Recent content by NoPace

I don't really know anything about McKenna's vibes or if he'd struggle to wield authority like Potter did at Chelsea. De Zerbi doesn't seem to lack for confidence, I feel pretty confident about that one. Might fall out with the board, but seems like he'd happily bench anyone and impose a style...

Mbappe is still a better RW than the best RW in the world (Salah? Saka?)

I bet on Davies to score when he came on because they gave him FB odds. If this sub happens I will hold you responsible.

Looking at guys that Transfermarkt says has 2 years left from Prem teams outside the top teams: Guehi, Adingra, Ait-Nouri stand out as guys who have played well and their teams might be willing to sell for not completely insane fees rather than have them run down their contracts, though you'd...

I didn't realize the core McKenna's starting XI was mostly guys in their late 20s who haven't done a ton at the top level. That's really impressive. Hire him, admit we are rebuilding and nowhere close to competing for the league and CL and build nice and slow and sensibly. I get why they think...

I'd put our over under for a league place at about 8.5 with Southgate here. We're in 8th right now but one of West Ham, Brighton, or Palace maybe passes us if they get things right, and maybe Newcastle or Villa with the stress of Europe slump. We can concede 30% less shots, go from -3 GD to...

My wild guess is it would look like this: ------------------------Onana------------------------- ----------Tobido-Maguire-Martinez--------- (Shaw, Lindelof, Young CB or Kambwalla) Dalot---------#8-------#6---------Locko/Bard (Cheap RWB, Mainoo, McTominay, Shaw, Malacia)...

Problem is it's probably going to be a long contract and there's no real evidence that Southgate can impose a tactical style on a team. I can see the argument for looking at the holes in our squad and the injury issues and wanting a manager who can switch between 3 or 4 at the back depending...

Yeah, terrible fit between manager and player. Atletico woulda been a good move for him.

Yeah it was ridiculous not to spend that money on say 2 young players and a striker in his prime doing well in a decent but not top league: 1) Defender 2) DM 3 ) Striker I guess ideally we would just be as smart as Sporting Lisbon and bought Gyokeres and Hjulmand with the money and we'd still...

11M a year (55M over 5 years) so if he leaves summer of 2025 for 33M to say West Ham or Everton then it's only a short term disaster?

Also their wingers are bad, their best players are basically all CBs and it would probably suit Xavi Simons. ------------------------------Striker------------- ---------------------Gapko---------XaviSimons------------------ Maatsen----De Jong--------Koopmeiners-------Frimpong...

His first step cutting inside is really good, long legs an asset there and he just glides, so he can look up and make a pass instead of alway having his head down like our wingers when they cut inside the fullback like 25-30 yards out.

I've been impressed with Iraola. Turned Christie into a decent #8, surviving with no real strength in midfield (Cook-Christie-Kluivert is very lightweight), replace Adam Smith at RB with someone younger and better defensively and you're probably down from 60 goals conceded to a more normal 55...

I don't want him on account of his bigoted posts , but there's a lot of footballing logic in a deal like Sancho for N'Mecha and 15M or so. He lived in Manchester as a City academy kid, has been a bust at Dortmund and would give us some athleticism in midfield.