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Summer 2022 transfer rumours (Gilbey loan confirmed p513, a signing falls through last minute p541)
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I don't think we should pin too much hope on a player with suspect decision making.Clem_Snide said:
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That's not life.Valley11 said:1.3 million views of this thread.
Seems a lot but I wonder what the views are for the Man U Life transfer thread?0 -
By Birmingham.Scoham said:What time will the announcement be? I’ll guess 5pm today.2 -
Zinchenko was outstanding and helped turned the game when he came on at half time on the last day of last season.Garrymanilow said:
There' a few things there. Firstly, Zinchenko didn't bring any threat. He's a painfully average midfielder played as a LB because City didn't have any other backup. City do have the luxury of rotating their players regularly though. Despite that, no player made more appearances for City last season than Cancelo. He played 52 games, 36 in the league. Zinchenko made 28 appearances, 15 in the league. Most of Zinchenko's appearances were purely down to the absence of Kyle Walker (only 20 league appearances due to injury), at which point Cancelo would switch to RB. City under Guardiola rarely play the same way for too long, they have a huge amount of tactical flexibility. Mostly though your comment isn't really relevant anyway considering I never said they didn't ever play with left-footed LBs, I was pointing out how having two right footers on the left doesn't have to limit your tactical flexibility using City as an example of it done very well.killerandflash said:
Last season they regularly used Zinchenko at LB, giving the left foot attacking threat down that sideGarrymanilow said:Richard J said:
I prefer having left footed players on their ‘natural’ side. I think that we will be better off if / when JRS signs because having two right footers on the left makes us too predictable. Kirk thrived when he had a left footed left back at Crewe.Scoham said:
A formation doesn’t need to be symmetrical. Probably harder to find a left footer comfortable at right back too.killerandflash said:
It seems a bit odd if we end up with 3 options at LB in Sessegnon, Clayden and Egbo, all being of the "can do a job" variety.cafcfan1990 said:
In hindsight, signing an out and out LB over Sessegnon would have made more sense. Depends on whether Garner thinks Egbo can do a job at LB, if he does we'll probably stick with the 3 we've got and have Clayden as 4th choice. If not, he's got a decision to make, would he be content if Sessegnon gets injured and we have to use Clayden for 10-15 games.killerandflash said:If anything we seem slightly over stocked with RBs when compared to our LB options
The left-footed defender able to play LCB or LB makes sense on paper, but I don't really think that sort of player exists. You might get a LB capable of playing CB in a 3, or a CB capable of being a defensive LB, but how do you get a O'Connell and Sessegnon as one player?
And it looks a bit inconsistent to have a right footed LB cutting inside, but not have the same on the right seeing that all our RB options are right footers, Egbo, Clare and Sessegnon plus Ness who's been tried there.
Maybe after the other night Clayden could make a claim. Whilst I wouldn’t want to put too much pressure on him along with his impressive 30 second cameo against Mendez Lang I think we have something to work with.It doesn't make a team predictable as long as the players are being asked to do different jobs. City won a league title playing Grealish and Cancelo on the left and they're both right footed. They were far from predictable though; Cancelo moved into central midfield in periods of control and also arrived in the final third to provide a crossing platform for built-up moves. Grealish would push down the wing but also cut in, but he'd vary it which is important for a player in that spot. We've seen that Kirk is clever enough to know when to push down the line or cut inside and he keeps the width well. CBT is also very capable of providing width and then cutting in when he's built up some momentum. I know that we're not Man City but the instructions we will be giving the players aren't complicated. As long as the players are sufficiently comfortable on their assigned flank, which all three of our current options in those areas currently are, being able provide both line and inside play actually makes the team less predictable, not more.I'm pretty sure that Rak-SAkyi is being signed to play on the right as a left-footer as well.0 -
Is Zinchenko ‘painfully average’? I don’t really know a terrible amount about premiership football, but from what I’ve read there’s arguments that he may end up being arsenals best signing this summer?2
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Riki Saki better be half decent after all this buggering about.2
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That's that sorted then.grumpyaddick said:Riki Saki better be half decent after all this buggering about.0 -
He's tripped over A&Eekies foot on the way out of the medical room.
