Clone Pogba or buy KDB.
Fortifying in January, one position to strengthen: what would you go for?
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Levy will ask for 120M for Eriksen and then sell him for 50M to another club.
£120m? deal!
New manager? Start a fire sale for Blind, Young, Darmian, Fellaini, Mata, Lingard to get some funds. Get decent traditional two way FBs with that money. Get an athletic midfielder who can pass. Bring back TFM, Pereira if we can. Promote Mitchell. Buy a world class wide creative player, and a back up young winger. Ask Everton nicely if we can return Lukaku?
Think we can do all that in Jan.?
Think we can do all that in Jan.?
A spine for JM.
Has to be either a wide player (both full back and winger included) or a central midfielder. The latter since we've decided (true or not) that without Pogba we have absolutely nobody else who can do that role (I think it's true personally). In fact, I think Fellaini is probably the closest player we have to Pogba and that's bizarre.
I voted RW but the reality is we also need another CM and another No10.
Break the bank for a world class winger. Our wings fecking shocking, we basically rely on old wingers turned full backs Young and Valencia for our wide play. That's ridiculous quite frankly.
Unless we can get someone like Malcolm we should just stay pat. Every other top player we could possibly buy would probably be cup-tied.
It is sad that we lose Pogba and our whole tactics change and hoofball becomes our main game plan.
We need a central midfielder who can provide some creativity.
We need a central midfielder who can provide some creativity.
A #10 who can also play CM who makes himself available for passes and keeps the ball, as well as having some productivity in the final third. That way they can play when Matic and Pogba are in the team, but can also do something when Pogba isnt in the team. But its easy to say what we need and another thing entirely to find the correct player.
Ozil would fit the bill in many ways, but there are some concerns in bigger matches. Adam Ljajic is doing quite well this season funnily enough. Both Fekir and Milinkovic-Savic seem to give the ball away quite a lot. Although that was also true of De Bruyne in Germany and he's pretty much exactly what we need right now.
Ozil would fit the bill in many ways, but there are some concerns in bigger matches. Adam Ljajic is doing quite well this season funnily enough. Both Fekir and Milinkovic-Savic seem to give the ball away quite a lot. Although that was also true of De Bruyne in Germany and he's pretty much exactly what we need right now.
A right winger would be ideal.
Center midfield
Pogba back-up
And.... that's why Aboubakar over Lukaku. Lukakus shit.
That's what I've said but I'd go for someone who can play along side him in a 3 when they are both available. At the end of the day we should have more than 1 creative outlet.
Central midfield, we are too dependant on poggers. Get a player who can move the ball in the midfield
Agree. Get a mini-me Pogba or 2, so that one of them is always available.
Amen to that!Wenger to coach our offence.
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Should never buy players for backups
Our first 11 is not good enough why you buying reserves
Does it hurt to have a midfield which can provide some sort of shield for the defence, because right now they are not providing any kind of protection. It's down to some good defending and De Gea why we have the defensive record that we have, because our midfield is a walk through for most decent teams at the moment.
A pacey right winger.
Bale, Perisic, Griezmann, Willian, Mahrez or Hulk... all proven in the Champions League and any of them would be a big improvement on what we have currently.
Maybe even take a punt on someone like Inaki Williams or Quincy Promes. Zaha has been immense for Palace and looks exactly like someone we need. So why not get him back?
Basically we need to sign one of these players.
Bale, Perisic, Griezmann, Willian, Mahrez or Hulk... all proven in the Champions League and any of them would be a big improvement on what we have currently.
Maybe even take a punt on someone like Inaki Williams or Quincy Promes. Zaha has been immense for Palace and looks exactly like someone we need. So why not get him back?
Basically we need to sign one of these players.
Voted CM but realistically we also need a New 10 and a RW.
Recall pereira too
Recall pereira too
We need a top number 10.
Before the city game I would have said CM and/or RW. mentioning Eriksen (who we probably wouldn't get) and Zaha coming back. Now I think we're looking at more departments than those. The one than springs to mind is a traditional, attacking, tough left back in the Evra mode. Prepared to go through a wall to get his cross in. Namely: a fully fit Danny Rose!
A striker to replace Lukaku.
Young won't last forever but he has been one of our best players recently at LB and we have other players for cover so I think LB is the least of our worries for this season.
RW and Number 10
i really think that Valencia is a very reliable defensive RB who can cross
i really think that Valencia is a very reliable defensive RB who can cross
Now the league has gone thinking more long term.
So most of you think that by getting a right winger Lukaku is going to start scoring a lot of goals? We need a world class striker and a midfield player who can create chances out of nothing and as Jose is supposed to have said, a magician.
I would look for a central midfielder. Should be a good passer and also mobile.
We need another creative midfielder that can make things happen passing the ball forwards.
CM in January. The alternative to the Matic/Pogba midfield is too much of a drop off from what JM's midfield needs to be. The team can function with the attacking lineup we have for now, the midfield is much more important to how we setup.
Dendoncker impressed in the EL last season and is probably a realistic option in January. Fellani can be phased out if he's not going to be with us next season. Carrick will need replacing too but probably in the summer, it sounds like the lad from Lazio is suitable. Herrera is not high up on my Christmas card list after the derby, and its obvious he's seen as a backup these days.
Dendoncker impressed in the EL last season and is probably a realistic option in January. Fellani can be phased out if he's not going to be with us next season. Carrick will need replacing too but probably in the summer, it sounds like the lad from Lazio is suitable. Herrera is not high up on my Christmas card list after the derby, and its obvious he's seen as a backup these days.
I think we need a midfielder too, but not to push Pogba into the #10. In my opinion we shouldn't play with a #10. It should be more of a 4-3-3 or a 4-4-2 with a diamond midfield (then we play with a #10 obviously). Matic is obviously the holding midfielder and I would have Pogba as box to box from the left side but we need another creative player who is box to box on the right and Herrara and Fellaini just don't cut it. We need someone with some creativity and who can dribble and pick out a pass and shoot. A Modric type of player. I was hoping MickyT could be that player but he isn't good enough defensively and his confidence is low. I expect to see him sold. There's been talk of Ozil but again, like MickyT he is too much of a #10 and not good enough defensively. Perhaps Mourinho can help change that. Or perhaps we can just recreate Paul Scholes and all our problems would be solved
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I applaud the mods for including E)boue
We desperately need a #10, a RW, a LB and a RB.
That’s before you get into the fact we need more genuine quality in the squad so we can phase out the likes of Herrera and Mata
And this is the crux of the issue people. We have to address this rebuild one or two position at a time. So this time next year we will be in a similar position still bemoaning the need for X, Y or Z
That’s before you get into the fact we need more genuine quality in the squad so we can phase out the likes of Herrera and Mata
And this is the crux of the issue people. We have to address this rebuild one or two position at a time. So this time next year we will be in a similar position still bemoaning the need for X, Y or Z
Manager.
Sean Dyche will do.
Sean Dyche will do.