Recent content by Saf94

Anyone who thinks Maguire isn’t an upgrade on Smalling has got to be faking it or have insanely short term memory

Rashford has scored 20 goals this season. We have to replace his goals, getting a striker won’t make us top 4 but is certainly needed to ensure we don’t drop to midtable. Getting a creative midfielder is separate issue, we absolutely need to replace Rashfords goals and add depth to our attack

We’re the only club in constant rebuild? Are you serious? Where were you in the 30 years since Liverpool last won the league? Or the last decade and a half since Arsenal won the league. Or the decade Barcelona went without getting to a CL final. Or the 6 years Real Madrid went without getting...

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I wonder when journalists will learn you can pay for transfers over multiple years

Herrera was such a bit part player for 80% of his career here, so baffling how highly hes rated. He only played well this season in the initial Ole period when everyone was playing well. Lucky for him he got injured so avoided the backlash when everything went to shit The guy never was a huge...

The only thing I can think of is promoting Greenwood and trying to get him to first team level so he can play there. He certainly added a lot when he played against Cardiff but he’s still very raw. I think Mata could do well on the rw if we played a more possession focused style. He was...

I 100% agree that we don’t have the players to play the City way especially centre backs and dm. If you sign 2 AMs and want to play them both then that’s the only balanced way to do it. People love to talk about these crazy formations but hardly any team deviates from the standard 433 or 4231...

It’s very simple. You can’t play attacking football when you defend super deep. You can’t play a high line without defenders comfortable bringing the ball out and leaving space behind. We sign a cb and an rb, we play a high line, we dominate possession and we attack with more thrust because we...

This is a quote from Kyle Walker re Pochs pre season methods when he joined. From here - https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/football/1140752/revealed-how-horrible-mauricio-pochettino-knocked-tottenham-into-shape/ Just like Walker says, for 6 years we’ve had players who can play but can’t do the...

He’s not the type of guy you depend on, he isn’t Messi, he won’t win you games on his own. At Juve he scored 7/8 goals a season never more even when he was surrounded with quality. He was never the main man far from it, other guys took that mantle, same with France with Griez, Mbappe etc. He’s...

But what does fast fullbacks do when they’re all the way up the pitch? To play a high line you need the following qualities - Good acceleration - Intelligence and organisation - Good on the ball to avoid the press and bring the ball out These are the qualities we’ve been looking for in a...

Good point and I agree with this, I’m just not convinced Maguire and Lindelof as a pair possess these skills

In what way can we compensate for his lack of pace? Is Lindelof fast? Do we have a dm who will have the legs to cover? Our fullbacks will be high up the pitch how are they doing to cover? This literally makes no sense, feels like we’re trying to convince ourselves it will work when it’s plain to...

We fit Bruno and Pogba the same way that City fit De Bruyne and Silva. By playing a high line, compacting the space in midfield and dominating the ball. That’s surely the way we want to go as that’s the only way you play both of them in a midfield. People talk about the diamond all the time but...