Watched him a few times for England and never thought much of him but he's banging in goals at the minute to be fair. He got linked with a move to Turkey today.
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Nah that's one messy transfer haha. Currently a permanent Sociedad player.
Westend Blue
Player Valuation: £15m
Is he actually a good keeper I know he is rated highly
Papa Shango
Player Valuation: £70m
Yup.
Hes not a bad goalie or anything but there is a reason he has spent most of his career in the lower reaches. He has a great season last season where everything else clicked at his club. His form last season was the exception to the rule if anything.
So yeah not bad but not enough of a leap from Robles to make it worthwhile, he is also 30 isnt he?
Papa Shango
Player Valuation: £70m
No, I am saying statistic in football are pretty much useless regardless of player. It is not a sport that lends itself to statistical analysis. People are being blinded by science.
Barkley can create stuff! It would be churlish to say otherwise. Its also worth noting that he is not in the prime of his career like Sigurdsson.
I am not against us going for Sigurdsson at all by the way, it would be a nice signing but only because he is a good player, not because of what the statistics say.
toffeejack
Player Valuation: £100m
barkley's been given corner duty himself also so well, they can be compared, we're also a bigger team than swansea and should be more threatening from set-plays. I think we could get both in the same team myself, in a christmas tree formation as well possibly if we don't use wingers.
MasonLeeEFC
Player Valuation: £8m
Totally agree with you there mate and your bang on the button about Barkley not making enough runs past Lukaku from deep. Plus, he takes too many touches of the ball in midfield does Barkley and Koeman as already said he doesn't want Barkley in a deeper role, in his own half taking too many touches than necessary and risking losing the ball in dangerous areas. So I personally don't think he trusts him in there and that's why he's shifted him out wide as part of the front 3.
But Koeman prefers a 4-3-3 system and will want a more forward thinking, creative CM in there that will add goals and someone like Sigurdsson, or even Klaassen like you mention, would be ideal. Davies is in there atm, and rightly so, and he's been trying to make those late runs and get in the box but atm I don't see him as a type of player that will get us double figures in goals and assists from that position just yet. He may well turn out that kind of player but atm I see a similar kind as Gueye who will put himself about the pitch and Harry and harass players, Nick the ball and get us going, then obviously you've got Schneiderlin as the sitter, one who screens, wins ball and gets us going. We just lack that creative player who gets goals and links midfield to attack. I'm sure we all thought Barkley would be that player but I don't think Koeman sees it that way or else he wouldn't be pushing Ross wide to accommodate Davies being in the centre?!
MasonLeeEFC
Player Valuation: £8m
I don't go by stats, Tbf I hate them cos like you say, they don't always show a true reflection but someone questioned me when I said I thought Sigurdsson was more productive as an attacking mid than what Barkley is so I showed how.
Barnfred 55
Player Valuation: £80m
Sorry mate. Have to disagree. For one year I'd take Zabaleta on 60k pw over Martina on 30k every day of the week.
MasonLeeEFC
Player Valuation: £8m
I think we need wide players, players that will give us width cos when you play a Christmas tree formation and have 2 attacking players centrally behind the CF, you rely on your FB's to provide the width and although Coleman gets forward all day long, Baines hasn't as much as he usually does and maybe his legs are getting too old for that now but also I think playing quite a narrow formation congest's the centre of the pitch in the final third. I just like to see us have pace out wide and players that make the pitch big, create space and give us an outlet.
MasonLeeEFC
Player Valuation: £8m
That's fair enough mate. I just think with us wanting more class in other priority positions, I think it would be best to put the wages towards those players and not so much stop gaps in the team, which either a Martina or Zabaleta would be, imo.
Koeman may surprise us all and actually go out and get someone he sees as a long term solution to RB come the summer?....
bluestevon
Player Valuation: £80m
The only way you could show that with stats is by ommiting all set piece figures from the stats mate, because set pieces don't prove anything about whose more productive as an attacking mid.
bluelegend
Player Valuation: £10m
I don't usually go in for these "we should get" posts but looking at the UCL tonight and seeing Thomas Muller on the bench I can't help but think him with Lukaku and Barkley next year would be outrageous. Anyway back to reality !!
rochdaleblue
Player Valuation: £50m
Be nice if he turned out half as good as that other fullback we got from city who was 'past it' the one and only paul power. Shows what a great manager HK was at that time.
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