davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Pickford is the headless chicken.
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Going to be fun to see the team and how Carlo wants them to play in...late October? I can't figure out when everything should be good to go, the late start is throwing everything off.
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
The point Dave is, you mentioned why sign the 3 players when we had a u/s GK, go for a GK first, but Carlo has to start somewhere.
Defence can make an average keeper look very good - Tommy Lawrence?
Banks and Shilton used to get hammered sometimes behjnd a poor defence.
Yarrgh
Player Valuation: £70m
I also agree that Pickford has had a long easy ride of it since arriving here. But who can we get in that will challenge him? I honestly don't know how the financials around any deals would effect this. I wouldn't be surprised if getting rid of Pickford was the key to spending on a decent keeper - and I wouldn't be overly upset by that if the new keeper was better than Pickford.
GwladysBlue
Player Valuation: £70m
If Ancelotti doesn’t win us a trophy, then I’m not sure anyone can.
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
Give him time.
some don’t know how!
Deco
Player Valuation: £40m
Assuming we’ve spent the majority of our budget on the three incomings, it’s a huge call by Carlo (and Brands) to throw everything at the midfield.
Some would’ve liked a new centre back or goalkeeper, some wanted a striker.
He’s been here for almost 9 months but it probably took him a day to know what to do.
Let’s hope it pays off.
Some would’ve liked a new centre back or goalkeeper, some wanted a striker.
He’s been here for almost 9 months but it probably took him a day to know what to do.
Let’s hope it pays off.
Hopefully if some of the dead wood is sold, it`ll go towards the other areas that need strengthening.
Lets face it, we`ve still got a lot of crap on the books.
Literally have no clue. I see everyone saying Romero but he’s played a handful of games in years so he could also be garbage. He’s never had pressure on him as when he played he was always going to be back out the team next game anyway.
I’d rather that Martinez at Arsenal than Romero.
aglee
Player Valuation: £8m
Aye. But it is just his first transfer window with us too, and no-one expected a quick turnaround to be fair with what he inherited. I think it actually makes sense to focus on a key area that clearly needed a big sort out. An effective midfield improves us defensively and in attack. I still hope for more quality incomings but am very happy with this business. Holgate made huge improvements last season and with a consistent partner in either Keane or Mina, Digne and a useful RB the defence is looking okay for now. We can start looking at a new GK, a top quality CB and a prolific striker in the next window if suitable players aren't available on loan or with what's left of our budget this window. Next priority is getting deadwood off the wage bill
We should be going all out to sign Pope from Burnley. Would be a massive upgrade on Pickford, who I think is the worst starting keeper in the league and has been for a while. Also Pope should be more attainable than the likes of Oblak. Not sure what Burnley's financial status is at the moment, but I remember there were rumblings of discontent a few months ago from Dyche about player contracts not getting renewed.
BainesontoastNEW
Player Valuation: £35m
Do you not think if Pope was attainable this summer the likes of Chelsea would be all over him?
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