milka 3,407 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 this guy Alvarez is defensive midfielder not a defender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,337 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Just watched a comp on YouTube of this dude Alvarez. Looks to be a textbook destroyer. Which admittedly we could really use right about now but I didn’t really get a sense at all of what else he does besides tackling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blahblahblah 73 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 12 minutes ago, Vesper said: Ajax is laughing all the way to the bank with the EPL mugs Would not trust most of these sources. We were going to apparently offer 100m for fofana, yet ended up buying for significantly less. Would not be surprised if we honestly want to get ziyech off the books, and have proposed a swap or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blahblahblah 73 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, Pizy said: Just watched a comp on YouTube of this dude Alvarez. Looks to be a textbook destroyer. Which admittedly we could really use right about now but I didn’t really get a sense at all of what else he does besides tackling. That's all we need right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa19 858 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 17 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said: Bit of a weird one but because of my skin colour, I grew up as a bit of a running joke that I was Mexican and as a result I've actually followed Mexico a bit as a football team and kind of support them as my 'adopted' nation. If we're talking primarily as a holding midfielder he's good and solid. He's the sort of player that can knit and hold things together. At 6ft 2 as well he'd offer a lot more physicality to the midfield. But he's not great on the ball - he's not terrible, and would at least look to keep things simple but how that transfers across to English football would be my worry coming to play in England with the pace and intensity. I'm not saying he's as bad, but we've already seen in the past someone like Bakayoko look passable outside of England but completely struggle over here. For me, he'd need to be able to show he's quicker on the ball, particularly if he played in a pivot. If you played a 4-3-3 with a genuine holder then he'd actually be a pretty good choice in that role. But as a pivot in a 3-5-2 or 4-2-2-2 I'm not quite sure. This is some deep freudian stuff mate. I love it 🥂 Superblue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,337 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Ornstein corroborating now. Jesus. Will this kill our interest in Rice next summer? We won’t need two hugely expensive DM’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maravel21 36 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 no more Gallagher and Jorginho thank you God 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blahblahblah 73 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, Pizy said: Ornstein corroborating now. Jesus. Will this kill our interest in Rice next summer? We won’t need two hugely expensive DM’s. If we finish outside top4/6 while United finish with a European spot, rice might anyway choose not to come here and waste his time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,337 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Apparently he’s pretty poor on the ball and passing. 😕 Boycie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blahblahblah 73 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Just now, Maravel21 said: no more Gallagher and Jorginho thank you God 🙏🏻🙏🏻 If we shift to a 4-3-3, Gallagher should and would play. Blue Armour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maravel21 36 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 1 minute ago, Pizy said: Apparently he’s pretty poor on the ball and passing. 😕 Yes but he knows how to intercept Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 10,278 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 9 minutes ago, Pizy said: Apparently he’s pretty poor on the ball and passing. 😕 From what I've read the Ajax fans love him and say he is massively underrated. Great on the ball too.. keeps it simple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,337 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 What we’re crying out for in midfield is someone who is super comfortable on the ball yet still very athletic and mobile. Someone who a can also break the lines with a key pass. Frenkie De Jong or Declan Rice in other words. This guy, from what I’m reading and watching, is brilliant at breaking up play but not much else. Much like so many other of our current players he’ll probably struggle when pressed due to his limited technical ability on the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blahblahblah 73 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 4 minutes ago, Pizy said: What we’re crying out for in midfield is someone who is super comfortable on the ball yet still very athletic and mobile. Someone who a can also break the lines with a key pass. Frenkie De Jong or Declan Rice in other words. This guy, from what I’m reading and watching, is brilliant at breaking up play but not much else. Much like so many other of our current players he’ll probably struggle when pressed due to his limited technical ability on the ball. Mate, in the first para, you basically defined the perfect and the most ideal midfielder. 😂 There are a handful of such ones left. Anyone other than rice, fdj, fabinho and maybe a couple more will have some issue or the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,337 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 1 minute ago, blahblahblah said: Mate, in the first para, you basically defined the perfect and the most ideal midfielder. 😂 There are a handful of such ones left. Anyone other than rice, fdj, fabinho and maybe a couple more will have some issue or the rest. 🤣🤣🤣 True. We need a player that’s a mixture of Kante, Cesc, and Jorginho all in one. Which is why FDJ is so sought after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,158 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 4 minutes ago, blahblahblah said: Mate, in the first para, you basically defined the perfect and the most ideal midfielder. 😂 There are a handful of such ones left. Anyone other than rice, fdj, fabinho and maybe a couple more will have some issue or the rest. no one listens to me but Kouadio Koné fits that bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,158 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Just now, Vesper said: no one listens to me but Kouadio Koné fits that bill I tipped Armel Bella-Kotchap as a good young Bundesliga player to watch, and he destroyed us in the SOTON game Strike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blahblahblah 73 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, Vesper said: no one listens to me but Kouadio Koné fits that bill Did you give your recommendation to klopp too? 😂 Cause i remember reading links of this guy to Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,976 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 At least as a Mexico international he is getting quality play in CONCACAF........ ......😂 Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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