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Predict your flops of the season
- Thread starter Irrational.
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This thread will backfire for some people.
Jovic. Rumours was that Zidane wanted to loan him out for this season already as he didn't feel he was ready which is a big indictment considering they spent over £50m on him.
Yeah he looks goodWe paid 28m up front and he's already looked great in his first two starts.Happy to be wrong on this but I don't think we will regret this at all.
Sessegnon, Lo Celso, Gbamin, Angelino, Cancelo, Adams, Martinelli, Perez, Tregzeguet, Joelinton, Cutrone, Sarr, Jovic, Duncan.
Some wild stabs in the dark but I'm confident in that half will flop.
Some wild stabs in the dark but I'm confident in that half will flop.
Lukaku.
Luka Jovic for Madrid, I think he won't be able to put on with the pressure on Madrid. Also Benzema has nailed his place in the starting XI with Zidane so I dont think he'll get much oportunities.
Other than some stints in the past, I'm surprised that nobody has figured out that Luiz isn't a centre half and is more like a DM. In fact, he would probably excel in that role. Like Ramos, he's a very good footballer. But also like Ramos, he's a horrible defender and a mistake waiting to happen. With that being said, the only reason why I wouldn't predict him to be a flop at Arsenal is because of how low his price tag was. Plus, as bad as he can be, he's still an upgrade on Mustafi...
I agree with Gbamin, looked really shakey.
But Martinelli? He was brought in to play in their youth system most likely, for him to flop you'll need to wait like 4 years.
Hazard
Maguire
Griezmann
Pepe
All will be decent at least, but won't contribute nearly as much as expected and therefore will be considered as the high-profile flops. I wanted to include Cancelo there too but he'll barely play and no one will notice, most likely.
Maguire
Griezmann
Pepe
All will be decent at least, but won't contribute nearly as much as expected and therefore will be considered as the high-profile flops. I wanted to include Cancelo there too but he'll barely play and no one will notice, most likely.
Éder Militao.
I think both have been utterly horrible together. They haven’t clicked and don’t seem to understand each others game or what their individual roles should be.
Then again, attacking players being managed by the archaic Bruce....
No, he’s one of these hyper-cool edgy posters who insinuates that no one on the Caf rates any of our players so he makes silly posts. Hint, he’s not cool whatsoever and posters of his ilk are equally as irritating as the doom mongers.
Jovic : Don't think Madrid is the right environment for him at this present time. Still needs to grow as a player.
Think the pressure will get to him.
Can see him being loaned out in January.
Think the pressure will get to him.
Can see him being loaned out in January.
Iwobi is comfortably better player than lookman. Iwobi is very good footballer. Just cant shoot and not great finisher. As long as you dont rely on him to be consistent goalscorer. He will be fine.
I think Maguire will be seen as waste of money. Not that he is no good. But United will concede close to 50 goals in the league and he will be questioned
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He's been played as a DM before and it didn't work.
He played DM as cover when players were out a few years ago and I thought it worked well. Either way, couldn't have been as bad as him as a defender
Can Luiz even be listed as a potential flop when we all know already that he's fecking shite?
Rashford, Lingard
Rashford. I can see him limping to 10-12 goals, tops.
I appreciate his age, and it's not his fault. He should be backing up a peak front three. Not effectively leading it.
I appreciate his age, and it's not his fault. He should be backing up a peak front three. Not effectively leading it.
I really like Luiz, but he’s the last thing that Arsenal backline needs. A dull but solid defender would have been far more useful.
Rashford isn't exactly someone who can call a flop. First of he's an academy player and second he already has 2 goals in 4 games. Most likely he will reach again 10-15 goals in PL considering he has no competition for his place - hence won't really flop.
Mata new contract!
On a serious note, in EPL, has to be Kean. A lot of money on a teenager I think is pretty average.
In La Liga, between De Jong and Jovic (i think that is his name at Madrid). Both are young, big reputations and went for a lot of money. are they ready?
