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Player Valuation: £90m
Carlo's Interview with the press
Match Thread Chelsea vs Everton - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll.
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He came on when we were chasing the game against a quality team. Difficult situation.
evertony
Player Valuation: £50m
Said it for years....we’re crying out for a Fabregas-type player who can open up play with the blink of an eye
I mean we have that very player in James, mate.
But, you need mobility to go with that.
Look at the top three most creative midfielders in the league - De Bruyne, Fernandes, Grealish.
They can all run with the ball as well as pick a brilliant pass. We lack that.
We have James who is as good a passer on his day as any player. But, he can't carry the ball. So, we need him upfield or at the very least some excellent movement ahead of him.
We need a player that - and this is a modern term but for lack of a better one 'transitions' well with the ball. Basically runs with it, through the thirds, or gets it, gives it, gets it back, beats a man, progresses up the pitch steadily. Someone who has those attributes.
It's a bonus if they can score and assist 10 or 20 a season but first and foremost it's the ball-carrying attributes we need, because we have James to create. It's getting the ball to the front line that's an issue, whether James plays or not.
Modern football all about ball carriers. The traditional play making no.10 is a rarity these days.
If you don't have midfield players who can carry the ball forward then you will struggle to match top sides.
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mmmmsnouts
Player Valuation: £40m
A limited and depleted squad lost away to a more talented side with a competent manager, this is absolutely unacceptable!
gonetomorrow
Player Valuation: £70m
I thought Allan was busy first half but in the end I had to go for Pickford.
thefisch26
Player Valuation: £500k
I think one of those players would certainly help, but the type of player you're describing is a superstar. A cheaper alternative is a "true" winger or pacey second striker, which we lack right now. Think a Lennon/Walcott/Pienaar/Mirallas/Deulofeu type; somebody that can play out wide or lead the line. Not saying all of those players were fantastic for us, but for years if nothing else, we were able to play on the counter and now the only player in that category is Bernard?
UptheTofees
Player Valuation: £20m
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Precisely, and it's what we severely, severely lack. It's mad that after so much investment we lack it, but it shows how poor recruitment has been in general.
James is a wonderful playmaker, but he's part of a dying breed. Doesn't mean he can't be brilliant, but we're still even seeing his impact reduced (when he's fit) to fleeting moments, because of a lack of quality elsewhere.
It also takes the onus off him, Digne and, to a lesser extent, Sigurdsson, to be our only creative players.
Nah. We worked hard, but just have nowhere near their quality. They had us at arm's length all along.
Not really.
There's plenty of ball-carrying midfielders that aren't superstars.
It'd be a bonus if they could create and score loads but the main quality we lack is someone who progresses with the ball and looks to move it forward one way or the other.
For example, the links to Rabiot. They may well be BS, but he's actually a template of the type of ball carrier we do lack in midfield. Athletic, powerful, can pick a pass but it's more about the supply line into the forward players.
We also need a winger/forward, 100%, and a right-back. Those are the three areas of concern for me.
Furey1878
Player Valuation: £70m
Carlo adapts, man. The kind of football we play will change with the personnel.
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