Transfer Rumour Eliaquim Mangala

[chrismpw]

Lads! What's all this talk about trying to incorporate him into a successful formation?

I thought the purpose of these threads were to fill them with vitriolic poisonous bile to destroy a player's confidence before they've even kicked a ball.

That's what we do, right? Lads? Lads?

 

[FTY]

I will say this, if we could get Conte in, then a 3-4-3 with Mangala on the left hand side of the back 3 could be the way to go

Lookman, Tosun, Walcott
Sigurdsson, Rooney, Gana, Vlasic
Mangala, Keane, Holgate
Pickford

lol WHAT

3 at the back with no wing backs? No team has ever done that

Might work in your career mode but try that in the Prem and we'd get relegated with a -400 goal difference

 

[Dabluez]

An experienced quality centre back. Hopefully he can have the same kind of effect Sakho did at Palace last season for Allardyce.

 

[Goat]

I will say this, if we could get Conte in, then a 3-4-3 with Mangala on the left hand side of the back 3 could be the way to go

Lookman, Tosun, Walcott
Sigurdsson, Rooney, Gana, Vlasic
Mangala, Keane, Holgate
Pickford

Oh Mikey, what the hell even is this?

Conte aint coming here.

 

[Lord Buckethead]

Hopefully he'll sort out our inability to defend crosses and corners.

I don't care how agricultural we are at the back as long as it works.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I don't get this "City fans don't rate him at LB". The alternative is literally THE worst player in the Premier League. All he has to do is NOT be THE worst player in the Premier League and we've improved.

I think the issue is more that Steve Walsh failed to find a single actual left back in the entirety of global football, so we're now forced to play a player out of position

I think most of us would have been happy to have Mangala ALONG WITH an actual left back as well. But we've just got him on his own, hence why some people are perturbed. Not his fault like, and if plays at CB I'm sure he'll impress

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Conte would be great and you know moshiri would have to give him big money to spend to come here.

Not sure about your wing backs. Coleman perfect for wing back and get the kid from Fulham to play on the left. And a top class midfielder to replace Rooney.

I'm so used to Coleman being out that I omitted him

Yup, he'd be in there for definite

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I will say this, if we could get Conte in, then a 3-4-3 with Mangala on the left hand side of the back 3 could be the way to go

Lookman, Tosun, Walcott
Sigurdsson, Rooney, Gana, Vlasic
Mangala, Keane, Holgate
Pickford

Some omissions made here because I wrote it whilst distracted

Please disregard

I still think we can do 3-4-3 though, and we should defo throw money at Conte if he becomes available

 

[JammyP]

Hopefully he'll sort out our inability to defend crosses and corners.

I don't care how agricultural we are at the back as long as it works.

That's enough sense out of you, dear Lisa

 

[JammyP]

That's enough sense out of you, dear Lisa

Has the world gone mad?

 

[Bluebonic]

I think a positive of bringing in Mangala, is that even of he is played at Centre half (as I personally think he will be), the fact that he is very quick will mean he can cover for Martina’s brain farts. Our biggest issue with Martina is that when he does mess up, our centre halves are too slow to cover for him.

I would also like to point out to those accusing him of being a hoofball merchant that we did have a footballing centre half just recently and the crowd largely turned gangster on him? Perhaps a ‘get-rid centre half’ who does indeed ‘get rid’ might be just the tonic we need. The fact that he is very tall also gives me hope that he may not pee his knickers every time a cross comes into the box?

 

[BlueToff]

Some omissions made here because I wrote it whilst distracted

Please disregard

I still think we can do 3-4-3 though, and we should defo throw money at Conte if he becomes available

If he becomes available Mikey I think he'll be back to Italy, regardless of the money.

Milan could offer him just as much as us and I know - if I were him - where I'd rather go

 

[Goat]

If he becomes available Mikey I think he'll be back to Italy, regardless of the money.

Milan could offer him just as much as us and I know - if I were him - where I'd rather go

Im pretty sure he hates England already.

 

[Lord Buckethead]

That's enough sense out of you, dear Lisa

I apologise JammyP Human.

 

[Prevenger17]

I will say this, if we could get Conte in, then a 3-4-3 with Mangala on the left hand side of the back 3 could be the way to go

Lookman, Tosun, Walcott
Sigurdsson, Rooney, Gana, Vlasic
Mangala, Keane, Holgate
Pickford

NO MIKEY