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Confirmed Signing Iliman Ndiaye

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Again, I point out he had 4 managers and 5 different positions in one season at Marseille. Hard to judge anyone on that.
Plus their golden goose is Aubameyang - so each of those managers have walked through the door and the first thing they've probably said was 'just give it to Auba for now'.
 
Nevermind the work he does triggering the press or simultaneously creating a front two and midfield 3.

Inconsistent technique he may have, but he's been a leader at the club who runs himself into the ground.

He create the illusion of a front 2 or midfield 3

He can’t link up with anyone, pick a pass or make intelligent runs … I have seen us trying to break and him literally follow the player dribbling the ball and I have seen him run across players on the break as they approach the area and are in shooting positions . Literally running across them preventing them from shooting, he’s constantly offside and when we are 2 on 1 with a defender he over hits a pass that just straight out of play. He’s shocking at actually kicking and controlling a football, which as a footballer , I would assume is a very important skill to have
 
He create the illusion of a front 2 or midfield 3

He can’t link up with anyone, pick a pass or make intelligent runs … I have seen us trying to break and him literally follow the player dribbling the ball and I have seen him run across players on the break as they approach the area and are in shooting positions . Literally running across them preventing them from shooting, he’s constantly offside and when we are 2 on 1 with a defender he over hits a pass that just straight out of play. He’s shocking at actually kicking and controlling a football, which as a footballer , I would assume is a very important skill to have
Too much exaggeration here to take seriously, we need a way of upgrading our final third quality and I hope this lad does that by bringing something new to the position ahead of Doucoure, but to suggest Doucoure is or has been an awful player is laughable.

Quite a few haven't got over him calling out lampard as the clown he was
 
Illiman takes up Gomes's squad spot in my opinion, rather than the Dukes.

Gomes scored 4 goal and 7 assists in 114 games for us.

Illiman i think will vastly improve on that output and influence and if he does we will be better.

He's vastly better value then Gomes also.

He's a link we've been missing for a long time.
 
Illiman takes up Gomes's squad spot in my opinion, rather than the Dukes.

Gomes scored 4 goal and 7 assists in 114 games for us.

Illiman i think will vastly improve on that output and influence and if he does we will be better.

He's vastly better value then Gomes also.

He's a link we've been missing for a long time.

Ndiaye is coming in to be 5th choice central midfielder? What :lol:
 

Illiman takes up Gomes's squad spot in my opinion, rather than the Dukes.

Gomes scored 4 goal and 7 assists in 114 games for us.

Illiman i think will vastly improve on that output and influence and if he does we will be better.

He's vastly better value then Gomes also.

He's a link we've been missing for a long time.

Harrison ----- NDIAYE ------- McNeil

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That's personally how I see him predominantly setting up in the side. Sometimes he'll be wider and sometimes he'll be up front - but I fully expect his main role to be just behind the striker, regardless of what we end up doing with Doucoure.
 
Doucs is and always has been a poor player. He may be an important player for “us” but that’s not a good thing . It more shows how bad the situation is .

He is basically Carlton Palmer and offers nothing but fitness and stamina …
He is technically a poor player yes, but through his energy and agility he can be an effective player - for me he is more an impact sub
 
Harrison ----- NDIAYE ------- McNeil

Striker

That's personally how I see him predominantly setting up in the side. Sometimes he'll be wider and sometimes he'll be up front - but I fully expect his main role to be just behind the striker, regardless of what we end up doing with Doucoure.

Me too mate, that's how i see it. I do think he can drift wide either left or right, to enable an over load, this also allows more space for midfield runners, curious we've been linked with the likes of O'Riley in recent days, though Docuoure as we know can arrive into the D and beyond to support play, if Illiam drifts inside for the overload.

Its a really key signing for me for a couple of reasons, i think it offers the squad a lot, the lad can play centrally and drift wide, lad can link the play, lad can advance the play, lad can stand on the ball, lad can create, lad can take responsibility, lad has end product. He can create overloads and really enables others. Im made up with this signing to be honest.

Another thing for me, is that we need a bigger sqaud, not just bigger but an active squad. We faded from Xmas - March because our squad was jaded/injured/AFCON, we need better, deeper and more active options - there were games that stood out last season like WHU, Bourmouth, Brighton and City - where the oppositions bench got them a result and we had nothing to influence the game to come on.

When i talk of depth im not talking about numbers - we in recent years have had squads with 30 players, but really a core of 20 or so - in fact we had at times 5-10 players out on loan or clicking their heels here and weren't active players. Huge swathes of them, costing a fortune and driving us toward two eventual PSR points deductions.

When i look now at our squad, almost everyone will be an active player, the only ones you look at who wont play a part or may go out on loan are Maupay and Holgate, everyone else will be active. Its really heartening - we are moving off, of ground zero of the awful recruitment we had under early Moshiri.
 
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