June 5, 20215 yr 4 minutes ago, axman2526 said: Excellent player. Good signing by Bayern. Would still rather sign Rice though. Yes indeed. Oh for Bayern's recruiting approach. I think Rice will be a good addition but I'm not sure he is the answer to our midfield issues. I do think our midfield maybe needs a bit more of an all round spark than a dedicated holder and distributor like Rice. But we shall see what happens.
June 5, 20215 yr 2 hours ago, Spiller86 said: Yes indeed. Oh for Bayern's recruiting approach. I think Rice will be a good addition but I'm not sure he is the answer to our midfield issues. I do think our midfield maybe needs a bit more of an all round spark than a dedicated holder and distributor like Rice. But we shall see what happens. Ideal is Mount playing deeper for me. We have seen how creative he has been and how many chances he has set up. My hope going forward would be us being so flexible as to be able to switch between using a 4-3-3 system of some sort for most of the teams in league and europe and then going to our 3-4-3 for the games against sides who will be more offensive and leave more space in behind. So something like Mendy James Silva Rudiger Chilwell Rice Kante Mount Havertz Giroud Pulisic/Werner Then Mendy Dave Silva Rudiger James Kante Rice Chilwell Mount Havertz Werner Hopefully the first system allows us to get more bodies forward and score more and beat the mid to lower league sides. Edited June 5, 20215 yr by axman2526
June 5, 20215 yr 2 hours ago, axman2526 said: Ideal is Mount playing deeper for me. We have seen how creative he has been and how many chances he has set up. My hope going forward would be us being so flexible as to be able to switch between using a 4-3-3 system of some sort for most of the teams in league and europe and then going to our 3-4-3 for the games against sides who will be more offensive and leave more space in behind. So something like Mendy James Silva Rudiger Chilwell Rice Kante Mount Havertz Giroud Pulisic/Werner Then Mendy Dave Silva Rudiger James Kante Rice Chilwell Mount Havertz Werner Hopefully the first system allows us to get more bodies forward and score more and beat the mid to lower league sides. I think largely this is how it works now. It flicks between a 3-5-2 and a 3-4-3 depending on the stage in game. I'd suspect this is why they are interested in Traore who could transform the formation into a 4-3-3 with Dave sliding out to RB. We've seen before with Conte that eventually teams work you out and you have to adjust and tweak your approach to keep winning or keep buying better players. I'm sure this is what Tuchel is doing over the summer is understanding where we need to go next and what the squad needs to look like to enable that.
June 5, 20215 yr 2 hours ago, axman2526 said: Ideal is Mount playing deeper for me. We have seen how creative he has been and how many chances he has set up. My hope going forward would be us being so flexible as to be able to switch between using a 4-3-3 system of some sort for most of the teams in league and europe and then going to our 3-4-3 for the games against sides who will be more offensive and leave more space in behind. So something like Mendy James Silva Rudiger Chilwell Rice Kante Mount Havertz Giroud Pulisic/Werner Then Mendy Dave Silva Rudiger James Kante Rice Chilwell Mount Havertz Werner Hopefully the first system allows us to get more bodies forward and score more and beat the mid to lower league sides. I think largely this is how it works now. It flicks between a 3-5-2 and a 3-4-3 depending on the stage in game. I'd suspect this is why they are interested in Traore who could transform the formation into a 4-3-3 with Dave sliding out to RB. We've seen before with Conte that eventually teams work you out and you have to adjust and tweak your approach to keep winning or keep buying better players. I'm sure this is what Tuchel is doing over the summer is understanding where we need to go next and what the squad needs to look like to enable that.
June 5, 20215 yr 2 hours ago, axman2526 said: Ideal is Mount playing deeper for me. We have seen how creative he has been and how many chances he has set up. My hope going forward would be us being so flexible as to be able to switch between using a 4-3-3 system of some sort for most of the teams in league and europe and then going to our 3-4-3 for the games against sides who will be more offensive and leave more space in behind. So something like Mendy James Silva Rudiger Chilwell Rice Kante Mount Havertz Giroud Pulisic/Werner Then Mendy Dave Silva Rudiger James Kante Rice Chilwell Mount Havertz Werner Hopefully the first system allows us to get more bodies forward and score more and beat the mid to lower league sides. One sub and our team looks so different.
