For sure but my issue with Thuram is he badly lacks defensive awareness, intelligence and positioning. He lacks the instincts and mental attributes you’d want to naturally see in someone you intend to mould as a 6.
And he’s primarily ball carrier. Surely we need the 6 to at least have a mix of...
Could argue Gimenez is streaky too. Just 3 league goals in 13 games since the turn of the year and that’s in the Dutch league.
I really don’t think he’s near good enough for the level we want to get to.
We’d basically be dropping £40m on a striker no better than Richarlison. We’d be looking for a new striker again by the following season imo (if we are serious about competing at the top).
No standout attributes for me.
Average passer, pretty erratic touch particularly under pressure, not great agility and quite lumbering, lack of mobility
Not amazing in the air and finishing isn’t actually that good. Misses loads of chances and a lot of his goals would be saved by keepers in...
But some of our worst performers recently have actually been payers in that age category. Maddison, Bissouma, Son (older), Hojbjerg.
What we need are quality players who are suited to our system and who have the energy to play our game. For me that's more likely to be 21-24 year olds. VdV came...
That reminds me, @Ghost Hardware do you know much about Emiliano Martinez of Midtjylland?
24 year old Uruguayan DM. Saw some footage and he looked pretty good?
Spot on @Ghost Hardware.
May not be a big name yet but from what I’ve seen Onyedika is 100% the best fit for what we need and who I would go for.
Just a shame we didn’t go for Wharton, he’d have been great.
The key thing a lot of people online (not here) are missing is that this is merely a backstop.
The main rule will still be the new Squad Cost Control where teams can only spend between 70-85% of their revenue on transfers, wages and agent fees.
So actually for most teams that 75-85% of...
If Davies had tracked Saka’s run properly he would have been able to prevent the chance completely.
Instead he floated centrally and delayed his run towards Saka, as if he wasn’t expecting the pass which every fan in the stadium could see was going to be played.
The space looked worse because...
As I mentioned in the ITK thread, he isn’t even a 6, he’s a ball carrying 8.
In fact he’s actually a bit poor defensively and as @Ghost Hardware mentioned he is weaker the deeper he plays.
Makes zero sense as a 6 signing.
He is weak in the air and it was spoken about before he signed.
It is the single biggest thing he has to work on in his game imo. He’s a wonderful talent but needs to become more dominant in the air with his size and frame.
Apparently Celtic dramatically improved on set pieces in his second season despite having a smaller squad on average:
https://www.celticway.co.uk/tactics/22418031.celtics-underrated-set-pieces-strength-can-take-tough-matches/
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