New centre half

[billyblue80]

Is Tarkovsky any better than Keane? Out of contract next summer isn't he? I don't watch Burnley much

 

[Kurt.]

First person who mentions Dunk or Duffy is getting roundhoused square in the grid



That means you @Mikey_Fitzgerald ?

 

[Deleted member 48881]

Keane and Mina should depart. Godfrey, loan him back to Norwich.

Then we should buy two elite CBs.

 

[Bob Elstone]

Minas priority is Columbia, that’s the problem. Plays 3 games in a week in South America and half comes back to recover at Everton.

Absolute joke whilst we pay his wages.

 

[toffeeblue9]

I think a CB is incredibly important. All of our CBs have major issues:

Mina - Quality but injury prone
Keane - Can't play any sort of system where we play expansively. Only useful as a penalty box defender in a narrow back 4. Prone to mistakes
Godfrey - Really poor in the air relative to what a CB should be, also lacks positional sense and is surprisingly poor with the ball at his feet.
Holgate - An utter fraud
Branthwaite - Promising but almost completely untested at the top level

I'd go as far as to say we could do with two new CBs, with Mina and his huge wages departing this summer and Holgate packed off to whoever will take him

 

[T LEAFE]

Per Koldrup

 

[evertony]

Conor Coady. Always plays a steady game.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Is Tarkovsky any better than Keane? Out of contract next summer isn't he? I don't watch Burnley much

It'd go basically the same. He'd be fine but make mistakes as he's way more exposed than in Burnley's bunker. Not worthwhile.

 

[mccole]

I would rather we found buyers for Keane and Holgate and bring Branthwaite into a more first time position.

 

[billyblue80]

I would rather we found buyers for Keane and Holgate and bring Branthwaite into a more first time position.

Branflakes instantly looked better than both of them at Chelsea

 

[Zatara]

1: Matthias Ginter who @ZissouBlue mentioned.

Leader, 28 in a couple of weeks, 46 caps for Germany. Out of contract in the summer.

2: Josko Gvardiol plays for Leipzig and Croatia.
20 in a couple of weeks, very highly rated left footed centre back.

3: Benoit Bediashile plays for Monaco and France u21s.
20 years old, 6'4 physical beast left footed centre back.

4: Edmund Tapsoba plays for Leverkusen and Burkina Faso.
22 years old 6'4 good passer

5: Sven Botman plays for Lille and Holland
22 in a couple of weeks.
Only concern with him is his speed on the turn.

6: Bremer plays for Torino.
24 years old and this season has really gone up a level

7: Ilya Zabarnyi plays for Kiev and Ukraine
19 years old and already has 18 caps and around 60 first team games.
Very highly rated but adding him because of our ownership links and because we signed Mykolenko.

 

[Zatara]

1: Matthias Ginter who @ZissouBlue mentioned.

Leader, 28 in a couple of weeks, 46 caps for Germany. Out of contract in the summer.

2: Josko Gvardiol plays for Leipzig and Croatia.
20 in a couple of weeks, very highly rated left footed centre back.

3: Benoit Bediashile plays for Monaco and France u21s.
20 years old, 6'4 physical beast left footed centre back.

4: Edmund Tapsoba plays for Leverkusen and Burkina Faso.
22 years old 6'4 good passer

5: Sven Botman plays for Lille and Holland
22 in a couple of weeks.
Only concern with him is his speed on the turn.

6: Bremer plays for Torino.
24 years old and this season has really gone up a level

7: Ilya Zabarnyi plays for Kiev and Ukraine
19 years old and already has 18 caps and around 60 first team games.
Very highly rated but adding him because of our ownership links and because we signed Mykolenko.

To follow on from this...sell Mina, Keane and Holgate.

Sign one new centre back.

Go with Branthwaite, Godfrey + new player. Bring Reece Welch into the 1st team as backup and sign a 30+ year old experienced player on a short term deal.

 

[Bluestar]

To follow on from this...sell Mina, Keane and Holgate.

Sign one new centre back.

Go with Branthwaite, Godfrey + new player. Bring Reece Welch into the 1st team as backup and sign a 30+ year old experienced player on a short term deal.

That is the way to use an older experienced player. Feels a bit too much like planning for us.

 

[Stephenlloyd]

Conor Coady. Always plays a steady game.

Can only play in a 3 and again a bit like Keane at Burnley, he plays in a very defensive set up. Wolves great win tonight but have scored 3 goals in 9 games

 

[Stephenlloyd]

To follow on from this...sell Mina, Keane and Holgate.

Sign one new centre back.

Go with Branthwaite, Godfrey + new player. Bring Reece Welch into the 1st team as backup and sign a 30+ year old experienced player on a short term deal.

Very unlikely we’d have a chance, but Christensen hasn’t signed his Chelsea contract I believe. On a free in the summer. Also Romangoli at Milan also is a free agent in the summer. These 2 would suit a back 3