Deal off.2 -
That wasn't his foot.soapy_jones said:He's tripped over A&Eekies foot on the way out of the medical room.
Deal off.10 - Sponsored links:
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colthe3rd said:
That wasn't his foot.soapy_jones said:He's tripped over A&Eekies foot on the way out of the medical room.
Deal off.
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Baki Sak-krakyi has a smooth approach to the game, with a great feel.grumpyaddick said:Riki Saki better be half decent after all this buggering about.3 -
Pratley and Watson of 19/20 were worth having. I am convinced Watson aged 10 years in the summer before we signed him and another 10 last summer.DDOUBLEE said:
Saw some of us say he should have been in the Championship team of the season the year we got relegated FFSsam3110 said:Pratley wasn't that shit, he also wasn't that good. One of the best midfielders of the last 15 years? Come off it3 -
BetterCallSaul said:
Source: trust me broScoham said:Nonsense Twitter rumour that we’re after a holding midfielder. Saying that didn’t someone on here say we wanted cover for Dobson?
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To be honest, I thought he'd retired that night up at Hartlepool last season.Callumcafc said:killerandflash said:
Welcome back Ben WatsonScoham said:Nonsense Twitter rumour that we’re after a holding midfielder. Saying that didn’t someone on here say we wanted cover for Dobson?
Good of him to finally announce his retirement two years after he stopped playing professional football.1 -
I assume they are chiseling his name and stats into the Charlton Athletic Pantheon of Champions wall (behind the green skip next to the empty beer casks by the West Stand) as we speak?3
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Get a better tune out of Seals and Crofts.ForeverAddickted said:Foley and Crofts0 -
Bit surprised Pratley getting some stick,he never left anything on the pitch,whether he played good or bad,could certainly have done with him ,even at his age,in a few games last season when we were getting passed off the park.34
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He's not got any stickthickandthin63 said:Bit surprised Pratley getting some stick,he never left anything on the pitch,whether he played good or bad,could certainly have done with him ,even at his age,in a few games last season when we were getting passed off the park.1 - Sponsored links:
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Dobson is such a colossal upgrade on Pratley, I can't even begin tbh5
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Arding and Hobbs.🤭ForeverAddickted said:Foley and Crofts0 -
Find it so odd how people on here are referencing players like Grealish, Cancelo and Zinchenko on here as reasons certain players in our squad can play in certain positions. Haha. These guys are elite footballers. Completely irrelevant using them as examples to our squad/level14
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The Pratley that last played for us wasn't the player he was 18 months before. I am not really sure why because unlike Watson, Jackson, Crofts and dozens of others his legs hadn't gone.thickandthin63 said:Bit surprised Pratley getting some stick,he never left anything on the pitch,whether he played good or bad,could certainly have done with him ,even at his age,in a few games last season when we were getting passed off the park.0 -
Of course it isn't. No-one is comparing our players like for like on this thread, just pointing out a visible similar style for reference. Sessegnon is quite capable of cutting inside and adding to the midfield. Partially because we saw it against Derby, and partially because he's a professional footballer. Kirk or CBT can run the wing or cut inside because we've seen it before and they're not total idiots. It's like saying none of our players can score goals because they're not Harry Kane. If a fan's imagination doesn't stretch to Garner telling Sessegnon that he should push inside to give Dobson an extra passing option instead of staying out wide then that's something for those people to work onSambcafc said:Find it so odd how people on here are referencing players like Grealish, Cancelo and Zinchenko on here as reasons certain players in our squad can play in certain positions. Haha. These guys are elite footballers. Completely irrelevant using them as examples to our squad/level
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No need to show offCallumcafc said:0 -
Funny time to announce a signing....
It's normally at the top of the hour2
