Ladi s going to have a tough gig breaking to JT and Branthwaite (hopefully).
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toffeeblue9
Player Valuation: £35m
Let's be honest like, even if we manage to keep hold of Branthwaite this summer, he's not likely to be here for much longer and also we were incredibly lucky last season that Tarkowski and Branthwaite largely avoided injury all season. We might not be that lucky this season. Think signing a potential 1st choice CB now before our hand is forced by whenever the Branthwaite thing happens is a good idea. Nobody here wants to see Holgate or Keane on the pitch for a single minute this season if it can be helped.
bluestevon
Player Valuation: £80m
Looks better than trying to shoe horn what we have into a 4-4-1-1 or 4-4-2 in my opinion at least.
The four across the midfield is the worry, neither McNeil or Harrison have any pace so you'd have to figure they'd end up positionally more in a wing back starting position dropping into a back 5 a lot of the time, would put huge pressure on Gueye and Garner that.
I think we rolled it out a few times last season mate, think it was Burnley at home and another game.
Its an option, i think we may approach home and away games differently.
One of our huge problems last season was scoring at home, teams knew we couldn't score so would play a containment game and hope to nick one - we lost about 5-6 games at home last season like this, even Utd away.
Something like this i think mixes that up.
We need to look at it different...we're bringing in quality competition,keeps everyone on their toes.
Having the likes of Keane and Holgate as back up isn't good enough.
He'll have assurances about game time.
Not against it all mate, the bigger and deeper the squad with quality the better.
Just an observation from the lads point of view is all, think its a tough gig cracking JT and Branthwaite.
Also I don’t see why Tarkowski can’t be improved upon. To me he’s an average but dependable bottom half Premier League defender, people seem to go on like he’s prime John Terry and his place in the team is set in stone. If this lad is an improvement on him then he should come into the team.
That stirring of the pot might be a bit subtle for some on here @davek
You might want to spell it out more clearly
Have you given @matty1878 your password?
If he signs, I suspect he starts the season with Tarkowski missing.
He was a little too fond of a certain black alcoholic drink
I’d seen him play as a 12/13/14 yr old
Regularly played above his age group
Always stood out as a special talent
Same year as Robbie Keane and a year behind Damien Duff
JLW
Player Valuation: £60m
I think he better than a bottom half Mike, as far as actual defending goes he is one of the best in the league, he just doesnt have the finesse of say a Stones or Branthwaite (I mean he isn't easy on the eye) , very really does he lose an aerial dual in either box and puts his body on the line all the time.
Not saying he cant be improved on like but i wouldnt want to split our CB paring up just yet.
Dyche said yesterday he should be back training in about a week. So worst case should hopefully only be 1 or 2 matches that Tarkowski misses.
I think it'll be similar to Branthwaite last season.
He won't be match fit to start the season.
Either way, Dyche is not going to say he's crocked when we're trying to sign a centre half.
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