Weren't there early noises on this one? Was it eventually shut down? Can't help but feel if City get Gvardiol, then Laporte is probably available - wonder if it's one we're keeping an eye on.. would be ideal for the LCB position. Especially with the similarities in the way City play/ Ange wants...
I wouldn't do it for him, if anything it'd have to be for the club. If we're bringing in a project manager who wants to build a team over the next few years and Kane's there running his contract down, we have to get shot - as painful as that'd be. Otherwise what happens? We set the team up...
In his defence, Rodgers did very well at Leicester for a few seasons. Won a cup (and the charity shield) and improved a lot of players. Some poor recruitment and a lack of investment screwed him, especially in the last year. If Poch had seen out his last year with us, who knows where we'd have...
I still like the model of taking a punt on young, HG (if possible) talent for decent fees and giving them a chance to develop - so long as there's a manager in place who: A) is willing to work that way, and B) gets a few 'established' players they want through the door first. With that though...
He's scored 0 goals this season: hardly in a position to pick and choose when he plays, does he? He's also wearing gloves with short sleeves - lucky he's getting on the pitch at all looking like that.
I actually blame Hojbjerg, personally. He's the one that drops deep to "protect" the defence and that sets the tone for everyone else to retreat. No other leaders on the pitch to overrule him cos they're shit scared of upsetting one another.
Those teams also had defences they could rely on, so even throwing bodies forward was in a sense less of a risk because they had the Azpilicuetas and Van Dijks of this world covering them. We don't. It's why we could afford to be so fluid and free under Pochettino too, with a solid backline we...
Sarr, Emerson, Skipp and Forster were all great. Kane tried. Richy worked hard when he came on. Everyone else.... Meh.
Son needs dropping (again). Richy needs a start (and a goal). Defence needs gutting.
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