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Welcome Hakim Ziyech

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22 hours ago, Gol15 said:

Almost no pressure for him, he beat Barcelona 4:0 at home last season. Atletico had a 2:0 at home vs Juventus and then lost away 3:0 to Ronaldo that is at this point the best European ever to play the game but I think a team is better than one man so it's very hard to believe that Liverpool won't score at home.

Simeone has never been knocked out a CL knockout tie to a squad tht didn't contain Ronaldo, pressure is deffo on Klopp.

30 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

pressure is deffo on Klopp.

The last few seasons Klopp has proven he not only handles the pressure, he thrives off it.

1 hour ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Atletico should be a walk in the park for him then.

70% chance Klopp goes through, 30% Simeone.

 https://youtu.be/4eZAk5ls1p8

 

Good watch this. Hakim talks about the move to Chelsea. Seems a very nice lad. Has English subtitles, no worries.

 

 

 

Good story that. Ziyech probably isn't the easiest person to work with but if Frank personally wants him at Chelsea it is a good sign.

The way Frank approaches the game is the way that suits Ziyech.

Can't wait to see him play for us.

    48 minutes ago, Brutos said:

    Looking at yesterday performance he's not the answer to our problems at all

    It's a good start though. Add a striker, LB and someone in midfield that has an end product of 10+ assists and many problems would be solved but still not the defence. It's going to take time to build an attacking team.

    2 hours ago, Gol15 said:

    It's a good start though. Add a striker, LB and someone in midfield that has an end product of 10+ assists

    Why stop there? Let's throw in a CB who scores 15 goals a season and a GK with a 96% penalty save rate.

    Joking aside, there's no way we can guarantee a signing will produce 10+assists a season. If they have similar numbers in other leagues, you can't be sure they'll reproduce in the PL. It's also VERY unlikely we'll sign one from the PL. Last year 5 players registered 10 or more assists (other than Hazard). Of those 5, four were from our top 3 rivals (City, Liverpool and Spurs) and the fifth was Bournemouth's Ryan Fraser. We'd never be able to sign from our rivals and I'm sure many would agree that Ryan Fraser is not on their wishlist either. Besides, he's a forward not a midfielder. 

    5 hours ago, Brutos said:

    Looking at yesterday performance he's not the answer to our problems at all

    Signing only one player is never going to be the answer to all of our problems. If we signed only a LB or CB, we would still have problems. Ziyech will hopefully solve part of our problems though, he is an upgrade on every single one of our attacking players.

    Couple of my thoughts regarding Ziyech.

    A lot has been said about his attitude and arrogance over the past years that he's been playing in the Eredivisie. Personally I think we could do with a bit more arrogance in our team. It's all been too nice and too soft with us for a while now. Unfortunately Ziyech also gets into it with fans and managers sometimes, so hopefully that doesn't happen with us and his attitude pans out in our advantage instead, and is just what we need.

    About his playing style, he absolutely hates it when things get physical. He likes time and space on the ball to pick out a pass. Getting manhandled visually ruffles his feathers and takes him out of games. I'm very interested to see how he's going to handle this in the premier league. The stories coming out of him and Ajax is that he's carefully planned his future, so presumably he's thought about this. Personally I'm not so sure. He'll be 27 in two weeks, and he's been wanting a big transfer for a while now. I'm not sure if any of the other big teams were in for him, so it wouldn't surprise me if he just said yes to us because he wants to play for a top side.

    Hopefully people aren't expecting Ziyech to be the next Sala, Mane, Sane or even Willian etc. When it comes to speed, dribbling or technical ability he doesn't come close Willian, that's just not his game. He's had his best season playing as a right winger. But not in the traditional sense. He's more of a playmaker that likes to sit on the wing and drift inside. I'm extremely happy we've found a top class (in potential) right back in Reece James. He's there to provide space for Ziyech, and to reach the back line to whip crosses in. I think that partnership could work really well. Ziyech can also play more centrally, as a cam for example. But I'm hoping he takes up that spot as a playmaker on the right wing.

    Lastly, for 3 seasons Ziyech has been the player with the most possession loss in the Eredivisie. I think this is just something we're going to have to accept. He plays a high risk game, but that's also his strength. He looks to play it forward and he's constantly looking for goals and assists. We've been dittering around box since before Sarri, and it's been driving most of us mad. Hopefully Ziyech will be a player who gets us forward quicker, and someone who can break the deadlock with that great left foot of his.

    All in all it's a gamble, just like any other transfer. But for 40m I think he's definitely worth a punt.

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    On 01/03/2020 at 04:16, CFCholland said:

    Couple of my thoughts regarding Ziyech.

    A lot has been said about his attitude and arrogance over the past years that he's been playing in the Eredivisie. Personally I think we could do with a bit more arrogance in our team. It's all been too nice and too soft with us for a while now. Unfortunately Ziyech also gets into it with fans and managers sometimes, so hopefully that doesn't happen with us and his attitude pans out in our advantage instead, and is just what we need.

    About his playing style, he absolutely hates it when things get physical. He likes time and space on the ball to pick out a pass. Getting manhandled visually ruffles his feathers and takes him out of games. I'm very interested to see how he's going to handle this in the premier league. The stories coming out of him and Ajax is that he's carefully planned his future, so presumably he's thought about this. Personally I'm not so sure. He'll be 27 in two weeks, and he's been wanting a big transfer for a while now. I'm not sure if any of the other big teams were in for him, so it wouldn't surprise me if he just said yes to us because he wants to play for a top side.

    Hopefully people aren't expecting Ziyech to be the next Sala, Mane, Sane or even Willian etc. When it comes to speed, dribbling or technical ability he doesn't come close Willian, that's just not his game. He's had his best season playing as a right winger. But not in the traditional sense. He's more of a playmaker that likes to sit on the wing and drift inside. I'm extremely happy we've found a top class (in potential) right back in Reece James. He's there to provide space for Ziyech, and to reach the back line to whip crosses in. I think that partnership could work really well. Ziyech can also play more centrally, as a cam for example. But I'm hoping he takes up that spot as a playmaker on the right wing.

    Lastly, for 3 seasons Ziyech has been the player with the most possession loss in the Eredivisie. I think this is just something we're going to have to accept. He plays a high risk game, but that's also his strength. He looks to play it forward and he's constantly looking for goals and assists. We've been dittering around box since before Sarri, and it's been driving most of us mad. Hopefully Ziyech will be a player who gets us forward quicker, and someone who can break the deadlock with that great left foot of his.

    All in all it's a gamble, just like any other transfer. But for 40m I think he's definitely worth a punt.
     

    I wish I could find the article I read about his possession loss but basically what it said was it’s not a worry, as a lot of his possession loss was attributed to long shot attempts and corners.

    I saw this comment from a youtube video:

    "Chelsea better give him a shirt with extra long sleeves, he plays better with his hands clinging."

     

     

    I agree, Nike better make the long sleeve shirt for next season!

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