I understand why you think it may be a good idea, but don't see why you think Pep would be looking for a destroyer type when it's not something he does, any more than he would look at a Costa type centre forwrd or Terry type centre back . From what I have seen and read hes far more likely to bring in a ball playing intelligent midfielder for that position.Because of how good Kante is, and how much we need to take the pressure off our defence. I just think we need someone who can break up opposition attacks, disturb their rhythm and win us the ball back.
I don't know if you implied this, but Isco is not a deep playermaker, and couldn't be reformed to be one. With Manu Garcia, Zinchenko, Diaz, Foden in the pipeline this is a buy we don't need. Spending money on fullbacks or defensive midfielders (like Fabinho) makes far more sense.Yaya will probably be gone, dont why you say midfield destroyer, when has Pep ever used one of them, he'll want an intelligent deep playmaker in the pivot.
I understand why you think it may be a good idea, but don't see why you think Pep would be looking for a destroyer type when it's not something he does, any more than he would look at a Costa type centre forwrd or Terry type centre back . From what I have seen and read hes far more likely to bring in a ball playing intelligent midfielder for that position.
No I agree I just got into a conversation about what kind of deep lying midfeilder we would be looking for. Im not sure we need Isco either but like Sanchez I would like to be able to convince myself we do. Agree. We need full backs centre back keeper and pivot first. Probably wrong thread really.I don't know if you implied this, but Isco is not a deep playermaker, and couldn't be reformed to be one. With Manu Garcia, Zinchenko, Diaz, Foden in the pipeline this is a buy we don't need. Spending money on fullbacks or defensive midfielders (like Fabinho) makes far more sense.
Using your logic, we don't need all that, we have Ota, Stones, Kolarov, Kompany, Adarabioyo, Dihno, Delph, Nando. See? It is easy to rattle off names.We don't need him.
Already got Silva, KDB, Sané, Sterling, Gundogan, Yaya and Jesus.
Better to save as much cash as possible to get the very best full backs, centre back, keeper and midfield destroyer available.
We currently have 3 destroyer type CMs Delph, Dihno and Nando. We don't necessarily need these type of player.I don't know if you implied this, but Isco is not a deep playermaker, and couldn't be reformed to be one. With Manu Garcia, Zinchenko, Diaz, Foden in the pipeline this is a buy we don't need. Spending money on fullbacks or defensive midfielders (like Fabinho) makes far more sense.
I don't know if you implied this, but Isco is not a deep playermaker, and couldn't be reformed to be one. With Manu Garcia, Zinchenko, Diaz, Foden in the pipeline this is a buy we don't need. Spending money on fullbacks or defensive midfielders (like Fabinho) makes far more sense.
I guess it's just what I'd like to see because every time an opponent has the ball in our half it looks like we could concede. Maybe Pep will look at how Kante and Dembele have transformed Chelsea and Spurs and think maybe that's what is needed in England, more than Germany or Spain where it's probably easier for a top side to hold a lead once in front. Here, no team ever gives up (unless they're bending over for the rags or Chelsea it seems!) so we have to be able to break up attacks constantly during a game. Just my opinion though, I'd feel more relaxed watching games if we could get the ball back more in our half when we lose it.
I understand why you think it may be a good idea, but don't see why you think Pep would be looking for a destroyer type when it's not something he does, any more than he would look at a Costa type centre forwrd or Terry type centre back . From what I have seen and read hes far more likely to bring in a ball playing intelligent midfielder for that position.
The perfect Pep midfielder is Thiago. And now that he's finally healthy this season, we can see his influence in that Bayern team. Thiago has the best defensive/tackling stat AND best offensive/passing stat in Europe.
Well the impact on defense is we will have less money to spend on it lol. Also, if we buy isco he is starting and not being a sub to silva. Silva has 2 more seasons with us I reckon, we have so much youth who play a role similar to silva that it'd be a waste of money to buy isco. I don't understand some people's aversion to playing youth, look at everton now, Koeman calls up some promising U23s and all of them are performing great.We do in fact need a replacement for Silva. Buying Isco will have no impact whatsoever on our plans for our defense.
The other 2 are not necessary, and Dinho is going to turn 32 next seaosn, see the problem? Modric is not a DM, he plays one of the false 8 roles in madrids 4-3-3.We currently have 3 destroyer type CMs Delph, Dihno and Nando. We don't necessarily need these type of player.
We will keep Dihno, the other 2 are not necessary. Isco can be retread as the type of DM Modric currently is. But different views I guess.
Well the impact on defense is we will have less money to spend on it lol. Also, if we buy isco he is starting and not being a sub to silva. Silva has 2 more seasons with us I reckon, we have so much youth who play a role similar to silva that it'd be a waste of money to buy isco. I don't understand some people's aversion to playing youth, look at everton now, Koeman calls up some promising U23s and all of them are performing great.
What do you mean right now? We can't do anything right now. Navas? That guy is gone and Roberts is taking his place. You don't want to emulate Everton's ability to get youth straight into premier league games, being given the chance and making a difference? Also Diaz is not stepping into the first 11, he would be a squad rotation player to silva, and make his way to starting 11 when he reaches 20 or so, like Foden.Right now when we need to rest Silva or KDB that means a game for Navas. Both Silva and Isco would get plenty of games. I personally don't think Diaz is ready to step into the first 11, nor do I want to emulate Everton. Finally we can spend 100 million on two fullbacks and a CB and still have plenty for Isco.
Using your logic, we don't need all that, we have Ota, Stones, Kolarov, Kompany, Adarabioyo, Dihno, Delph, Nando. See? It is easy to rattle off names.
We have KDB and Silva. Their lack of competition is why we keep playing KDB when he is off form right now. If we had Isco we'd have simply gone with the him and iced KDB as a starter for a while.
My vision of our core 20 squad would look like this.
Fwd: Jesus, "Mbappe", Sterling and Sane
Mids: Silva, Kev, Ilkay, Garcia, "Isco", Dihno
Def: "Semedo", Maffeo, Stones, Ota, Kolarov, "Bernat," Zichenko.
GK: "Ederson,' Bravo, Gunn
Ederson, Semedo, Bernat, Isco, Mbappe.
That will be my 5.
We currently have 3 destroyer type CMs Delph, Dihno and Nando. We don't necessarily need these type of player.
We will keep Dihno, the other 2 are not necessary. Isco can be retread as the type of DM Modric currently is. But different views I guess.
Do you actually watch City or any other team Pep has managed