Left Back

[OntarioBlue]

Is it that strong up front, Salah, Nunez, Diaz, Jota. Firminho. Am I missing anyone ? It’s okay but for the way they play I don’t think it’s very deep.

Tbf, they have for five players for three positions and they are all capable of sticking the ball in the back of the net. I’d say they’re in a pretty good place right now.

 

[Gabriel]

Is it that strong up front, Salah, Nunez, Diaz, Jota. Firminho. Am I missing anyone ? It’s okay but for the way they play I don’t think it’s very deep.

It’s strong then without necessarily being deep.

 

[OntarioBlue]

Never seen him play. Is he any good ?

 

[Dax777]

Still on the Air Nouri Express. But I'll happily walk across to the Gomez ramp if Gaya isn't running :)

 

[blueparrot]

Tbf, they have for five players for three positions and they are all capable of sticking the ball in the back of the net. I’d say they’re in a pretty good place right now.

No, I know it’s okay.But I don’t think it’s deeper than ours which I also think is okay.

 

[Dax777]

Never seen him play. Is he any good ?

80 million will suggest, Yes?

But then there is Maguire.... Sooooo... maybe?

 

[Bluesiam]

Where's Gvardiol?

I think this is who we're going for as an overpay makes more sense there if you're going to do it, and he can play CB.

That would work. Saves us coming up with a new song too :-)

 

[PrezIke]

Never seen him play. Is he any good ?

Hahah, he played against us in our first CL match vs. Liepzig.

He wasn't bad, but not memorable I believe. He does play CB more than LB, but as I mentioned the way Pep utilizes Walker and Cancelo, is to allow them to cut inside and, Walker especially as a hybrid CB.

He loves to get forward, can dribble, whilst having strong vision and passing ability. Oh yeah, and can defend.

Cucurella has been targeted as well, I suspect, being seen as someone who can also play CB in a pseudo back 3.

I've watched Gvordiol a little bit since and you can see why we know Barca, Utd, City and Chelsea have been sniffing around increasingly over the past year.

I know many well regarded scouts and "experts" in football see him as a massive talent:

Josko Gvardiol Scout Report: The Perfect Modern Defender

Josko Gvardiol scout report is the definitive analysis on how supremely talented the young defender is for club and country

www.foottheball.com

https://understat.com/player/9790 - here you can see how good he is in buildup, something Pep values tremendously, we know.

I know its always en vogue to make fun of scouting via YouToube videos (just like none of our fans did when we signed Alvarez wink wink)

But you can get a sense of how he plays here and why you can see we would target him:

 

[geek24601]

Yet have a midfield of thiago, henderson, fabinho, milner and keita. Imagine us going into the season with Milner and keita, people would be in full on meltdown. Their backup CB's are Konate and Gomez, again imagine us with those two.

Konate is very good tbf. I’m sorry but we are looking a bit short in some key positions particularly LB and a winger. We can’t seriously go into the new season with 2 right backs and some players who can cover LB when needed?!

 

[geek24601]

One farce a summer tbh, this year it’s at lb. When pep leaves I’m not sure we’ll get away with leaving these holes in the team

Totally agree! Pep is a master at covering the cracks in the squad over the years. LB is becoming a total joke now though. We should have been in a position to sign a new LB as soon as the Mendy stuff happened.