I havent seen him a lot no, thats why I'll be keeping an eye on him in the future. I don't know that he is good enough. He just impressed me in the champions league this week and I know he's doing well for Dortmund who are top of the league too. And yeah, from what I've seen he does look like he might have everything. I'm sure the frequent watchers of the bundasliga will know more about him@Ekeke
Akanji looks a monster. Have you seen him play much? From those highlights he looks like he can pretty much do everything, what are his weaknesses?
De Ligt evenThe dream would be both De Lift and Skriniar and getting rid of Jones, Rojo and Lindelof at the very least.
Many of us wanted Maguire when he was leaving Hull for pennies instead of bringing in a kid with a huge question mark over his head coming from a far weaker league, with painfully obviously positional issues and having only like 30 appearances for his club at that moment.Still annoyed we didn’t get Lenglet for £30m. Best value on the market by a long, long way. He looks fantastic.
I’d love us to get De Ligt, and hopefully by either an improvement of fortunes on the pitch or a glamorous manager we can be realistic in our pursuit of such talent. That said, I think De Ligt plus one more senior centre half is ideal, with Rojo and Jones at the very least shipped. Bailly is on notice too in my opinion.
Who's frenkie?Smalling - Frenkie - Koulibaliy
Good luck opposite team.
Sell Jones, Lindelof - Keep Bailly & Rojo as back up alongside TFM & Tuenzebe.
Back up
Bailly - TFM - Rojo
In my opinion we need DM type players in a back 3 to provide quantitive back up on the defence and qualititve back up on the attack. Much like felliani does for us but better.
De Jong. A central midfielder.Who's frenkie?
I thought that is what he meant but I'm wondering why then he has him named in a back three?De Jong. A central midfielder.
Never mind, I didn't read his full post. I'm having an absolute mare today. Time for bedDe Jong. A central midfielder.
Christ. Now even our fans want to play DMs out of position to fill the team with them like MourinhoSmalling - Frenkie - Koulibaliy
Good luck opposite team.
Sell Jones, Lindelof - Keep Bailly & Rojo as back up alongside TFM & Tuenzebe.
Back up
Bailly - TFM - Rojo
In my opinion we need DM type players in a back 3 to provide quantitive back up on the defence and qualititve back up on the attack. Much like felliani does for us but better.
A DM isn't out of position if he falls in to CB role on the defence.Christ. Now even our fans want to play DMs out of position to fill the team with them like Mourinho
Thats exactly where a DM is out of position, else we'd have been playing Carrick there for his career.A DM isn't out of position if he falls in to CB role on the defence.
It's what I had wanted from LVG's back 3 - to have a CDM that drops in to spread a qualified back 2 out wider with those 2 also having a central cog who can play a pass to initiate attacks from deep.
Great thing with de Jong is that he is also a great dribbler. Smalling or Koulibaliy give the ball to him from deep & I have no problem assuming that de Jong makes the right decision to get attacks flowing.
This is what I'm talking about - not a CDM playing as a CB but a CDM who can drop to make a back 2 a back 3 to cover space whilst having the ability to take the ball forward & act as a pivot for attacking play. We don't need to play with 3 at the back through the whole game - only when we need that extra man to shore things up.Thats exactly where a DM is out of position, else we'd have been playing Carrick there for his career.
We managed to keep De Gea and scoop Pogba while the world was watching. I don't see a problem with trying a young, exciting player instead of slowly aging Matic and extremely narrow Fellaini.@Van Piorsing our natural successor to the role that Blind should be playing for us instead of felliani purely for his aerial presence? Too bad he would be wanted by the whole of the world.
I'll certainly be watching some Dortmund games. If he's anywhere near as good as those clips suggestI havent seen him a lot no, thats why I'll be keeping an eye on him in the future. I don't know that he is good enough. He just impressed me in the champions league this week and I know he's doing well for Dortmund who are top of the league too. And yeah, from what I've seen he does look like he might have everything. I'm sure the frequent watchers of the bundasliga will know more about him
I agree completelyAny 2 out of De Ligt, Skriniar, Koulibaly or Maguire.
Get rid of Jones, Lindelof and Rojo.
I try not to miss a lot of FCB games because I think that watching Messi is a privilege. Regarding Lenglet, I'm pretty sure he hasn't been up to the standars at FCB. In fact, my FCB fan friends don't like him that much and want him replaced either with Frenkie or De Ligt.Still annoyed we didn’t get Lenglet for £30m. Best value on the market by a long, long way. He looks fantastic.
I’d love us to get De Ligt, and hopefully by either an improvement of fortunes on the pitch or a glamorous manager we can be realistic in our pursuit of such talent. That said, I think De Ligt plus one more senior centre half is ideal, with Rojo and Jones at the very least shipped. Bailly is on notice too in my opinion.
This guy is so good that the DT has no choice but to play him at RB because he knows that he won't get dribbled by, a lot of succesfull attacks from the other team and he's even good switching from defence to attack quick. Excellent shout.Anyone watching this new Serbian CB, Nikola Milenkovic. He and Skriniar could be the best pairing in the premiership if we could get them.
Unfashionable name and not sure about his ball retention skills.What about Tarkowski? How come we are never linked to him?
I don’t watch Burnley much, but he always seemed preety solid, and vocal too, which is something we lack in defence.
For those who watch Burnley matches, he’s not good enough?
I’ve literally never complained about our CBs ability on the ball...People can not complain about our CBs ability on the ball but, than throw out a name like Tarkowski.
Burnley are hyper defensive and their defenders would get exposed in bigger teams.What about Tarkowski? How come we are never linked to him?
I don’t watch Burnley much, but he always seemed preety solid, and vocal too, which is something we lack in defence.
For those who watch Burnley matches, he’s not good enough?
Hehhee.Christ. Now even our fans want to play DMs out of position to fill the team with them like Mourinho
He'd be my first choice, too. But he's probably going to Munich. I really hope we try at least.Why no mention of Pavard? ball playing defender, young, excellent in WC, versatile, and probably the future France NT.
What CB sells shirts? And why would we care if a player sells shirt?The big question is whather we are willing to pay van Dijk money for a CB that doesn't sell shirts, as that is what a lot of these options are going to cost IMO.