pep said he will return in january plus how much time it will take to get into sharpness, i wouldn't expect him to play till february at best, like with kev
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It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?
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PragueBlue
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And I'm sure he's doing it. Maybe we feel we don't need a back-up and can deploy a false 9 again if/when needed. Maybe we have someone in mind that isn't be available at the moment so we've decided to wait rather than bringing in a stop-gap.It's not his job to find the player. That's Txiki's job
I'm sure he knows what he's doing and if we don't bring any more players in, then there will be a good reason for that.
we often do a last minute approach that being revealed later in the season btw, wonder if we will try to test the waters this timeAlthough we do have Savinho to free up the position Foden or Kev would play, pushing them in either behind haaland, or instead of (with others like Grealish Gundo then also taking up different roles).
Look I want a second striker, and have committed to saying I expected one by the end of the window. If we don't end up with one though, we have options. And we also have January not far off if they happen to not work as expected.
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In blow out games we can play a false one and put Eddie in at the 9.
That said- is there a rule where you can't pull your 9, pop the goalie in there after a kit change and then put in your back up keeper?
Sorry I think Eddie's getting the tasket for goals and will need to be fed.
That said- is there a rule where you can't pull your 9, pop the goalie in there after a kit change and then put in your back up keeper?
Sorry I think Eddie's getting the tasket for goals and will need to be fed.
I think with Gundo back and Kovacic in form we're more than well prepared to win some games w/o Rodri.Nobody in the current squad can replace Rodri as a 6 and none of the ones you mention is a natural pivot.
However, I don't think we're in the same position when it comes to alternatives to Haaland...I've seen nothing that tells me Savinho or Doku are suited to play as wide men in a false 9 system. Grealish was shit his first season here when we had no identifiable 9. Some are saying Foden but then we lose the top goal scoring AM in the Prem as a knock-on effect.
Not replacing Alvarez and going with no second 9 in the squad is a huge risk no matter how the club try to downplay it or some on here try to sugar coat it.
Let's keep it 100% real. If someone were doing an independent analysis of our side as it is, the lack of an identified second 9 would be considered a weakness and assessed as a high risk.
David James says hi!In blow out games we can play a false one and put Eddie in at the 9.
That said- is there a rule where you can't pull your 9, pop the goalie in there after a kit change and then put in your back up keeper?
Sorry I think Eddie's getting the tasket for goals and will need to be fed.
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rather have Phil being one of the lads facing the goal, let Gundo take it.Foden played the false 9 position really well prior to Haaland joining. He's now a better player with more experience. He's not needed on the flanks anymore, so he can fill in for Haaland if required.
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agree with this.I think with Gundo back and Kovacic in form we're more than well prepared to win some games w/o Rodri.
However, I don't think we're in the same position when it comes to alternatives to Haaland...I've seen nothing that tells me Savinho or Doku are suited to play as wide men in a false 9 system. Grealish was shit his first season here when we had no identifiable 9. Some are saying Foden but then we lose the top goal scoring AM in the Prem as a knock-on effect.
Not replacing Alvarez and going with no second 9 in the squad is a huge risk no matter how the club try to downplay it or some on here try to sugar coat it.
Let's keep it 100% real. If someone were doing an independent analysis of our side as it is, the lack of an identified second 9 would be considered a weakness and assessed as a high risk.
The clubs summer recruitment has been rather baffling tbh. We've added another wide player when we were already well stocked in that area, and completely lucked into Gundo coming back - good though that is he's 34 in November and joins 3 other 30 plus central midfielders in KDB, Kovacic and Bernie.
We've lost Alvarez and failed to replace him. We still havent addressed the Rodri issue and have now decided Kovacic is that man though we had zero trust in him last season doing it, thus the squads 2 main issues simply haven't been addressed.
We are 1 injury from a huge hole and a major problem. Meanwhile we've trousered £170m in fees. For me this implies 2 inferences - the first being that a large transfer pot is being saved for a new manager next summer and Pep is off, or we are expecting a huge fine in the 115 hearings.
A false 9 being better than Alvarez in Haaland's place?Overall the squad is stronger,remains to be seen whether playing a false 9 is weaker or stronger than Alvarez when Haaland doesn't play.
Mate, you're taking this pro bono gig a bit too far...