Spot on mate. We are extremely light in cm in terms of a ball winner and someone who dictates play. Gundogan was a top player but he's not coming back as good or better from the injuries he's had. Against the top sides we will lose the midfield battle imo. Doesn't matter what level of football it is winning the midfield battle is key. To have possession you need to win the ball and I don't think we have enough ball winners in our midfield.
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Colin Bells Boots
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Also, Danilo can play in midfield if required.
I guess that several players " can play in midfield " on an occasional basis, but a specialist defensive midfielder is a much better solution longer term.
You can keep saying we have 3 holding midfielders but it doesn't make it true or solve the problem of suitability, so we signed b silva even though it wasn't a priority but can't sign a midfielder with an ounce of defensive nous? Because this isn't a priority?you have just argued against yourself. So we only buy our targets and none are available so why jonny fucking Evans. Was he a long term target? And Sanchez an attacking player just what we need.
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Are you a fan of alternative facts or do you not actually think we have three holding midfield players?
When did I say signing Bernardo wasn't a priority? Looks like good succession planning in that position to me, exactly the opposite of what we did with the full back position.
Sanchez is what we need, we have two strikers and we want to win more than just one trophy this season.
It's clear CB was seen as a more important area than CM this summer hence why we are trying to sign Jonny fucking Evans after all our other CB targets fell through... I don't think we should personally, but what do I know.
As an example would you rather we spent £30 million on an average holding midfield player this summer or wait and spend £75 million and above on someone like Weigl next summer?
I guess that several players " can play in midfield " on an occasional basis, but a specialist defensive midfielder is a much better solution longer term.
Agreed, hence why we will sign one or more likely two in that position next year.
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Spot on mate. We are extremely light in cm in terms of a ball winner and someone who dictates play. Gundogan was a top player but he's not coming back as good or better from the injuries he's had. Against the top sides we will lose the midfield battle imo. Doesn't matter what level of football it is winning the midfield battle is key. To have possession you need to win the ball and I don't think we have enough ball winners in our midfield.
I think this came down to seeing the bigger need at fullback and putting DM off for another year. Signing Yaya to a 1 year deal and still not extending Fern, makes me think, we've got a long term plan in place for next summer but this position could cost us points this season.....guess you cant fill all needs in one transfer window. This just shows how badly we've managed the squad the last few years.
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Johnny FUCKING Evans.
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Agreed, hence why we will sign one or more likely two in that position next year.
I think we should already have prioritised such a signing .
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Spot on mate. We are extremely light in cm in terms of a ball winner and someone who dictates play. Gundogan was a top player but he's not coming back as good or better from the injuries he's had. Against the top sides we will lose the midfield battle imo. Doesn't matter what level of football it is winning the midfield battle is key. To have possession you need to win the ball and I don't think we have enough ball winners in our midfield.
I agree. A top quality team is all about balance fella and you need different skill sets. We have 1 world class centre back who is injury prone, 1 new left back and 1 ball winner in midfield who must be fucked. We do have a never ending number of midfielders who can play number 10 though.
I believe our priority is a defender who looks okay in a backs to the wall pub team and another attacking midfielder.
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I think this came down to seeing the bigger need at fullback and putting DM off for another year. Signing Yaya to a 1 year deal and still not extending Fern, makes me think, we've got a long term plan in place for next summer but this position could cost us points this season.....guess you cant fill all needs in one transfer window. This just shows how badly we've managed the squad the last few years.[/QUOT
shows a total lack of good team management on our part.
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