wolviedinho
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The club must have been happy with Zin. You do have to question why we did not notice Cucu before the Brighton move. Pep must not have rated him. Strange to pay over the odds now.
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It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread
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wolviedinho
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Not a bad shout. Give Ake plenty of game time and allow the new Cb to settle. Wouldn’t be the worst plan.I wonder if there isn't a suitable left back to go for this year whether we would go for a centre half instead and have Ake as permanent left back
My point is we always seem to wait for a player to fully develop before buying, this guy must have been know by Pep and Txiki and it's reported we were aware of him for some time.The club must have been happy with Zin. You do have to question why we did not notice Cucu before the Brighton move. Pep must not have rated him. Strange to pay over the odds now.
We spend a lot of money on players who we all know will never even full on our shirt, players that go into the CFG clubs and are then sold on, it a highly successful policy but I would like to see more effort put into players around our first team, take a few risks on players with huge potential, like we have done with Alvarez.
LB has been an issue for a long time, it was clear long ago that Mendy was done after his injury, Zinch a makeshift and whatever anyone says often a weakness in the big games, Ake again makeshift, ok for emergencies but nowhere near good enough on a regular basis.
Kamaro011
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The club must have been happy with Zin. You do have to question why we did not notice Cucu before the Brighton move. Pep must not have rated him. Strange to pay over the odds now.
Because we as club need proven player to win every single throphy possible every season, we can't gambling at that time to buy Barca reject from Getafe. Let the other club like Brighton risk him to play in PL to prove themselves until they can be considered good enough for our squad.
Huge drop off when in possession, simply not good enough on the ball.Not a bad shout. Give Ake plenty of game time and allow the new Cb to settle. Wouldn’t be the worst plan.
That's ok but when Brighton or any other club for that matter take the risk on a player, they want the reward when they sell them on.Because we as club need proven player to win every single throphy possible every season, we can't gambling at that time to buy Barca reject from Getafe. Let the other club like Brighton risk him to play in PL to prove themselves until they can be considered good enough for our squad.
wolviedinho
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I agree. Change in strategy needed. We should have snapped up Cucu from Getafe and gave him a chance. Someone has dropped the ball here.My point is we always seem to wait for a player to fully develop before buying, this guy must have been know by Pep and Txiki and it's reported we were aware of him for some time.
We spend a lot of money on players who we all know will never even full on our shirt, players that go into the CFG clubs and are then sold on, it a highly successful policy but I would like to see more effort put into players around our first team, take a few risks on players with huge potential, like we have done with Alvarez.
LB has been an issue for a long time, it was clear long ago that Mendy was done after his injury, Zinch a makeshift and whatever anyone says often a weakness in the big games, Ake again makeshift, ok for emergencies but nowhere near good enough on a regular basis.
Kamaro011
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Huge drop off when in possession, simply not good enough on the ball.
Walker will be drop so Cancelo can play as RB instead. Ake will become defensive LB just like Walker but minus his pace.
wolviedinho
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Maybe not but can defend better than Cancelo. In the big games I would like to see us use Ake and Philips. Our midfield can get overrun at times and we look raggy at the back.Huge drop off when in possession, simply not good enough on the ball.
richards30
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How have we actually got to the shit show that is this left back situation?!