Which is fair but no doubt those daft cnuts would want 40.
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30th percentile is ok for a deep lying playmaker which seems to be what ETH is targeting. Based on who we are targetting, ETH seems to be focused on getting better passers who know how to receive and progress the ball, which when you consider he's a very possession-oriented manager make sense, especially considering our cms are abysmal at all of these areas for a team competing for top 4. Surely we'd have seen some reliable links to some more press-heavy tackler if this was the type of player ETH was targeting?
We aren't signing a second centre midfielder, that's why there are no reliable links.
I think as a possession team you do actually have to press though. Otherwise it's pretty hard to maintain possesion of the ball if it takes an age to win it back. Generally teams like that want to monopolise the ball and you need a certain intensity to force that. I think it's a legitimate concern that we get players that can press, but maybe it's very coachable.
With good coaching he can be a valuable squad player IMO.
I've watched Eriksen constantly for the last decade. I don't think it's his best position, but he has played as a cm plenty of times before. At Brentford last season he played as a cm in a midfield 3 which wasn't exactly the same role as a midfield 2 behind a 10 would be for us, I'd imagine there'd be more defensive responsibility put on him if he was playing this deep for Utd. When De Jong played as a dm for Ajax, he played alongside a deep lying playmaker, not some sort of Ndidi destroyer/pressing machine. FDJ made far more tackles and interceptions than his midfield counterparts during this time. His role at Barca was completely different. Tielemans would certainly be comparable to Schone in terms of being first and foremost a good passer, used to possession football who also generally has good positional understanding (which was more important than Schone's actual pressing anyway). Knowing when to stay back while FDJ gets forward would be the essential thing and that part both Eriksen and Tielemans would probably be capable of.
Yeah he is integral to the squad. Because right now we have 2 midfielders.
Tielemans can press though. Leicester also tend to have relatively high possession which in turn makes the pressing numbers of a team look lower because they're actually controlling the ball so consistently. This means there are less presses because the other team barely has the ball. I think most would accept City are a very effective pressing team right? Well here's how Tielemans compares to the City midfielders (source: https://fbref.com/en/stathead/playe...1-2022&player_id6=6434f10d&p6yrfrom=2021-2022)
Playing with at least one midfielder who is poor at receiving and progressing the ball just doesn't seem likely for a manager who is so focused on one-touch and possession football. Fred and McTominay are both really bad at this
? Well, partly obviously. I'm just saying it's obvious if we're still starting McTominay a year from now we won't have progressed.….& that will be all McSauce’s fault will it?
We aren't going to get everything that ETH wants in the first window, he'll have to make do with some of the current players. He knows that, hence his comments about the second place finish and potential of current players.
Do you mean Tadic? Don’t think Berghuis ever played as a false nine.
Pressure stats are nice. For me, his general positioning from a defensive perspective, lack of mobility, and how he looks like he’s blowing out of his arse a lot of the time is the bigger issue for me.
And if we actually are actively going after Tielemans? What's the logic then? Where do you expect him to play? I'm pretty sure this is actually the 2nd time I've heard ETH likes him. Think I heard something like a week ago or something but don't know what the source was. If he is genuinely interested then would that not suggest he wants this type of possession based player and sees it as more of a priority than you seem to?
I love tweets like these, telling fans what a coach thinks & so long as it aligns with said fans opinions it’s used as gospel.
One day, one day, an incoming coach will come in and say, “McTominay? You must be having a laugh….he’s fecking useless! I’d rather bring Chadwick back than play that tool! When I start playing him in midfield you know I’m after the severance package”
Seriously, who is calling Tielemans a dm?
I'll cross that bridge if we come to it, not much else I can say.
Is he a number 10? Thought he was more of an 8.
My thinking too
Yes, but we would not play Tielemans and De Jong in a 2 man midfield, so he would be like an 8-10 in a 3 man midfield, hence instead of Eriksen in the formation. That is my opinion.
Ok. I thought there would be 2 midfielders behind a number 10 in a 4-3-3. Anyway, let’s see.
Whenever we have played Leicester, and when we played Anderlecht, he’s looked the best midfielder on the pitch by some distance.
Classic Football Manager declaration, you love to see it.
What a wishy washy comment
It may be, but it is what we need. What if we sign De Jong and he sprains an ankle? We’re back where we started. We need to add quality depth throughout the squad, especially in midfield.
