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.