He will not have to start every match, because now we have a player like Mac and also Jones doing well recently. And it will be great for Mac especially to work a year with Thiago and pick up some valuable things to add to his game.
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Donât Wataru it downâŚthis is not the Endo of the rebuildâŚour Japanese star is not a long-term solution
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He got injured reading your statement
Can we stop with the âjokesâ now?
Tiresome tbh.
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Well the joke was t a joke for itâs own sake, thereâs a factual statement there
Yes, he will only be a solution for two or three years, but the way this transfer window has been, it seems the club are hoping that things will have calmed down next year.
Not sure if thatâs realistic tbh.
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I donât think itâll calm down at all. Something needs to be done structurally to prevent Chelsea-like behaviour by other clubs.
Even if they point towards the sale of so many playersâŚyou are not running a professional football club properly if you have to sell SO many players so swiftly. That shouldnât be allowed either
Question from me as I havenât been paying attention, my bad but Iâm finding motivation a tad difficult these days
Is the balance in that midfield squad ok? Based purely on what I saw in the Chelsea game (which was the 2nd half) we still dont look right at all. That could largely be down to player familiarity etc. but we still look wide open at times to me.
We definitely donât look right balance-wise
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Player familiarity and Gakpo/Robrtson in a position they arenât comfortable in against a top four contender. Weâll improve with time as familiarity builds, and we tweak. We still have options returning to fitness and Endo coming in.
I think Endo will help with that balance. Hopefully Baj too once heâs back.
I think even if it doesnât, the club can still plan ahead for next summer with a view to what it feels will be needed. It feels very much that the disruption from Hendo and Fabinho moving was greater than expected.
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Another corner - I expect Virgil or Ibou to have a free header
Wanted to ask this all the time. Donât know Lavia but is he really already better than Bajcetic or has the bigger potential?
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Neither. Bajcetic is clear imo. Just need to get him fit and back into the rotation.
Lavia is better than Bajcetic (using both youth and senior football as evidence), and his injury record is better too.
If Baj wasnât our player nobody would be arguing he is better, thatâs the honest truth. Still a very good young player though.
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Bajcetic is younger than Lavia and has played less matches too.
In terms of pedigree in youth football they are not close. Latvia has been earmarked a potential star since he was 15. Bajcetic got no recognition with the Spain youth sides until he broke through into the first team with us.
That doesnât mean Lavia will necessarily be the better player but there has been a big disparity between them on their way up to this level. Success in youth football is not a perfect measure of senior long term prospects but then neither is a young player making a hand full of encouraging senior appearances
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I think Bajectic now has a good chance to push on and ultimately prove to be the better player simply due to where he is.
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