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post Aug 14 2018, 03:29 PM
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 14 2018, 05:11 PM) *
Him and his agen wanted a huge wage and extortionate fees. That's why

He's earning 6m NET per year at Everton, we'd never pay that kind of money unless it was a top class player.

Castillejo looks like a slightly faster version of Suso.

Don't know, I feel like we've done all the business we'll do this summer and Bakayoko and Castillejo were our last signings. We still have a gaping hole in our midfield imo. Rino worries me, as I can see him fielding Bakayoko and Kessie on either side of Biglia, which would be horrifyingly bad


I agree about the midfield. We need someone who can control the game a la Modric. Would be nice if we could pay big cash on a good midfielder. Also, don't you think we're lacking one striker? Higauin and Cutrone seems a bit thin.

Are you satisified with the wingers? Suso/Hakan is not a bad combo to have. They will only improve with time, and having Higuain there could build a nice trident.
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post Aug 14 2018, 04:19 PM
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Yeah, I agree that the midfield is a little sparse. I was really hoping for the mid from Real - Ceballos. For me, he would fit in really well in our midfield and would provide a creative element we haven't had in a long time. Also, he would make losing Loca a bit easier to take. I would be over the moon to get either him or Barella from Cagliari as a young mid to bring some creativity.

I had such high hopes for him - really thought he would be one to take the next step but his game never evolved the way I expected it to. Does anyone have a good idea of the Primavera - who is the next kid to take a step up? I feel like we have had a youngster pop up once a year into the first team for the past 5 or so years. (De Sciglio, Donnaruma, Calabria, Locatelli, Cutrone) Just wondering if anyone has an idea of who could possibly make the jump this year.
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post Aug 14 2018, 07:40 PM
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QUOTE (William405 @ Aug 14 2018, 03:29 PM) *
I agree about the midfield. We need someone who can control the game a la Modric. Would be nice if we could pay big cash on a good midfielder. Also, don't you think we're lacking one striker? Higauin and Cutrone seems a bit thin.

Are you satisified with the wingers? Suso/Hakan is not a bad combo to have. They will only improve with time, and having Higuain there could build a nice trident.


The problem is that Hakan is not a winger. He's a midfielder, plain and simple. I can only see him as trequartista in a hypothetical 4-2-3-1 or as CM in Gattuso's 4-3-3. But having a midfield of three, with both him and Suso on the wings leaves us bare-threaded in attack, with only Higuain as forward.

Nowadays teams play with 3-4 forwards, we're doing the opposite.
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post Aug 14 2018, 07:44 PM
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QUOTE (William405 @ Aug 14 2018, 03:29 PM) *
I agree about the midfield. We need someone who can control the game a la Modric. Would be nice if we could pay big cash on a good midfielder. Also, don't you think we're lacking one striker? Higauin and Cutrone seems a bit thin.

Are you satisified with the wingers? Suso/Hakan is not a bad combo to have. They will only improve with time, and having Higuain there could build a nice trident.

We need a Modric and an Alcantara type imo. Biglia for me was average last season. Maybe he'll have settled in a bit more this season but age is certainly not on his side. We need someone who can sit and control the tempo better than him, and we need someone who can replace Bona, someone who can create, carry the ball forward and always look for the forward pass. Rabiot for example would be perfect but again, he's another player who is simply out of our reach

Between these 2 roles I mentioned, I think we're craving the latter more than the former. We can do with Biglia for another season, we just can't go into another season with Bona as our mezzalla, he's just not good enough and at times last season he was a liability in that position.

As for the wings, I still think that there is a glaringly obvious lack of pace in this side, Suso is slow, Hakan is slow, we don't take advantage of any counter attacks because of this, Castillejo looks marginally faster than both but it's still not enough imo.

For me, the only problem in the squad we really managed to address has been the striker position. And I don't think it's a problem to only have 2 tbh. Higuain will be a sure starter in practically every game. Getting someone else will only limit the small amount of time Cutrone will have this season.
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post Aug 14 2018, 07:49 PM
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 14 2018, 07:40 PM) *
The problem is that Hakan is not a winger. He's a midfielder, plain and simple. I can only see him as trequartista in a hypothetical 4-2-3-1 or as CM in Gattuso's 4-3-3. But having a midfield of three, with both him and Suso on the wings leaves us bare-threaded in attack, with only Higuain as forward.

Nowadays teams play with 3-4 forwards, we're doing the opposite.

The problem is that they're all so slow. We simply have trouble even taking advantage of a counter attacking opportunity because Suso slows the play up most of the time.

