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The problem is many here think he's on that level. Which is where the arguments stem from, because when those of us suggest that we should move on and not build around him because of his clear deficiencies we are met with a cult like level of backlash about how he's carried the club and gives 100%

Yes I love referencing 5 years ago when talking about how the team plays worse without Bruno. That's a great example

Why the feck would anyone complain about an interim who'd only be here for a month? I swear some of you don't stop to think for a second

SJR and his crew clearly can make the call and it doesn’t have to be some masterstroke interim. Just anyone new to be a placeholder. There isn’t any real reason to keep him until the end of the year.

Not sure a "single action" would do it at this point

The comparison is a well run organization (best in the world if you discount the cheats) that is constantly proactive both in buying and selling players to one that is continuously inefficient and reactive in everything they do. They accept that they'll sell players a year earlier than they need...

I mean I don’t think either of the first 2 names are even available though otherwise yes those are no brainers. Everything I’ve seen of Neves is that he’d be best served alongside Mainoo instead of holding behind him. They could probably both play in a dual pivot against weaker opposition, but I...

Sure if you aim to be mid table then yes by all means players who have incredible availability and love the club should never be anything but adored. When you aim to actually be among the best clubs in the world the standard is much higher, otherwise you get stuck rolling out a lineup full of...

Correct. Sold him in ETH's first summer.

Almost got me

Yeah I believe most underlying metrics had us around 5th or so all things considered last year. Those same metrics believe we are bottom half of the table level this season. Either way it's a monstrous drop off.

I'm saying that's what the discourse is around him, that wasn't my own personal opinion. Should have put in quotes I guess to make that clear, but yeah in general I think for the type of striker he is he's been fine even when not scoring. But it's just the nature of a box striker, if you aren't...

I mean he's 22 right now so barring some horrid injuries I don't think it's going to diminish any time soon, but as I said before yeah he still needs a good amount of development to become fully well rounded as a top DM. DM is a crucial position no doubt, but it's also one where no matter what...

Correct. If you aren’t dangerous as a pure take on threat or running in behind, you have to be a supreme creative or goal threat in other ways which is just much harder to do consistently at the highest level.

Yeah I think I rate his technical ability/potential higher than you do which is where we diverge. I think at worst he can be a Casemiro at Madrid type DM where he can do the simple stuff with quality while not needing to have much of the burden in possession put on him. But of course this also...