Haha, his parents definitely missed a trick when they picked a name for him!
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Just imagine Timber on the bench 
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HOW DARE YOU TALK DOWN OTHER PEOPLEāS OPINIONS.
ITāS A FREE FORUM WE CAN SAY WHAT WE WANT.
Or something like that.
What always amuses me is how utterly schizophrenic our transfers are. Theyāre either honed, planned, kept beautifully quiet and completed at a good price in the first few days of the window of the utter opposite of a man shopping for āthatā toy on Christmas Eve which sold out before Thanksgiving.
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Donāt know much about him, does any of our learned TAN know about him?
Heās got a nice scarf.
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Apparently heās a big stats guy which would be good. Iām sure some of our German members will know more about him.
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Hard to know much about a foreign sporting director, apart from a clubās transfer activity (or football activity in general) where the guy was, which he was a good part of. Would be good to get the guy we want sooner rather than later.
I think he would look quite niceš in British rom-comš
Thereās some info about him/Leverkeusen on The Echo, but I had to give up trying to read it because of how shit the website is.
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Looks as though weāre not just content on signing midfielders this summerā¦ 
Could Schuurs be a similar signing to what Botman was?
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Araujo is a left field one. Heās got everything a CB here would need, and Barca will need money, but Iād be amazed if they were willing to part with him, or weād be willing to be pay what theyād likely want for him.
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Yeah, not realistic I donāt think. Heās tied under contract until 2026. Interesting how Barca sometimes flip the positions of him and Kounde (between RCB and RB), depending on the opponent.
And by the way, the more I see Botman, the more Iām fine that we didnāt get him. Not exactly Caleta-Car type of āthank f*ck we didnātā (because I knew him more than Botman), but sometimes thereās hype around certain players who the public probably donāt watch regularly and then we see that in reality, theyāre not that special.
Even if it is weird how he didnāt get more recognition from his national side, but thatās maybe also linked with my feelings.
Iād like someone who can stay fit and battle with Konate, but between them we could also have one or both who can do a job at LCB. Someone a bit more composed on the ball than Ibou.
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Did expect we would move for a CB.
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Would be sensible. Fully expect Matip to move on.
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Yeah thatās my expectation.
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He is a fine young talent, he played well against us as one of the few. Dutch international, a good passer and an keen eye for the opportunities. Klopp would never use him as a CB, too small, but he started as a number 6 and played as a fullback too.
Timber makes more sense in the context of the current system, or if we revert to a more traditional 3 at the back.
Would have thought weād be looking at a left footer though - Gvardiol, Colwill, Inacio. I think Robertson has the ability to adapt to that system, but a different type of option would also be nice.
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One of the things that was encouraging about last night was that despite Trentās role seemingly shifting Robbo more into a left CB sort of role it didnt seem to hinder his raids down the left. Attacking as a defender is obviously easier in a game when you have that much of the ball, but maybe an indication weāre not going to need to change the characteristic of the left sided defender too much to accommodate this shift.
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