comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 34 minutes ago
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 15 seconds ago
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 6 minutes ago
When is Malacia due back?
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Not sure. Don’t think he’s good enough though.
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Possibly not but the options we are being linked with are hardly inspiring.
Dalot and Malacia for me is fine. Like I said though it all depends on when he's back.
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I’m not against Cucurella at all. The season he signed for Brighton I lamented that we had paid similar for Alex Telles.
Then again we also paid similar for Malacia to what Brighton paid for Estupinan and I’ve lamented that too.
Process, as you know I don’t mince my words… let me tell you this now we are in big trouble this season if we do not get in further reinforcements.
I fear for us against Assna.
comment by scholayScholes (U13961)
posted 2 minutes ago
Process, as you know I don’t mince my words… let me tell you this now we are in big trouble this season if we do not get in further reinforcements.
I fear for us against Assna.
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We don’t always agree Scholay but yes we need 2 or 3 outfield players in this week or we can forget about having any kind of successful season.
Amrabat will hopefully join this coming week. God knows we need a player of his style to come in. That midfield is going to get a few batterings like last season if we don't address it.
Wolves, Spurs and now Forest have ran through us with ease. It's been very alarming to see and we are very fortunate to have 6pts out of 9 if we are honest.
If Maguire went and we signed another CB too I'd feel happier. Varane going off today shows how fragile he can be.
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 1 minute ago
Amrabat will hopefully join this coming week. God knows we need a player of his style to come in. That midfield is going to get a few batterings like last season if we don't address it.
Wolves, Spurs and now Forest have ran through us with ease. It's been very alarming to see and we are very fortunate to have 6pts out of 9 if we are honest.
If Maguire went and we signed another CB too I'd feel happier. Varane going off today shows how fragile he can be.
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Agree. A CM, CB and a loan LB and things are looking up.
A back up GK looks a guarantee.
Being at the game you don't get to see replays sadly but watching that MOTD analysis it was very worrying to see how easy their midfielders just simply jogged (not even sprinted) right past our players. I think it was Casemiro and Eriksen in the two examples highlighted where they didn't even have to work to get in behind us.
Is it fitness? Is it concentration? I don't know what the problem is but a quality team will absolutely destroy us if we keep doing this.
Don't confess to have watched much of Fiorentina but Amrabat did look Terrific in world cup. His engine and work rate were top notch and he also seemed very calm on the ball too. This is a player we badly need to sign.
Eriksen and Casemiro simply don’t have the legs to work as a duo.
I’m not against Cucurella at all. The season he signed for Brighton I lamented that we had paid similar for Alex Telles.
Then again we also paid similar for Malacia to what Brighton paid for Estupinan and I’ve lamented that too.
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I think it's worth taking into consideration that it can be easier for players to settle in a technically very good Brighton team where every player around you can receive, pass and carry the ball under pressure therefore making you seem better technically and better in other ways too than individuals at other teams.
This the issue with fan opinion. Had we signed Cucarella straight from Brighton everyone would be saying 'best left back in PL'. But now he's had a poor year at Chelsea it's a disaster.
The truth is we don't know if he's truly that bad or Chelsea have just been too much of a basket case of a club. Nobody played well for them last season really.
Wasn't long ago Pep tried to sign him too so maybe there is a player in him, who knows.
Can't see Chelsea letting him come to us on loan without a generous financial agreement. What do we do in Nov/Dec too when we have Malacia and Shaw back? We will go from having not enough cover there to having too much.
comment by The Red Side™ (U11275)
posted 4 minutes ago
I’m not against Cucurella at all. The season he signed for Brighton I lamented that we had paid similar for Alex Telles.
Then again we also paid similar for Malacia to what Brighton paid for Estupinan and I’ve lamented that too.
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I think it's worth taking into consideration that it can be easier for players to settle in a technically very good Brighton team where every player around you can receive, pass and carry the ball under pressure therefore making you seem better technically and better in other ways too than individuals at other teams.
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Very good point.
This is a bit like where Dortmund players leave them and come to Utd and look lost. It's happened three times with Kagawa, Miki and Sancho. All looked very technical and quality footballers for them and for us they struggled a lot.
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 1 hour, 16 minutes ago
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 1 minute ago
Amrabat will hopefully join this coming week. God knows we need a player of his style to come in. That midfield is going to get a few batterings like last season if we don't address it.
