Gareth Barry's successor...

[mightymoyes]

liam walsh will hopefully be his replacement

 

[AndyC]

Are you Cesc 's agent? If not you should be.

For stating irrefutable facts, fair enough... I'll take that gig

 

[MartyMcFly]

Big Willy C is the man!

Absolute monster v real madrid for Sporting last week

Would have been perfect but if we didn't get him last summer we won't in the future.

 

[Dave Higgs]

it will be Liam Walsh

 

[MartyMcFly]

Beŝic.

ACL's are horrible injuries.

 

[MartyMcFly]

it will be Liam Walsh

I think you should wait until at least seeing him play in the premiership. Tom Davies is younger than him and already playing for the first team.

 

[Pienaar's gloves]

ACL's are horrible injuries.

Agreed mate, youth on his side though. I'd expect him to get back with hard graft.

 

[Bagpuss]

Would be made up with Fabregas as I said but in terms of a deep lying cm who can firefight and play there arent many that immediately spring to mind. Schneidelin, Dembele from spurs, struggling to really think of anyone. I imagine Milner could do that job too but the mad german is trying to make him into a left back (what a massively underwhelming signing he would be and the fume on here would be immense but im sure he would turn out just as barry has). My worls football knowledge isnt what it was when I was 20 so struggling to think of players from abroad. I know others have held the flag for Strootman and Carvalho.

 

[Dave Higgs]

I think you should wait until at least seeing him play in the premiership. Tom Davies is younger than him and already playing for the first team.

hopefully it will be liam walsh

 

[MartyMcFly]

Would be made up with Fabregas as I said but in terms of a deep lying cm who can firefight and play there arent many that immediately spring to mind. Schneidelin, Dembele from spurs, struggling to really think of anyone. I imagine Milner could do that job too but the mad german is trying to make him into a left back (what a massively underwhelming signing he would be and the fume on here would be immense but im sure he would turn out just as barry has). My worls football knowledge isnt what it was when I was 20 so struggling to think of players from abroad. I know others have held the flag for Strootman and Carvalho.

Carvalho is as close to Barry as you can get even down to not having much pace. His passing is fantastic and he's great at reading the game so while he doesn't have pace he's always were he needs to be. He's basically Barry 10 years ago but he's also far above our level at the moment. I'm really surprised a team like Utd didn't go for him since they are crying out for someone like that since Fellaini can't really be trusted there and Schweinsteiger, Carrick and Schneiderlin don't seem to be in favor.

Jeez, just goes to show how strong Utd's squad is.

 

[argietoffee]

Walsh needs a year or loan in championship and maybe even a year on loan for a bottom half premier side.

I think Koeman has identified that we are not a tall team and we concede a disproportionate number of headers.

I think it is going to be hard for smaller players to break through, especially in defensive positions including midfield anchor.

Our full backs are small too. When we had Steven's and Psycho............

 

[MartyMcFly]

Actually Bastian Schweinsteiger might be a good option for a loan in January.

 

[Tree13]

Schneiderlin for me. Bring him and Wesley Sneijder in, and get rid of Gibson and Cleverley. Schneiderlin would be genuine competition for Barry.

Fabregas is one of "those" players that I simply can't stand: along with the likes of Suarez, Costa and Oscar. Massive cheats, all of them

 

[hktoffee]

I like Kirchoff from Sunderland. Didn't give Barkley a sniff the other week.
Will cost buttons if/when they go down at the end of this season

He is just absolutely crap. Can't pass and slow. He is just tall that's it.

 

[toffeejack]

Similarly to Mata, he'd be a big statement signing and an exciting addition. Similarly to Mata, chances are slim.

Actually, while Mata didn't make much sense when you consider the type of football Koeman encourages, Fabregas would be perfect alongside a tireless midfielder like Gueye. Just not sure if our stature is where it needs to be right now and I think a lot depends on whether the player wants to stay in England.

yep, i'd go for both in january. If we are still sitting in a very healthy position like we are now, we can just say to them, you're only going to miss out on half a season of champions league (mata's not even in it anyway) and you guys will be back there then with us next season.