paul514

I am completely switched off from it. Anyone still hoping he will sign is off their rocker after we got Barkley today

20/21 Unknown Injury Jul 3, 2020 Sep 1, 2020 60 days 10 19/20 Hamstring Injury Dec 18, 2019 Feb 27, 2020 71 days 18 19/20 Hip Injury Oct 19, 2019 Nov 17, 2019 29 days 7 18/19 Metatarsal Fracture Dec 22, 2018 Mar 29, 2019 97 days 17 That as an injury history would not put me off loaning a player to compete for a starting place when I effectively have 3 centre backs. The injuries aren't even related!

We are not light up front.

We need another body there regardless, he is a cheap way to do it and his performances weren't miles behind Konsa at all. He is easily better than Hause and the never to play again it seems Engels.

It could do now we have signed a loan player rather than a wide forward costing tens of millions. For me I would sign Tuanzebe on a loan with option to buy and Owen Wijndal who would cost somewhere between 10-15m.

Centre back and left back now

A wide forward to replace a left back...

Subs are a thing... I agree though if there is money to spend then other areas of the team such as a centre back are more important after today’s signing. Also on Sarr he plays on the right where we just signed Traore

10 goals in the last three seasons..... I just worked it out he has managed to play 39 full games worth of minutes in that time.... please let me pay a player 45 million pounds, get 13 games a year out of him and a 1 in 4 goal rate.....

Especially as a transfer for him goes into the second window

That and his numbers for a while now what been utter crap 10 goals in total in the league in the last 3 seasons

We need another centre back

Monday is the new Wednesday this late in the window

You have to be hyped to be over hyped.

With the talk of a new stadium I will state something obvious that from a quick glance no one else has.... The reason (insert team name) has built a new stadium is to increase revenue and they couldn't do that sufficiently at the old stadium location, we can and to a large degree. I don't believe we will ever move until VP has been fully developed and it has become blindingly obvious we need to move. That situation is so far away from today (probably several decades) it isn't even worth discussing.

All those formations are variations of the same system 443 with Jack in a free role you need 2 defensive midfielders hence my comments in the last couple of pages

We aren’t really disagreeing here in McGinn, he is capable of playing as a defensive midfielder in the system I mentioned. He can play all three central roles but two points here, 1, he isn’t a specialist for it and 2, when he gets injured, needs a rest or loses form and all players go through that our next option for that role is Nakamba, fine as a sole defensive midfielder who’s only job is to screen but no where near good enough to play in the system I mentioned. As a side note you mentioned him as a box to box player, he is currently but in the system I mentioned that doesn’t happen with the 2 defensive midfielders they leave it to the other 4 or 6 players

That’s exactly what I am trying to say. the team basically has 4 moving parts in the defensive midfielders and the fullbacks whilst the others stick to their positions

Pretty much what I was saying, I tried to just make a better idea explanation in reply

You may see it like that but you are forgetting I want it to facilate the full backs getting really high up the pitch to do over loads. Also I’m not talking about Nakamba type defensive midfielders here who can litterally only do simple passes and defend I am talking about mobile, technically skilful defensive midfielders like Luiz. Call them defensive play makers if you like. you would have 4 permanent attackers in this system 6 with the overload and it’s very defensively sound.

I want to play with 2. the full backs push on and the defensive midfielders screen the defence and fill on for the full back when a counter happens

A defensive midfielder would be playing next to Luiz, McGinn has mostly been seen in CM and ACM, I think he could play DCM but who cares anyway we need extra players in central midfield. if McGinn is on the bench for a game you know we have a strong central 3 on the pitch.

He can play as all 3 forms of central midfielder, Barclay is AM and CM

Yea if we have a defensive midfielder in as well other wise I’d rather have RLC as he is a good all rounder

He just needs minutes and to be played in the right system.