Summer Transfer Window 2019

[Carlito]

I’d disagree with you on that a bit mate, I think we have plenty of technical players, we need more physicality, leadership, drive and committed players.

The squad is powder puff in those qualities, we have some technically brilliant players, you can’t unlock that unless you provide a foundation to play, you do that by winning battles, not being bullied and competing and winning a foundation to play.

For example we don’t win the FA cup without Ebbrels and Parkinson’s, we don’t qualify for the CL without Carsleys and Gravesons. This team has no engine, edge, leadership, physicality or players of that commitment.

My opinion mind, technically gifted players aren’t our problem.

I’d disagree with you on that a bit mate, I think we have plenty of technical players, we need more physicality, leadership, drive and committed players.

The squad is powder puff in those qualities, we have some technically brilliant players, you can’t unlock that unless you provide a foundation to play, you do that by winning battles, not being bullied and competing and winning a foundation to play.

For example we don’t win the FA cup without Ebbrels and Parkinson’s, we don’t qualify for the CL without Carsleys and Gravesons. This team has no engine, edge, leadership, physicality or players of that commitment.

My opinion mind, technically gifted players aren’t our problem.

Depends who you rate as being technically gifted, I suppose. For me, only Digne, Gomes, Bernard and Sigurdsson could be considered to have reliable first touches, in addition to playing with their heads up and being capable of receiving the ball on the turn/taking it in stride. I don't think that's nearly enough quality to get by on.

I agree that the team is also weak, though. The general workrate is poor, and the senior players are basically just old kids, rather than seasoned pros that play with any sort of grit or nous. Only thing I'd strongly disagree with is the idea that Gravesen ever put his foot in. Take away the angry faces, and he was an absolute tart.

There really is an enormous rebuilding job to done here, with so many nothing players neither making things happen on the ball nor putting their bodies on the line.

 

[BillLovesRoo]

he’s 25 tomorrow only a year younger than Bernard, who’s playing his first season in the prem so not really fair to judge Bernard yet I would say. And you cant really count lookman in this as he’s hardly played.

He’s a very good crosser of the ball so maybe the Watford system of playing 2 powerful forwards help him, I still have my doubts about him being consistent and handling the physical stuff on a regular basis.

A number of Everton fans were saying the same as you after his recent hat trick, I’m sure he was hauled off the next game and dropped to the bench the game after, So same old, same old for me.

Calvert Lewin scored the joint 2nd most headed goals in the league this season, only behind Mitrovic

 

[Stephenlloyd]

Calvert Lewin scored the joint 2nd most headed goals in the league this season, only behind Mitrovic

If we had Ferguson and Andy Carrol up front I still wouldn’t want Geri anywhere near our team.

 

[brian labone]

According to Brands today he will not be going for a striker in the summer because it will ruin the chances of young up and coming players Calvin Lewin, Richarlison and Lookman, so it looks like our great DOF thinks we don't need a new striker.

That quote was not made in December it was made yesterday so keep your smart comments to yourself.

 

[Nymzee]

That quote was not made in December it was made yesterday so keep your smart comments to yourself.

EXCLUSIVE: Brands lifts the lid on January transfer plans

The Blues' director of football has opened up about what the club will do when the window opens on January 1

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

Suck a fat one x

 

[CRIMHEAD]

Calvert Lewin scored the joint 2nd most headed goals in the league this season, only behind Mitrovic

That’s because we’ve put in the most crosses in the league.

 

[Neiler]

Depends who you rate as being technically gifted, I suppose. For me, only Digne, Gomes, Bernard and Sigurdsson could be considered to have reliable first touches, in addition to playing with their heads up and being capable of receiving the ball on the turn/taking it in stride. I don't think that's nearly enough quality to get by on.

I agree that the team is also weak, though. The general workrate is poor, and the senior players are basically just old kids, rather than seasoned pros that play with any sort of grit or nous. Only thing I'd strongly disagree with is the idea that Gravesen ever put his foot in. Take away the angry faces, and he was an absolute tart.

There really is an enormous rebuilding job to done here, with so many nothing players neither making things happen on the ball nor putting their bodies on the line.

Agree to differ on that one mate, i think we have some decent technical players in the team, im not sure you need that many, we only really needed Arteta, Pienaar back in the day - once its the right players. I look at the team and i see Gylfi, Gomes, Bernard, Dinge, Richalison, Walcott, Lookman all have good but different technical aspects to their game i also happen to think Mina is superbly technically gifted to, even though his stock seems low at the moment among our fans. The summer we brought in Klassen, Roooney, Sigurdson was a disaster as we had too many players of the same technical ilk. I think if you play to many technically gifted players you are getting tanked sooner or latter, the way Swansea went.

