Player with 6 goals in 14 appearances this season going cheap. £13.5 million. Only 27. Enthusiastic poacher.
Shame we are selling him...
Shame we are selling him...
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There is often significant value to be had taking lads who are a bit older too. Look at Mirallas, if he was 24 there's no way Olympiakos could get him for a (decent) loan fee. I see Gaitan and Turan as similar for us really.
The other thing is is that Allardyce has proven very adept at taking lads with a similar profile to Gaitan and Turan at Bolton. He can clearly get a tune out of lads who may have fallen out of love with game a little.
They are a short term fix. As a whole I'm not in favour of short termism at all. You can kind of see from the Derby once Liverpool have developed a broader plan they have moved away from us. However under Allardyce it's where we are currently and better players can also help support the younger ones. I think Kenny looks an even better player with Bolasie in front of him for example. We will see.
Dedoncker is good on FM.
Im all over this and the answer is no.
No links
No rumours.
Nothing.
Cuco Martina will be our left back again at the wide open spaces of Wembley this weekend.
Can imagine Pottechino playing Son, Erickson and Trippier all on the right this weekend. Which will pull us completely out of shape as our midfield all go left to cover Cuco.
Then when we clear the ball there are no midfielders to collect it, because they are all in our left back position, so we hoof it to our CF , who looses the header and they start all over again.
It'll be like the alamo back there this weekend.
And all for the want of a left footed ,half decent left back.
But then again i'm not a premier league manager, scout or DOF, so what do i know?
Just been publically criticised by Puel for not trying hard enough.
Yep, that midfield has a mix of everything.
Ultimately it can't be played in every game.
I do think though, if McCarthy stays fit and Gana too (we don't know how bad his injury actually is), then Gana-Rooney-McCarthy can be a good midfield to play against the stronger sides or away, and at home against sides we should have more of the ball, Gana-Davies-Rooney.
That midfield has energy in Gana, who can pretty much cover the entirety of the pitch in front of the defence.
A playmaker in Rooney, who is so much better receiving the ball while he is facing goal.
And a box-to-box player to engage a high press and make runs beyond the attack.
However, it does lack height/physical presence.
Agree. Gana is an elite ball winning defensive mid. Keep him there.
My concern is that McCarthy is not a good enough box to box guy, either. He's also more of a DM or a 6. Wants to hold the ball, pass it backwards and sideways. Davies is a bit better, runs with it, but he's almost better playing the creative final ball. McCarthy to me would be Gana's backup or partner if we played two DMs. Doucoure is MUCH better than either. He gets the ball and he's gone. We really don't have that player, although we've asked Gana to play it. Rooney roams around and can play it a bit. But you put Bolaisse wide, Siggy, Rooney, and Tosun who has good movement out there with Doucoure to move the ball quickly and efficiently, you've changed our team.
But again, if your left mid is covering for your left back for 90 minutes, no number 8 is going to have as many options as they should.
the key is to get a balance of younger players who will improve, players at their peak with at least 3-4 years at that level ahead, and that the experienced ones still add something to the first team - and the ones past it are moved on. with the eventual aim being each category shifts up over a 2-4 year period to the next category and each cycle the quality in each group improves progressively.
Likes of Gaitan or Turan etc would add experience and quality to the squad for a 2-3 years period whilst the younger players developed with luck. and are natural upgrades over Lennon, Mirallas - and although similar age - think Gaitans a year younger than Lennon, are on a different level ability wise, so even if they do start regressing - they are doing so from a far higher level of ability which in turn prolongs their period of being good enough for the first team etc.
Unbelievable
We will bring in 3 more I reckonWe're screwed aren't we? Like who else are we going to bring in this window?
Seeing the Andre Silva from Milan rumours again today. Can't see us paying 40m though.