Magic Lamps

a fair enough. i thought you said 4-4-2

weirdly playing on the left tonight with draxler as false 9. Looked better vs spain through the middle IMO

they played 3-5-2 tho i thought. But if a more adventurous cm is what he needs then we have no problem. there is also the hypothesis aroudn that he needs a sitting cm next ot him... ig uess we will see but our best shot next season is probably going 4-2-3-1

Lol they wish.Castagne and Tarkowski are bang average players who only cost that much bc every one knows they have the money now and Tarkowski being english.Imagine the righteous outcry here if we were to sign tarkowski for 30m

Rabiot is hardly a sitting dm tho. I don’t see why Kante shouldn’t perform next to kovacic. He is a resourceful player who does not only work in one system with one particular player type next to him. He can adapt. We don’t need to bring the Absolute best out of him, when we are trying to play attacking football not conte suffer ball.

Even 2 years is some schedule. He would need to have 0 injuries and almost no time sick to make that progression in 2 years. For a lanky guy like goretzka with tiny wrists and long tendons, hitting close to natural limit in this time is definitely not possible without roids. He surely was advised on this by some docs to limit long term side effects. I would still advise people to not go that route even under professional oversight unless your financial future depends on it and your family planning is complete. Even then there are possibly better ways. Not that I condemn it. Every person should decide for their own. The health risks are abundantly documented. But no one should be suprrised when another juicehead just drops dead all of a sudden with no warning.

No I think 2 of the 4 is probable. One oral, one injected is standard these days for pro athletes.

That’s true. He worked on his physique a lot after he joint Bayern. But I am still pretty sure he had a mildly dosed tren/test cycle during the lockdown. Maybe some Anavar or Dianabol as well. You can see how his face aged, The receding hairline, the acne and also the skin on his shoulders. Same stuff I have seen in dozens of guys in the gym doing Roids for their first time.

Pretty sure James is gonna play lots. Azpi isn’t getting any younger and RJ has played plenty last season. Mount will get a lot of minutes as well by rotation and being subbed in. Tomori I have no idea . Abraham I am happy will not feature that much. Don’t give a shit about media anyway. What has been getting kn my nerves is the ref bis which was at its absolute worst last season. So at least the new signings improve our chances of getting this out of the refs hands

Would be a decent alternative. Cheaper than Mendy for sure. i hear Areola is a yolo gk like a willy who makes world class saves and basic mistakes. By chance I have only seen his good games

To think they wanted us to pay 50m for him just 19 months ago lol

The chance has passed. Lockdown was the only time for athletes to take roids without a chance of being caught.

Welcome Kai! the best is: he is not gonna return to the NT. Instead he will stay in London and train with Frank for a full 9 days

Yeah poor Messi forced to being paid another 70m from a bankrupt club bc of a contract he voluntarily signed. players are so entitled these days. It’s Barca who made him the player he is.

Ziyech is the absolute antithesis to Willian who would always hang on to the ball and then always choose the wrong or least risky option. ziyech always takes risk and let’s go if the ball mich quicker and as a co sequence creates way more output. Havertz is similar but can keep hold of the ball quite well and also has considerably more raw end speed . we will be an absolute turnover machine but only in the final third with Ziyech, puli and Werner taking chances but in midfield Kanté, kovacic, Kai are all elite carriers of the ball. If Lamps can get the balance right we can be a devastating force. If not we will look super disjointed. But even then we should have the individual quality to get over the line vs low quality opposition

I really hope he doesn’t end up back in PL. would haunt us forever. French league would suit him nicely tho

So amazing how Marina milked them. 28 yo final year of contract and still one of the most expensive deals in football history. Real needed to give their fans a galactico big time and we exploited that ruthlessly

Actually I wouldn’t mind if the move breaks down. He is a great player but a luxury one at that. I think the position he plays is one we have covered. Also we need to tweak our system a bit to accommodate him. that being said the deal is done.

Worse than he is right now cos Kepa sat on the bench all match not saying much about him tho. Both Kepa and de gea are terrible. I would say Lopez, Simon and even Guaita are all better than those two

It’s just his natural movement pattern as a right footer to move in from the left. Officially we played 352 with same and Werner as central strikers with no wingers but wing backs. So no idea how more central you can play in that system as a striker. Anyway, The point is that Werner has often be dubbed to only be able to play off a bigger striker like poulsen as an inside forward or as a second striker. He clearly proved opposite today

He needed to complete the fitness test for the NT as the date for the medical in London will probably be before the next game on Sunday where I expect him to feature. Also he needs to practice with his German NT teammates anyway

He played clearly as central striker. The guys writing him off as sole no.9 probably just made their impression based on his pre-2019 performances. He has matured a lot last season. and works tight spaces much better. Has even improved his passing massivley in the last few months which was priorly his weakness

We don’t

Can’t for the life of me imagine a chunky Havertz he trains with German NT anyway

Probably for the better. Having played so much mens football, I doubt u21 footy can give RJ anything