It's Quiet 16 - Txiki grinders

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BrazilianBlue (Gus) said:
We have limited squad depth. Saying to every player that they “don’t improve us” or “aren’t good enough” is unhelpful. Big news: eventually we may have to sign players that are below the level of our players who all start for their national teams. And they can catch up eventually with the right coaching. Or we won’t change the squad depth issue ever
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I don't see any issue in terms of depth related to defense.

You have 4 quality centre-backs there and 2 best fullbacks in the world, plus Zinchenko.
Cancelo can play both fullback positions - so he covers Walker and is first-choice LB as well.
Zinchenko covers for Cancelo
If needed (like today for example) Ake covers Zinchenko or Stones covers Cancelo.
Laporte and Ruben also can cover those zones.

So you don't need to invest 50m or whatever it will be - in Digne..

Right now, we have problem in terms of depth in midfield..

During the past two years, we aren't able to cover Gundogan's LCM position.. Bernardo is shite there, KDB also isn't as comfortable as we would like and yet Pep hasn't tried Grealish or Foden there to check if they are suitable. So it means that only quality LCM we have right now is Gundogan and that's the problem - if he is injured.

In addition to that, Fernandinho will probably retire and Rodri also needs some cover.
Gundogan is 32 this year and KDB 31, plus we know about their endless injuries during the past years..

So, clubs needs to invest in midfield area and buy decent "universal midfielder".. For example -> Frenkie Dejong, who will cost like 50-70m or more, but will cover Rodri`s DM zone and play Gundo`s LCM as well..

That's all.. Everything is fine, other than that..
Palmer, Macatee, Delap and Kayky need some minutes - so strengthening attack isn't an option for me - I would rather watch these kids develop and progress like Foden did..
 
We should strengthen if possible at DM this window imo. Everyone absolutely adores Fernandinho no doubt but if Rodri gets a lengthy spell out then we could be in trouble as dinho couldn’t do 2-3 games a week for a period of time!
 
Manchester33 said:
Thanks to our 11 point lead we won’t sign anyone in Jan. We don’t have to panic buy. We can plan on getting Haaland via his release clause now.
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That lead will be less tomorrow. We have more games played than both Chelsea and the dippers.
We may not buy but our squad, though very talented, is also very small.
 
Xhavenjoe said:
That lead will be less tomorrow. We have more games played than both Chelsea and the dippers.
We may not buy but our squad, though very talented, is also very small.
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It will be less tomorrow, yes. But Pep is happy with where we are right now. We won’t make a move for anyone in Jan. Big summer though.
 
Xhavenjoe said:
That lead will be less tomorrow. We have more games played than both Chelsea and the dippers.
We may not buy but our squad, though very talented, is also very small.
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You say that but Klopp told everyone we had 2 world class players for each position and that has come gospel with the cult now.

Heard it off at least 3 now, none who have said it before.
 
Greenjob said:
Going forward maybe but his 'defensive positional awareness' is found wanting all too often. I'm a big believer in round pegs in round holes etc. Everything else is up for debate? Happy New Year Blue ;)
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If you're keen on defensive positional awareness, wait til you see Digne try to play Pep's way. It's not his strength.
 
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