Ok 'needs' may be too strong. It would be good for him to have some competitive minutes under his belt should he be required to play if GV is out for any reason, and Burnley at home in FA Cup is a low risk opportunity to do so.
Yup, agree Gil is the one we'd probably let go. And sure, someone who can play winger and CF would be great - but as others have said, that's a rare breed. More realistically perhaps, someone who can play either wing albeit clearly better on one side or t'other. Like Johnson but in the style of...
Fair enough. Impossible to anticipate how the squad will develop but let me put it this way: if we are 4/5 players away from Ange's ideal squad mix, I strongly suspect that a player of that 'Jota' ilk would be in that ideal squad. Maybe not at the forefront of his thinking now. Fine if Solomon...
Yeah I agree. I certainly don't think Ange has deliberately decided he DOESN'T want such a player in his squad/team. He's often spoken about wanting a mix of different skills. Actually one of the reasons we may not be jumping on Jota is that we already have Solomon who is - perhaps a poor man's...
Forster - needs minutes for match sharpness.
Royal - give Porro a rest.
Phillips - opportunity to see what he can do against less taxing opposition.
Davies
Udogie - hopefully he can be rested after about 60
Bentancur - give him 45/60 then sub on Skipp.
Hojbjerg
Kulu
Johnson
Richie -...
Yup, this is it for me. When the players are brave and work like shit and show they care - better still with all that and sumptuous football - I've got a lot of tolerance for results going against us. It's like the end of Gladiator when he dies and you're sad but so proud of him.
Realistically, there are 2 ways Ange leaves: 1. After 2-3 seasons he gets fed up because the club always leave him short of the tools he needs to achieve something big or 2. After 2-3 seasons, the club sack him because they think someone else could do better with the tools Ange is being given...
With Ange's approach, this is going to be the forecast whenever we play the best teams - City, Pool, Arse, especially away - at least until the team matures. And I love it! No more deadly dull attempts to just defend and maybe steal something. And win, lose or draw the team grows.
Yeah. No idea how much truth there is in our interest but, to AC, not sure how much difference there is between a ball carrier on the right of a CM 3 and one on the right of a FW3.
Genius suggests players who were not just really effective or successful but did stuff that blew your mind and lifted your spirit with magical skill, the sheer beauty and brilliance of their play. On that yardstick (still subjective of course!) of the players I've seen a decent amount of (e.g...
2nd if we don't have major injuries to Son/Kane (or Dier). Think/hope Liverpool will need time for Darwin to settle. But afraid City with Haaland will be just too good.
Yeah, the first sentence is key. AC/FB have earned a high degree of trust from most of us but, in this case, the gap between what we see and what they apparently see is bigger than with our other signings. If they're right, risk-reward could be sky high. Sure the deal structure will mitigate...
Yeah, my guess is we'll keep Royal. Doc usually first choice, Royal and Spence getting sub minutes and cup starts. Probably Royal starts if Doc injured, depending on the type of game and how quicly Spence develops. And Doc also covers LWB if Perisic/Sess is injured. So 5 to cover the WB...
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