Vicario - Needs quality competition for his place
Forster - Needs upgrading
Porro - poor defensively, doesn`t contribute enough in attack
Spence - Solid and versatile, room to improve further
Romero - Top class on his day, inconsistent
VDV - Top class, room to improve further, injury prone
Dragusin - Poor in the air, panics with the ball & too slow
Davies - steady eddy, versatile squad player
Udogie - Doesn`t excel at anything, room to improve
Gray - Top talent, going to be a superstar if he works hard
Bergvall - Talented, improving all the time
Bissouma - inconsistent, error prone, can be great but not often enough
Sarr - Great engine, improving all the time
Bentancur - Classy midfielder, can go missing
Maddison - Goes missing, excellent on his day
Kulusevski - Top player, great work rate, most consistent player
Johnson - Tap in merchant, can`t beat a man, has good pace
Son - Past his prime, lost some pace and not really captain material
Werner - Poor finisher, gives the ball away, pacey and can get crosses in
Odobert - Too early to judge
Moore - Huge potential, just starting his career
Richarlison - Sicknote, average player when fit
Solanke - Turning into a decent no.9, needs some competition for his place
Lankshear - Young player, needs developing further
Now, some of these players may look altogether better players under a different coach and in a different system, but some of them just need upgrading.
So on the evidence we are seeing, I would quite happily sell, Forster, Porro, Dragusin, Udogie, Bissouma, Johnson, Werner (send back) & Richarlison.
It really is a mess, and all thanks to Levy, lots of improvements still need to be made, Ange or no Ange.
Of course, it is highly unlikely we will ever get a capable squad under Levy, given that sporting success is not their main priority.
Levy out.
Who is good enough?
posted 4 hours, 54 minutes ago
I'm starting to really question Dragusin now. He looks very suspect at times. This high line and openness at the back is doing him no favour!
posted 4 hours, 44 minutes ago
This is a pretty good analysis Billy.
Maybe a bit harsh to judge Dragusin as poor in the air based only on today though.
posted 4 hours, 34 minutes ago
Kinda weird, feels like some good players are picking up bad habits so it's hard to judge
posted 4 hours, 31 minutes ago
The thing is, most of our players are too young to know better, so they trust in Ange, even though they must think what the fack are they doing.
The likes of Romero, who have won things, know what is required and have said their piece.
posted 4 hours, 27 minutes ago
I agree with most of this also Billy a fair assesment.
I guess shopping at the level we do you are going to get inconsistent displays. Also with buying so many younger players.
Udogie is the only one I'd say being listed as a potential trial transfer away as being wrong. This guy will be great. When he has to stop worriying about being a 10, LB and LW I think you'll see the best out of him. He's just been run into the ground and being asked to do too much, he's only just 22 as well, as is Radu.
I think Radu has shown improvement just recently but agree he hasn't got the attributes for Ange ball at all. Too slow as you say.
Johnson, just don't see it with him at all, bit of a snowflake, I'd move him on whilst still young. We need quality wingers.
Bentancur is a class act in midfield but he needs legs around him. So composed, great passer, committed.
Sarr, I think he's I proved massively this season too, is capable of the odd rain blip but another id keep around.
Spence has to start at RB for me. Him and Udogie raiding up and down would be great. His better defensively than I expected and the coaches deserves some praise for that.
posted 4 hours, 20 minutes ago
Yep, Spence would be more capable as an all round RB than Porro, maybe we could play Porro at RW instead of Johnson as he would have better delivery
posted 4 hours, 17 minutes ago
Always amuses me seeing fans scoring their own young talent.
I'm willing to bet good money on Bergvall never winning a trophy for a club in any of the 5 major European leagues throughout his career.
posted 4 hours, 11 minutes ago
comment by Romeo Golf Kilo (U22964)
posted 5 minutes ago
Always amuses me seeing fans scoring their own young talent.
I'm willing to bet good money on Bergvall never winning a trophy for a club in any of the 5 major European leagues throughout his career.
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On what basis?
posted 3 hours, 41 minutes ago
comment by palmers_spur (U8896)
posted 26 minutes ago
comment by Romeo Golf Kilo (U22964)
posted 5 minutes ago
Always amuses me seeing fans scoring their own young talent.
I'm willing to bet good money on Bergvall never winning a trophy for a club in any of the 5 major European leagues throughout his career.
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On what basis?
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On the basis that Gabriel and Saliba haven't either.
posted 2 hours, 51 minutes ago
comment by Custardeyes (U4500)
posted 48 minutes ago
comment by palmers_spur (U8896)
posted 26 minutes ago
comment by Romeo Golf Kilo (U22964)
posted 5 minutes ago
Always amuses me seeing fans scoring their own young talent.
I'm willing to bet good money on Bergvall never winning a trophy for a club in any of the 5 major European leagues throughout his career.
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On what basis?
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On the basis that Gabriel and Saliba haven't either.
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I just had a flashback of Gabriela Sabatini. Good times.