StanBalaban Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 3 hours ago, CVByrne said: Look at Bissouma was brilliant at Brighton under proper coaching and system, joins the madhouse at Spurs and under performs. Also system football means you need to know what profile the player has and what role they are to play in your system. Mings and Pau are both left footed CBs but are really different profile of player. And look at Bissouma this season, under some comparative stability. He's been one of their best players so far. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 (edited) It’s easy to bang on about the immediate need to address out attacking options but an injury to Pau or Carlos or indeed fatigue from lack of rotation nullifies our attacking threat. We build from the back sometimes we transition quickly with balls from our central defenders it’s easy to underestimate how important these ball playing central defenders are to an Unai Emery team. Edited August 30, 2023 by gwi1890 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Lenglet sounds like something a doctor pulls out of your ear 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, maqroll said: Lenglet sounds like something a doctor pulls out of your ear Is it pronounced l'anglais? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, maqroll said: Lenglet sounds like something a doctor pulls out of your ear Monchi: Alemany: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, gwi1890 said: It’s easy to bang on about the immediate need to address out attacking options but an injury to Pau or Carlos or indeed fatigue from lack of rotation nullifies our attacking threat. We build from the back sometimes we transition quickly with balls from our central defenders it’s easy to underestimate how important these ball playing central defenders are to an Unai Emery team. This is undoubtedly true but the rub is signing a player that expects to go straight in first team as opposed to being back up/rotation. It's less surprising they do this for likes of City or Manure etc on +100k more a week in wages than our highest earner Edited August 30, 2023 by Kiwivillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 14 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: Is it pronounced l'anglais? Long-lay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezbid Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 12 minutes ago, Made In Aston said: Long-lay That's a double Kenneth all day long(-lay). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 (edited) A touch disappointed in this one tbh, but hey ho, a body is better than nobody should we get another injury. An expensive wages one though you'd think but suppose I'd rather see Lenglet on than Hause or Chambers at CB should we need it Edited August 30, 2023 by HalfTimePost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said: A touch disappointed in this one tbh, but hey ho, a body is better than nobody should we get another injury. An expensive wages one though you'd think but suppose I'd rather see Lenglet on than Hause or Chambers at CB should we need it I don't know what you are expecting for a 4th choice CB. He averaged 25 games a season at Barca and has 15 caps for France. Can't be too bad! Edited August 30, 2023 by Made In Aston 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DeadlyDirk Posted August 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2023 Massive upgrade on Jose Angel Crespo. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, Made In Aston said: I don't know what you are expecting for a 4th choice CB. He averaged 25 games a season at Barca and has 15 caps for France. Can't be too bad! Yeah like I said I'd rather him than what we have, I'd have liked to have seen us go younger, cheaper and high potential. But experience and hopefully on loan it's difficult to argue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JPAngel Posted August 30, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2023 As someone alluded to earlier in the thread, this feels a lot like our Bednarek signing last summer. We're signing a solid player for the squad who can step in as and when required to do so. We're competing in four competitions this season so having good backup options is absolutely essential. The difference is Bednarek is now playing in the Championship and Lenglet is at Barcelona and has 15 caps for France. We've stepped up massively in the last 12 months and this is another indication of that fact. Sounds like it's a loan with an option to buy, too, so this feels like a no lose situation to me. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted August 30, 2023 Visiting Supporter Share Posted August 30, 2023 11 hours ago, VillaChris said: Difference is he's not coming in to start every week here unless we get further injuries. At Spurs he was. I imagine he'll probably rotate with Pau in the europa games. I would not want to use a player in any competition if his ability is so poor. He’d quite quickly become a liability! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gwi1890 Posted August 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, striker said: I would not want to use a player in any competition if his ability is so poor. He’d quite quickly become a liability! What bait are you using today? Maggots or worms? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 24 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said: A touch disappointed in this one tbh, but hey ho, a body is better than nobody should we get another injury. An expensive wages one though you'd think but suppose I'd rather see Lenglet on than Hause or Chambers at CB should we need it Why the disappointment? I think it's a smart move personally and a good bit of business that makes sense too. Chambers is not enough in that area to provide cover and this is a loan move to cover the gap that has been left by Mings. If an injury to Cash or Konsa happens then we are short for backup options in RB and CB areas as Hause isn't an option. Besides, The club have been looking at bringing in a CB on loan for a couple of weeks or so anyway and it's no suprise to see it now happen. We don't know what his wages are, but I'm confident that we've got that area covered without too many worries of it being ridiculous and causing us too many problems. Welcome to Lenglet and it's onto the next one... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 I have zero recollection of him playing for spurs. So he can't have made that much of a bad impression on me. He wasn't playing for their 6-1 defeat by Newcastle. Checking fbref, he seems to be a very creative centre back, with far more than average progressive passing stats, and thats based on stats from his "terrible time" at spurs. Seemingly only good at tackling and below average for all the other types of defensive actions (although given how we play id expect him to spend less time defending than he does with the ball passing it around so his stats probably align well for how we'll play. Exactly what Emery would likely want from a backup to Torres based on a very quick online half arsed scout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Loan confirmed? Not permanent… Preferable, as we have Ty to return for next season and can look at younger options in future… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Long thread, several posts on him, here… Seems harsh to judge him solely on his time at Spurs… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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