More of a gap separating him from second than there is from second to tenth. Going to miss our sweet prince dearly, love watching him play.
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GwladysBlue
Player Valuation: £70m
Gana has handled this situation with class and dignity. I actually think he upped his game after the failed January move.
I wish him well and hope he is successful over there.
I wish him well and hope he is successful over there.
gixerk6
Player Valuation: £6m
It cheeses me off when we say “we want £40m” and then when it comes to the transfer it’s no where even remotely near. Bonuses can sod off, half of them are never achieved. They are PSG for for god sake. It’s not like they can’t afford it and the punishment is always sod all if they overspend
Eggsyblueskin
Player Valuation: £40m
It will certainly be interesting to see how the rest of the team copes when we are stripped of Gana’s defensive brilliance, especially if as some contend we go for a more ‘dynamic’ set up.
For my money three players who may find life more difficult are Keane, Pickford and Gomes.
To be honest I’ve never actually been a great fan of a midfielder who is solely a ‘destroyer ‘ as such ,but Gana did it so well he was a pleasure to watch.
It does look like we will have a disruptive start to the season as we readjust to losing a player who was integral to our impressive performances.
For my money three players who may find life more difficult are Keane, Pickford and Gomes.
To be honest I’ve never actually been a great fan of a midfielder who is solely a ‘destroyer ‘ as such ,but Gana did it so well he was a pleasure to watch.
It does look like we will have a disruptive start to the season as we readjust to losing a player who was integral to our impressive performances.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
They do. His name is Etienne Capoue.
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Not true. Watford played most of last season with a midfield 3, with Hughes, Capoue and Doucoure alternating who drops and who pushes forward. Gracia talked about the ability of all three to attack and defend and share responsibilities. So neither are a Gueye in the same sense.
Capoue scored more than Doucoure last season. Capoue also got as many goals last season as Gueye has in his entire Everton career.
There's literally no similarities at all between them in styles.
I like Doucoure. I think going forward he has more to offer as a box-to-box player than Gana would.
But signing him to play him as a holding midfielder would be a complete waste.
I'm proper annoyed by this transfer tbh. Accepting it's probably likely, and I get the arguments why. But we really need to stop selling our best players.
They actually play a kind of 4-2-2-2, with Hughes and Pereyra acting as the wider players who tuck in and compliment the midfield depending on where the ball is.
Doucoure was the box-to-box and Capoue the holder, though both did take turns to get forward, it was usually Doucoure who did.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
Watford played either 442 or 4222. Whatever set of numbers you want to pick. They had Doucoure and Capoue playing deep in midfield, Pereyra and Hughes as sort of attacking midfielders that played a little wide and two true forwards. I'm not sure they played 433 the entire season.
And Capoue scoring goals really doesn't mean he isn't doing the same things as Gana a majority of the time. It isn't a perfect comparison but Doucoure is closer to Gomes than Gueye.
Well his system relied heavily on Gueye last season. So he's gonna have to change the way he sets up or we will leak goals. The evidence is there in the games Gana missed.
We’re is it we’re selling our best dm for years and gives his all every game?
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