June 5, 20215 yr 1 minute ago, Deino said: One sub and our team looks so different. Gives a lot of flexability if we can work it. Need to be more offensive? Sub off any of the back 3 and put on Giroud, need to be more defensive? Do the reverse.
June 5, 20215 yr Just now, axman2526 said: Gives a lot of flexability if we can work it. Need to be more offensive? Sub off any of the back 3 and put on Giroud, need to be more defensive? Do the reverse. I think it's doable with the current squad. This is the most tactically flexible group of players we've ever had imo.
June 7, 20215 yr Have read Arsenal ate looking to sign Wolves player Ruben Neves for around 34mill. At that price he seems like he would be worth a look?
June 7, 20215 yr 2 hours ago, axman2526 said: Have read Arsenal ate looking to sign Wolves player Ruben Neves for around 34mill. At that price he seems like he would be worth a look? Absolutely not. He's very good on the ball but it would be a photo finish between him, Jorginho and current-level Gary Cahill in a sprint. It doesn't make him a bad player but he just doesn't address many weaknesses in our squad. We need our DM to be more mobile (relative to Jorginho) to cover ground quickly and engage the counter-press or counter-attack.
June 7, 20215 yr On 05/06/2021 at 10:58, axman2526 said: Ideal is Mount playing deeper for me. We have seen how creative he has been and how many chances he has set up. My hope going forward would be us being so flexible as to be able to switch between using a 4-3-3 system of some sort for most of the teams in league and europe and then going to our 3-4-3 for the games against sides who will be more offensive and leave more space in behind. So something like Mendy James Silva Rudiger Chilwell Rice Kante Mount Havertz Giroud Pulisic/Werner Then Mendy Dave Silva Rudiger James Kante Rice Chilwell Mount Havertz Werner Hopefully the first system allows us to get more bodies forward and score more and beat the mid to lower league sides. For me against packed d just play 442 St - Havertz Mount - DM - Kante - CHO Chilwell - 2 cb - James
June 7, 20215 yr 3 hours ago, Bob stark said: For me against packed d just play 442 St - Havertz Mount - DM - Kante - CHO Chilwell - 2 cb - James Mount left midfield? Gus Poyet style. Lamps actually played there aswell for a while in his first season. Not sure though tbh, might as well play 2 wingers.
June 7, 20215 yr 3 hours ago, SydneyChelsea said: Absolutely not. He's very good on the ball but it would be a photo finish between him, Jorginho and current-level Gary Cahill in a sprint. It doesn't make him a bad player but he just doesn't address many weaknesses in our squad. We need our DM to be more mobile (relative to Jorginho) to cover ground quickly and engage the counter-press or counter-attack. Spot on. Key to any new midfield signing is the ability to cover ground quickly either to press or cover behind the press.
June 7, 20215 yr 7 hours ago, SydneyChelsea said: Absolutely not. He's very good on the ball but it would be a photo finish between him, Jorginho and current-level Gary Cahill in a sprint. It doesn't make him a bad player but he just doesn't address many weaknesses in our squad. We need our DM to be more mobile (relative to Jorginho) to cover ground quickly and engage the counter-press or counter-attack. But them screamers though..
