M_Afro
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Sign McKennie and Doukoure. If we really are serious about pushing up the table then, if they are open to the move, we would be mad not to. We would be able to find clubs for Connor (probably loan) and Marvelous. We need to be ruthless here. Having said that, either would be most welcome.
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He’s 28 and barely ever played above league 1 level. He’s a top lad Jed and he’s given us a couple of cracking moments but he is not a PL level keeper in a million years. I will be amazed if we don’t sign another keeper.
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I am sure we could have agreed to sign him and then loan him to a championship club if that was what he wanted. I doubt we were ever interested.
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Not good enough for where we want to go in my opinion. SJM needs to play further forwards to be at his most effective. As a holder, in a two, he is ineffective.
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Ha ha. Me too. It was a real wtf moment.
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I think Dean will play a two man central midfield at times. If he does this then we desperately need an athletic, physical and intelligent DCM. I also think having that type of player in a three would improve us and give the other two greater license to get forward.
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I agree with this. The three in the middle is interesting though. I keep changing my mind virtually on the hour every hour. At the moment I am with Luiz as a six and SJM and Sanson as eights. Very harsh on Ramsey though after the last couple of weeks.
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He’s just a class football player. He will be fantastic when he settles and gets used to his surroundings. He can’t dribble like Grealish but his vision and quality of passing is better in my view. He is also better defensively.
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Yes he is possibly beyond us now. Brighton paid £15m for him three years ago and he is probably now worth 4x that! We need to target the new Bissouma and develop him.
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Me too. Our bloody awful set pieces have been an annoyance for too long. Great to see us causing problems from them at the moment.
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I know what you mean about loans. I think there would be some decent players available on loan. I wonder whether Fulham would be tempted to loan Anguissa? Some foreign clubs who are having financial difficulty might be open to shifting some players on loan.
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Maybe a loan for Wes would work best? Get his wages covered and hopefully see him find some form playing elsewhere.
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He is the best passer of the ball that we have. He just needs to get used to his new surroundings and team mates. I thought he was ok yesterday and he will get much better. As others have said, having Ollie in the team will help him too. He needs someone to hit. Players like him rely on the clever movement of others. He can then create things with his clever passing. We were too static yesterday but that will improve as we hopefully move towards a more settled team.
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Even if we don’t sign anybody it would still be good to see some leave. AEG, Connor, Guilbert, Wesley, Davis. None of those guys are going to play a huge part this season and all can be covered from elsewhere if required. It would all help with ffp and give us greater flexibility in the future.
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Just watched him on motd. He is so good. He would really help bring control and continuity to our play. It would also stuff Brighton up who I think will have a good season. For those people who don’t think we need a central midfield player I urge you to watch Bissouma play. He is the complete midfielder.
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He is not good enough but you can’t fault his professionalism. He just does his job when called upon and never bitches and moans. He is a good teammate as Dean would say. I agree with those that say we should sell him though if possible. He only has 2 years left on his contract and he probably is at his optimum value now. Whether we like it or not, we do have to keep selling players to evolve. He is only playing because Bailey, Watkins and Traore are all injured. One of those comes back and AEG drops out. If you get £15m for him from a lower PL team you could reinvest some of that on a younger player with a much higher potential ceiling. Someone like Alvarez. That’s how clubs like us evolve. Keep our core together, sell ancillary players for decent profits and re-invest in up and coming stars.
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I was critical of Dean last week but he picked the same team and formation today that most of us wanted and it was better than last week. It was however still a very poor start from us. We should have gone behind which would have changed everything. We also do not flow. Our form/standard of play is poor without Grealish and always has been under Dean. Obviously having a fit/settled Buendia and Bailey will hopefully much improve that. Also, once the team settles we should improve but until the standard of play improves significantly and more consistently we will not get anywhere near the top half and Dean will rightly receive criticism. Final point. It’s ok to criticise if what you see is, in your own view, not very good. It does not make you a bad supporter. It just means you have a different view point. Fundamentally we all want Dean to do well. Who else would we rather have meeting our expectations than one of our own who also just happens to be a top bloke. I love Dean but I will never shy away from saying it as I see it. Watford and Newcastle are poor sides. That doesn’t mean you should always beat them but you should be able to look like a team that is capable of beating them. Last week was shambolic and until we scored today, Newcastle contained us very comfortably. Anyway, a very welcome three points. A good chance to launch our season. I am very chuffed with that.
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It makes me feel so sad when AEG starts games for us. It’s nothing against him. He is a top bloke but he is nowhere near good enough to be starting games in the PL. I know he scored a few goals but he is guilty of a high percentage of our attacks breaking down. I am posting this fully in the hope that he will now make me look very silly!
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Not having a go but I just don’t buy the match fitness argument. We were much the better team in the final quarter of the game last week which would suggest that our fitness was fine. I agree that we need to get three points on the board though. Watford was a disaster but it’s done. Back to back wins would give us a nice boost to take on some more difficult fixtures. We simply have to find some consistent performances quickly.
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I’m still hoping that Connor gets loaned out and it enables us to sign another centre mid (defensive). There’s still time for it to happen. I doubt Connor fancies a season of not even making the match day squad.
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I think he’s available. He has trained all week.
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Surprised so many are picking JR ahead of Luiz. JR has been largely quiet for us when he has started matches. He always seems to do much better when coming off the bench. I would start with Doug and allow SJM to play higher up the pitch.
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I agree. The way Dean spoke yesterday, it seems like he will start on the bench. I get the sentiment and he has played loads since he joined us but I don’t think today is the day to rest him. A good performance is really important after last week. There will be better opportunities to rest him during the season. I would play a three man midfield with Doug and Marv holding and SJM linking.
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That’s all true but why then play a 4-2-3-1? That was Dean’s decision. We could easily have gone 5-3-2 or 4-3-3. That would have totally mitigated the need to play AEG as a right winger, Buendia as a traditional 10 and Young as a left winger! Neither systems are perfect with our available players but both would have provided greater control in the game. Anyway, that one’s dead now. Hopefully Dean learns from it, which he surely will. I expect a different set up today and a better performance. That’s all we can ask for. Hopefully the result will then follow. The atmosphere will certainly help too.
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I hope we have a chance. This kid is class and can play any role in midfield. If he signed for us, even though he is very young, he would force his way in. Class player.