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Could all just be a smokescreen for Aaron Mooy this, finally get our guy.
44 games for Bayern Munich's reserves, 17 games for their first team.
KaiserEFC
Player Valuation: £70m
I’m happy with him not being a playmaker if he can actually win the ball and disrupt opposition midfield play as that would open up Gomes a little more and hopefully stop the opposition cancelling out our midfield with a single 5 yard pass. My preference would be Allan but I think considering our finances and the fact we probably want a deal done quickly PEH is probably the smarter move.
I do however think a midfield 2 is a big contributor to our midfield woes
andy4efc
Player Valuation: £60m
Agreed, we certaintly looked a lot better on Monday with a midfield three. Stick some actual footballers in that midfield three and we may improve long term.
KaiserEFC
Player Valuation: £70m
With the state of our midfield I think we need the three for pure numbers rather than any talent or tactical reason. For me 442 only works in the presence of a poor midfield if you have good wingers which unfortunately we don’t .
Hopefully we can bring in a decent playmaker on top of this guy and Gomes (as the ball carrier) if we’re looking at a midfield 3 otherwise we need 2 decent wingers for a 442 and good wingers don’t come cheap.
TheFinnFan
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I get the feeling those who really want him and are exciting at him coming don't even know what this player is like. He's basic. Typical Everton signing.
Would you have said the same when we signed Gueye ?
I really wouldn't mind of they do. We need players who can do more than one thing.
DanishBacon
Player Valuation: Free Transfer
I do think Guardiola's hope/prediction that he'd be a new Busquets isn't far fetched. He doesn't have that consistent high level of performance as Busquets, but he is efficient at spraying passes around and getting the ball moving in the engine room. And he always makes himself available for a pass. I also think he's a pest to play against. He has a bit of Mandzukic in him. Always going in hard, and very vocal and agitating towards opponents and ref. Getting cheap fouls from diving, dirty tricks etc.
But his defensive stats are misleading. He is not as good defensively as they suggest. If you're after a very disciplined hardworking pure DM then I'd rather go for his partner in the national team Thomas Delaney (who is no longer sure starter for Dortmund). He doesn't offer the same offensively though, but he's very much your defensive steady-Eddie clogger (and left-footed which can be useful). But PEH has a higher ceiling in terms of growth in my opinion.
But his defensive stats are misleading. He is not as good defensively as they suggest. If you're after a very disciplined hardworking pure DM then I'd rather go for his partner in the national team Thomas Delaney (who is no longer sure starter for Dortmund). He doesn't offer the same offensively though, but he's very much your defensive steady-Eddie clogger (and left-footed which can be useful). But PEH has a higher ceiling in terms of growth in my opinion.
If the manager wants Hojberg I am more than happy to trust his judgement.
The Southampton supporters seem to have forgotten that at just 23 he was their captain and that certainly says something about him.
I will be happy if we sign him but not desolate if we don't.
I do find it unusual that people will happily pay 30m for Allan who is nearly thirty years old and has never kicked a ball in the Premiership but think it is far to expensive for Hojberg who was captain of a team who may finish above us in the league depending on results next weekend, has shown he can play in the Premiership and is more than five years younger.
The Southampton supporters seem to have forgotten that at just 23 he was their captain and that certainly says something about him.
I will be happy if we sign him but not desolate if we don't.
I do find it unusual that people will happily pay 30m for Allan who is nearly thirty years old and has never kicked a ball in the Premiership but think it is far to expensive for Hojberg who was captain of a team who may finish above us in the league depending on results next weekend, has shown he can play in the Premiership and is more than five years younger.
KaiserEFC
Player Valuation: £70m
He might work in a system though? He’s very good at winning the ball back and should stop players waltzing through our midfield. A team and particularly a midfield is made up of a collective not individuals and should be greater than the sum of its parts. Leicester won the league with a team like that ffs.
If that's your formula for real success then we won't be successful anytime soon. It's easy to buy players that 'do a job' but at this level you need most the first team players who can do a job and also conjure something special when you need it. Every Man C and Liverpool players have that in their locker and are not reliant on a few who can.
KaiserEFC
Player Valuation: £70m
You need 11 players that all do a job that fits with a system. You could have a midfield of Paul Pogba, KDB and Yaya Toure but you wouldn’t win anything because it just wouldn’t work. I get people want some exciting James Rodriguez type so they get a warm fuzzy when they see him wearing the shirt but that player just wouldn’t work with what we have and how we play.
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