June 7, 20215 yr 6 hours ago, big blue said: Mount left midfield? Gus Poyet style. Lamps actually played there aswell for a while in his first season. Not sure though tbh, might as well play 2 wingers. Offensively Mount will be narrower to allow Chilwell to play wider and higher similar to how he play right now. We will still build up in 343/352 shape St - st Chilwell - Mount -Kante - CHO Rice Cb - cb-james However once we get to opp final third It will be Chilwell - Mount - ST - Havertz - CHO Rice - Kante------James Cb - cb CHO maintain width, James play narrower so he can spam his patented deep cross. Edited June 7, 20215 yr by Bob stark
June 7, 20215 yr What about Sergio Ramos? I know there is no rumour on this, but I personally think it'd be a brilliant free transfer. And he is not playing at the Euros either, so he could be at Cobham since the very first day of pre season. Just turned 35 a few months back, I still think he has at least one massive season in him and his leadership could help us in what is an important next season when we will be challenging for the PL title. If Thiago Silva can do it at 36, Ramos can do it, too, at 35, he is a fitness freak and I think Tuchel's tactics also benefit older defenders to be honest, it is a rigid structure that does not expose the defenders through a high line, it is actually made to primary protect the three defenders. Edited June 7, 20215 yr by petre ispirescu
June 8, 20215 yr Sergio Romero has been released by Man Utd. This is completely dependent on what we end up doing with Kepa, but Romero is a keeper I've always thought was half decent - worth a punt as backup? https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-united-transfers-sergio-romero-20756717
June 8, 20215 yr 11 minutes ago, PloKoon13 said: Sergio Romero has been released by Man Utd. This is completely dependent on what we end up doing with Kepa, but Romero is a keeper I've always thought was half decent - worth a punt as backup? https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-united-transfers-sergio-romero-20756717 Might be a decent pick like Martinez considering Mensu might be away for 2mths at AFCON
June 8, 20215 yr 2 minutes ago, ducavis said: Might be a decent pick like Martinez considering Mensu might be away for 2mths at AFCON At least it will [in theory] be the last time, considering they intend on moving future AFCONs to the summer.
June 8, 20215 yr According to TT he would be very happy with three players, not wholesale changes. So for me, the three should be Lewandowski (2 years) Declan Rice and Saul Niguez
June 8, 20215 yr Generally speaking, the signings that work out well are the £30-50m signings. Alot of the £100m signings have flopped. We did really well last year to sign young hungry players. I hope we don’t go money crazy.
June 8, 20215 yr 1 hour ago, JM7 said: Generally speaking, the signings that work out well are the £30-50m signings. Alot of the £100m signings have flopped. We did really well last year to sign young hungry players. I hope we don’t go money crazy. Is that not maybe because there is more signings at £30m to £50m, than there is £100m+? https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/the-100-most-expensive-football-transfers-of-all-time/ikr3oojohla51fh9adq3qkwpu Thats the top 100, not accounting for inflation. I would say theres as many hits and misses at the top, as there is at the bottom of that list. Hopefully if we do get Haaland, we get a massive hit, because we have burnt alot of times in the past. We are definitely due a major transfer success.
June 8, 20215 yr If we got Haaland I could see us getting Hakimi (spelling) for better distribution down the right. If Ziyech and CHO go then I would see another right winger joining us, If we don't get Haaland, I could see us getting Rice, someone like Ings, and again if Ziyech and CHO go then I would see another right winger joining us. Just thinking with Haaland we might offer something like Tammy, CHO and £60m. So many moving parts and if Pulisic ups tools something else will change too.
June 8, 20215 yr For anyone who claims these twitter ITK'S are great, this is what they are, absolute scammers..
June 8, 20215 yr 26 minutes ago, dkw said: For anyone who claims these twitter ITK'S are great, this is what they are, absolute scammers.. By all accounts it was as good as done him going Barca but PSG have apparently swooped in, doubled the wages on offer and just blown Barca out of the water. As he is a free agent he was free to change his mind because he hadn't put pen to paper on the Barca contract yet. That's not to say I don't agree about ITK accounts though.
June 8, 20215 yr 1 hour ago, dkw said: For anyone who claims these twitter ITK'S are great, this is what they are, absolute scammers.. He is a journalist who reports what he hears. There are loads of times when transfers are close and dont happen. People change their mind, might go somewhere else for more money etc. I wouldnt say he is an ITK account. He is like matt law, he has plenty of connections, because thats his job. I dont think he is one of those Journos that just spew random nonsense for clicks, what he says has substance. Im sure if Wijnaldum releases an autobiography when hangs his boots up, he will say himself he was close to signing for Barca. Its pretty obvious which journalist and accounts to listen to and which is clickbait.
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