Wolves, Spurs and now Forest have ran through us with ease. It's been very alarming to see and we are very fortunate to have 6pts out of 9 if we are honest.
If Maguire went and we signed another CB too I'd feel happier. Varane going off today shows how fragile he can be.
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Agree. A CM, CB and a loan LB and things are looking up.
A back up GK looks a guarantee.
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A striker remains more important for me. I just don't know how. Any prem striker tbh. We need one more. One that gives defenders stress. I've seen Cunha and I saw awoniyi. I get the feeling we can find one around the corner. The idea of subbing a striker for Sancho it Rashford just doesn't work for me.
I like Awoniyi as an option from the bench.
The money we spent on Mount, we should have tried to get Palhinha. To me it is a safer bet than Amrabat
Game was very open and entertaining. Forest look a fair bit improved from last season. You just about got away with it. Play that open against a better team than Forest and you won’t.
comment by red_evils (U19878)
posted 5 hours, 38 minutes ago
I like Awoniyi as an option from the bench.
The money we spent on Mount, we should have tried to get Palhinha. To me it is a safer bet than Amrabat
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Should have signed Palhinha last summer.
I still dont understand why we cannot not rely on Fernandez. These are back ups, not starters. Cucarella is giving me Mason Mount vibes. Clubs dont sell their players for no reason.
The money we spent on Mount, we should have tried to get Palhinha. To me it is a safer bet than Amrabat
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If we signed Palhinha we'd just have another midfielder who isn't good enough in possession. He's excellent off the ball and at least he's an actual midfielder but Amrabat ticks more boxes.
I think you underestimate his ball playing ability. He bossed the midfield against us in the FA cup last season, took the ball from his own half to ours multiple times
I think you underestimate his ball playing ability. He bossed the midfield against us in the FA cup last season, took the ball from his own half to ours multiple times
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I don't.
Palhinha's just not a very progressive midfielder. Casemiro offers more in possession than he does and we need better players than Casemiro on the ball in the side.
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posted on 26/8/23
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 34 minutes ago
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 15 seconds ago
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 6 minutes ago
When is Malacia due back?
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Not sure. Don’t think he’s good enough though.
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Possibly not but the options we are being linked with are hardly inspiring.
Dalot and Malacia for me is fine. Like I said though it all depends on when he's back.
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I’m not against Cucurella at all. The season he signed for Brighton I lamented that we had paid similar for Alex Telles.
Then again we also paid similar for Malacia to what Brighton paid for Estupinan and I’ve lamented that too.
posted on 26/8/23
Process, as you know I don’t mince my words… let me tell you this now we are in big trouble this season if we do not get in further reinforcements.
I fear for us against Assna.
posted on 26/8/23
comment by scholayScholes (U13961)
posted 2 minutes ago
Process, as you know I don’t mince my words… let me tell you this now we are in big trouble this season if we do not get in further reinforcements.
I fear for us against Assna.
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We don’t always agree Scholay but yes we need 2 or 3 outfield players in this week or we can forget about having any kind of successful season.
posted on 26/8/23
Amrabat will hopefully join this coming week. God knows we need a player of his style to come in. That midfield is going to get a few batterings like last season if we don't address it.
Wolves, Spurs and now Forest have ran through us with ease. It's been very alarming to see and we are very fortunate to have 6pts out of 9 if we are honest.
If Maguire went and we signed another CB too I'd feel happier. Varane going off today shows how fragile he can be.
posted on 26/8/23
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 1 minute ago
Amrabat will hopefully join this coming week. God knows we need a player of his style to come in. That midfield is going to get a few batterings like last season if we don't address it.
Wolves, Spurs and now Forest have ran through us with ease. It's been very alarming to see and we are very fortunate to have 6pts out of 9 if we are honest.
If Maguire went and we signed another CB too I'd feel happier. Varane going off today shows how fragile he can be.
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Agree. A CM, CB and a loan LB and things are looking up.
A back up GK looks a guarantee.
posted on 27/8/23
Being at the game you don't get to see replays sadly but watching that MOTD analysis it was very worrying to see how easy their midfielders just simply jogged (not even sprinted) right past our players. I think it was Casemiro and Eriksen in the two examples highlighted where they didn't even have to work to get in behind us.
Is it fitness? Is it concentration? I don't know what the problem is but a quality team will absolutely destroy us if we keep doing this.
