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Jules Koundé
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bluestreak
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Txiki better get his finger out then ;D....we only have a couple of weeks window left.If his release is 73 million pounds (80 million euro), as per another report, I’m not surprised 55M euro was declined tbh.
Gareth Barry Conlon
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Even Samaras looked good on YouTube (obligatory response)
Samaras was a football genius and worldie trapped in the career of an average striker.
chesterbells
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Txiki better get his finger out then ;D....we only have a couple of weeks window left.
And we’re at the Molineux tomorrow night!
franksinatra
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That's a really good point and a similar one was made when we jettisoned Joe Hart for Claudio Bravo. The point being that a goalkeeper who is excellent at distributing the ball does not have to make a raft of saves. Most of our defensive problems are not down to losing aerial battles.
No they are not. We have been hit far too often on the break, playing the high line, or been the masters of our own downfall by defensive errors. Losing aerial duels, to concede, has been negligible and to get into that situation an error would have had to previouly have occured.
In Peps system the centre halfs are fundamental to how we play, playing a high line so we can condense the space, enabling the press, to win the ball, in transition, high up the field. Hence Peps last consideration is height. Laporte also should be stepping up as a leader now in the back line, and if we get Kounde he should grow alongside him.
Amazing how this transfer, for many, seems to be the difference between optimism and pessimism heading into the new season. If the hype is warranted then I’m excited to see him play, but I also think Laporte and Ake as a partnership will be 10 time’s better than what we had to endure for most of last season!
chesterbells
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Amazing how this transfer, for many, seems to be the difference between optimism and pessimism heading into the new season. If the hype is warranted then I’m excited to see him play, but I also think Laporte and Ake as a partnership will be 10 time’s better than what we had to endure for most of last season!
Agreed, and getting him in alongside Walker Laporte and Ake would make a great back 4 - though they will be under pressure if the deep-lying midfielder isn’t doing his job properly too ;-)
blueparrot
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It will be much easier for the deep lying midfielder having that back 4 than it was with Otamendi Fernandinho Zinchenko behind him.Agreed, and getting him in alongside Walker Laporte and Ake would make a great back 4 - though they will be under pressure if the deep-lying midfielder isn’t doing his job properly too ;-)