Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation (continued)
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I understand the points he makes about Fonte and Snodgrass but January signings are more volatile in regards to hitting the ground running and with all due respect Arnie, Hernandez, Hart and Zabaleta are just plain and simple higher calibre players to Fonte and Snodgrass
In regards to DM I think when you look at Obiang and Kouyate you think either could be a real DM but 2/3 years after they arrived they are still primarily box-to-box midfielders
Thy are big, imposing and athletic players but I think they lack positional discipline, particularly Kouyate who bombs forward leaving huge gaps
Think Obiang can be that guy as he makes good interceptions and is actually a pretty smart tackler (with the attacker in front of him less so when chasing back) and is the superior passers so hopefully won't be caught out when instigating attacks
But Kouyate needs to be more disciplined and help out as there is too much work (and actual pitch areas) for only Obiang to manage
Noble for me can't do it, he lacks the necessary physical attributes and think he's just too rash a tackler
If Slaven can hone Obiang and Kouyate to being strictly defensive midfielders who 'occasionally' run forward it will solve our problem
This is all theoretical obviously and I feel given the lack of defensive nous the coaching staff seem to have then Kouyate and Obiang will perform the same way and will leave us exposed
If they don't adapt or we don't bring in a DM I honestly think the only way forward is 3 at the back which will limit us offensively but will at least help us stop conceeding so many which was last year's main problem
#justsayin
again on Sky.....Brentford to West Ham
Do you honestly believe Lanzini is even remotely close to Coutinho? Those stories are nonsense.
I don't disagree with any of that on the face of it. Isn't it weird that two teams predicted one place apart can have players of such varying quality? Shows that the personnel aren't the be all and end all.
Arguably you could improve a lot more but we'll have the same problem as last summer with too many additions the team can't gel
We are at 4 atm so 6/7 we should be aiming for given we lost a good few players
He'll be 10x better immediately.
If I were a Liverpool (god forbid), I'd be appalled at replacing Coutinho with Lanzini.
If Liverpool want him, and have just sold Coutinho for £100 million +, we should ask for the same price for Lanzini, if we're accepting he's a replacement.
That should end that interest fairly quickly.