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That's a painful read.Seems we did have solid interest in De Jong according to his quotes:
https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/fr...am-long-and-hard-had-unfinished-business-ajax
That's a painful read.Seems we did have solid interest in De Jong according to his quotes:
https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/fr...am-long-and-hard-had-unfinished-business-ajax
Yet we'll miss out on him when he gets first team football and moves to Dortmund or 'Pool in a few years for 60 mil.He is a hot prospect in France. He’s been compared to Paul Pogba and tore it up for France recently in a youth game. He is a realistic target but he won’t be the answer t any problems in 19/20
We are in a difficult position with these players with potential. When others are willing to take a chance on a Brooks, Maddison etc those players wouldn’t fit into a top 4/6 team.
The afcbs and Leicester’s can be immediately improved and start them. So it is a tricky place for us.
We either buy at £60m a pop or go for the top Youth and hope they come good quickly.
As we can’t splash the serious big bucks I do think the later is the way.
Poch’s Comments today suggest he wants us to compete big though.
My faith is pretty thin for any money to be spent
What way do we play exactly?
What does Coutinho do better than Eriksen?
Where is Erik Lamela?
Is he training with the U23s?
What way do we play exactly?
What does Coutinho do better than Eriksen?
Damn good game this.Villarreal v Barca is on itv4. Any players worth looking out for?...apart from the obvious.
I personally think Brooks would have played a shitload of games for us this season had we bought him in the summer. Hindsight is wonderful I know. He was not even a gamble at the fee Bournemouth paid either.
We seem stuck in the middle with our approach. The players that can improve our team are all apparently too expensive, and we aren’t interested in taking a risk on a genuine prospect anymore. There’s bargains to be had, like every single summer, you just need a world class counting system/team in place. Do we even have a scouting system in place!
Liverpool were terrible in those games and great against team that would play open and allow them to counter (hence why they lost to Burnley, Swansea, Hull, Leicester, Crystal Palace, both legs of the FA Cup Final to Southampton 0-1 and tied Southampton 0-0) in his final full year. So I'd completely disagree with that.Creativity in small congested spaces.
We struggle most when teams park the bus against us. I think Coutinho would be much more effective in these games.
And obviously good in the rest also
If you believe Sport Witness