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  1. the_eristic
    That'd leave us up a creek.
  2. the_eristic
    At this point, I'd be ok with it tbqh, as long as it weren't wage-structure-breaking insane (and coming from France he probably wasn't on big money, relatively speaking). Not likely to find a better ball-playing defender at this stage without shelling out a load of cash anyway. Came through the City academy and had a loan at Sunderland, so familiar with England as well. Rather overpay him than drop 15M on a Bednarek or similar.
  3. the_eristic
    Waiting for the inevitable insane wage + signing fee deal from someone desperate.
  4. the_eristic
    Except what if it's actually Purslow?
  5. the_eristic
    So are we.
  6. the_eristic
    Get him out before he decimates the squad completely.
  7. the_eristic
    If they make it to the first team, we can call them the Funky Bunch.
  8. the_eristic
    I agree, just having someone who could really compete physically with defenders and hold the ball up would work wonders for our little guys buzzing around. As it is, we have all the possession laterally, but when the ball goes forward, it's an angled long ball to a sub-6'-er against two or three defenders or out wide for a cross to the same.
  9. the_eristic
    Will be if Strategy Stevie doesn't register him in the final squad.
  10. the_eristic
    The duality of John.
  11. the_eristic
    Sack him. Subbing JJ for Dougie instead of McGinn and starting Coutinho lost that game.
  12. the_eristic
    Without a midfielder that moves, the ball has nowhere to go and the fullbacks become not just the main outlet, but the only outlet. Block them off and we're back to long balls and crosses against 3 CBs. Gotta get somebody on disrupt their shape.
  13. the_eristic
    I'm almost beginning to believe he's an FSG agent.
  14. the_eristic
    Maybe Marv really is a saboteur.
  15. the_eristic
    Bring back, bring back, bring back my Bertie to meeee...
  16. the_eristic
    Don't you remember his mini-preseason in the winter break, where he crowed about how helpful it was going to be in getting his style of play across, then we came back and played worse? Well, now he's had a full, not-mini preseason and we are fully, not-mini worse!
  17. the_eristic
    He's heard Ryan Babel is available.
  18. the_eristic
    Prior to Everton, he's really only played in teams that were competing at the top of their leagues and mostly playing high possession football. If you're PSG or Barca or France, it's better to have a fullback with the skillset to help break down stubborn defenses than the traditional defence first skillset. Unfortunately, we don't have the rest of the side in place (high pressing forwards, ball winners/recoverers in the opposition half, capable passers under pressure, etc) to make use of players like that, so it results in him having to defend much more, and, importantly, defend on the backfoot much more frequently than the game he's been developed for. Heck, we don't even have a striker with any aerial threat to make use of the one thing he was really known for at Everton, his crossing. He consistently crosses to the back post and Ollie is just standing between two defenders somewhere counting the grass.
  19. the_eristic
    Nonsense. The fullbacks are far too defensive there.
  20. the_eristic
    Fairly accurate. Similar to Adama Traore, he'll turn up every few matches, look fantastic and get all the attention, but run repeatedly into dead ends or just plain do nothing the rest of the time. He had a decent season for an out-and-out winger his first time in the PL (5 goals and about as many assists iirc), but he's also started picking up hamstring injuries somewhat regularly over the past couple years, which is a very bad sign for a player whose primary asset is pace.
  21. the_eristic

    Ezri Konsa

    the_eristic replied to MaVilla's topic in Villa Talk

    Needs to be taken out of the firing line. Head does not look in the game from minute one, whether it's crowds or Deano leaving or accumulation of injury/returning from them too quickly, he appears to be extremely hesitant to leave his feet and challenge (and uncomfortable when he does) for some reason and teams are targeting that. We saw once or twice what he's traditionally be best at, getting between the player and the goal then shepherding them away from danger, but they're all just playing the ball over him or in the space left by a too-cavalier (by tactical design) Cash and he can't seem to get a step anymore, might as well not be there. Put Chambers in and let Ezri work on himself for a while.
  22. the_eristic
    Clearly being forced out. Will backfire terribly when we end up either overpaying for some honest grafter from the C'ship on deadline day to fill the gap or with no one at all.
  23. the_eristic
    Oh boy, get ready for more long balls.
  24. the_eristic
    Strategy Steve strikes again.
  25. the_eristic
    Doesn't know what he's doing.
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