Sorry my comment was on largest rather than longest.
Love Jones and hope he sees out his career here; just don’t think him becoming the largest aka Molbyesq would help him stay in our team…
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An honest auto correct mistake. Noticed that a bit too late and then the molby reference struck me.
Jones actually is one of our more technically gifted players.
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Easily best touch and close control with Diaz gone. That has never been his problem.
Jones isn’t a nailed on starter, but he is in that bracket where he will see plenty of action, floating in and out of the team. He will be playing for his local boyhood team, earning amazing money and living the dream, while competing for the biggest prizes in the game.
Jones has every chance of being here the longest.
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This is likely the case but equally he could find his playing time squeezed by competition here but remain in demand from other clubs. While Conor may find his career hindered by injuries and happy to stick around as a back up (so the result may not solely depend on talent).
True. I think the signing of Wirtz pushes Szoboszlai back to be an 8. That potentially puts the squeeze on the minutes Jones might see. His flexibility will help him though.
I think Wirtz will alternate between being in front 3 or midfield. We have too much talent in the midfield to keep him there permanently.
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Szoboszlai first has to prove himself deeper in those double-pivot spots. It’s not only about minutes, but more about different skills. Plus, he’s our best presser off the ball, especially now without Jota. So we might still need him a lot higher up the pitch. Wirtz’s role probably won’t change much whether he plays as a #10 or in the inside left channel (remains to be seen what does that mean for the position and use of our full backs on the day). Albeit we did change our shape slightly in some games in the second part of last season, it also resembled like a 4-3-3 at times.
Hang on, are Dom and Flo former players now?
Am I in a time warp?
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There’s an interview with Fabinho in today’s Guardian:
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What a side! Barnes, Beardsley, Aldridge, Whelan, Houghton, Molby, Staunton, Rush, Hansen, Kenny.
Fuck even the Irish players were excellent then!
And this all came about from someone celebrating our heroes of the past.
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Sterling contribution.
All I was trying to do was listing some of that great team (I thought it was 1988 but also applies to 1989) and how the Eire team was so strong.
Bunch of children.
Noticed there were 12 unread posts in this thread… opened it up to find just two… guessing there has been another bunfight and some posts have been removed :0)
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