Unionjack 7,530 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said: in theory having spent £75m Must say that I did have hopes for Baks very early eason but it makes you wonder where we would be now with that spent on a B2B but they dont grow on trees so I hope we haven't stopped looking. I dont know what the answer is about Baks and Waterboy apart from selling them but I cant see that happening in a hurry. I'm not a hater of either of our WBs as they both have their moments and with an unknown budget in the summer window upgrading them is unsure. But with Edens future more than likely in Spain shortly his fees will have to help finance not only his replacement but others too. But lets build that Bridge when we get there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Superblue_1986 5,220 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 10 hours ago, Unionjack said: Must say that I did have hopes for Baks very early eason but it makes you wonder where we would be now with that spent on a B2B but they dont grow on trees so I hope we haven't stopped looking. I dont know what the answer is about Baks and Waterboy apart from selling them but I cant see that happening in a hurry. I'm not a hater of either of our WBs as they both have their moments and with an unknown budget in the summer window upgrading them is unsure. But with Edens future more than likely in Spain shortly his fees will have to help finance not only his replacement but others too. But lets build that Bridge when we get there. I think the biggest issue with upgrading our wing backs at the moment is the uncertainty with Conte. Because there wasn't great commitment in the summer, the club may have felt it was too risky to spend lots of money on wing backs only for Conte to leave and a new manager wanting to revert to a back 4. Alonso and Moses are not capable enough defensively to play as full backs week in week out (they could fill in sometimes but shouldn't be regulars). Zappacosta would be the same also. Therefore the club needs to be careful with this. Ideally buying players which are capable of playing as both a full back and wing back will be the best solution but again I don't think there are huge numbers around that are available and can play both roles so effectively. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Unionjack 7,530 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 21 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said: new manager wanting to revert to a back 4 I think there lies a big problem of ours Each time we bring in a new manager thru the revolving door they alter the team to suit their style. Instead of getting one who will suit our system. But until Roman gives trust,faith and commitment to one who will stay over 2 years it just wont happen. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arlen Correa 146 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Think he played well. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Special Juan 26,196 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 He played better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blues.bridge 333 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Despiadado.Maleante 1,046 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Much better in 3-4-3. Doesn't look lost. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mufassir08 2,400 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Very good half, hoping he keeps it up. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Magic Lamps 10,413 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Maybe his best game so far. no misplaced passes, a few good runs and a a few nice tackles that the ref has been too harsh on. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueLion. 21,484 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Outstanding tonight. The only one who showed any sort of effort. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LAM09 5,978 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Deserves a lot of credit tonight. Probably his best performance since joining 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beigl 1,372 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Looked better than Kante tonight. He is a different player when he plays with some sort of confidence. I hope Baka keeps it up. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ulvhedin 353 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Yeah, but he still can't play quick pass or play long pass. Still can't bring quickly the ball to final third (and one good dribbling won't change that). Right now we have 2 midfielders who can't create. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Polo7 3,496 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 This is why we signed this guy. The last few games he has gotten better and better. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leif 6,006 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Lunatics. Every time he received the ball he swayed left, swayed right, turned around 90 degrees, and broke sweat just to decide which player to make a pass towards. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El P. 1,354 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Tonight he wasn't shit as usual. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ulvhedin 353 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 2 minutes ago, Leif said: Lunatics. Every time he received the ball he swayed left, swayed right, turned around and scrapped just to find a player to make a simple pass towards. Exactly, not loosing stupidly ball and be solid defensively is MINIMUM he should be doing. He is doing nothing more. In what aspect is he better than Mikel? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DYC. 7,542 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, Leif said: Lunatics. Every time he received the ball he swayed left, swayed right, turned around 90 degrees, and broke sweat just to decide which player to make a pass towards. He's just not a very good footballer but I credit him for not crumbling like a cookie tonight. Thought he'd be disgraceful alongside an out of form Kante. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pizy 15,891 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Fair play to him. Solid performance. These PL refs really piss me off by constantly blowing the whistle on Baka, though. Seems like he gets punished repeatedly for simply being stronger than his opponent. Not all contact is a bloody foul which these refs seem to ignore. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Skipper 20,593 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 53 minutes ago, DYC. said: He's just not a very good footballer but I credit him for not crumbling like a cookie tonight. Thought he'd be disgraceful alongside an out of form Kante. One thing about Bakayoko - he never really lets us down in the big games so far. Also at Monaco always turned up big time in the big games. Another positive performance. Almost carried our whole midfield with Kanté not doing too well. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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