afhald said:
davymcfc said:
They look strong and play decent stuff at times.
Yeah.
The W was the only thing that matter yesterday and we achieved it, deserving it.
Chemistry and conditioning in particular have to improve drammatically if we want our bit to say in Euope, anyway great intensity for the first hour with some interesting plots developed, we're still very crated though.
The defensive line was entirely new, Castan was out and Manolas, who had the hard task of replacing Benatia, trained with the team once or twice, but still looked impressive, great personality and aggressivness, he could be real good.
What I like most about this team is depth in any department, we have two squads in which any player could be a starter. I think we may in fact have one of the strongest and deepest midfield in Europe, I genuinely believe that.
Strootman, who is arguably our best one, is injured, then you see Nainggolan, the supposed "bench guy", beastfully, which is the only word I could find for yesterday performance, playing the whole game on both ends of the floor and you cry, at least you realize your team is good. His abnegation against Fiorentina was moving. I would put him on Yaya the whole game and let the burden of the offense on Silva's shoulders.
Keita is a perfect example of professionalism, remarkable work ethic, if he plays 10, 30 minutes or none it doesn't matter, he'll be effective and won't complain, great IQ too.
We still have Ucan, I repeat myself he's special, and Paredes, with Rabiot who may become, when Strootman comes back, the 7th or 8th guy of our rotation. If Rabiot is the 7th you're in good shape. I have the feeling something magical will happen, probably the domestic league.
To make a decisive step forward all we need is a world-class striker, his wage is unbereable right now, so we may have to wait 2 or 3 years at least before we could afford him.