Fernando 6,724 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 On 31/08/2022 at 13:34, laura90 said: No midfield no party. I can't say I am overly enthusiastic with the latest signing or most of them. Even if we get Gvardiol we still wont be able to play back four without decent defensive midfielder. I can not understand how that pivotal part of every football team got neglected here. We saw this against Leeds. And again against Saints. Our aging and average midfielders and defenders were slow and overrun against quicker and younger players. We may invest 500 mill in 10 new players if we don't invest in CDM or at least CM we may still go trough the riot with Kante and Jorginho talking to another clubs in January and putting less effort even when they are fit. I honestly don't understand. We have gentlemen's agreement with Rice for the next season? I don't know but this midfield won't give me faith even if we found ourselves at the top by January. How come so many defenders and no midfielders? This window would be closer to ideal if we got great CDM instead of KK. I respect that Boehly invested in the team but it can all be in vain cause you are only as strong as your weakest link. American mentality is defense wins you championship. And they for me are doing the right thing. If we have the best defense we can win cup games. We can win another cl with good defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,089 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Superblue_1986 said: I agree. Just an experienced strikers instinct to be where he should be in the box to get on the end of things could well prove a blessing because we don't even have that as a profile currently in our squad. again with the EPL/Serie A symmetry, look how many older CFs in both leagues end up having Indian summers (one of my favourite yank idioms) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,831 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 22 minutes ago, milka said: The guy in white shirt though.. what an idiot.. Woke up today and chosed violence. Maybe if Auba was not surrounded by such idiots then his house would have been protected properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Auba has to score and do so right away. His jaw looked fine btw in his arrival video at sky If he is another wasteful one, he would just be a taller, older Werner. Given we basically spend what we got for Timo on Auba this is fitting. Huge pressure on the geezer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,831 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 1 minute ago, nyikolajevics said: The guy in white shirt though.. what an idiot.. Woke up today and chosed violence. Maybe if Auba was not surrounded by such idiots then his house would have been protected properly. Mocked on Sky now.. So it's not only me.. pathetic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,089 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Fernando said: American mentality is defense wins you championship Italian too look at those insane AC Milan teams and Juve back in the day (more recently) look at the Italian WC winning sides and finals sides too, super defense, GKers and a hot player scoring or bossing the pitch (Paolo Rossi, Dino Zoff, Salvatore Schillaci, Roberto Baggio, Gianluca Pagliuca, Roberto Donadoni, Buffon, Pirlo, Totti, etc, plus those CB's: Fulvio Collovati, Gentile, Baresi, Maldini, Nesta, Marco Materazzi, Cannavaro, etc) Fernando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 2,819 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 28 minutes ago, milka said: Tosser in the white polo deserves a headbutt. He is a soccer player there talking about a transfer mate. Not like he has been convicted of a crime FFS. Knob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,089 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Live Romano stream https://www.twitch.tv/fabrizioromano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,089 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Just now, Vesper said: Live Romano stream https://www.twitch.tv/fabrizioromano lol, they are slamming beers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,407 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, Vesper said: Italian too look at those insane AC Milan teams and Juve back in the day (more recently) look at the Italian WC winning sides and finals sides too, super defense, GKers and a hot player scoring or bossing the pitch (Paolo Rossi, Dino Zoff, Salvatore Schillaci, Roberto Baggio, Gianluca Pagliuca, Roberto Donadoni, Buffon, Pirlo, Totti, etc, plus those CB's: Fulvio Collovati, Gentile, Baresi, Maldini, Nesta, Marco Materazzi, Cannavaro, etc) It’s not quite accurate tho. For Knock-out competitions or playoffs yes. Defence wins cups but offense wins leagues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,089 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Zakaria £30m buy option Artur Melo, straight loan, no option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 2,819 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 A lot happened while I slept in Australia... So basically: - Auba is done - Zakaria is done on loan - Depay looking good to join? That about cover it? Anyone else coming in I missed? Muzchap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 10,222 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Depay is underway. That's the end of Broja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,407 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Depay was a goal machine at Lyon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 5 minutes ago, Vesper said: Zakaria £30m buy option Artur Melo, straight loan, no option Ours is by far the better deal zakaria is twice the player and if he recovers his Bundesliga form 30m buy option is a steal hopefully his injury has indeed fully healed and he can continue where he left before juve. Have not seen him play in Italy so he could be a spent force now but he is better suited than Saul for his role bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,277 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 I see lots of people saying “Auba’s jaw looks fine!” What, is he supposed to have a giant cast wrapped around his head? 🤣🤣🤣 You don’t know what the inside of his mouth looks like. lluubbeenn, Boycie, We Hate Scouse and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 9 minutes ago, Pizy said: I see lots of people saying “Auba’s jaw looks fine!” What, is he supposed to have a giant cast wrapped around his head? 🤣🤣🤣 You don’t know what the inside of his mouth looks like. Lol no. But he can talk just fine. You only talk gibberish with a full jaw fracture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,089 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Magic Lamps said: It’s not quite accurate tho. For Knock-out competitions or playoffs yes. Defence wins cups but offense wins leagues we are nowhere near a league winning team, but I will more than happily accept CL and domestic Cup wins (we are SO unxed i the CS, the League Cup, and the FA Cup, it is insane), plus the supranational trophies (Super Cup, FWCC) I can lay out MY idea of league winning squad, but it is hard as hell to get the players I deem necessary atm and YES, the big missing pieces are mostly offensive players CF Osimhen or Lautaro or Vlahovic (youth prospect Karim Adeyemi) AMF/SS Nkunku or maybe João Félix (also try for the Russian lad again, Arsen Zakharyan) Winger a fully fit Chiesa and perhaps Diaby (if he keeps blowing up) or (better) Rafael Leão MF Declan Rice and Bellingham or Barella (De Jong is a pipe dream) plus maybe Kouadio Koné (I so rate him, he was NOT a 'let's settle' push) CB Josko Gvardiol, Milan Skriniar RB Hakimi (pipe dream), same (pipe dream) for LB Theo, leaving RB Joakim Maehle as realistic buy better keeper, maybe finally Oblak ship a TONNE of dregs and not good enoughs crazy expensive and hard pulls, but there it is Muzchap and nathangeorge99 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 6 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said: Lol no. But he can talk just fine. You only talk gibberish with a full jaw fracture Probably a minor fracture that just prevents him from playing contact sports but doesn't affect his normal life in any meaningful way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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