RedorDead21
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We need a player from midfield breaking the defensive lines. Haven't seen enough of him yet to know if he can do that.
What a quick clever little player. So comfortable on the ball in tight spaces and always looking to turn and move things forward and tenacious in the tackle which is exactly what we need. Very excited about what he can bring to the table. Could be a modric-esque type signing carrying the ball forward through the centre at pace. Hopefully with the ability he has he won’t take long to settle in.[/QUOTE]Some account posted this on Twitter.
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He played very good, he was playing right central mid with Herrera left and Pereira behind as CDM.where exactly did he play last night? how did we set up in midfield?
Fabinho was the caf's choice and he has been a certified disaster in pre-season. Had he signed for us we'd have multiple threads on how our scouting is so bad that fans could make the scouting reports.I dont know what some expected, it is not like he is some teenager we bought for 5m. He is a Brazilian international and CL experienced. We also payed decent money and he was on Citys radar too. I thought that was the minimum expected of him.
Yeah, caught my eye too from that video. He turned or passed back when he was under pressure, otherwise, he really wanted to get the ball forward. The small things that make us happy these daysPlus his first priority is to pass it forward and get the ball moving, that will help our transitional play so much.
Our defence does match them. It's only attack where they are significantly better.De Gea > Alisson
Matic > Fabinho
Fred > Keita (hopefully)
Pogba > Henderson
Still better than Liverpool in the areas they strengthened, now our attack and defense need to match them. Hopefully with Dalot and a new CB our defense is alright, while Sanchez, Lukaku, Martial and Rashford can only improve on last season.
Liverpool looked far better than us in the second half of the season with an okay midfield, the reason for that being is that Mane and Salah are far ahead of our wide players. They've upgraded their midfield and kept the same front line, so they should on paper look even better this season. Our signing Fred doesn't really mean anything when you're stuck with Sanchez and Lingard/Mata as your wide forwards.De Gea > Alisson
Matic > Fabinho
Fred > Keita (hopefully)
Pogba > Henderson
Still better than Liverpool in the areas they strengthened, now our attack and defense need to match them. Hopefully with Dalot and a new CB our defense is alright, while Sanchez, Lukaku, Martial and Rashford can only improve on last season.
I agree with de Gea and Pogba, hope you're right in regards to Matic/Fabinho as I don't see much of Monaco, but Keita is a sensational player. If Fred can match him, nevermind be better than him, then we've done well in signing him.De Gea > Alisson
Matic > Fabinho
Fred > Keita (hopefully)
Pogba > Henderson
We have the best GK so that's a no contest. I think Matip and VVD are a better CB duo than any we have. Robertson at LB is probably better than what we have but that's me going off all the praise Robertson is getting and me personally not being too thrilled with what Young and Shaw are producing. I'm one of the few who still think Valencia is an alright option at RB so I'd say we at least match them there. So yeah, probably even; mainly thanks to the brilliance of de Gea, imo.Our defence does match them. It's only attack where they are significantly better.
Crikey.Song for him :
Freeed son son son son
he's better than Kleberson
fred son son son son
he's not fat like Anderson
to the left to the right, to the samba beat tonight
he is class with a brass
and he shits on Herrerraa
The Black N’golo Kante (hopefully). And even a bit of Luka in there.
The Black N’golo Kante (hopefully). And even a bit of Luka in there.
He passes forward, that's enough to make him our new favourite player.I have also high hopes for him but some over the top praise here, reminds me of that Darmian hype in his first few games
Its the new signing effect where controlling the ball well once is extrapolated to be equivalent to Iniesta type controlI have also high hopes for him but some over the top praise here, reminds me of that Darmian hype in his first few games
Besides being a different kind of player, what color do you imagine Kante is?
Stuck with Sanchez, lol.Liverpool looked far better than us in the second half of the season with an okay midfield, the reason for that being is that Mane and Salah are far ahead of our wide players. They've upgraded their midfield and kept the same front line, so they should on paper look even better this season. Our signing Fred doesn't really mean anything when you're stuck with Sanchez and Lingard/Mata as your wide forwards.
Quite. This fecking forum, honestly.Stuck with Sanchez, lol.
Do you just go old school and only catch games on the radio?The Black N’golo Kante (hopefully). And even a bit of Luka in there.
Yes.Do you just go old school and only catch games on the radio?
Showed some nice little bits of ability in the game, the confidence to take the ball under pressure for example and showed he can turn on a six pence. Want to see more of him but looked promising.
Stuck with Sanchez, lol.
He was about 3 levels below last season what Salah and Mane were. Don't romantacise Sanchez based on what he once was, he was pretty poor last season for us. Wouldn't be as big a problem if we had someone on the RW too, but we don't, so more impetus falls on Sanchez and he's just currently far behind the likes of Sane, Mane, Hazard in his equivalent position.Quite. This fecking forum, honestly.
He looks so sharp, too. He'll rip the league up this season.