Lack of pace on the wings

[CityBluez]

Very much the elephant in the room and very much something that needs discussing.

KDB is now a player that has wonderful moments but as you say has some shocking games, he is a luxury player , nothing wrong with that but we are starting to collect those type of players, Mahrez and Grealish are similar, but can we afford to have them in the team at the same time?

I agree . We can afford only one luxury player in the team . We need to put players on the pitch who take strain off KDB not add to his strain.
Next summer will be challenging. Some hard decisions have to be made.
Imo, grealish, mahrez, Bernardo need to go. I can only hope we don't just go and sign big English names just because we can.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

100% agree but some big transfer decisions coming up one's we have to get right, Bellingham is a huge talent but that fee is going to put him under huge pressure and that's the worry with that one.

I never got the Mahrez extension, that was a strange decision from the club and we have all seen a big drop off in his form since that deal was signed.

And please let's get this left back sorted once and for all, there has got to be one out there somewhere!

Agreed. I also think the Club are making a decision on Laporte.

I do like Henry at Brentford. He always seems to have a decent game?

If we are not careful, we will get caught dozing at the wheel if Arsenal can add to their young mix and the likes of Chelsea going balls out on Nkuku and Fernandez?

Irony, the way we play, Rice would be more suited alongside Rodri than Bellingham?

 

[blueju]

Someone mentioned it in an earlier post, when Pep arrived his mantra was that we have all this skill in the squad so I want them to follow my direction until they arrive in the final third then they are free to attack how they see fit…and it worked. Now it seems all that freedom has been banned. An example is Zin in the Villa title game, he’d been doing the same as Jack all season pulling the ball back instead of flying past on the overlap then come the last game Pep told him to run at them and look at the result, and the same goes for Sterling on the right.

 

[Keeper!]

I agree to this. We can afford only one luxury player in the team . We need to put players on the pitch who take strain off KDB not add to his strain.
Next summer will be challenging. Some hard decisions have to be made.
Imo, grealish, mahrez, Bernardo need to go. I can only hope we don't just go and sign big English names just because we can.

We also need some more creativity to take even more pressure off KDB, taking him out of this present team we seem to create very little, Grealish, Mahreaz, Bernardo have to step up and the likes of Cancelo get his head out of his arse and get back to playing like we know he can.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I agree . We can afford only one luxury player in the team . We need to put players on the pitch who take strain off KDB not add to his strain.
Next summer will be challenging. Some hard decisions have to be made.
Imo, grealish, mahrez, Bernardo need to go. I can only hope we don't just go and sign big English names just because we can.

Bernardo is the only one going from that trio, the best player at that.

Grealish and Mahrez know they are on a good thing, on long-term, incredible money.

Mahrez will be here longer than anyone!

 

[Keeper!]

Agreed. I also think the Club are making a decision on Laporte.

I do like Henry at Brentford. He always seems to have a decent game?

If we are not careful, we will get caught dozing at the wheel if Arsenal can add to their young mix and the likes of Chelsea going balls out on Nkuku and Fernandez?

Irony, the we play, Rice would be more suited alongside Rodri than Bellingham?

I can see a couple of our CB's moving on this summer, any idea on the Big Croatian or is that pure media induced?

 

[g180aj]

All those players are positions the club have forced upon ourselves.

Mahrez a new deal despite entering his thirties, same went for Kev, although the latter at least justified one.

Gundo now in his final six months and at an age where it would be foolish to commit to his wages for more years.

Bernie wanting out for two seasons. All this should be headed off at the pass, we shouldn't be doing anyone favours.

Haaland was a move in the right direction and why I think Bellingham's energy and potential is worth the risk.

Throw in talents like McAllister or players with an ability on the ball, and we won't be far off.

Different perhaps, but still competing for all the trophies.

Hindsight’s a wonderful thing but we should have let Bernie go when he first highlighted it and brought in Odegard.

In the summer we should be looking at Bellingham, Lucas Hernandez and a 2 footed paces winger who can play both sides.

selling Laporte and Bernardo and waving goodbye to Gundo to make space.

 

[applejuice]

Agreed. I also think the Club are making a decision on Laporte.

I do like Henry at Brentford. He always seems to have a decent game?

If we are not careful, we will get caught dozing at the wheel if Arsenal can add to their young mix and the likes of Chelsea going balls out on Nkuku and Fernandez?

Irony, the way we play, Rice would be more suited alongside Rodri than Bellingham?

Laporte? It is sensible to let him go to have his juicy big contract at Spain. But I still rate his passing skill. Best of all CBs. Unless we buy another excellent left CB or a good LB I don't see how Pep will let him go.

I have a different view of Ake unlike most of the BM here. Although he is defensively good, his passing and attacking output cannot meet Pep system requirement. A good back up option. You can notice how slow the ball moving in the left hand side backline if Ake starts. Oh I miss Zinny. How long since we saw a good ball coming from that corner of the pitch!

I will pick Dias if we really need to sell one CB.

 

[CityBluez]

Bernardo is the only one going from that trio, the best player at that.

Yeah but Bernardo doesn't want to stay.

 

[Rammy Blue]

100% agree but some big transfer decisions coming up one's we have to get right, Bellingham is a huge talent but that fee is going to put him under huge pressure and that's the worry with that one.

I never got the Mahrez extension, that was a strange decision from the club and we have all seen a big drop off in his form since that deal was signed.

And please let's get this left back sorted once and for all, there has got to be one out there somewhere!

The only reason we gave Mahrez an extension was due to letting both Raz and Jesus leave in the same window, we should have had the balls to let all 3 go, but we shit out and handed him a contract he didn’t deserve.