In Seria A, either De Ligt or Ramsey (does that count, he was free but costs them 500k a week!)
In France, Herrea - went for free and cannot see him starting much.
On a serious note, in EPL, has to be Kean. A lot of money on a teenager I think is pretty average.
In La Liga, between De Jong and Jovic (i think that is his name at Madrid). Both are young, big reputations and went for a lot of money. are they ready?
In Seria A, either De Ligt or Ramsey (does that count, he was free but costs them 500k a week!)
In France, Herrea - went for free and cannot see him starting much.
He makes far too many errors to deserve the accolades. He’s a kid though and could go on to become a very good player. At his current level, he’s massively overrated.
Has he really? He looked good during the preseason as Athletico were a lot more expansive than usual. But in the league, they are back to the 1-0 Athletico of old and Joao Felix, except for that run for the penalty and a couple of nice touches in the other games, I think he has looked really underwhelming. Of course, he's a 19? year-old though.
Rashford will probably have a similar season that he normally has, but not reaching his potential. As for Lingard, how can he be a flop, when he never achieves anything.
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Ahh. I see. In the U.S. we call them "douchebags."
Joelinton was a good shout. I thought that he was coming from the Bundesliga off the back of a 20 goal season or something. Turns out he's barely scored throughout his career. No idea why they thought spending 40m on him was a good idea.
If maguire happens to liverpool or city we'd be laughing our arse off.
80m for a wobbly defender
80m for a wobbly defender
You had to go and jinx him saying he'd limp to 10-12 goals
he's on 14 so far in the league, 19 overall and we now look like we couldn't hit a barn door with him being injured!I guess because the amount they spent on him he must have shown a bit of promise and he's been nothing but dreadful.
Referred to la liga, and considering the price and expectations my top 3 would be Griezmann, Joâo Félix and Jovic.
In the case of Griezmann because I think he does not fit in the club.
History of his signing, dressing room, system, general atmosphere in the club.
Joao for his spartan coach,who would play with a top striker and 10 Kokes if he had occasion and perhaps because of his character, too timid.
Maybe it's a false impression for that introverted character but he doesn't seem enthusiastic about the club he plays either.
Jovic had one of the most complicated tasks in football, be a competitor of Benzema and has played even less than I expected. If he plays the entire game (If I remember well it happened very sporadically) he seems out of place and when he plays 5 or 10 minutes, are usually desperate situations.
In the case of Griezmann because I think he does not fit in the club.
History of his signing, dressing room, system, general atmosphere in the club.
Joao for his spartan coach,who would play with a top striker and 10 Kokes if he had occasion and perhaps because of his character, too timid.
Maybe it's a false impression for that introverted character but he doesn't seem enthusiastic about the club he plays either.
Jovic had one of the most complicated tasks in football, be a competitor of Benzema and has played even less than I expected. If he plays the entire game (If I remember well it happened very sporadically) he seems out of place and when he plays 5 or 10 minutes, are usually desperate situations.
Terrible scouting indeed.
He looked pretty good in his last season for Hoffenheim. A quite complete and hard working forward. It was his job to mess with defenders and open up spaces, Kramaric and Belfodil (or in a lesser role Szalai) were the guys responsible for scoring goals. His xG90 that year was only 0.37, compared to Kramaric's 0.8, Szalai's 0.55 and Belfodil's 0.59.That being said he still scored less thant his xG and paying that much for him (or a striker who doesn't really score in general) was madness. Had he been available for a moderate sum of say €15m I think some of the BL top 4 aspirants would have been interested in him.
Amazing what half a season can do.You had to go and jinx him saying he'd limp to 10-12 goals
Parts of my post are still valid though, he shouldn’t be leading the line, being overplayed ultimately causing injury.
He should be backing up a peak strike force. Imagine him rotating with the likes of Rooney/Tevez/Berbatov/RVN/Cole/Yorke etc rather than expected to lead the line, playing through injuries at 21/22
Amazing people predicted Rashford would be a flop, utter stupidity.