Ademola Lookman

[BlueToff]

What? Gylfi should start a 100% of our matches in the middle. Playing our 45m playmaker as a CM to compensate for putting a winger more central is madness. Play Lookman on the flanks, and Gylfi center, or absolute worst case, wide left. There is no reason to move good players from their natural positions just to play Lookman. He’s done nothing for us to prove worthy of even starting games, and now we’re changing the team setup just for him?
Again, this is madness!

I personally think Lookman is far better centrally than out wide.

Fortunately, in Silva's 4-3-3, the 'wingers' should be inside forwards.

It's why he's brought Richarlison in. He knows how to play that role exactly how Silva wants.

 

[PeregrineT]

What? Gylfi should start a 100% of our matches in the middle. Playing our 45m playmaker as a CM to compensate for putting a winger more central is madness. Play Lookman on the flanks, and Gylfi center, or absolute worst case, wide left. There is no reason to move good players from their natural positions just to play Lookman. He’s done nothing for us to prove worthy of even starting games, and now we’re changing the team setup just for him?
Again, this is madness!

Lookman had a lot of success playing inside for RBL, so whats to say its not his natural position? Hes proven it in the games he played there.
The idea that theres no game where Gylfi shouldnt be benched for tactics reasons is kind of ignorant, teams deploy a very wide array of different strategies, and Siggurdson doesnt always fit. Sorry, if our coach is playing Siggurdsson because of how much he cost, our "45m playmaker" as you say, then hes a fool. And last season everyone on here was clamoring for us to stop playing 2 defensive mids. Dropping Siggy back does that, and hes more than eager to defend.

Seems like you are desperately stuck in the BFS era...

 

[evertondotcom]

So the club didnt in anyway lie or mislead anyone, we didnt want to sell any of them, this is true however we had no choice, it was taken out of our hands by those players. Maybe not so much Rooney but that is too far in the past to have any relevance on current situations

I may be wrong, but didn’t Bill say at the end of season awards that none of the players we signed last summer where going to be sold??

Rooney - gone
Klaassen - almost gone.

The club lie every single day to understand fans,

 

[blueblue]

Why is it Lookman we are getting the bids for?
Lookman will go on to be a better player than DCL in my opinion..

Because Lookman wants to leave and DCL doesn't
Because the club were prepared to let Lookman go out on loan but not DCL.

I am not advocating the sale of Lookman ,or any of our young players. I think people have gone overboard about where he currently is in his career and what he may become.
At present he would not be a starter in my first eleven ahead of Richarlison, Tosun, Sigurdsson and Walcott.

 

[Deulofeumygod]

I may be wrong, but didn’t Bill say at the end of season awards that none of the players we signed last summer where going to be sold??

Rooney - gone
Klaassen - almost gone.

The club lie every single day to understand fans,

We have a new coach and dof you muppet

 

[Abraders]

Because Lookman wants to leave and DCL doesn't
Because the club were prepared to let Lookman go out on loan but not DCL.

I am not advocating the sale of Lookman ,or any of our young players. I think people have gone overboard about where he currently is in his career and what he may become.
At present he would not be a starter in my first eleven ahead of Richarlison, Tosun, Sigurdsson and Walcott.

True, but Lookman as the rotation option is a bit naughty. Hopefully we keep him and he gets his head down for us.

 

[evertondotcom]

We have a new coach and dof you muppet

So?

 

[ilikecheese]

*cue panic

 

[ToffeeTim]

Don't like his sulking attitude. What's he think he's playing at during pre-season. Is he just going to sit there and expect some club to sign him and magically he'll be match fit?

SELL

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Needs to get a grip if he's sulking, we're clearly a different club to the one he was at last season, and RB Leipzig only came 6th last year themselves.

 

[Eggs]

Don't like his sulking attitude. What's he think he's playing at during pre-season. Is he just going to sit there and expect some club to sign him and magically he'll be match fit?

SELL

..if he wants to go, i’d insist on him submitting a transfer request so he loses entitlement to 10% of the fee. We did the same with Fellaini.

 

[ToffeeTim]

..if he wants to go, i’d insist on him submitting a transfer request so he loses entitlement to 10% of the fee. We did the same with Fellaini.

Indeed. But I'd also give a fee of say £25m to RBL and say he's yours for that price, not a penny less. Don't bother ringing us to discuss anything less.

 

[Eggs]

Indeed. But I'd also give a fee of say £25m to RBL and say he's yours for that price, not a penny less. Don't bother ringing us to discuss anything less.

..absolutely. I think we are in a position to play hard ball because it’s fine if he stays.

 

[kenada_blue]

Defo gone

 

[Lelouch]

He's got a long contract left so he better stop being a mopey drama queen and start playing ball or hope RB pull mega dosh out of somewhere.