Don't confess to have watched much of Fiorentina but Amrabat did look Terrific in world cup. His engine and work rate were top notch and he also seemed very calm on the ball too. This is a player we badly need to sign.
posted on 27/8/23
Eriksen and Casemiro simply don’t have the legs to work as a duo.
posted on 27/8/23
I’m not against Cucurella at all. The season he signed for Brighton I lamented that we had paid similar for Alex Telles.
Then again we also paid similar for Malacia to what Brighton paid for Estupinan and I’ve lamented that too.
---------------------------------------------
I think it's worth taking into consideration that it can be easier for players to settle in a technically very good Brighton team where every player around you can receive, pass and carry the ball under pressure therefore making you seem better technically and better in other ways too than individuals at other teams.
posted on 27/8/23
This the issue with fan opinion. Had we signed Cucarella straight from Brighton everyone would be saying 'best left back in PL'. But now he's had a poor year at Chelsea it's a disaster.
The truth is we don't know if he's truly that bad or Chelsea have just been too much of a basket case of a club. Nobody played well for them last season really.
Wasn't long ago Pep tried to sign him too so maybe there is a player in him, who knows.
Can't see Chelsea letting him come to us on loan without a generous financial agreement. What do we do in Nov/Dec too when we have Malacia and Shaw back? We will go from having not enough cover there to having too much.
posted on 27/8/23
comment by The Red Side™ (U11275)
posted 4 minutes ago
I’m not against Cucurella at all. The season he signed for Brighton I lamented that we had paid similar for Alex Telles.
Then again we also paid similar for Malacia to what Brighton paid for Estupinan and I’ve lamented that too.
---------------------------------------------
I think it's worth taking into consideration that it can be easier for players to settle in a technically very good Brighton team where every player around you can receive, pass and carry the ball under pressure therefore making you seem better technically and better in other ways too than individuals at other teams.
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Very good point.
This is a bit like where Dortmund players leave them and come to Utd and look lost. It's happened three times with Kagawa, Miki and Sancho. All looked very technical and quality footballers for them and for us they struggled a lot.
posted on 27/8/23
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 1 hour, 16 minutes ago
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 1 minute ago
Amrabat will hopefully join this coming week. God knows we need a player of his style to come in. That midfield is going to get a few batterings like last season if we don't address it.
Wolves, Spurs and now Forest have ran through us with ease. It's been very alarming to see and we are very fortunate to have 6pts out of 9 if we are honest.
If Maguire went and we signed another CB too I'd feel happier. Varane going off today shows how fragile he can be.
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Agree. A CM, CB and a loan LB and things are looking up.
A back up GK looks a guarantee.
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A striker remains more important for me. I just don't know how. Any prem striker tbh. We need one more. One that gives defenders stress. I've seen Cunha and I saw awoniyi. I get the feeling we can find one around the corner. The idea of subbing a striker for Sancho it Rashford just doesn't work for me.
posted on 27/8/23
I like Awoniyi as an option from the bench.
The money we spent on Mount, we should have tried to get Palhinha. To me it is a safer bet than Amrabat
posted on 27/8/23
Game was very open and entertaining. Forest look a fair bit improved from last season. You just about got away with it. Play that open against a better team than Forest and you won’t.
posted on 27/8/23
comment by red_evils (U19878)
posted 5 hours, 38 minutes ago
I like Awoniyi as an option from the bench.
The money we spent on Mount, we should have tried to get Palhinha. To me it is a safer bet than Amrabat
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Should have signed Palhinha last summer.
posted on 27/8/23
I still dont understand why we cannot not rely on Fernandez. These are back ups, not starters. Cucarella is giving me Mason Mount vibes. Clubs dont sell their players for no reason.
posted on 27/8/23
The money we spent on Mount, we should have tried to get Palhinha. To me it is a safer bet than Amrabat
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If we signed Palhinha we'd just have another midfielder who isn't good enough in possession. He's excellent off the ball and at least he's an actual midfielder but Amrabat ticks more boxes.
posted on 27/8/23
I think you underestimate his ball playing ability. He bossed the midfield against us in the FA cup last season, took the ball from his own half to ours multiple times
posted on 27/8/23
I think you underestimate his ball playing ability. He bossed the midfield against us in the FA cup last season, took the ball from his own half to ours multiple times
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I don't.
Palhinha's just not a very progressive midfielder. Casemiro offers more in possession than he does and we need better players than Casemiro on the ball in the side.
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