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If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
I'd give Walcott a pass, reason being is that he is a FORWARD not a winger.
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Woolverhampton_Blue
Player Valuation: £35m
That entire midfield four needs upgrading if we want next season to be much better than this one.
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
We've been a basket case ever since trying to shoehorn Gylfi into our team. Basically when he goes I'm expecting big things.
I don't understand why he is playing as a centre midfielder, must have a massive penalty clause in his contract if we don't play him.
I don't understand why he is playing as a centre midfielder, must have a massive penalty clause in his contract if we don't play him.
Rooney_Tunes
Player Valuation: £40m
You get in two proper central midfielders and the rest of them (Gordon, Bernard, Iwobi, Davies, Gomes, Walcot, Gbamin? will all pick up) NOT Sigurdson he's useless.
Get in a proper left footed central defender and a good goalkeeper and our spine is sorted; Dom and Kean will start slotting for fun and we'll be top 4 come the end of the season with THAT manager in charge.
The man has worked absolute miracles with the rubbish he has had to work with in central midfield since he arrived.
If you look at the 2 most sucessful English teams of the last couple of years you will see that their midfield falls into 2 distinct categories.
OK they both play with 3 in midfield rather than our 4 but the RS have 3 powerful , mobile athletes who whilst they are not the most creative are technically adept enough to win the ball and then retain possesion and by and large play a simple but quick pass to the full backs who give width and the 3 front men.
City take a different approach . They have a defensive pivot ( Rodri or Fernandinho ) and 2 floaters . None of them are power players but all have great engines. What sets them apart is the high level of technical prowess and the ability to retain the ball , manipulate it and move it quickly.
I would suggest that none of our midfielders fall into either category. Let's be clear , I am not saying that we don't have players good enough to play in either of those team's midfields ( that much is obvious ) but our midfielders don't fall into either category.
I suspect that Carlo's ideal midfield would see 2 central players of the RS type. A player one one flank who can float inside to help centrally ( as Bernardo Silva does ) and a player with out and out pace on the other flank.
Make no mistake though I don't mean 2 cloggers who can't use the ball nor a pre injury Bolasie who is a flyer but hasn't got a clue what to do when he gets the ball. Everyone in Carlo's team MUST have technical ability and mobility.
That almost certainly means 4 new players in midfield . Perhaps not in 1 window but I can't see Carlo having patience with this lot for long.
OK they both play with 3 in midfield rather than our 4 but the RS have 3 powerful , mobile athletes who whilst they are not the most creative are technically adept enough to win the ball and then retain possesion and by and large play a simple but quick pass to the full backs who give width and the 3 front men.
City take a different approach . They have a defensive pivot ( Rodri or Fernandinho ) and 2 floaters . None of them are power players but all have great engines. What sets them apart is the high level of technical prowess and the ability to retain the ball , manipulate it and move it quickly.
I would suggest that none of our midfielders fall into either category. Let's be clear , I am not saying that we don't have players good enough to play in either of those team's midfields ( that much is obvious ) but our midfielders don't fall into either category.
I suspect that Carlo's ideal midfield would see 2 central players of the RS type. A player one one flank who can float inside to help centrally ( as Bernardo Silva does ) and a player with out and out pace on the other flank.
Make no mistake though I don't mean 2 cloggers who can't use the ball nor a pre injury Bolasie who is a flyer but hasn't got a clue what to do when he gets the ball. Everyone in Carlo's team MUST have technical ability and mobility.
That almost certainly means 4 new players in midfield . Perhaps not in 1 window but I can't see Carlo having patience with this lot for long.
Zatara
Player Valuation: £90m
Ancelottis 4 usually consists of similar styles as:
Gordon: Drifting inside to make a 3 but a goal/assist threat.
Gomes: Ball player like Ruiz at Napoli
Gbamin: Defensive/Box to box like Allan at Napoli
Walcott: Fast flyer quickly joining the front 2
I expect that will be the model we follow.
I totally agree with you, but Gomes was anonymous for much of last season too. I had a look in the vaults earlier to try and see when i'd changed my mind on him (I originally fell head over heels in love with him when he came into the side) and it was pretty consistent from early January through to March. I don't mean I was a lone voice seeing what others couldn't here either, it was widely accepted that he wasn't playing well, but we were all saying 'form is temporary...' only 18 months later we're still having the same discussions.
Woolverhampton_Blue
Player Valuation: £35m
Pickford deserves another season because he hasn’t been bad enough to warrant spending big bucks on a replacement when the midfield is so bad.
Osman would walk into this midfield, and cover more yards than them doing it
phil_t98
Player Valuation: £5m
I think Gomes is currantly one of our best if not the best midfielder we have, but he lacks pace. I think in a new look midfield he wont be there,we need a major upgrade in that area. I maybe proved wrong and better midfielders around him will make him better but at the moment i see nothing that makes me think he world class.
yeah i know he had a huge injury that could of been career ending and huge respect coming back as quick as he did
yeah i know he had a huge injury that could of been career ending and huge respect coming back as quick as he did
Pickford could be a gift horse though. He's performing like a sub £10m keeper so if you could somehow convince someone to pay proper money for 'England's number one' you could effectively replace him with someone of the same quality for substantially less. That would allow you to spend the rest of money on those midfielders we need.
Woolverhampton_Blue
Player Valuation: £35m
If someone offered over £30 million then yeah I’d sell. Not sure anyone would offer that though!
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