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Jarrad Branthwaite
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I know finances dictate what will happen in the future, but sooner or later you need to build a team around one or two and he would be one imho. It you have to sell make sure it's to us!Kompany talking glowingly about him after todays game. Was superb again.
If we are not forced to sell, then he needs to ignore Utd, Spurs or Chelsea and wait for a bigger move.
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He looks a very good prospect, but not sure he looks better than Gvardiol.There is nobody I’d sell to make room for him.I know finances dictate what will happen in the future, but sooner or later you need to build a team around one or two and he would be one imho. It you have to sell make sure it's to us!
Dias is the worry in our defence, he's had a poor season but in saying that he is a great leader in that back line.Did anyone think Stones was going to become what he has? I think Josko is so good and could play his role one day.
Been very hit and miss this season performance wise, but definitely keeps the team motivated.Dias is the worry in our defence, he's had a poor season but in saying that he is a great leader in that back line.
Shocking , leadership apart, he needs to get his act together and quicklyBeen very hit and miss this season performance wise, but definitely keeps the team motivated.
lightning Rodri
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Walker. He's not been impressive this season and needs gradual shifting out.He looks a very good prospect, but not sure he looks better than Gvardiol.There is nobody I’d sell to make room for him.
Akanji, Stones, Ruben, Gvardiol. Ake, Rico and this guy. 4 right footed and 3 left footed, well balanced.
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We aren't going with 6 centre backs.Not least because I expect Pep to do 2 years and move on. Unlikely the next manager wants 6 centre backs and 1 fb/midfielder in Lewis. If Walker goes fairly sure we'd buy a full back of one kind or another.Walker. He's not been impressive this season and needs gradual shifting out.
Akanji, Stones, Ruben, Gvardiol. Ake, Rico and this guy. 4 right footed and 3 left footed, well balanced.
Can't buy everyone no matter how much of a prospect they are.
lightning Rodri
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It's a fair point.We aren't going with 6 centre backs.Not least because I expect Pep to do 2 years and move on. Unlikely the next manager wants 6 centre backs and 1 fb/midfielder in Lewis. If Walker goes fairly sure we'd buy a full back of one kind or another.
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Why do you expect Pep to move on in two years time & to where?We aren't going with 6 centre backs.Not least because I expect Pep to do 2 years and move on. Unlikely the next manager wants 6 centre backs and 1 fb/midfielder in Lewis. If Walker goes fairly sure we'd buy a full back of one kind or another.
Can't buy everyone no matter how much of a prospect they are.
Maybe that’s Peps new challenge he’s won it with no striker, overlapping fullbacks and also a near team of midfielders. So 6 centre half’s piece of piss.We aren't going with 6 centre backs.Not least because I expect Pep to do 2 years and move on. Unlikely the next manager wants 6 centre backs and 1 fb/midfielder in Lewis. If Walker goes fairly sure we'd buy a full back of one kind or another.
Can't buy everyone no matter how much of a prospect they are.
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Just a feeling nothing else 10 years ,think he’ll call it a day. Where to ? No idea, maybe international job.Why do you expect Pep to move on in two years time & to where?
Matt Diablo
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Dias is in top 3 starter in our backbone.
We have two brilliant CB's in Ake and Stones but sadly both are injury prone, Dias's form has been very poor this season.We aren't going with 6 centre backs.Not least because I expect Pep to do 2 years and move on. Unlikely the next manager wants 6 centre backs and 1 fb/midfielder in Lewis. If Walker goes fairly sure we'd buy a full back of one kind or another.
Can't buy everyone no matter how much of a prospect they are.
Injuries have and could well cost us dear this season and with a summer of Euros and Copa nothing will change on that front.
Braithwaite looks a generational talent and if the club feel he is they will go for him and maybe at the expense of one of the present squad.
Top clubs are ruthless, they have to be to maintain their status.
We have two brilliant CB's in Ake and Stones but sadly both are injury prone, Dias's form has been very poor this season.
Injuries have and could well cost us dear this season and with a summer of Euros and Copa nothing will change on that front.
Braithwaite looks a generational talent and if the club feel he is they will go for him and maybe at the expense of one of the present squad.
Top clubs are ruthless, they have to be to maintain their status.
Go on then, be ruthless, who are you getting rid of out of Aké, Dias and Stones?
Walker to Saudi for 40m and play 3 at the back, Dias, Stones, Ake, Akanji, Gvaridol and Braithwaite.Go on then, be ruthless, who are you getting rid of out of Aké, Dias and Stones?
With the injuries Stones and Ake get we needs cover in numbers
Gabriel
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‘Dias is poor, Walker is washed up, Stones is finished, Ake can’t play two games on the bounce, Akanji can’t concentrate, Grealish has no end product, de Bruyne is a shadow of his self, Nunes is Phillips II, Kovacic is only a substitute, Alvarez is useless, Ederson is a liability, Ortega’s distribution is shocking, Haaland is a league two player, Bobb is too left-footed, Doku is headless, Lewis is too small, and Gvardiol hasn’t justified the fee.’
If it weren’t for Rodri, Foden, and Bernardo (and he unsurprisingly wants out from carrying the above freak show!), I don’t think we’d still be in the hunt for back-to-back trebles…
If it weren’t for Rodri, Foden, and Bernardo (and he unsurprisingly wants out from carrying the above freak show!), I don’t think we’d still be in the hunt for back-to-back trebles…
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Just can't see the logic of having three left footed centre backs. Regards if we play a back 3 or 4.
Which means it would be Ake that moves on.
Not sure we need another centre back for the fee Everton will demand.
It's much better spent on a left-back.
Which means it would be Ake that moves on.
Not sure we need another centre back for the fee Everton will demand.
It's much better spent on a left-back.
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Walker to Saudi for 40m and play 3 at the back, Dias, Stones, Ake, Akanji, Gvaridol and Braithwaite.
With the injuries Stones and Ake get we needs cover in numbers
Walker would actually need to want to move there. He wobbled at Germany last summer.
A bloke who has had numerous affairs and gets his cock out in bars would have to be even dafter than Jordan Henderson to go to Saudi.
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I doubt we’ll buy any defender unless Walker goes. In which case we’d buy a full back, either left or right.Just can't see the logic of having three left footed centre backs. Regards if we play a back 3 or 4.
Which means it would be Ake that moves on.
Not sure we need another centre back for the fee Everton will demand.
It's much better spent on a left-back.