richards30
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Wirtz would be amazing in this team imo.
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It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?
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Wirtz would be amazing in this team imo.
Blue_Lightsaber
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I would really like to see us pick up a young KDB understudy. Someone that is attacking minded and willing to take some risks, but is more of a clinical pass maker than a Foden style rocket. Maybe McAtee is that? I haven't seen him play enough to have an opinion about him.
We already have one..
His name is "El Arana Julian Alvarez"
Infact I'd say that's Pep's next project.. Get Julian and Erling playing together so we can keep hold of both.
And if you remember.. the games KDB was rested.. who played the KDB role.. it was always Julian. But don't judge him now.. judge him after 3 years of Pep working his magic on him.
Pretty sure he said that it depends on players going out (he mentioned 3 of 4 potential leavers having decisions to make). So, both could be right.Didn't Tolmie say there was going to be around 4 new faces this window? More inclined to believe him that Sam Lee.
Ghostofmerlin
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Julian is amazing. I love his style. But he's no de Bruyne, at least not yet. He had zero EPL assists last year, but did have two in the CL.
I like the idea of having them fluid in a sense. Foden, Bernardo, and even KDB moving freely into the middle and out to the right. Keep the opponents guessing while dragging them out of position.Barnado central, Foden right. Perfect:
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I could be wrong but I think Foden will get his chance in midfield in the first couple of months of the season whilst KDB is out. Where he plays once Kev comes back I guess will depend on how he has performed in that period.Could work fine, although I think that Foden may play centrally a lot this season. KDB injured and Foden was very good in the middle when he got the chance last year. So good that we didn’t really miss KDB when he went off in the champions league final. If his delivery could just improve a little (it’s not bad, just not Kev standard) we would be set.
Providing Mahrez stays, I think we'll start the season with a midfield three of Rodri, Bernardo and Foden which has a nice balance. Kovacic will get plenty of chances too if Bernie or Phil need to fill in on the wing.
Gaz (FMwkdsoul)
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stories are medical team hope kev will be back for the 2nd game, he wont be out months.I could be wrong but I think Foden will get his chance in midfield in the first couple of months of the season whilst KDB is out. Where he plays once Kev comes back I guess will depend on how he has performed in that period.
Providing Mahrez stays, I think we'll start the season with a midfield three of Rodri, Bernardo and Foden which has a nice balance. Kovacic will get plenty of chances too if Bernie or Phil need to fill in on the wing.
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Oh right, I hadn't heard that. Great news if true.stories are medical team hope kev will be back for the 2nd game, he wont be out months.
NorthamptonBlue
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I can see why Mahrez might want to leave and judging by Pep’s comments after the FA cup semi final why we might let him go. If he leaves though he has to be replaced.
There seems to be an implication from Sam Lee that if he leaves he’ll be replaced internally with Foden, McAtee etc. To me that seems insane, losing a huge amount of goals, assists and our only real right winger without a replacement seems to be courting trouble. Mahrez was our match winner against Chelsea (3 times), Spurs and the FA Cup semi. He had 15 goals and assists in the league last season despite only 23 starts. That’s not easily replaced and extremely unlikely McAtee and Bobb between them hit those numbers.
We don’t seem to be linked with anyone apart from Gvardiol though which is surprising.
Of course we have no idea what City are doing, we could have no plan to replace Mahrez or a list of targets contingent on him leaving. Hopefully the latte.
Mbappe joins Real Madrid. Vinicius junior isn’t going to play second fiddle. Real would need to raise money for the signing. Alvarez/Foden/McAtee can play right wing. Problem solved. Get the cheque book out.
I like that one.In that case ,you should stick to blowing your saxophone.