Every successful team has their physical presence, someone with edge who can battle. City have Fenrandhino, Mordor have Winjaldem, Chelsea - Kante, Arsenal-Torerria, Utd - Matic, there are many others in those squads. Those players win battles and provide the foundation for their more technical players to play, while also shielding their defense. If i had my way i would give Ferandhino player of the year now - he is so massively underrated its criminal. We lack players in that mold in my opinion. A couple of players in those positions of the right ilk see us competing for the CL or very close to it in my opinion, a forward would help also. I think we lack a physical presence, edge, battling qualities, get bullied and in all honesty have a soft centre and are a bit powder puff. It pains me to say that.

The Newcastle game is an example of my point, you need players who dont surrender or let that position in a game slip when its put up to you, i can think of countless games like that this season. We are a soft touch.

I get what you are saying about Graveson, he would chase and harry and was a nuisance though, when he was in the mood mind. You needed a Carsley in there to mop up after his erratic bursts. Loved him mind.

 

[BillLovesRoo]

That’s because we’ve put in the most crosses in the league.

So would it make sence to have someone who can genuinlly cross the ball, if we are constantly in the position to cross it

 

[CRIMHEAD]

So would it make sence to have someone who can genuinlly cross the ball, if we are constantly in the position to cross it

I would say Digne is quite good and Sigurdsson may be the best in the entire league. Perhaps the issue is that our CF is not scoring at the rate we would like off of all those crosses.

 

[CRIMHEAD]

Agree to differ on that one mate, i think we have some decent technical players in the team, im not sure you need that many, we only really needed Arteta, Pienaar back in the day - once its the right players. I look at the team and i see Gylfi, Gomes, Bernard, Dinge, Richalison, Walcott, Lookman all have good but different technical aspects to their game i also happen to think Mina is superbly technically gifted to, even though his stock seems low at the moment among our fans. The summer we brought in Klassen, Roooney, Sigurdson was a disaster as we had too many players of the same technical ilk. I think if you play to many technically gifted players you are getting tanked sooner or latter, the way Swansea went.

Every successful team has their physical presence, someone with edge who can battle. City have Fenrandhino, Mordor have Winjaldem, Chelsea - Kante, Arsenal-Torerria, Utd - Matic, there are many others in those squads. Those players win battles and provide the foundation for their more technical players to play, while also shielding their defense. If i had my way i would give Ferandhino player of the year now - he is so massively underrated its criminal. We lack players in that mold in my opinion. A couple of players in those positions of the right ilk see us competing for the CL or very close to it in my opinion, a forward would help also. I think we lack a physical presence, edge, battling qualities, get bullied and in all honesty have a soft centre and are a bit powder puff. It pains me to say that.

The Newcastle game is an example of my point, you need players who dont surrender or let that position in a game slip when it sput up to you, i can think of countless games like that this season.

I get what you are saying about Graveson, he would chase a nuisance though and would chase and harry, when he was in the mood mind. You needed a Carsley in there to mop up after his erratic bursts. Loved him mind.

This.

Fernandinho is absolutely in my opinion the best player in the league.

For me, I’d like a bit of both. If you want to see physical dominance in central and defensive midfield, watch Athletics Madrid. Rodrigo and Tomas Partney just physically dominate opponents. You cannot get through them. Juventis obviously beat them yesterday, but nothing was through the middle. Those guys are also relatively technical. There are player like that that we can get. We literally have none besides Gana who is superbly quick and pushes the ball forward often, but maybe without the precision you’d like. Dear lord we need more of that. We get physically manhandled by lesser teams. If we have the money, there is no excuse for us to not be BOTH technical and physically dominant in the middle. Hopefully Brands will address that in the summer. That also means letting Gomes walk and finding a better, more useful player for us.

 

[Carlito]

Agree to differ on that one mate, i think we have some decent technical players in the team, im not sure you need that many, we only really needed Arteta, Pienaar back in the day - once its the right players. I look at the team and i see Gylfi, Gomes, Bernard, Dinge, Richalison, Walcott, Lookman all have good but different technical aspects to their game i also happen to think Mina is superbly technically gifted to, even though his stock seems low at the moment among our fans. The summer we brought in Klassen, Roooney, Sigurdson was a disaster as we had too many players of the same technical ilk. I think if you play to many technically gifted players you are getting tanked sooner or latter, the way Swansea went.

