We have said very same about Mengi.
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Yeah I've thought a few times that Mengi should be mentioned more in next seasons discussions.
Its one of the downsides to having an unstable club with constant manager changes, you cant expect the next manager that arrives to have a detailed view on all the academy prospects.
So I can understand ETH going for Timber but I would prefer he checks out all the players on loan first. But then again how many chances would ETH want to make with the young kids next season.
But I would absolutely push for Mengi to be back-up CB whilst moving the older squad players on.
There aren't many of them left nowadays..
Wasn't Mengi injured most of the season. He barely played the season before at Derby either.
one of the greatest double downs in Caf history right here
Goldshite creates his own transfer stories to fill his shows.
In Holland, other clubs are obligates to informed the parent club of their interest and this nearly always ends up leaking to domestic journos. It's why we knew Koopmeiners and Dumfries were heading to Atalanta and Inter respectively long before it happened.
It's highly unlikely we're anywhere advanced with a single ajax player, besides sniffing. Unless the deal gets finalized very fast/it's on deadline day, we will see reports from credible Dutch outlets first.
How did I miss that?one of the greatest double downs in Caf history right here
Comparing a black player to a monkey in 2022 then explaining it's because he moves gracefully like in the jungle is fantastic stuff
Crikey
Funniest Caf post since Fontaine's Rivaldo meltdown
Thanks! Didn’t know what type of player he was and heard he could play RB. As long as he’s technically better than AWB he will improve us I guess!
You honestly didn't know it's inappropriate to use that analogy in regards to a black man? You either live under a rock or in eastern Europe
Will we sign him for cb or for full back? I’d say CB to be honest but a lot of fans reckon he’ll be our RB.
I’ve heard rumours he’s already picked out which journalist he’s going to leak info to next season
He’s a CB. I don’t understand why so many are convinced we’d sign him to be our RB. Could be do a job there? Sure, if needed I guess. But if we want a RB we’d sign a RB.
Exactly. He’s a ball playing CB and that’s what ten Hag loves about him so if we signed him he’d definitely be playing CB.
Thought we already signed him?
Maguire, Varane and Lindelof are all ball playing CBs. RB is a much weaker area especially if Ten Hag wants rid of AWB.
But we won’t sign a cb to play rb… we need both.
It's not quite that simple, I think.
He is a ball playing CB but he's a ball playing CB who already gets some game time at RB and who (according to the Statsman Dave video at least) Rangnick has previously suggested could ultimately develop into a DM. It would seem unwise to me to assume his current position is fixed when he's only 20 years old.
It's also worth noting that Ajax's fullbacks regularly invert into the below positions in possession. So it's not like it's a role where playing as a nominal RB precludes players from taking up CB and CM positions either. Quite the opposite.
Saying "he's a CB so he'll play at CB" is putting rather rigid definitions on a player and tactical set-up that is a lot more fluid than those terms suggest, I think.
In short, he's liquid player. We're gonna play fluid football
Oh my God
Jesus titty fecking Christ.
So how solid are the links?
I’m not sure. I need to watch him more to convince me he can but early impression that I get from him when I watched him is that he’s a CB not a DM.
He might start RB
He also has a habit of making a vid about 5 hours later titled "Timber Transfer Blow" or "Timber Deal Off" or something like that. Then he says, "I only report what I read in the news" & as we all know, we are always linked with loads of players every summer, so Goldbridge posting vids saying in talks with this player, fee agreed for that player means very little.
Hearing a lot of rumours around pau Torres… maybe he’s the signing we’re going to get. I think Erik ten Hag respects Ajax to much to tear there squad apart.. maybe we’ll get 1 player from Ajax which could be Antony… so getting a cb from somewhere else and then getting him as our rw would be decent business.
He’s so much more than that. He moves the ball better than Dalot and can actually defend, he’d be an upgrade on both of our current options. Guy can play numerous roles, is well know to Ten Hag, knows his system and fits in with his ethos. Ten Hag loves players who are flexible and Timber is probably the best suited player Ajax have who’d work in the premier league, so naturally he’d want him here and then figure out where he fits.
I’d wager he could well move into a holding midfield role, as he’s more comfortable with the ball than Rice.
Chelsea didn't advance doesn't mean they didn't create any significant chance from set pieces and long balls during that exact time span when Madrid's defense struggled dealing with them. Your question is completely irrelevant to the actual fact that Madrid's defense full of defenders who are both short had a nightmare against Kai Havert and other tall Chelsea players
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We’ll see…
It's also a case of seeing what we have, and what he is, and what is available. Is Timber part of Ten Hag's future plans as a CB? Sure. Timber is only 20 though. New league and drastically more difficult one. He can play at RB and Ten Hag has used him there in the past, but obviously they had an excellent RB in Mazraoui so he was the main guy. With that in mind... He'll look at our squad and see Varane, Maguire and Lindelof as CB options, with only Dalot as a RB option. It's common sense. What is a bigger upgrade, Timber over Maguire or Lindelof while using Dalot, or Timber over Dalot while using Maguire?
He might move him centrally eventually or use him to rotate there while mainly being a RB, and eventually buying a right back. Those who say "buy a RB then".... Well, who? Easy to say buy a RB, but maybe Ten Hag and the recruitment team feel Timber would do a better job at RB than anyone we could buy at RB, while also being part of the long term plan anyway, while at the same time being a stop gap until we find a long term RB.
And if there is no RB available who could do a better job than Timber could do at RB, then we'll just use Timber there. It's not like it's a foreign position to him that he's unsuited to. It actually makes a lot of sense for his own development.
Erm......one of the greatest double downs in Caf history right here
My word, page 33 of this thread is insanity.
Nobody prepares a bid like us
I think he'd play DM if we signed him in the fabinho mold. Covering the full back areas as the team moved forward.
I'd hoped that would have changed with the new CEO.Nobody prepares a bid like us
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