is the most crucial position in our team and imo, determines how successful we will be come end of season. The board have had months to figure out a target since Rodri went down. We’ve now addressed 3 positions before this, which baffles me. I get they’re all important and you sort what you can, but this is by far the most important one.

He’s not a bad player, he’s a decent player, but there’s levels to playing for us.
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Said it elsewhere, I think we know exactly who we want for the 8/6 to take us forward and replace Gundogan and or Kovacic but it’s looking like whoever that is isn’t available this month, it isn’t really baffling.
We may just have to make do or get Luiz on loan providing there is no obligation.
 
We can address the Rodri issue in Summer when the market is more realistic.
A seasoned better than average player like Luiz is likely a much better shout in January than if we acquired a high end talent from another league expecting them to adjust to what is essentially the pivotal position of our set up in the most demanding league in the world.
 
thomas1307 said:
i'm unsure regarding the deal for douglas luiz on one hand it's a midfielder which we desperately need but at the same time not sure he's the curtain raiser we need
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Not sure what you mean by 'curtain raiser' (defined as something that happens before the main event as in the Community Shield is the curtain raiser to the season). Are you suggesting we need a stop gap player in that position until such time we can bring in the real deal? If so, how would that help us in the short term (unless of course you just don't understand the meaning of the term).
 
Kippaxpete said:
Not sure what you mean by 'curtain raiser' (defined as something that happens before the main event as in the Community Shield is the curtain raiser to the season). Are you suggesting we need a stop gap player in that position until such time we can bring in the real deal? If so, how would that help us in the short term (unless of course you just don't understand the meaning of the term).
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i think i totally used the wrong term there i'm meaning i was hoping for a midfielder that would raise our levels luiz feels like a stop gap for me
 
super_city_si said:
Then we walk away. The shoes on the other foot now. They’re desperate to get rid. We shoukd be telling them to pay his wages too ;)
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How are they desperate to get rid, less than 6 months into his contract?

That would be like us trying to get rid of Rodri in his first half a season.
 
leo_city said:
He will take 6 months to just understand how we play and what Pep wants from him. Took Rodri and Fernandinho a year or two to get to grips to the requirement. Kind of a pointless loan. And we can do so much better than sign him. It is the most crucial position in our team and imo, determines how successful we will be come end of season. The board have had months to figure out a target since Rodri went down. We’ve now addressed 3 positions before this, which baffles me. I get they’re all important and you sort what you can, but this is by far the most important one.

He’s not a bad player, he’s a decent player, but there’s levels to playing for us.
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He has been around the Club before, to some degree. Not a given players take 6 months to adapt to Pep. Plenty have hit the ground running, Haaland, Silva, Dias, Walker, Alvarez, Akanji off the top of my head.

We have no option but to get someone in. The last 3 months have been tragic and Champions League qualification is going to be very difficult even with reinforcements. Without reinforcements it would be almost impossible, especially with the extremely difficult run of games we have over the next 2 months...
 
Bluearmy said:
He has been around the Club before, to some degree. Not a given players take 6 months to adapt to Pep. Plenty have hit the ground running, Haaland, Silva, Dias, Walker, Alvarez, Akanji off the top of my head.

We have no option but to get someone in. The last 3 months have been tragic and Champions League qualification is going to be very difficult even with reinforcements. Without reinforcements it would be almost impossible, especially with the extremely difficult run of games we have over the next 2 months...
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Reinforcements make no difference to C/L qualification. The current squad will have to qualify, or not.
Edit unless you mean next season ,not the next round.
 
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