The fact that we may end up relying on the likes Bajetic, or worse, Morton or Clark-who for our No.6 position is terrifying.
they are young and inexperienced, but they are not âmugsâ, behave
2 Likes
Whatâs wrong with Bajcetic? Did you actually watch the games he played last season or are you just writing him off because heâs 18?
He came in and showed up our seniors, we instantly looked better and we came out with some +ve results with him, 0-0 against Chelsea, 2-0 against Wolves Everton and Newcastle.
6 Likes
What was terrifying was watching teams stream past Fabinho or Hendo misplacing a pass and no longer sprightly enough the cover ground he would have easily covered in his pompâŚover and over again
4 Likes
This type of comment winds me up. Our seniors were trying their best. A player reaches the point where their best isnât good enough. A younger player replaces them and so the cycle goes on. They werenât shown up.
1 Like
Donât think he meant it like that. Obviously prime Hendo and prime Fab were top top class.I agree with you that the main issue was our failure to succession plan properly as opposed to Hendo and Fabâs efforts. The poor lads had to probably play through periods theyâd be resting had the Treatment Room Trio (again tongue in cheek) been more regularly available.
2 Likes
Clark is a winger who has been converted into a 10/8 for the U21s. Youâll see Matip at DM before you see him there.
Weâll get a DM.
1 Like
We will buy someone even Klopp has made this clear.
Look at the Lavia situation doesnât even look like they are interested in talking to him.
1 Like
He also had a game or two where he turned over the ball a lot in dangerous areas and we conceded goals directly because of them. Real was one of them I think. Thats absolutely fine and normal for a very inexperienced 18 year old, so no-one should be trying to kick him to the kerb because of it. But it also makes sense not to just assume he is ready for a full season in the first team.
We still need another midfielder. Unless something has changed with Caicedo, we are still the club with the bid in. I am kind of getting annoyed with the talk of retracting our bid âbecause he is not 100% committed to usâ, a mere 24 hours after we put a bid in. Give it time. We are still a great shout of sealing this deal, particularly if Chelsea can get out of his agentâs ear for 5 seconds.
1 Like
If you were a neutral and had been following what Chelsea and Liverpool were doing the last few weeks, youâd think the Liverpool-Caicedo and Chelsea-Lavia bid was nothing but an ego-driven dick-swinging tit-for-tat contest by a couple of billionaires.
Chelsea comes in and disrupts our Lavia bidding process, we blow Chelseaâs Caicedo bid out of the water, Chelsea get an agreement for Lavia as retribution - both teams are holding the player that the other wants for ransom.
But I i just donât see Hogan/Henry putting in a bid merely for vengeance and such a thing is not realistic given what goes into a ÂŁ100m+ contract with very specific performance related conditions etc. Boehly doing that with Lavia? Well weâll see. I still have a feeling that Chelsea wont go through with the Lavia deal if they manage to prize Caicedo from us with their disruption. Which I would find it in poor form if it happens. No player should be dicked around like that. But letâs see what happens. Either team could still get either player.
Yup. Which theyâve already done with Adams
What a load of Tosh, e.g Clark has not played the 6 role tut tut
Although, I personally like the idea of having a DM, I think that may not be necessary. We need another CM.
Curtis, Alexis, and Dominik is great core and Thiago, Elliott, and Bajcetic are good cover. But fitness and inexperience makes that cover fragile.
If we add another midfielder, it will be good to go.
We definitely need another midfielder, so I agree there.
If it is someone who isnât a traditional dm, but can cover the ground, get tackles in, pass the ball, and crucially, be switched on defensively, so as to be aware of danger and runners and so on, then we need that man!
If it is more of a traditional 8 who has the game to do what we need, I donât mind that.
There are more 8s knocking about than 6âs, so if we can get what we need from another 8, because they are basically a good footballer and can do anything we need in the midfield, then bring it on!
SoâŚa dm
We donât need a CM, DM, CDM whatever, we just need a FGM, Fucking Good Midfielder
1 Like
Or an EDMâŚan excellent defensive midfielderâŚ
That would be music to my ears.
2 Likes
This entire saga of getting a midfielder has become a circus. Doesnât look good now, at all. Everyone knows we are in dire need of one, (but we have had many, many months to prepare for this it should be said, and the only players we have been able to get at all have been those with a buy out clause; so missing Edwards here i think) and we did not offer the bid Saints wanted from the get go, so Chelsea came in. And now Chelsea snaps Caceido as well from us. He was expensive anyway, but we are desperate now and getting nobody we want.
I think it is quite worrisome. Maybe it will turn out good, but this is far from idealâŚ