Mhsc 1,110 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 Gittens looks like more squad filler tbh, albeit decently well suited to Maresca's system Pretty underwhelming especially for £55m but lets see what he does for us. Who are supposed to be the stars at squad filler FC? Cole Palmer good player but may never be that guy doing insane numbers again, so then who is? Are we supposed to have faith that Delap does big big numbers on the first try? Or there just isn't even ambition to score the huge number of goals it takes to win PL? We still look massively short in terms of attacking threat imo. Upgrading our squad filler is good but it is more of a stabilisation job to get us back into being regularly top 5. Doing well in CWC papering over the situation a bit imo, will get found out in PL again during the season if we don't do something better than this before the end of summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,381 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 5 minutes ago, Pizy said: The number of question marks around João Pedro and what he means for the team make it difficult to form a definitive opinion as of now. If he’s being bought as a pure striker then I don’t know how we can have all 3 of Delap, Jackson, and João Pedro in the squad and keep them all happy. Jackson would have to be sold. If we’re Feels like we need to hear directly from Maresca if this move happens to judge whether he’s a decent buy or not. joao pedro will play in what position? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,862 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 1 minute ago, Mário César said: joao pedro will play in what position? He has played mostly LW at Brighton and as Striker and AM. He does have quite a bit of versatility and always looking for goal. I think he would put both Gittens and Noni on the bench. mkh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,045 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 8 minutes ago, Mário César said: joao pedro will play in what position? That’s what I’m asking. We won’t know until we either hear from Maresca after we’ve signed him or once he actually plays. Is he being seen as a left forward? If so, £60m seems insane when we’re also buying Gittens for the left at £55m. Is he being seen as a striker? We’ve got Delap and Jackson so when does he play? The only spot that makes some sense is in behind Delap or Jackson in a 2 striker system. But then how to you fit Palmer, Gittens, and Neto in at the same time? You don’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,110 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 One table that shows Gittens very favourably: xG and xA from dribbling situations. mkh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,045 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 8 minutes ago, Mhsc said: One table that shows Gittens very favourably: xG and xA from dribbling situations. Yeah, all the data and statistics I see posted all over Twitter with Gittens says he’s one of the best around for his age even if the eye test is polarizing. And we’ve heard many times that the people on our board are very data driven. So when you combine their love of data and their love of former City academy players, Gittens was a no brainer for them. Fernando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,077 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 52 minutes ago, Stats said: That is the thing, I like him. He is a jack of all trades and is very good at linking up with players, but for the money being touted, it baffles me. He does not blow me away. Good player. Top class? No. And we have similar players to him already. He is often good when he is playing of a target man, such as Delap which may be in the thought process too and he has more pace than likes of Nkunku, Felix, Palmer so probably makes us more fluid but think anything above £50m is way too much. I feel there's been no mention of his antics, though. We've gone crazy at Jackson for them in recent months, but have been seen what Pedro got away with last season? There's having that "bull" about you, and there's consistently going over the line. More eyes will be on him if he makes the move, so we all know these misdemeanours will be punished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,110 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 39 minutes ago, Pizy said: Yeah, all the data and statistics I see posted all over Twitter with Gittens says he’s one of the best around for his age even if the eye test is polarizing. The problem of course is Bundesliga + not playing for Chelsea. Those numbers are likely to tank while being 2v1'd. The plus side is it might be another player that requires 2v1 defending and occupies players to free up space in the middle. Strike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,629 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 1 hour ago, Pizy said: That’s what I’m asking. We won’t know until we either hear from Maresca after we’ve signed him or once he actually plays. Is he being seen as a left forward? If so, £60m seems insane when we’re also buying Gittens for the left at £55m. Is he being seen as a striker? We’ve got Delap and Jackson so when does he play? The only spot that makes some sense is in behind Delap or Jackson in a 2 striker system. But then how to you fit Palmer, Gittens, and Neto in at the same time? You don’t. Don't need to fit them all but agree with the logic - instead of spending 100m on Gittens and Neto in successive summers, we might as well have signed an elite winger by paying over the odds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,629 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 Even though there's Liverpool interest, we could be in the conversation for Guehi because of his time here, familiarity with Colwill + the fact that he is keen to be playing regularly in a WC year. Not sure he fancies rotating with Konate at Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,198 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 7 hours ago, Vesper said: Hope we get this level of winger play again some day: What a player. I remember when it was announced we was signing him and I was elated. I just knew he was going to be a star here. It is funny watching this video, he scored a few free kicks. Don't remember him scoring much free kicks for us if at all. He scored one in an FA Cup game against City but not much other than that. So many memories. If I had to pick my favourite Hazard game for us, I probably am going for the 3-0 win against Newcastle where he scored a hattrick. All brilliant goal, including the penalty. The performance at Stadium of Light against Sunderland is a close call too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,479 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 Newcastle giving us money to beat them in the race for Pedro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,381 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 Just now, NikkiCFC said: Newcastle giving us money to beat them in the race for Pedro. and city ahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,611 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 4 hours ago, Mário César said: brojam lolol the Albanian Tractor Blue Armour and Fulham Broadway 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,381 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 joao pedro done Fernando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DH1988 1,356 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 What a weird signing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,596 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Mário César said: joao pedro done What a nonsense signing like usual, could've put a bit more and get an absolute baller like Xavi, most underwhelming big signings I've ever seen. Edited June 29 by TheHulk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whats happening 1,645 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 i really dont know what to think of this signing. he should be better than nkunku and im not sure what this means for jackson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,381 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 idk what think about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,862 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 2 minutes ago, TheHulk said: What a nonsense signing like usual, could've put a bit more and get an absolute baller like Xavi, most underwhelming big signings I've ever seen. He is good on the left, Gittens just got a much harder way to get first team minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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