yuvala 2,167 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Can anyone think of a Modric, Pirlo, Alonso type of player that is available ?We really need one if we want to become a top team like Real or Bayern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eligius 121 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Can anyone think of a Modric, Pirlo, Alonso type of player that is available ?We really need one if we want to become a top team like Real or Bayern.We need about 5-6 players to be even with Bayern... This Bayern team and next year team might be the best team in the past decade or so. I'm not convinced so much on Madrid though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eligius 121 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Swap with Kovacic would be fine Kovacic is Inter's best prospect.He wont go anything lower than 25m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuvala 2,167 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 We need about 5-6 players to be even with Bayern... This Bayern team and next year team might be the best team Ive ever seen. I'm not convinced so much on Madrid though. Not saying we buy 1 player and we'll suddenly be Bayern.I meant that if we ever want to become as good as them then we'll have to (among other things\players) have that kind of player. Eligius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Can anyone think of a Modric, Pirlo, Alonso type of player that is available ?Well said, available...There are some world-class players that would make a great partnership with Matic in the midfield, but I don't know how many of those would be available in the summer. Schweinsteiger ain't going anywhere, Fabregas, Vidal, Gundogan, Pogba and Verratti would cost a fortune. Hard to think we'll go for a top CM this summer given that there won't be many available and the prices will be huge.I'd wait for Kroos though. Let's see what happens between him and Bayern and if they won't agree for a new contract then let's have a go at him. Modern midfielder, great passing, good vision, he's not afraid of shooting from distance. Seems the perfect replacement for Lamps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pWneR 230 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 What about Pirlo, isn't he available for free in the summer? Yeah he's old, but if we don't manage to get a younger and better player he would be a nice stop gap, like Eto'o was this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 why a stopgap?if we cant get vidal/pogba/kroos, then how about lars bender? good tackler, good passing range, drives the team forward, technically he is sound atleast better than rambo. so a 15-20mil would be good deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 why a stopgap?if we cant get vidal/pogba/kroos, then how about lars bender? good tackler, good passing range, drives the team forward, technically he is sound atleast better than rambo. so a 15-20mil would be good deal.We need someone that compliments Matic, not someone who does more or less the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 We need someone that compliments Matic, not someone who does more or less the same thing.lars is far more a rambo type of player than a matic type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 lars is far more a rambo type of player than a matic type. That's what I meant. We don't need him in the squad, he doesn't offer anything different. He won't compliment Matic just like Ramires really doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufassir08 2,400 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 That's what I meant. We don't need him in the squad, he doesn't offer anything different. He won't compliment Matic just like Ramires really doesn't.What do you think about Matic-Witsel? Strike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 That's what I meant. We don't need him in the squad, he doesn't offer anything different. He won't compliment Matic just like Ramires really doesn't.dude. Rambo-matic have not even started as a pivot but evwryone is already putting them down. Also people are doing so just cos they think that the pivot is creative enough which is exactly what lars gives along with his immense workrate and tackles. Technically he is an upgrade on rambo which solves our very so called problem with rambo-matic pivot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toli 977 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 dude. Rambo-matic have not even started as a pivot but evwryone is already putting them down. Also people are doing so just cos they think that the pivot is creative enough which is exactly what lars gives along with his immense workrate and tackles. Technically he is an upgrade on rambo which solves our very so called problem with rambo-matic pivot.he aint much better technically than rambo. he is slower than him though and has less dynamism in his game. would make no sense to buy Bender and replace him with Ramires. his passing is maybe slightly better than Ramires, but his defensive game is obviously his main attribute not his offensive one. Lars-Matic would be defensive as hell and would offer literally nothing going forward. we need someone who is at least a little bit creative and can pass the ball well under pressure and dirigate our game from deeper positions. Lars cant do anything of this sort of things. The Skipper, BloodIsBlue and Strike 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 dude. Rambo-matic have not even started as a pivot but evwryone is already putting them down. Also people are doing so just cos they think that the pivot is creative enough which is exactly what lars gives along with his immense workrate and tackles. Technically he is an upgrade on rambo which solves our very so called problem with rambo-matic pivot.Matic and Rambo have started together at least 2-3 times...What we need to partner up with Matic is a DLP. A Modric, a Gundogan, a Schweinsteiger, a Fernandinho, etc! The Skipper, The only place to be, The Mak and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,156 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 On whom did we make profit? The idea was never to make profit by selling our youth, it is going all wrong because we didnt get the manager for whom we were all set to lay the red carpet. Anyways thats my opinion. E'to better than Bramford ... Good one .. I guess that's check and mate!Just seen some of these posts not but that is ludicrous to suggest Bamford is better than Eto'o or even Ba. Bamford is scoring goals but it is not the PL. If he made the step up to the PL right now he would struggle. Just because you see him scoring goals don't be naive to think he is better than our current strikers because he is not at all ready for us and him being out on loan will benefit him. If Ba was at that level he would be scoring goals galore. Just remember his goal record at Newcastle. He just has not had the same impact at Chelsea. There is a huge difference in quality between the PL and Championship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Matic and Rambo have started together at least 2-3 times...What we need to partner up with Matic is a DLP. A Modric, a Gundogan, a Schweinsteiger, a Fernandinho, etc!2 games to be precise. Away to wba and away to fulham.Hardly a fair sample of matches to judge how successful a combo is. But I admit these 2 are not creative togwther. Specially at home we might have a hard time breaking down small teams. but away from home, their might not be a better one. Physical, tackling, Breaking up play and countering using rambo's pace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterfall 893 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Anyone see Virgil van Dijk's pic with Luiz last night?Most likely nothing and I've only seen him on youtube just now, but man, this guy as a defender has a highlight reel attacking midfielders would be proud of - incredibly athletic, big, and GREAT passing. It's impossible to measure if he's any good defensively, but colour me intrigued Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Anyone see Virgil van Dijk's pic with Luiz last night?Most likely nothing and I've only seen him on youtube just now, but man, this guy as a defender has a highlight reel attacking midfielders would be proud of - incredibly athletic, big, and GREAT passing. It's impossible to measure if he's any good defensively, but colour me intriguedSaw the picture, too. Today, his agent said he'll move to England in the summer. "Many English clubs are interested in him – the absolute top clubs" Didn't watch him that much, only a game or two against Barcelona and Milan iirc and he did ok. Reports say he's been the best player for Celtic in this UCL campaign. Also read something about City and United being interested, but that was months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediator 2,026 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Matic and Rambo have started together at least 2-3 times...What we need to partner up with Matic is a DLP. A Modric, a Gundogan, a Schweinsteiger, a Fernandinho, etc!Exactly Fernandinho would have been perfect next to him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pWneR 230 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Matic and Rambo have started together at least 2-3 times...What we need to partner up with Matic is a DLP. A Modric, a Gundogan, a Schweinsteiger, a Fernandinho, etc!What's up with Schweinsteiger, from what I noticed he hasn't played much this year for Bayern. A surprising bid for him maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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