We don't have to fill the homegrown quota , buying a non homegrown player isn’t a problem for the homegrown rule.Have now watched the obligatory YT video & all on board - sign him up I say where he can battle it out with Nunes 'The Wall' for the right back position.
Kick the HG quota can issue down the road or do something creative to comply with it.
We nearly have a full team of players that didn't even travel, if we include the lads that were on loan last seasonWe don't have to fill the homegrown quota , buying a non homegrown player isn’t a problem for the homegrown rule.
The problem is we have too many non homegrown and no room for another one without a few leaving
Without him we are probably not in the CL. A bag full of important assists and goals as well as more than filling in defensively.
Gonna be interesting to see how Nunes handles the loss of Bernardo ahead of him in place of a more attacking right side as expected next season if hes the RB. Silva is a massive support/link piece to himThe goal vs Villa vitally important and fair play to him for getting into that position. That aside, we are in the champions league in spite of having Nunes at right back not because of it. He’s not the only one but he isn’t good enough. Take the blue tinted specs off and we’d be laughing at our rivals if they had him at right back. There’s literally zero chance we finish the summer window without getting a new right back.
Gonna be interesting to see how Nunes handles the loss of Bernardo ahead of him in place of a more attacking right side as expected next season if hes the RB. Silva is a massive support/link piece to him
I don't have blue tinted specs on. Unless it's Livramento, there is zero point burning tens of millions on another player who is going to be no better than Nunes.The goal vs Villa vitally important and fair play to him for getting into that position. That aside, we are in the champions league in spite of having Nunes at right back not because of it. He’s not the only one but he isn’t good enough. Take the blue tinted specs off and we’d be laughing at our rivals if they had him at right back.
Some of the assists were “fantasy football” assists. Also absolute liability defensively when coming up against a tricky winger.
There’s literally zero chance we finish the summer window without getting a new right back.
I don't have blue tinted specs on. Unless it's Livramento, there is zero point burning tens of millions on another player who is going to be no better than Nunes.
Wtf is a fantasy football assist.
We have Lewis, Nunes and Akanji, all having played at RB for Pep. I don't expect that to change unless something drastic happens. As it stands we will be heading into the season with them, we are already burning prime pre season time so it's clearly not a priority and probably cant be until we shift people like Walker.
Qw are currently at 17. Someone has to go to bring in another.Have now watched the obligatory YT video & all on board - sign him up I say where he can battle it out with Nunes 'The Wall' for the right back position.
Kick the HG quota can issue down the road or do something creative to comply with it.
I dont think our season hinges on a RB. The speed at which we did the three signings speaks volumes as to where the priority was.We will sign a right back. Do you think Khaldoon and the board are being as serious as they are but considering going into the season with those options. No chance.
I agree Livramento is clearly the first choice but a hard deal to do. If we don’t get him though we won’t not buy. Khaldoon said we have clear first and second choices identified.
Fantasy football assist being awarded for being the last person to touch the ball before a team mate bangs it, not necessarily because you actually created a chance. Pogba got dozens of them at the rags, little 2 yard passes before a team mate did something special. I know he got some proper assists from the so called 9 but a few of them were not assists in terms of actually creating a good goal scoring chance.
Yerp and aside from the Chelsea/Gvardiol one, I can't think of a single league assist like that. Plenty of reasons to not be a fan of Nunes without trying discredit that aspectI dont think our season hinges on a RB. The speed at which we did the three signings speaks volumes as to where the priority was.
If we cant Livramento, maybe we bring in some project RB like has been mentioned e.g. Wesley and if that happens he wont be starting week 1 if hes had no CWC or barely any pre-season.
Well an assist is an assist, if it was so easy why was half the team so shite at it last season?
Hopefully Nunes can really kick on from last season.Its not a gamble but if you ask me, If we can improve, do it. But keeping our current duo works too.
If we don't sign a top class right-back this summer, we won't have learned anything.
No right-back, no title-tilt.
Nunes will never be good enough for it.
Is there any difference between not having a top class right back and not having a top class left back? Seems to me we have just swapped over.If we don't sign a top class right-back this summer, we won't have learned anything.
No right-back, no title-tilt.
Nunes will never be good enough for it.
I don’t think that is true, Zinchenko had as many mistakes, many forget because he was a nice lad and cost about 20 pence.Spot on.
When we didn't have a LB and moved Delph and Zinch there, they were head and shoulders above what Nunes has shown us at full back. That performance against Villa, final day, by Zinchenko isn't anything Nunes could do.
Is there any difference between not having a top class right back and not having a top class left back? Seems to me we have just swapped over.
No need as Pep is now playing a 2-2-2-4 formation.If we don't sign a top class right-back this summer, we won't have learned anything.
No right-back, no title-tilt.
Nunes will never be good enough for it.
A 'fantasy football assist' is an assist that the original poster refuses to accept actually happened because it runs counter to his stated narrative. It is roughly equivalent to "fake news" as it is used to deny something factual.I don't have blue tinted specs on. Unless it's Livramento, there is zero point burning tens of millions on another player who is going to be no better than Nunes.
Wtf is a fantasy football assist.
We have Lewis, Nunes and Akanji, all having played at RB for Pep. I don't expect that to change unless something drastic happens. As it stands we will be heading into the season with them, we are already burning prime pre season time so it's clearly not a priority and probably cant be until we shift people like Walker.
Is he worse than Delph or Zinchenko were at left back? Or Cancelo, for that matter.If we don't sign a top class right-back this summer, we won't have learned anything.
No right-back, no title-tilt.
Nunes will never be good enough for it.