Vesper 30,163 Posted January 4, 2024 Share Posted January 4, 2024 5 hours ago, TheHulk said: Silva has been my co-number one rated truly available (so I am not counting Ruben Dias, Ronald Araujo, Saliba, De Ligt or Marquinhos) right-footed CB for some time, along with Bremer (this coming summer 2024 is the last time I can say Bremer is perhaps truly worth BIG money, as he turns 28yo next season and it makes less sense to drop huge money in summer 2025 on a player who turns 29 in late winter of that season, most CBs are NOT like Thiago) I do wager it will be hard to get either to come here with no CL, but who knows right footed CB targets Bremer António Silva Giorgio Scalvini Jean-Clair Todibo Mohamed Simakan Ousmane Diomande Leny Yoro (18yo) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,489 Posted January 4, 2024 Share Posted January 4, 2024 On 31/12/2023 at 22:51, lucio said: Dembele wanyama pivot slapped , 2 physical beasts and dembele in particular was world class. we need an experienced powerhouse in there , or someone like palhinha for sure K Thuram looks like an excellent ball carrier There was no better powerhouse mid in the market than Caicedo. There is a beast of a player in there and he just hasn't been anywhere nearly as good as he was at Brighton. It is up to Poch to figure out how he should use Caicedo best. bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,503 Posted January 4, 2024 Share Posted January 4, 2024 1 hour ago, Strike said: There was no better powerhouse mid in the market than Caicedo. There is a beast of a player in there and he just hasn't been anywhere nearly as good as he was at Brighton. It is up to Poch to figure out how he should use Caicedo best. I just think it was pretty poor squad planning to let 200+ games of experience walk out the door for minimal transfer fees and then put 200+ million into 2 talented but very young midfielders without any experience around them. I feel bad for both Caicedo and Enzo as they'll never live up to the price tags that were paid for them. When you spend 100+ million on a mid, you're expecting goals or assists or something special every single game (like a Hazard or Bellingham or even at a stretch a motivated Pogba). OneMoSalah and Blue Armour 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,437 Posted January 4, 2024 Share Posted January 4, 2024 bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheHulk 2,437 Posted January 4, 2024 Share Posted January 4, 2024 Antonio Silva but both are better than Disasi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,489 Posted January 4, 2024 Share Posted January 4, 2024 3 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said: I just think it was pretty poor squad planning to let 200+ games of experience walk out the door for minimal transfer fees and then put 200+ million into 2 talented but very young midfielders without any experience around them. I feel bad for both Caicedo and Enzo as they'll never live up to the price tags that were paid for them. When you spend 100+ million on a mid, you're expecting goals or assists or something special every single game (like a Hazard or Bellingham or even at a stretch a motivated Pogba). It wasn't minimal transfer fees though. We were lucky to get 150 m for Havertz (65), Mount (55m when contract was running out), Koulibaly (17m) , Mendy (16m) If you add in Kovacic, CHO, Pulisic and RLC, the club raised 200m in sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whats happening 1,615 Posted January 4, 2024 Share Posted January 4, 2024 love how we gave up on disasi after 6 months 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,380 Posted January 4, 2024 Share Posted January 4, 2024 10 minutes ago, whats happening said: love how we gave up on disasi after 6 months 🙄 He isn't it. I remember someone warned us about his average defending and lack of pace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,380 Posted January 4, 2024 Share Posted January 4, 2024 3 hours ago, TheHulk said: Haha another LCB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whats happening 1,615 Posted January 4, 2024 Share Posted January 4, 2024 8 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said: He isn't it. I remember someone warned us about his average defending and lack of pace. we dont know if he's it or isnt. love how we never learn from our mistakes, or others mistakes. later when he owns in another team we will wonder how did that happen and how our board is clueless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,937 Posted January 4, 2024 Share Posted January 4, 2024 Have to say.. I really like the look of Antonio Silva... he looks like a proper good old fashioned CB who gets the job done. None of this ball progressing shite who can't defend to save their Iives. bluesman2610 and King Kante 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,380 Posted January 4, 2024 Share Posted January 4, 2024 1 hour ago, whats happening said: we dont know if he's it or isnt. love how we never learn from our mistakes, or others mistakes. later when he owns in another team we will wonder how did that happen and how our board is clueless. We've been saying this with every player we sold and we've never regretted it. Good squad player but not someone I'd want starting week in week out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted January 4, 2024 Share Posted January 4, 2024 Antonio silva Colwill CB pairing. Sell disasi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vytis33 1,270 Posted January 4, 2024 Share Posted January 4, 2024 1 hour ago, whats happening said: love how we gave up on disasi after 6 months 🙄 I have no problem with Disasi in the club. Plays a variety of positions and at least has some heart it would appear. We've spent 3x the money on other players who surely aren't giving us 3x the performances. bigbluewillie and OhForAGreavsie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulvhedin 526 Posted January 4, 2024 Share Posted January 4, 2024 1 hour ago, DDA said: Have to say.. I really like the look of Antonio Silva... he looks like a proper good old fashioned CB who gets the job done. None of this ball progressing shite who can't defend to save their Iives. Considering we have so much problem with playing from the back with Colwill, Silva/Badi/Disasi then ball progressing CB is really needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon 53 Posted January 4, 2024 Share Posted January 4, 2024 7 minutes ago, ulvhedin said: Considering we have so much problem with playing from the back with Colwill, Silva/Badi/Disasi then ball progressing CB is really needed. I can't help wonder if the lack of team coherence, when I comes to playing out from the back or even breaking down low block defences, has more to do with the quality of coaching rather than quality of players. We're very quick to write off the players, but problem could be the instructions that they're getting. A good manager makes the team greater than the sum of it's parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,937 Posted January 4, 2024 Share Posted January 4, 2024 28 minutes ago, ulvhedin said: Considering we have so much problem with playing from the back with Colwill, Silva/Badi/Disasi then ball progressing CB is really needed. Although that is true we also need defenders who can defend and put their full blooded heart into every defensive action they make. We need leaders . This Silva looks like one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulvhedin 526 Posted January 4, 2024 Share Posted January 4, 2024 2 minutes ago, DDA said: Although that is true we also need defenders who can defend and put their full blooded heart into every defensive action they make. We need leaders . This Silva looks like one. Obviously it's true - currently we have defenders who can't play from the back and can't defend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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