Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - We are SO back, the Premier League returns!
I think he mostly sticks with a back 3 because of our lack of great CB’s and over abundance of RB’s who are capable of playing(we see Walker at RCB ).
We didn’t/don’t have 2 CB’s good enough to play as a 2 and defend one-on-one on the counter. Also the fact that it’s hard to leave Trent out and he’s notoriously a bit lax defensively despite his obvious attacking qualities.
So Gareth plays it safe and seeks the extra protection of a 3, while somewhat lessening Trent’s defensive responsibilities as a RWB. As well as putting Walker in there for his recovery pace the other CB’s don’t have.
The big unknown here atm is Stones’ return to form and whether that impacts the thinking. Stones-Maguire still isn’t the quickest but with a Walker and Shaw at FB’s we might have the recovery pace(Walker) and defensive ability(Shaw) to do ok. But then what about Trent? It’s a bit of a mess tbh, not a lot of balance to be found.
why not? the game changed for the better.
all these transfers here were worth it. fukk around, Pepe might come good too. Coutinho went to the worst team possible bc there's this player called messi there who does everything he does great, better. It aint like Coutinho still don't got it, look how he did at Bayern?how is Coutinho doing these days? will be coming back to the prem?
Game hasn't gotten better
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It shows how few clubs can buy players at that price. That's not many when you consider all of the clubs out there. Some adjustments are possible in that Arsenal would struggle to do that again and City is absent. It must be a City policy to not pay above a certain amount.
9-10 clubs. At the upper-upper end you were, pre covid, looking at PSG, City, Man Utd, Real, Barca and possible Juve. Post-covid it is probably just PSG, City, Man Utd, Real.
Madrid, Barca, Juve and Inter cannot afford him or his wages. Arsenal just celebrated from offloading Ozil, you think they gonna sign Coutinho? Which leaves 3 teams, and China
who knows, maybe Brendan Rodgers can get Leceister to take a punt?
City don't negotiate over a certain price. They only make the move if the other club doesn't mess with the price too much and if the player really wants to come. We got out bid for Pogba, Fred, Maguire, Jorginho, Koulibaly, Van Dijk. I imagine if we make a move for Haaland something similar will happen. It's just the transfer policy at the moment.
Kunty McPhuck
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Madrid, Barca, Juve and Inter cannot afford him or his wages. Arsenal just celebrated from offloading Ozil, you think they gonna sign Coutinho? Which leaves 3 teams, and China
China got a salary cap.
Kunty McPhuck
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Dortmund need to cash in on him this summer otherwise that 75m release clause kicks in next summer. And after this season he may want to go as the team going nowhere with its current construction. If they want to keep him they have to get a proper coach.
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It's a good policy IMO.