A 4-2-3-1 would still leave us with a different set of issues. We don't have the personnel for it. We don't have enough wingers and Hakan is the only player we have who could play as an attacking midfielder



I'm still hoping we'll make one last singing after Bakayoko and Castillejo. One really good midfielder is all we need to elevate this squad imo
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post Aug 14 2018, 07:51 PM
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 14 2018, 07:49 PM) *
The problem is that they're all so slow. We simply have trouble even taking advantage of a counter attacking opportunity because Suso slows the play up most of the time.

A 4-2-3-1 would still leave us with a different set of issues. We don't have the personnel for it. We don't have enough wingers and Hakan is the only player we have who could play as an attacking midfielder


Kessie - Biglia
Suso - Hakan - LFW
Higuain


We lack a left winger, that's the problem. Otherwise, we do have the personnel for it.
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post Aug 14 2018, 08:20 PM
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post Aug 14 2018, 09:18 PM
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Nice to see the burst of activity here. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Aug 14 2018, 09:21 PM
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 14 2018, 09:40 PM) *
The problem is that Hakan is not a winger. He's a midfielder, plain and simple. I can only see him as trequartista in a hypothetical 4-2-3-1 or as CM in Gattuso's 4-3-3. But having a midfield of three, with both him and Suso on the wings leaves us bare-threaded in attack, with only Higuain as forward.

Nowadays teams play with 3-4 forwards, we're doing the opposite.


I agree. He would be better as an attacking midfielder. As a winger, he does OK because he has some sick shot on him.

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post Aug 14 2018, 09:22 PM
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 14 2018, 09:51 PM) *
Kessie - Biglia
Suso - Hakan - LFW
Higuain


We lack a left winger, that's the problem. Otherwise, we do have the personnel for it.


Looks good, only lacking the winger. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Aug 14 2018, 09:26 PM
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 14 2018, 09:44 PM) *
We need a Modric and an Alcantara type imo. Biglia for me was average last season. Maybe he'll have settled in a bit more this season but age is certainly not on his side. We need someone who can sit and control the tempo better than him, and we need someone who can replace Bona, someone who can create, carry the ball forward and always look for the forward pass. Rabiot for example would be perfect but again, he's another player who is simply out of our reach

Between these 2 roles I mentioned, I think we're craving the latter more than the former. We can do with Biglia for another season, we just can't go into another season with Bona as our mezzalla, he's just not good enough and at times last season he was a liability in that position.

As for the wings, I still think that there is a glaringly obvious lack of pace in this side, Suso is slow, Hakan is slow, we don't take advantage of any counter attacks because of this, Castillejo looks marginally faster than both but it's still not enough imo.

For me, the only problem in the squad we really managed to address has been the striker position. And I don't think it's a problem to only have 2 tbh. Higuain will be a sure starter in practically every game. Getting someone else will only limit the small amount of time Cutrone will have this season.


Hmm interesting.

I totally agree with respect to the midfield. I hope we get that marquee signing.

However, with respect to the wingers, I don't see us changing our starting wingers. Unless, we buy another pacy winger and we put Hakan in midfield. It doesn't bother me the lack of pace, we don't have to play necessarily a 4-3-3 reliant on counter attacks. But, more on build-up player. They are two slow places(Hakan/Suso), but between the two, they have a good amount of quality to supply Higuain imo.

It is good that Gattuso is given the time to work with this squad. In my opinion, if we don't play convincingly. We need to change coaches ASAP to not a lose another season.

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Pfff, doesn't excite me.
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post Aug 14 2018, 10:10 PM
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Looks like Castillejo is going to happen (link)
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post Aug 14 2018, 11:11 PM
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QUOTE (Forza Milan! @ Aug 14 2018, 10:10 PM) *
Looks like Castillejo is going to happen (link)


Another left footed winger? We already have Suso, Halilovic and probably Castillejo. Not to mention he's a pretty mediocre player. Leonardo is starting to disappoint me.
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post Aug 15 2018, 05:08 AM
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Diego Laxalt i believe would be a younger version of borini that where ever we have injury crises he could fit in defense, midfield or attack.

I think leo has done okish considering the situation we were in june. We still have not found any agreement with UEFA so we had to make sure that all our spending are backed by selling players. Doing that without selling any player is a good achievement. We have more or less same quality overall with improvement in striker department. If luck favors us then a top 4 finish could be possible. The key difference between last year and this year is that even if we are getting mediocre players, they are for positions which need to be filled rather than every random guy available.
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