in the bale thread, there is a clip of a golfer interviewing him for a podcast and a 6 hole game. and bale said exactly what i feel now, and exactly pertinent to your comment.
he said sthg to the effect of "nowadays theres too much focus on stats, when the focus shd be on the football. there are days where i played like shit and i feel terrible but i scored 2 goals, and everybody says great game, how does that work? on others, i played a great game but didnt score or assist but i feel good" (not verbatim obvs)
lucas is not just lightning quick and can nick the ball off players when pressing in the opponent's half, he is also extremely disciplined positionally and willing to track back and help his team mates out.
yes often he goes down blind alleys and doesnt contribute many goals or assists. and going by how bale was an opportunistic signing and how jose was happy to almost always start lucas, moura probably ticks more of jose's boxes.
now, on to dele. im not sure how old u are and its not personally directed at you, but in this modern day era of social media and highlights reels and clips, i notice more n more of the younger generation of fans reacting fanatically to 10 seconds of amazing dribble or assist or goal or incident and lose sight of the bigger picture of the match lasting 95 mins and how all 11 players need to play their part to win football matches.
dele just doesnt do enough in those other 80 mins.
Well I think it's worth a shot.I hope I’m wrong but I don’t think Dele is the type of player to respond well to a “kick up the arse” I feel he would sulk tbh
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Smashes it for a year with PSG, gets him in the Euro squad, we’ve not paid his wages but his value and reputation has risen, and we either get back a confident, on form, evolved player with three years left on his deal, or a player for whom we could justify demanding a huge fee to let go of.cheers @THFCSPURS19, I think the better option would be to inter and take Skriniar on loan with an option but there we are. Not sure how a loan solves anything unless the club doesn't see Jose as a long term option.
Unless we are happy to have a squad of less than 25 we need to find some home grown to replace him and Rose if they go.cheers @THFCSPURS19, I think the better option would be to inter and take Skriniar on loan with an option but there we are. Not sure how a loan solves anything unless the club doesn't see Jose as a long term option.
SG, gets him in the Euro squad, we’ve not paid his wages but his value and reputation has risen, and we either get back a confident, on form, evolved player with three years left on his deal, or a player for whom we could justify demanding a huge fee to
Don't think so? I think it's a limit on the number of non-homegrown rather than a set number of homegrown (for PL at least) - deffo need to sell 2-3 non-homegrown players.Unless we are happy to have a squad of less than 25 we need to find some home grown to replace him and Rose if they go.
I'm pushing 40, so have watched enough games to know a bit. I get it, workrate etc is important, but our team has enough cloggers, plus the massive work rate of Kane, that we can afford a luxury attacker if he'll get you goals or provide some magic.
Goals win games. I my opinion they are both put on the pitch to primarily score or setup goals, not defend. Dele will be involved in 20 a season, lucas 8-10.
Don't think so? I think it's a limit on the number of non-homegrown rather than a set number of homegrown (for PL at least) - deffo need to sell 2-3 non-homegrown players.
It’s not so much we don’t have enough HG players it’s just that we have too many foreign players. We only need one more for the “max” HG you would need and that’s with Dele leavingDon't think so? I think it's a limit on the number of non-homegrown rather than a set number of homegrown (for PL at least) - deffo need to sell 2-3 non-homegrown players.
Well, sort of. There's a limit on squad size for over-21's which has a max number of non-HG. It generally means that we are still limited to less than 25 if we can't top up the 17 by 8 HG, so FOJ is still correct.