Jump to content

KangarooVillan

Full Member
  • Posts

    467
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by KangarooVillan

  1. I hate seeing this myth perpetuated. There was never any intention for Buendia and Bailey to compete for a singular position on the right. They were both signed to play in the same team as wingers, one on the left and one on the right. Bailey has also played more games on the left than the right. Therefore any notion that we payed £70 mill for 2 players to replace Traore is just bullsh** of the highest order, created simply to suit an agenda.
  2. Bissouma also no guarantee of being as good as he has been for Brighton. New system, new teammates, new manager, all can be a risk. I’d also argue that more £40 mill purchases in the PL are busts than work out. Especially players who finally get that big pay day, not sure what Bissouma’s temperament is like, but motivation past the big contract is perhaps the biggest risk of all.
  3. You could well be right - only thing is though, I watched a lot of Southampton the last 2 seasons and Ings play for them showed no indication he wouldn’t fit the current system. All of his dynamism and quick clever interplay seems to be gone. He was fluid and clever and deadly for the Saints, and I’m struggling to come up with any reason why that wouldn’t suit the current setup to a tee.
  4. Funny how all those scenarios he was getting pushed off the ball he now stands strong and keeps the ball. Hopefully this will be a lesson in considered patience for VT, but who am I kidding
  5. I thought Ollie was no good today. However, the fact that we have 2 strikers in our squad who we largely believe to be quality and both are underperforming - does that point to a bigger issue than both of their bad form? Will be interesting to see what Ings does given the opportunity to start.
  6. Honestly cannot understand how anyone could criticise the player that put his body on the line more than anyone today, and has consistently done so for the last 3 years. 2 sloppy passes, one for a corner and one for a throw in are a small price to pay, without him we concede today.
  7. Good result, decent gritty performance. Still concerned that I haven’t seen us put together a full game performance this season. Shattered Sanson wasn’t given an opportunity, feel like it would have done his confidence a world of good and his hold up play and possession in the middle of the park was exactly what we needed in the 2nd half.
  8. Sure but I think the original point was considering if they get relegated. If that happens, that heavily impacts that figure, and for every season they fail to return to the league/yo-yo between the prem and championship will set them back. Perhaps the biggest problem is less so how much you can spend, more so who you’re able to attract. Even that £300 million figure can quickly be chewed up in oversized contracts for underperforming players (assuming they’re paying overs for average players to entice them to a Championship/relegation battle club).
  9. Difference between then and now; FFP. edit: someone already said this
  10. Sure, but at some point we need to start giving these kids a chance, and signing an additional mature prem-ready on a multi-year deal will only hinder his development. TAA, Reece James, James Justin and Tyreik Mitchell all had break our years at a similar age, fingers crossed KKH can do something similar.
  11. Potentially, I don’t disagree on the basis that all of this is pure conjecture, but the FFP implications and then having to attract quality post-relegation does set them back years. They don’t have the recruitment of a Brentford/Southampton and they don’t have the academy prodigy that we had (and all the benefits that have come with that, both playing and FFP). Newcastle probably lose St Maxamin if they’re relegated and then they are literally rebuilding from scratch.
  12. Yeah but, I think (and I’m assuming here) the point of the OP was that if they get relegated this season, that may set them back 3-10 years.
  13. Wow modern day slavery just got proverbially real
  14. I assume it’s more a in 10-20 years type of thing. I.e. Chelsea and Man City from a Man U pov
  15. Okay then let’s just replace the word good in what I said with at that level, it’s still a question you seem determined to avoid: Lol stating that no team in the big 6 has come from him and therefore he’s no good is just arguing based on opinion by proxy Does the £160 million United has spent on Maguire, Lindelof, and Bailey who they’ve wanted mean that they’re up to the level of challenging for regular European football?
  16. Lol stating that no team in the big 6 has come from him and therefore he’s no good is just arguing based on opinion by proxy Does the £160 million United has spent on Maguire, Lindelof, and Bailey who they’ve wanted mean that they’re good? No.
  17. I mean let me ask you the reverse, which 12 CBs in the top 6 would you prefer over Mings?
  18. I’m still very confused why people want to replace Mings.
  19. Does pretty good in NPG’s, xA and SCA’s. Also decent stats for Progressive Passes and Receives as well as Dribbles Completed.
  20. Age old question of ingenuity or incompetence
  21. I know what you mean, don’t think it’s a lack of control though more seems he trying to find the right option/there are none. Not sure if Konsas much different either. That first half in particular seemed like we’d decided to be a possession team but no one had any idea what to with it. I did think Ming’s marauding runs were good though didn’t get enough credit from that game though - thought he played well especially considering Konsa was absent. Hause/Mings looked a lot better than Hause/Konsa as well.
×
×
  • Create New...
Â