It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

[lee one pen]

well KDB is missing the first month or two of the season if indeed his hamstring has snapped? Gundo gone, Bernardo maybe as well so i think Kovacic and Rice are starters with Foden wide right and Grealish left.

I’ve never seen anybody running with a snapped hamstring mate.KDB nearly sprinted onto the pitch at that final whistle.

 

[1Basti]

Caicedo is the superior player (technique, passing, ball rendition/handling in tight spaces, faster, more versatile) compared to Rice & he wouldn´t complain that much when sitting on the bench. His skillset is even more suited to play the "8-role" than Rice. If we spend +£100m on a midfielder then from a football perspective he is the better solution.

Rice is only better for PR/Merch & would enrage Arsenal fans.

 

[richards30]

I’ve never seen anybody running with a snapped hamstring mate.KDB nearly sprinted onto the pitch at that final whistle.

didnt Kev say himself he had snapped it?

 

[richards30]

I think fodens days as a winger are done, mate. Bernardo leaving now looks unlikely unless Enrique really pushes for those 80m.

I think if the Saudi`s offered him HUGE money he`s taking it mate

 

[lee one pen]

didnt Kev say himself he had snapped it?

Yeh he did mate. I think he was lost in the emotions of the night. Snapped hamstring and your off to the surgeon straight away.

 

[DeBlueLou]

I think if the Saudi`s offered him HUGE money he`s taking it mate

If we are talking huge cash then City will use that to bag a top level winger. Foden centrally is the future now.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Caicedo is the superior player (technique, passing, ball rendition/handling in tight spaces, faster, more versatile) compared to Rice & he wouldn´t complain that much when sitting on the bench. His skillset is even more suited to play the "8-role" than Rice. If we spend +£100m on a midfielder then from a football perspective he is the better solution.

Rice is only better for PR/Merch & would enrage Arsenal fans.

I love that Caicedo as a player aswell but we've never had so much as a random Twitter link. Rice has great qualities though, Im sure Pep has a plan to fit him into our system and he's more than earned my trust!

 

[SkyBlueCanuck]

Get it right, and Pep won't be leaving at the end of his present deal.

So mote it be.

 

[1Basti]

If KDB injury is serious wouldn`t he need an OP/reha? Yesterday circulated a pic on social media with him/VVD & their wives on holiday.

 

[wolfie1988]

If KDB injury is serious wouldn`t he need an OP/reha? Yesterday circulated a pic on social media with him/VVD & their wives on holiday.

I think people were overplaying the KDB injury personally. Unless he was drugged up on painkillers, there's not a hope he walks off the pitch in the manner he did with a badly torn hamstring. Nor have ability to jump up and down 2 days later on the bus and on stage at the parade