Morgan Gibbs-White

Gabriel said:
Good players but none could currently run a hard 90 minutes, particularly up and down the park. Gibbs-White might not be the answer, but we still need someone with that energy and intensity to play in the middle.
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Nico O Reilly could definitely cover ground given a central midfield role next season.

Gibbs White spends most of his time sitting in a low block and waiting or counter attacks.

Tomas Soucek covered more ground than any Premier League player last season, that says it all. If Soucek can cover the most ground then Surely young Nico can be in and around that.
 
SWPISHOME said:
Nico O Reilly could definitely cover ground given a central midfield role next season.

Gibbs White spends most of his time sitting in a low block and waiting or counter attacks.

Tomas Soucek covered more ground than any Premier League player last season, that says it all. If Soucek can cover the most ground then Surely young Nico can be in and around that.
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O’Reilly was on his chinstrap by the end of the season and needs a couple of years to be able to cope with a full domestic season in midfield. Soucek covers the ground but we need someone to be able to do so with pace, especially heading back the way, as Rodri and Gonzalez just don’t have that in their lockers.
 
Gabriel said:
O’Reilly was on his chinstrap by the end of the season and needs a couple of years to be able to cope with a full domestic season in midfield. Soucek covers the ground but we need someone to be able to do so with pace, especially heading back the way, as Rodri and Gonzalez just don’t have that in their lockers.
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Tend to agree, lack of pace and running power in that midfield. Some decent acceleration over 5-10 but full on all-action box to box pace is missing. Id still look for it MGW or elsewhere if possible
 
Gaz (FMwkdsoul) said:
Tend to agree, lack of pace and running power in that midfield. Some decent acceleration over 5-10 but full on all-action box to box pace is missing. Id still look for it MGW or elsewhere if possible
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That’s the main ‘hole’ in the team as I see it. We can probably get by with Nunes at right back, but without some added dynamism in midfield, it could be a difficult season.
 
Gabriel said:
That’s the main ‘hole’ in the team as I see it. We can probably get by with Nunes at right back, but without some added dynamism in midfield, it could be a difficult season.
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yeah, its kind obvious why the MGW & Sara seem to be the targets for that, looking at the profiles of those in the mix already.
 
I'd understand if people on here were saying MGW isn't good enough lets sign ... instead.

But the main argument is we dont need him because of what we have. Gundo, Bernie & Kov all getting on and its really noticeable we need legs in midfield. O'Reilly is great and I hope he gets minutes in midfield this year but he's not going to start every game for us. We also need to make sure we have a stable midfield so we dont kill Rodri again.

When at our best in recent years how many class players didn't make the team sheet? We have never had the biggest squad but plenty of high level players fighting for positions. Gundo, Kov, Bernie, Jack, Foden, Nico, KDB have all had plenty of games where they are on the bench.

We need a squad thats balanced. This would be a great signing for me and would mean we can sell some players that need moving on.
 
Given McAtee, KDB & likely one of Bernie or Gundo are on their way out or already gone - plus Kovacic unlikely to be fit at the onset of the season and Rodri coming off an ACL, alongside Nunes being shit as a midfielder (and shite as a full back too) we will need another quality player in midfield.

You can argue the merits or not of MGW but hes Prem tested/proven, can get from box to box and counts as homegrown. At the £60m sort of area Id bite the bullet tbh - anything north of that and it looks a bit steep.

Id add that I think we are very much still interested in the player and I dont believe this deal isnt dead by any means. Much more likely to happen than Livramento which Id wager has the square route of zilch chance of actually happening.
 
Gabriel said:
O’Reilly was on his chinstrap by the end of the season and needs a couple of years to be able to cope with a full domestic season in midfield. Soucek covers the ground but we need someone to be able to do so with pace, especially heading back the way, as Rodri and Gonzalez just don’t have that in their lockers.
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There's very few players in the City side that will play week in week out other than Rodri, Josko, Haaland and maybe one or two others, When called upon O'Reilly can definitely fit the bill in my opinion.

I understand where you are coming from in regards to needing a full season to get up to speed and intensity of the Premier League, I just think because he won't be playing full 90 minutes week in week out it's something he can do when he is brought into the team.

He's no slouch either he's a quick lad when his legs get going. Personally I'd prefer to see the likes of O'Reilly develop into a huge part of the team and get as many minutes as possible in preference to signing Morgan Gibbs White.

I fully understand your thinking behind it though.
 
Gaz (FMwkdsoul) said:
yeah, its kind obvious why the MGW & Sara seem to be the targets for that, looking at the profiles of those in the mix already.
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Forgot about Sara. He’s got a bit of heft about him, too, and played in England before. Might not be a bad option if a sane price cannot be reached for someone within England.
 
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