7 hours ago7 hr We need to move on. Try to remain as optimistic as possible, but in 3 years now he is yet to complete 90 minutes. There is nothing here to convince me he should occupy a position in the squad.
5 hours ago5 hr 14 minutes ago, yaz said:The reincarnation of Marco van Ginkel.Don’t joke. We might yet make an offer for him. He’s probably in his forties now and might offer some experience - in rehab.
5 hours ago5 hr 2 minutes ago, Snedger said:Don’t joke. We might yet make an offer for him. He’s probably in his forties now and might offer some experience - in rehab.Believe it or not he's only 33! He retired early, unsurprisingly.
5 hours ago5 hr 5 minutes ago, yaz said:Believe it or not he's only 33! He retired early, unsurprisingly.Wow, that’s surprising. Shame for the lad as is often the case, like Lavia, they appeared to have the ability, just sadly not the body.
5 hours ago5 hr I keep trying to give the lad the benefit of doubt, hate seeing players careers go this way but after 3yrs of being unable to complete a single game you just can’t rely on him unfortunately. As it stands he is unsellable and I can’t even see anyone wanting a sick note on loan in order to shop window him.Hope we can sell Enzo to free up some cash for midfield reinforcements otherwise we better buy Caicedo a bike.
5 hours ago5 hr We need to move on from both Lavia and James. It's so obvious at this point that the pair of them are damaged beyond repair, Lavia especially. I don't even count Lavia as a midfield option personally. We barely have any midfield, it's basically just Caicedo, Enzo that wants to leave and Essugo. We need two midfielders and we haven't even gone and got one yet.
4 hours ago4 hr 11 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:We need to move on from both Lavia and James. It's so obvious at this point that the pair of them are damaged beyond repair, Lavia especially. I don't even count Lavia as a midfield option personally. We barely have any midfield, it's basically just Caicedo, Enzo that wants to leave and Essugo. We need two midfielders and we haven't even gone and got one yet.There was a press release today that if they sign Henderson, our midfield options will be Caicedo, Enzo, Lavia, Essugo, Barco, Henderson, with James able to fill in. Personally think with 1 game a week, we have 2 players too many as things stand. We also haven’t solved the physicality issue
4 hours ago4 hr 29 minutes ago, markpitts said:There was a press release today that if they sign Henderson, our midfield options will be Caicedo, Enzo, Lavia, Essugo, Barco, Henderson, with James able to fill in. Personally think with 1 game a week, we have 2 players too many as things stand. We also haven’t solved the physicality issueIt's the lack of quality options if anything. Lavia, Essugo, Barco, Henderson, James, all of them are awful options in midfield. They're either crippled or lack quality. They aren't the options you ever want to have to rely on at any point in the season. I go back to 09/10 where we had Lampard, Ballack and Essien, if one of those got injured, we had Mikel there ready to fill in, which is exactly what happened with Essien's knee injury. What do we have if Caicedo gets injured? nothing. We have zero players to come in and do a job if we lose him, it's basically season over.
3 hours ago3 hr With James, you can already make the case that he's been 'moved on' with the investment in Palestra. I'd rather utilize James in specific matches, much like how Real Madrid use Carvajal.Midfield is the key issue. We need to see who Alonso/the directors bring in to partner Caicedo before judging.
1 hour ago1 hr the only reason I don’t want to write him off yet is Dembele. He had the same injury issues and somehow got fixed and became one of the best in the world
1 hour ago1 hr 21 minutes ago, BordeauxBlue said:If this guy were a horse he'd be a lasagna by now.A single sheet of pasta? That would be a first.
23 minutes ago23 min Just have to wait his contract out and release him on a free. Just don't consider him an option. We need at least 4 center midfield options. Perhaps Essugo can be 1. Caicedo certainly is. Need 2 more. Perhaps Scott/Wharton/Bruno Guimaraes
3 minutes ago3 min 19 minutes ago, axman2526 said:Just have to wait his contract out and release him on a free.Just don't consider him an option. We need at least 4 center midfield options. Perhaps Essugo can be 1. Caicedo certainly is. Need 2 more. Perhaps Scott/Wharton/Bruno GuimaraesYea, only another 4 years until contract expiry 😅What a mess. Edited 2 minutes ago2 min by Term_X
Create an account or sign in to comment