Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - We are SO back, the Premier League returns!

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we should get a good scouting team who have time to watch / examine thousands of players across europe.

a player of sure foot, press resistant, good short passing, robust, fast, good at tracking, 85% passing accuracy and above.

NB. if he is less good at the defensive side then control qualities have to be elite, so as to better defend via domination of possession. it doesn't seem that ETH wants to play that way but such a player would be of great value longer term.

NB. long passing is a bonus.

NB. short term loan of a sure footed carrier who can defend would be good in the absence of the ideal target. maybe even a mature player in their late 20's.

Good description of the profile that we need. The intent of my question was less around profile, but more so player.

Better said, based on the current needs of our midfield, which active footballer(s) would you get assuming we’d be able to move on the unwanted players in our squad.

For me, assuming we can move on Casemiro and Scottie, give me Pepelu and Caqueret
 

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I haven’t been following football since the Euros but I saw the Arsenal line up and hit the :unimpressed:

So same old huh?
 

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Good description of the profile that we need. The intent of my question was less around profile, but more so player.

Better said, based on the current needs of our midfield, which active footballer(s) would you get assuming we’d be able to move on the unwanted players in our squad.

For me, assuming we can move on Casemiro and Scottie, give me Pepelu and Caqueret

temporary loan could have been rabiot but he looked like he had lost some dynamism in what i saw of him in the euros.

berge is also a carrier but looks a bit clumsy on the turn.

de paul would be a good option.






pep unearthed the hitherto unheralded rodrigo :hubie:SAF pulled that same trick over and over again.
 
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