Would have taken a draw

Corners are our most frustrating weakness, Barca scored off one Gundo’s last night, I can’t remember him ever taking one for us.

comment by Ashtonianblue (U12469)
posted 39 minutes ago
Leaky defence, easily open to counters, loss of control for large parts of games, it seems to me that the importance of Gundo has become apparent.
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If we had Gundo we would be top of the league, having scored more goals and defensively better on counters. I would give Nunes plus Kovatic to Barca to get Gundo back. He practically carried the team in Kevs absence and second half of the season last year, such an intelligent player….Unfortunately from what I have seen Kovatic is bang average and Nunes may never improve but I will give him another season.

I'm not sure if the Gundo decision was purely age related or whether Pep wanted to bring some younger blood in to play in a different style.

I understand bringing in another DM to cover Rodri so I understand Kov but I'm not sure he is that much of an upgrade on Phillips, who clearly found the step up too much, but Nunes needs a huge step up to make the grade. Most of Kovacic's passes are back or sideways and Nunes doesn't have the vision of Gundo. Need to make sure we don't lose Bernardo this summer.

comment by bomdia (U13941)
posted 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
I'm not sure if the Gundo decision was purely age related or whether Pep wanted to bring some younger blood in to play in a different style.

I understand bringing in another DM to cover Rodri so I understand Kov but I'm not sure he is that much of an upgrade on Phillips, who clearly found the step up too much, but Nunes needs a huge step up to make the grade. Most of Kovacic's passes are back or sideways and Nunes doesn't have the vision of Gundo. Need to make sure we don't lose Bernardo this summer.
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Rumour was that he wanted a longer contract, he also wanted to give Barcelona a go, who knows…
Exactly my thoughts, Kovacic is not a huge upgrade to Philips and Nunes seems lost every time he plays, really weak defensively as well and can’t seem to read the game but it is his first year… we lost Gundo and also the closet rag that spent 15 years, most of it being developed by the best manager on the planet… instead we got another Sterling in Doku, Philips 2.0 and a weaker Mahrez without the superb ball control, all struggling to get in the team… but some promising youngsters coming thru, just need to get some game time and experience… overall poor business last summer, it is a incredible we are still chasing all three trophies…

The thought of losing Bernardo makes me feel sick.

All eyes on Bernardo on Wednesday, I get the feeling he hates RM with a passion.

comment by Ashtonianblue (U12469)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
The thought of losing Bernardo makes me feel sick.
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I'm hoping that Bernado will be a part exchange for João Neves, if he really does want to go back to Benfica. I do think that Bernado can be a Gundo replacement as our no.8, so there is a place for him even in next season's line up but he has been vocal about leaving England.

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 35 minutes ago
All eyes on Bernardo on Wednesday, I get the feeling he hates RM with a passion.
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More than Liverpool?

comment by mancWoohoo - Maximus Mardius Cobonius (U10676)
posted 56 minutes ago
comment by Ashtonianblue (U12469)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
The thought of losing Bernardo makes me feel sick.
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I'm hoping that Bernado will be a part exchange for João Neves, if he really does want to go back to Benfica. I do think that Bernado can be a Gundo replacement as our no.8, so there is a place for him even in next season's line up but he has been vocal about leaving England.
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Has he though?

All I've read is rumours on clickbait sites, usually based in Spain.

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 33 minutes ago
comment by mancWoohoo - Maximus Mardius Cobonius (U10676)
posted 56 minutes ago
comment by Ashtonianblue (U12469)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
The thought of losing Bernardo makes me feel sick.
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I'm hoping that Bernado will be a part exchange for João Neves, if he really does want to go back to Benfica. I do think that Bernado can be a Gundo replacement as our no.8, so there is a place for him even in next season's line up but he has been vocal about leaving England.
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Has he though?

All I've read is rumours on clickbait sites, usually based in Spain.
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Fair enough, I've not heard any real reports of him saying that, and I am not an ITK. I'm just going by Occam's Razor with the new extension and the ludicrous £50m release clause that he wants out.