Every successful team has their physical presence, someone with edge who can battle. City have Fenrandhino, Mordor have Winjaldem, Chelsea - Kante, Arsenal-Torerria, Utd - Matic, there are many others in those squads. Those players win battles and provide the foundation for their more technical players to play, while also shielding their defense. If i had my way i would give Ferandhino player of the year now - he is so massively underrated its criminal. We lack players in that mold in my opinion. A couple of players in those positions of the right ilk see us competing for the CL or very close to it in my opinion, a forward would help also. I think we lack a physical presence, edge, battling qualities, get bullied and in all honesty have a soft centre and are a bit powder puff. It pains me to say that.

The Newcastle game is an example of my point, you need players who dont surrender or let that position in a game slip when its put up to you, i can think of countless games like that this season. We are a soft touch.

I get what you are saying about Graveson, he would chase and harry and was a nuisance though, when he was in the mood mind. You needed a Carsley in there to mop up after his erratic bursts. Loved him mind.

Again, I don't disagree about there needing to be variety of attributes in the side, but as a bare minimum, they all need to be comfortable receiving the ball and recycling it. Those players you mentioned add steel to their respective teams, but none of them are chasing heavy touches and struggling to pick basic passes, like we see Gana, Davies and Schneiderlin doing.

 

[Zatara]

My mate who goes to PSV ( family from Eindhoven ) told me a while ago he is better than Lozano and would be cheaper....if he was bought now.
What ive seen of him he looks very good....could he step it up for the Prem tho ?

I’ve long said he’s a better option than Lozano and cheaper too.

Augustin would certainly be an exciting signing. I watched a bit of him last season when I was catching up on Lookman but he wasn't a regular.

He's a different type of player to DCL so I think comparisons are unfair. He's more similar in style to Tammy Abrahams. Young quick players get a bit more space in the Bundesliga due to the style of football, and we don't know how he would do in the Premier. Abrahams, who scores for fun in the championship, struggled badly at the higher level. the lad Augustin looks a step up on Abrahams, but until he actually comes here you can't say for certain.

He's valued at £25m on Transfermarket and if we can get him for even £10m more than that I'd say it was worth a punt.

They are both really good and stand out on that team. If you watch PSV for probably 5 minutes it would be obvious. I'd take them both in a heartbeat.

He's exciting, but the question for me is whether or not he can play as a single striker, unless he's going to play on the right. RBL plays that 4-2-2-2 most of the time.

I think a lot will depend on whether we go 433 next season...

We have as 'forward players';

Walcott
Bernard
Richarlison
Sigurdsson
Dowell
Lookman
Calvert-Lewin
Niasse
Tosun
Sandro
Onyekuru
Bolasie

That's 12 players


I think if we go 433 then the two players we will definitely keep are Calvert-Lewin and Richarlison. We then need another 4 players so we have 2 players for each position in the forward line...or 3 more players if some can play different positions across the front.

Bergwijn, Lozano and Augustin are all players who would be very interesting either side of the main striker and all could alternate into different positions when on a counter. Im not sure anyone ive seen mentioned on here would be the 'ideal' CF for us although a lot could play the inside forward positions.

I think it will be a massive summer with a huge amount of changes and its very exciting....

Im not too sure who we should go for as CF in a 433.

 

[Goat]

I think a lot will depend on whether we go 433 next season...

We have as 'forward players';

Walcott
Bernard
Richarlison
Sigurdsson
Dowell
Lookman
Calvert-Lewin
Niasse
Tosun
Sandro
Onyekuru
Bolasie

That's 12 players


I think if we go 433 then the two players we will definitely keep are Calvert-Lewin and Richarlison. We then need another 4 players so we have 2 players for each position in the forward line...or 3 more players if some can play different positions across the front.

Bergwijn, Lozano and Augustin are all players who would be very interesting either side of the main striker and all could alternate into different positions when on a counter. Im not sure anyone ive seen mentioned on here would be the 'ideal' CF for us although a lot could play the inside forward positions.

I think it will be a massive summer with a huge amount of changes and its very exciting....

Im not too sure who we should go for as CF in a 433.

Seb
Haller

 

[ijjysmith]

Seb
Haller

I really hope you get your man mate. It’s been a long crusade.

 

[Goat]

I really hope you get your man mate. It’s been a long crusade.

I would hold fire on that.

Ive only ever REALLY wanted 3 players, I mean REALLY wanted them, they are Besic, Vinny J and this fella, so my record isnt stellar if im honest.