Theoneandonly
Player Valuation: £10m
Our bid for Longstaff has been rejected by Newcastle.
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davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Yeah, it;s not exactly "you tool" "you nobhead" like is it?next post
Yeah I just don't think Allan is a natural sitting player. Maybe in a 3 (which is what he did when Ancelotti arrived) he could get away with it, but his best role is, like Longstaff, to press around and hassle the opposition, which is why him playing in a 2 doesn't make sense as it doesn't get the best out of him or Doucoure.
My worry with Longstaff is it's just another bang average player that this particular manager likes. And the results aren't good enough with this manager and I don't think they ever will be. Eventually he will go and we're burdened with Benitez's wants, just like we were with other managers.
The plus side with Longstaff is that he's young (22/23). But unlike Mykolenko and Patterson, I don't think he's got enough in his game to be particularly wanted by anybody other than Benitez.
That being said if he comes I'll support him. There's just better players for what we need (a sitter, or a transitional number 10) available even this window. Kamara from Marseille is a brilliant talent, available for around £10m as he's out of contract. A proper sitting midfielder. There are others too.
I just feel that bringing Longstaff in doesn't really solve the issues we have in midfield, but maybe Benitez would switch to a 3 and they'd muddle through.
We knew this yesterday
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Then we'll go again with another no doubt.
Is this Longstaff at least a decent athlete who can make his way around the pitch?
Last thing we need is another 1 paced midfielder unless he’s the next Pirlo.
Last thing we need is another 1 paced midfielder unless he’s the next Pirlo.
chopper6
Player Valuation: £10m
Jesus, grow up.
You literally just said more players like Rondon, Townsend etc.
Mykolenko & Patterson are not ‘like’ those players though are they?!
And tbf Rondon & Townsend were free, and squad fillers brought in because quite frankly what choices did we have in the summer with a budget of 1.7 million?!
Years & years of money squandered led us to this. But I guess that’s the current managers fault too.
Or be sensible with the budget and take him for free in 5 months?
Theoneandonly
Player Valuation: £10m
How could you when we only made an offer last night after we turned down their offer for Digne.
Strange definition of personal you have there Dave
Pretty sure Sky and other reporters in the NE reported it last night
But again, you've got to look at how he's been played.
He's not a sitter, not a creative player as you say. However, he's brilliant at hassling the opposition, getting tackles in (his success rate is very good for a midfielder).
It's like Doucoure. Play him as a deeper player and he is next to useless as he's not good enough on the ball. But push him up and let him charge around and he can be absolutely brilliant.
Allan's legs are an issue, obviously, but again this all comes back to playing a system that plays to every players' strengths and doesn't expose their weaknesses, doesn't it.
chazzle_dazzle
Player Valuation: £35m
Thank god...
Though if he wanted the move he would probably be wise to hold off the 6 months or lash in a request.
Theoneandonly
Player Valuation: £10m
He will be part of the Digne deal. This is just posturing. You turn down our approach, so we turn down yours.
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